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Track & Field ACCtion: Weekend of April 4-6
April 7, 2008 BC Men Place Third at Stonehill Invitational EASTON, Mass. - The Boston College men's outdoor track team notched four first-place individual performances at Saturday's Stonehill outdoor track invitational, taking the third-place honor overall (135 points) and competing against 11 other squads. Taking individual titles were senior Jeremy Zagorski in the 800 (1.56.39), juniors David Emerson in the 10,000 (31:39.54) and Ben Kocarnik in the pole vault (13' 11.25"). The men's 4x800 meter relay squad also topped out in a time of 7:49.75. BC tallied many other top-five performances on the day. Sophomore Brendan Gaffney took second in the 400 (50.64). Freshmen Andrew MacIsaac (1:56.81) and Kristopher Haynes (1:58.53) and junior James LaGreca (1:57.33) all placed among the top-five in the 800. Junior Brendan Collins (4:01.32) and senior Jeffrey Klatsky (4:04.77) placed second and fourth in the 1500, respectively. Junior Patrick Viklund (32:36.79) and sophomore Justin Wheat (33:04.13) came in fourth and fifth in the 10,000.
PALO ALTO, Calif. and EASTON, Mass. - The Boston College women's outdoor track teams split ways this weekend, competing in two meets; the Stonehill Invitational held Saturday and the Stanford Invitational, held Friday and Saturday, registering high marks at each event. Sophomore Caitlin Bailey continued to make her mark on BC's record books at the Stanford Invitational, where she clocked a 2:05.18 in the 800, placing third in the race. Her time beats her previous personal best (second on BC's all-time list) by exactly one second. She also automatically qualified for the NCAA Regional Championships with that time. Junior Nichole Lister also marked a NCAA Regional Championship qualifying time and a top-ranking in the ACC with a time of 16:44.61 in the 5,000. Sophomore Jessica Driscoll also marked a top-five finish for the Eagles, placing sixth in the 1500 (4:29.15). Her time ranks her second-fastest in the ACC so far this season.
At the Stonehill Invitational, the BC women placed first overall with 125.50 points. They registered six top finishes in all events. Sophomore Teyahnie Boone topped out in the 200 with a time of 25.42. Junior Alicia Henry took the 800 title (2:19.90) and sophomore Kelly Gross won the 5,000 (17:59.23).
PALO ALTO, Calif. - Senior distance runner Matt Clark finished runner-up late Saturday night at the Stanford Invitational in the 10,000m run. In doing so, the native of Hyannis, MA recorded a time of 28:49.77, which breaks the school record held by Yehezkel Halifa since the 1988 season. Clark's time is just shy of an automatic invitation to the NCAA Championships in June, however it is a strong provisional effort for the team's most talented distance performer. Clark is the defending ACC champion in the 10,000m. Tyson David of Alabama held on for the race win. He crossed the finish line with a time of 28:47.54. Among others Clark defeated in Saturday night's competitive section was former Clemson student-athlete Itay Magidi, who had a time of 29:14.26.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - For the second week in a row, inclement weather shortened a meet for the Clemson women's track & field team. However, the Lady Tigers got in a significant portion of Saturday's meet before the threat of severe weather cancelled several events at the Percy Beard Track & Field Stadium. Clemson did find time to compete in a pair of relays Saturday afternoon, as well as many individual events. Lisa Brown was fifth in the 3000m steeplechase. The junior from Medway, MA posted a time of 12:06.62, which ranks third in school history. She passed teammates Maggie Bernard and Lauren Klas on the all-time performance list. In the 4x100m relay, Clemson finished 19th out of 36 teams with a time of 47.84. Kristine Scott, Ra'Sheena Parker, Krystal Barringer, and Michaylin Golladay made up the team. The shuttle hurdle relay team finished fourth in the event with a time of 1:01.32. The lineup was made up of Polly Hardy, Golladay, Patricia Mamona, and Barringer.
DURHAM, N.C. - The Duke Invitational wrapped up on Saturday in Wallace Wade Stadium despite rainy conditions. The Duke men turned in some solid performances throughout the day. Results can be found on www.flashresults.com/duke. Freshman Christy Adamyk ran in the 5,000m late Friday night at the Stanford Invitational. Adamyk ran a 17:24.15, good for 23rd place and a bid to the ECAC Championships in May. That marked the first ECAC qualification for Adamyk in her young collegiate career. Redshirt freshman John Austin and junior Robert Weinstein dominated in the javelin late Friday night at the Duke Invitational. Austin won the event with a personal best and Duke record 219'-11" heave, which also qualified him for the NCAA East Regional for the second time this season. The school record that Austin broke had been set in 1995 by Jamie Rodriguez. Weinstein did his part by placing fourth with a toss of 209'-11." That was a personal best for Weinstein, improving upon his fourth-best mark in the Duke records. It also was the second time this season he has qualified for the NCAA East Regional.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - With each passing day of competition the Florida State track and field keeps adding to its warchest of NCAA East Regional qualifying marks. The Seminoles added four new marks and improved on one with athletes at the Texas, Florida and Stanford Relays on Saturday (April 5). "We got some things done this weekend, but we've got a ways to go," FSU head coach Bob Braman said. "We've got a long ways to go in order to three-peat. We've got to get guys healthy, at the same time, and we need to get Walt (Dix) back." Four of the five marks were turned in at the 81st Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays. Leading the way was freshman sensation Kim Williams (Kingston, Jamaica) as she leaped 13.65 (44-09.50) in the triple jump - the best jump during the collegiate outdoor season - to win the event with a regional mark.
AUBURN, Ala. - The Georgia Tech track & field teams had to battle some rough weather for the second straight week but were able to complete a full day of competition at the Tiger Track Classic Saturday at the Hutsell-Rosen Track on the Auburn University campus. Jenny Sims, a senior from Woodstock, Ga., placed first in the women's 1500-meter run with a time of 4:32.07. In the 800-meter run, freshman Amanda Montgomery placed second with a time of 2:15.51. Sims finished third in the 800m with a time of 2:16.66 and freshman Corey Aitken crossed the line eighth with a time of 2:23.29. The men's squad was led by freshman Alphonso Jordan, who placed fourth in the long jump with a mark of 23 feet, 10 inches. Senior James Lemons II finished sixth with a mark of 23 feet, 5 ¼ inches.
DURHAM, N.C. - Aysha Gregory set a new school record in the hammer to lead a strong performance by the Maryland throwers at the Duke Invitational yesterday. Additionally, Maryland sent a group to the Florida Relays, where Greg Kelsey posted a second-place finish in the 3,000 meter steeplechase. Gregory's mark of 185-06 is the best in Maryland history and also is an NCAA Regional qualifying mark. Kelsey had a career-best time of 9:15.48 in the event, which was also an IC4A-qualifying time. Also at Duke, Jillian Anwah met the NCAA Regional mark with her throw of 156-07 in the discus to place second. In Florida, Toni Aluko had a mark of 5-08.75 in the high jump to finish fourth and a posted a triple jump of 38-02.00 to place sixth.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - The University of Miami's Tim Harris made a grand entrance into the 2008 outdoor season with a national best time of 1:47.73 in the 800-meters during the Florida Relays. The senior is three weeks removed from adding his fourth All-American honor with a fourth place finish at the NCAA Indoor Championships in the 800-meters. Richard Bernard ran his season's-best time in the same event at 1:52.30. Patrick O'Donnell also competed with and finished with his best time of the season at 1:55.25. Sophomore Cory Nelms bettered his NCAA regional qualifying time by two-hundredths of a second at 14.02, placing 14th in the 110-meter hurdles. His teammate Brett Jones finished with a time of 15.02 seconds. Nelms also ran to a NCAA qualifying seventh place finish in the 400-meter hurdles, with a time of 52.36.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - The University of Miami women's track and field team completed the second and final day of the Pepsi Florida Relays on Saturday with sophomore Kristy Whyte taking a huge step in the national rankings in the 200-meters. Whyte ran the 200-meters, where she set a new personal best time of 23.38. The sophomore moved from No. 9 in the event to No. 3 while improving her NCAA Regional time. The 1,600 sprint medley relay team of Charlene Fuller, Ena Leufroy, Tameka Jameson and Whyte raced to a 3:57.92 finish, good for fourth place.
DURHAM, N.C. - The North Carolina track and field teams competed at the Duke Invitational in Durham on Saturday and were led by Amanda Nappi who took second in he javelin throw. Several other Tar Heels were in action on Saturday, including Dominique Jackson who placed sixth in the 800 en route to earning a regional mark. The Tar Heels will host the Tony Waldrop Invitational next weekend and honor their seniors during the event. Nappi recorded a throw of 41.37m (135-09) to finish just a shade behind Kent State's Bekah Stoltz in the javelin. Nappi missed a regional qualifying mark by just over two meters. In the shot put, Kimberly Warren finished sixth with a toss of 13.55m (44-05.50) while teammate Norjai Palma took home 10th as she posted a mark of 13.08m (42-11.00). In women's track action, Dominique Jackson finished sixth in the 800-meter run as she clocked a time of 2:09.42. Jackson's time earned her a regional qualifying mark. Alex Coppadge finished 10th in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 14.91, while Gabby Gioia was right behind her with a time of 14.97 for 11th place.
GREENSBORO, N.C. - NC State men's track and field had a successful stay at the Aggie Relays in Greensboro on Saturday. Dexter Adams won the long jump, while Kevin Hutton posted a career-best in the 200m dash to pace the Pack. Tibor Vegh and Scott Crews competed at the Stanford Invitational in the 10,000m, with Vegh reaching a NCAA regional provisional mark with a time of 29:00.52. Adams jumped 24'03.75" to win the event, the eighth time in 11 meets over the indoor and outdoor season that he won the title outright. Adams, the ACC indoor champion, finished sixth at the NCAA indoor championships to earn all-America honors. Hutton, a hurdle specialist, showed his speed in the 200m dash, posting a 21.39, the third fastest time in the ACC this season and a personal-record.
GREENSBORO, N.C. - Mattie Bethea won the women's high jump at the Aggie Relays in Greensboro on Saturday. While her height of 5'03.75" wasn't a season-high - her 5'05.00" is good for sixth in the ACC - it was good enough to win the event. DeMiracle Washington put on a show, finishing second in the triple jump and fourth in the long jump. Washington's long jump mark of 18'08.50" matches her career-high outdoors and is currently the fourth best mark in the ACC. She won the ACC indoor long jump title early this spring. Her triple jump mark of 40'01.25" was good for second-place at the meet and stands third in the ACC. Lauren Montgomery finished ninth in the 400m with a time of 56.08.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - In the first dual meet for Virginia in at least the last 11 years, the meet was a great success. At the inaugural Virginia-Missouri Jefferson Dual, both the men's and women's competitions came down to the last events, with the Cavalier women coming out on top, 103-99, while the men's squad came up just short to the Mizzou men, falling 105-97. In all, the women won 10 events and the men won nine, with 11 NCAA regional qualifying times met. "I thought it was a great experience to have a dual meet between these two schools," head coach Randy Bungard said. "We knew coming into today that we were going to match up well with each other; and we did. You could see a lot of energy and competitiveness in each race, regardless of the outcome. There were some events that were made a little more challenging because we had to run into the wind, but I told our athletes that as long as you win your event, the marks don't matter. "Missouri really appreciated a whole team effort from us and both sides ended with some really good marks. Both teams competed hard and everyone out there wanted to win because there was a team score. There was something to really pull together and work for, and that was a good preparation for us going into the ACC Championships, which is another team scored meet."
GREENSBORO, N.C. - The third-ranked Virginia Tech women's track & field team won four events and turned in five different regional qualifying performances during Saturday's Murray Neely Invitational on the campus of North Carolina A&T. Queen Harrison once again established Tech's school record in the 400-meter dash with a 53.87-second performance to claim first place and qualify for the NCAA East Regional Championships. The Richmond, Va., native set the school record for the first time with a 54.35-second time on March 22 at the Hurricane Invitational. Harrison was followed by Britni Spruill's run of 56.00 seconds for seventh place. Harrison also won the 100-meter hurdles as the Hokies' lone competitor in the event, crossing the finish line 12.92 seconds with a one mile-per-hour wind, which also qualified for the regional championships. Harrison completed the preliminary race in 13.20 seconds.
PALO ALTO, Calif. - In her first collegiate 5000m run, freshman Anna Nosenko punched her ticket to the NCAA Regionals with a qualifying time of 16:38.16 at the Stanford Invitational. The mark was good for 20th place amongst the meet's national field of top competitors. Other Demon Deacons who've set regional marks this season include Michelle Loyd (400m hurdles), Carly Mauch (Javelin), Caroline Vaughn (100m hurdles) and Kerry Major (100m). Matthew Owen and Mark Russell ran the two fastest 1500m times of the season. Owen tied his personal best with a 3:52.72 run, while Russell posted a 3:55.78. The younger member of the Russell family, Patrick, also had a powerful mid distance performance, topping his former 14:55 3000m mark with a 14:47.27 run in Palo Alto. |
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