Jan. 25, 2008

Results

Allendale, Mich. - Grand Valley State hosted the 2008 Bob Eubanks Open Friday evening at the GVSU Fieldhouse Arena. The Lakers won nine events and improved on several NCAA DII provisional marks. GVSU will next be in action at the Division II Challenge at Saginaw Valley State next Friday (Feb. 1) and Saturday (Feb. 2).

GVSU tallied the top three places in the 400. Kirsten Nozime finished first (59.33), followed by Katie Mandziara in second (59.47) and Stephanie McCarthy in third (1:02.52). Katherine McCarthy won the mile by over 15 seconds as she crossed the finish line in 5:07.11. Sara Parks was second with a time of 5:22.48. Katherine McCarthy then claimed top honors in the 800 with a time of 2:16.78. Candice Wheat led a GVSU 1-2-3 finish in the 55 hurdles with a time of 8.36. Danielle Fonseca was second (8.70) and Jen Tulpa third (8.73).

GVSU opened the field events by sweeping the top four places in the high jump. Tanisha Johnson, Maegan Doyen and Heather VanderSlik all jumped 5-03. Johnson was awarded first, Doyen second and VanderSlik third. Leslie Curtis finished fourth (5-01). The Lakers dominated the pole vault, taking five of the top six places. Miranda Farr finished first and met the NCAA DII provisional mark with a vault of 12:04.00. Dianna Noonan was second and also met the provisional qualifying mark (11:06.25), while Jennifer VanderMeer finished third with an NCAA provisional (11:06.25). Ashley Smith and Christi Kettelhut finished fifth and sixth with a vault of 10:06.25.

Emily Fox claimed first-place honors, set a school-record and met the NCAA DII provisional qualifying mark with a throw of 46-04.00 in the shot put. Mary Bogner was third (40-08.25). Kathie Posa finished first in the weight throw (57-11.25), while Bogner was second (57-03.50).