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Back to top 2/28/2008 Blue Jays to compete at MAC Indoor Track & Field Championships FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Elizabethtown College to Compete at MAC Indoor Track and Field Championships ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- The Elizabethtown College men's and women's track and field teams will be in action at the Middle Atlantic Conference Indoor Championships at Susquehanna University on Saturday afternoon. The Blue Jay men will favored to win their sixth straight MAC indoor crown while the women will look to regain the MAC team title that they won in 2006. Elizabethtown's men are led by seniors Kevin Clark (Horsham, PA/Hatboro-Horsham) and Drew Graybeal (Woodbine, MD/Glenelg), both of whom have played key roles in the Blue Jays' run of five straight team titles. Clark, the defending NCAA Division III indoor champion in the pole vault, will be looking for his fourth MAC indoor title in the event. Last year, he set a MAC indoor record by clearing 16 feet, 6 inches en route to the championships. He will also be a top contender for a medal in the 55-meter hurdles, the long jump and the 200 meters for the Blue Jays, after taking fourth in the hurdles and the long jump last year. Graybeal swept the 400 and 800 meters at both the MAC indoor and outdoor championships last year, and is the top seed in both events this year. He has also been part of the winning 4x400-meter relay team in each of the last two years. Junior Phil Alder (Pottstown, PA/Pottsgrove) and sophomore Kyle Grimm (Pottstown, PA/Pottsgrove) each won two golds last season, in the 4x400 and distance medley relays. Sophomore A.J. Farris (Edgewood, MD/Joppatowne) was fifth in both the 55 meters and 200 meters last year, but is expected to be a top medal contender in each event. Senior Dave Bresnahan (Cinnaminson, NJ/Cinnaminson) is the top seed in the mile at 4:28.25, while junior Jeremy Matula (Bath, PA/Northampton) and first-year student Chris Heisey (Middletown, PA/Middletown) will be contenders in the 5000 meters. For the women, junior Tiffany Kulp (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge) is primed to win her third straight MAC indoor title in the 800 meters, and is poised to take gold in the mile after winning two straight MAC outdoor crowns in the 1500 meters. Senior Erin Fisher (McEwensville, PA/Warrior Run) is the defending indoor and outdoor champion in the 5000 meters, and is the top seed in the event by a spread of 23 seconds. She will also look to give the Blue Jays a one-two finish in the mile as the number-two seed behind Kulp. Two years ago, the Blue Jays swept all four relays en route to their first MAC women's indoor championship, and this year Elizabethtown is the top seed in three of the events (distance medley, 4x800 and 4x400). First-year student Allie Gold (Columbia, PA/Hempfield) will vie for a medal in the 55 hurdles, along with first-year student Lauren Riley (Sanatoga, PA/Pottsgrove) and senior Samantha Adams (Mickleton, NJ/Padua Academy) in the pole vault. Junior Chelsea Miles (Media, PA/Penncrest) is a nine-time MAC medalist in jumps, and will look for gold in all three jumping events (long, high and triple). Action in 17 men's and 17 women's events will begin at 11:00 a.m., with eight schools in competition at the championships. Back to top 2/26/2008 Cross country earns USTFCCCA All-American Honors FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Elizabethtown College Cross Country Squads Earn USTFCCCA All-Academic Team Honors ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- The Elizabethtown College men's and women's cross country teams have each received the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Division III Team All-Academic honors for the 2007 season, the USTFCCCA has announced. In addition, the Blue Jays placed four women and two men on the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team, which recognizes student-athletes with a minimum 3.5 cumulative grade point average who finish in the top 25 percent of the field at their respective NCAA regional meet. Earning All-Academic honors for the Elizabethtown women were senior All-American Erin Fisher (McEwensville, PA/Warrior Run), the NCAA Mideast Regional champion, junior Tiffany Kulp (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge), sophomore Megan VanDenHengel (Mechanicsburg, PA/Cumberland Valley) and senior Sarah Grove (Harrisburg, PA/Central Dauphin East). Elizabethtown was one of just 11 schools in Division III to place four or more student-athletes among the 203 members of the women's All-Academic Team, and the lone school among the 45 eligible teams from the Mideast Region. Capturing All-Academic honors for the Blue Jay men were junior Scott Derkacz (Huguenot, NY/Port Jervis) and sophomore Myles Lund (Berwyn, PA/Conestoga), among the 150 members of the men's All-Academic team. The Blue Jay men ranked 33rd among the 379 schools that sponsor men's cross country at the Division III level with a 3.35 cumulative grade-point average among all team members, while the Elizabethtown women are 101st among the 390 schools that sponsor women's cross country with a 3.29 cumulative grade-point average among all team members. For a team to be considered for the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team award, they must have competed and compiled a team score at an NCAA Regional Meet. The team must also have a minimum 3.10 team cumulative grade point average. 2007 NCAA Division III USTFCCCA All-Academic Teams
Back to top 2/23/2008 Blue Jays finish 4th at DuCharme Invitational Elizabethtown College Women's Track and Field Blue Jays Finish Fourth at DuCharme Invitational CARLISLE, Pa. --- The Elizabethtown College women's track and field team competed at the DuCharme Invitational at Dickinson College on Saturday afternoon, finishing fourth out of nine teams with 58 points. First-year student Lauren Riley (Sanatoga, PA/Pottsgrove) was the lone winner on the day for the Blue Jays, taking first in the pole vault at 10 feet, followed by senior Samantha Adams (Mickleton, NJ/Padua Academy, DE) in second at 9 feet, 6 inches. Graduate student Lori Havrilak (West Grove, PA/St. Mark's, DE) was third in the 200 meters (28.12 seconds) and first-year student Allie Gold (Columbia, PA/Hempfield) was fourth in the 55-meter hurdles (9.07 seconds) and sixth in the shot put (8.84 meters). First-year student Janelle Lawson (Hanover Twp., PA/Hanover Area) claimed fifth in the high jump (4 feet, 6 inches) and took seventh in the triple jump (9.25 meters), first-year student Alex Walmer (Hershey, PA/Hershey) was seventh in the 3,000 meters (12:00.00), and senior Meghan Ryder (Hatboro, PA/Hatboro-Horsham) placed seventh in the 800 meters (2:33.13) followed by first-year student Kristen Bowen (West Chester, PA/Downingtown West) in eighth at 2:33.42. Gettysburg College (146 points) edged out Messiah College (145.50 points) for the team title, with Dickinson in third at 110 points followed by Elizabethtown. Back to top 2/16/2008 Erin Fisher earns NCAA provisional berth in 5000 meters at Susquehanna Open Elizabethtown College Women's Track and Field Blue Jays Compete at Susquehanna Open SELINSGROVE, Pa. --- The Elizabethtown College women's track and field team competed at the non-scoring Susquehanna Open at the Garrett Sports Complex on Saturday afternoon. Senior Erin Fisher (McEwensville, PA/Warrior Run) was the star of the day for the Blue Jays as she won the 5,000 meters with a time of 17:25.68, shattering the facility record of 17:40.64 set by Gina Lucrezi of DeSales University in 2005 and earning an NCAA Division III provisional qualifying spot. Fisher outdueled Dickinson College distance standout Caitlin Bradley by three seconds for the victory, as just one other runner came within one minute of her winning time. Junior Tiffany Kulp (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge) helped pace Fisher and Bradley for the first 3,000 meters before dropping out of the race. Her time of 17:25.68 broke her previous indoor best in the event by over 26 seconds and was just seven seconds shy of the program record of 17:18.19 set by Melissa St. Clair '05 in an All-America performance at the 2004 NCAA Division III championships. In other events, first-year student Lauren Riley (Sanatoga, PA/Pottsgrove) finished third in the pole vault with a mark of 3.05 meters (10 feet), tying her own program record. First-year student Kristen O'Brien (Westminster, MD/Winters Mill) was eighth in the 3000 meters with a time of 11:02.67, the fifth-best time in program history, while junior Amanda Daws (Thorofare, NJ/West Deptford) took ninth with a time of 11:09.13 that was the eighth-best in Etown history. Back to top 2/9/2008 Elizabethtown in action at New Balance Collegiate Invitational Elizabethtown College Women's Track and Field Blue Jays In Action at New Balance Collegiate Invitational On Friday, graduate student Lori Havrilak (West Grove, PA/St. Mark's, DE) finished the 400 meters in a time of 1:00.44, the second-fastest time in program history and just two-hundredths of a second off the school record of 1:00.42 set by Tina Bucci in 2006. Sophomore Megan VanDenHengel (Mechanicsburg, PA/Cumberland Valley) ran in the 800 meters and was clocked in 2:27.97. On Saturday, junior Tiffany Kulp (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge) took 21st in the mile run with a school-record time of 5:09.12, breaking the mark of 5:12.59 set by Katie Garner in 2005. Earlier, senior Erin Fisher (McEwensville, PA/Warrior Run) finished ninth out of 21 runners in the 5000 meters with a career indoor best time of 17:52.14, in a field that including 14 Division I runners. Pictured: Tiffany Kulp '09 en route to setting the Elizabethtown College women's track and field record in the mile run at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational in New York City on Feb. 9. Photo by Tom "Drac" Williams. Back to top 2/6/2008 Blue Jays to cpmpete at New Balance Collegiate Invitational at NYC Armory FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Elizabethtown Track and Field to Compete at New Balance Collegiate Invitational ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Members of the Elizabethtown College men's and women's indoor track and field teams will be in action this weekend at the prestigious New Balance Collegiate Invitational at the New York City Armory. A total of 12 Blue Jay athletes will compete in nine individual and two relay events over the two-day meet, which begins Friday afternoon and concludes on Saturday. In all, over 100 colleges and universities representing all levels of the NCAA, NAIA and junior colleges will send athletes to the eighth annual meet. Scheduled to compete on Friday are senior Dave Bresnahan (Cinnaminson, NJ/Cinnaminson) in the men's 3,000 meters at 1:15 p.m., graduate student Lori Havrilak (West Grove, PA/St. Mark's, DE) in the women's 400 meters at 1:55 p.m., sophomore A.J. Farris (Edgewood, MD/Joppatowne) in the men's 60 meters at 4:45 p.m., sophomore Megan VanDenHengel (Mechanicsburg, PA/Cumberland Valley) in the women's 800 meters at 5:10 p.m., and senior Drew Graybeal (Woodbine, MD/Glenelg) in the men's 800 meters at 5:50 p.m. On Saturday, senior Erin Fisher (McEwensville, PA/Warrior Run) will be in the women's 5000 meters at 9:00 a.m., followed by junior Tiffany Kulp (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge) in the women's mile run at 9:45 a.m and Farris in the 200 meters at 11:45 a.m. Senior Kevin Clark (Horsham, PA/Hatboro-Horsham), the defending NCAA Division III champion in the indoor pole vault, will compete in the championship division of the pole vault on Saturday at 2:00 p.m. He is the only non-Division I vaulter in the field of 19 athletes, which includes entries from the University of Tennessee, the University of Texas, the University of Arkansas, Louisiana State University and the University of Kansas. Elizabethtown will also compete in a pair of relay events, with the men's distance medley relay team of Graybeal, sophomore Kyle Grimm (Pottstown, PA/Pottsgrove), junior Dylan Rulander (Russell, PA/Eisenhower) and senior Ryan St. Clair (Chambersburg, PA/Chambersburg) in action at 10:25 a.m. and the men's 4x400-meter relay quartet of Graybeal, junior James Munnelly (Doylestown, PA/Central Bucks East), Rulander and Grimm set to run at 12:45 p.m. The New Balance Collegiate Invitational web site can be accessed at http://ny.milesplit.us/pages/NB-Collegiate. Back to top 2/2/2008 Chelsea Miles wins long and triple jumps at Haverford's Seamus McElligott Elizabethtown College Women's Track and Field Blue Jays Compete at Seamus McElligott Invitational HAVERFORD, Pa. --- The Elizabethtown College women's track and field team was in action at the Seamus McElligott Invitational on the campus of Haverford College on Saturday afternoon. Junior Chelsea Miles (Media, PA/Penncrest) won two events for the Blue Jays, capturing the long jump with a mark of 5.01 meters (16 feet, 5 1/4 inches) and the triple jump in 10.63 meters (34 feet, 10 1/2 inches). She also added a fourth-place finish in the high jump at 1.45 meters (4 feet, 9 inches). First-year student Lauren Riley (Sanatoga, PA/Pottsgrove) also earned a win by taking the pole vault with a height of 2.90 meters (9 feet, 6 1/4 inches). Senior Samantha Adams (Mickleton, NJ/Padua Academy, DE) was third with a height of 2.75 meters (9 feet, 1/4 inch). Senior Jenna Riley (Reading, PA/Reading Central Catholic) took second place in the triple jump with a leap of 10.32 meters (33 feet, 10 1/4 inches). On the track, junior Tiffany Kulp (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge) was second in the 800 meters at 2:21.34, with sophomore Megan VanDenHengel (Mechanicsburg, PA/Cumberland Valley) in foutth at 2:24.65. First-year student Kristen O'Brien (Westminster, MD/Winters Mill) was third in the 5000 meters at 19:04.18, with junior Amanda Daws (Thorofare, NJ/West Deptford) close behind in fourth at 19:05.73 as both set personal bests. First-year student Allie Gold (Columbia, PA/Hempfield) turned in a fourth-place performance in the 55-meter hurdles with a time of 9.29 seconds. Elizabethtown closed out the meet with a win in the 4x400-meter relay, as the team of VanDenHengel, sophomore Sarah Merusi (Montague, NJ/Port Jervis, NY), graduate student Lori Havrilak (West Grove, PA/St. Mark's, DE) and Miles ran a 4:22.36. |
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YORK, N.Y. --- Members of the Elizabethtown College women's track and
field team competed at the eighth annual New Balance Collegiate
Invitational at the 168th Street Armory on Friday and Saturday. Back to News Index
