Elizabethtown College WomensTrack News 
Back to top 3/29/2008 Elizabethtown earns three individual wins at Susquehanna Elizabethtown College Women's Track and Field Blue Jays Open Outdoor Track Season at Susquehanna SELINSGROVE, Pa. --- The Elizabethtown College women's track and field team kicked off its 2008 outdoor schedule by competing in the non-scoring Jim Taylor Invitational at Susquehanna University on Saturday. Even with a limited number of entries in the meet, the Blue Jays performed strongly with three victories and two second-place finishes on the day. Junior Tiffany Kulp (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge) won the 1500 meters with a time of 4:47.29, first-year student Allie Gold (Columbia, PA/Hempfield) was first in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 16.20 seconds, the second-best performance in program history, and senior Samantha Adams (Mickleton, NJ/Padua Academy, DE) won the pole vault with a height of 9 feet, 1/4 inch. Junior Chelsea Miles (Media, PA/Penncrest) was second in the triple jump (34 feet, 2 1/4 inches) and was runner-up in the high jump at 4 feet, 9 3/4 inches, while senior Jenna Riley (Reading, PA/Reading Central Catholic) placed third in the triple jump (33 feet, 10 3/4 inches) and fifth in the long jump (15 feet, 1 1/2 inches). First-year student Gabrielle Whitley (Lititz, PA/Warwick) finished fifth in the high jump after clearing 4 feet, 7 3/4 inches. Jim Taylor Invitational - Selinsgrove, PA Back to top 3/12/2008 Erin Fisher to compete at NCAA Division III indoor championships FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Elizabethtown College to Send Three Athletes to NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College will have three senior athletes in action at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships at Ohio Northern University this weekend. Kevin Clark (Horsham, PA/Hatboro-Horsham) will look to defend his championship in the men's pole vault on Friday, Drew Graybeal (Woodbine, MD/Glenelg) will compete in the men's 400 meters on Friday and Erin Fisher (McEwensville, PA/Warrior Run) will be in action in the women's 5,000 meters on Saturday. Clark became the first Blue Jay national champion in track and field last season with a winning vault of 17 feet, 1 1/2 inches. He is ranked sixth among the 13 entrants with a season-best mark of 16 feet, 6 3/4 inches which he set at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational in New York City on Feb. 9. He is a three-time All-America honoree in the pole vault, including each of the last two years at the indoor championships and at the 2006 outdoor championships, where he finished second. Graybeal is seeded 12th in the 400 meters with a qualifying time of 49.44 seconds set at the Middle Atlantic Conference championships on March 1. He becomes the first Blue Jay to participate in the NCAA championships all four years of his career, and will look to break his own school record of 49.34 seconds set in 2006. He is also a three-time All-America honoree, having earned the honors in the 800 meters at both the 2007 indoor and outdoor championships along with the distance medley relay at the 2006 indoor championships. Fisher is seeded in ninth place in the 5,000 meters with a time of 17:25.68 set at the Susquehanna Open on Feb. 16. She previously competed at the NCAA championships in the 10,000-meter run at the 2007 outdoor meet. She earned All-America honors in cross country with a 15th-place finish at the 2007 championships, after winning the NCAA Mideast Regional championships. Fisher also won her second consecutive MAC cross country title in 2007. The men's pole vault will be Friday at 5:00 p.m, while the men's 400 meters will hold trials on Friday at 6:05 p.m. and finals on Saturday at 3:15 p.m., with the fastest eight times advancing to finals. The women's 5,000 meters will be held on Saturday at 4:35 p.m. The top eight finishers in each event will earn All-America status, a distinction awarded 29 times to Elizabethtown College cross country and track and field athletes since 2001. The Blue Jays have had representation at the NCAA Division III indoor and outdoor track and field championships each year since 2003. Back to top 3/8/2008 Tiffany Kulp breaks school record in mile at Virginia Tech Last Chance Meet Elizabethtown College Women's Track and Field Elizabethtown Competes at Virginia Tech Last Chance Meet BLACKSBURG, Va. --- Members of the Elizabethtown College women's indoor track and field team competed at the Virginia Tech Last Chance Meet on Saturday afternoon. Senior Erin Fisher (McEwensville, PA/Warrior Run) won the 3,000 meters with a time of 10:22.62, the second-best mark in program history, with senior Sarah Grove (Harrisburg, PA/Central Dauphin East) taking third with a time of 10:58.13 for the fourth-best time in school history. Junior Tiffany Kulp (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge) broke her own school record in the mile run as she finished second with a time of 5:07.14, breaking the mark of 5:09.12 she set exactly one month earlier at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational in New York City. In other events, first-year student Allie Gold (Columbia, PA/Hempfield) turned in a season-best performance in the 200 meters with a time of 28.64 seconds, while junior Chelsea Miles (Media, PA/Penncrest) came within 2 1/4 inches of her own school record in the triple jump with a mark of 35 feet, 8 1/2 inches. Back to top 3/1/2008 Elizabethtown finishes second at MAC indoor championships Elizabethtown College Women's Track and Field Elizabethtown Finishes Second at MAC Indoor Track and Field Championships SELINSGROVE, Pa. --- The Elizabethtown College women's indoor track and field team finished second at the Middle Atlantic Conference championships at Susquehanna University on Saturday afternoon. The Blue Jays tallied 127 points to place runner-up to champion Messiah College, which finished with 144.33 points to claim the team crown. Leading the Blue Jays was junior Tiffany Kulp (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge), who posted wins in the 800 meters (2:20.89) and set a new MAC record in the mile with a winning time of 5:10.42. Senior Erin Fisher (McEwensville, PA/Warrior Run) also took home a gold medal as she won the 5000 meters with a time of 17:34.50, and was fourth in the mile in 5:16.63. The Blue Jays also picked up a victory in the distance medley relay, with the team of senior Meghan Ryder (Hatboro, PA/Hatboro-Horsham), sophomore Sarah Merusi (Montague, NJ/Port Jervis, NY), first-year student Kristin Bowen (West Chester, PA/Downingtown West) and Fisher coming home in 12:48.08, the sixth-best time in school history. The 4x800-meter team of Bowen, Ryder, first-year student Alex Walmer (Hershey, PA/Hershey) and Kulp placed second overall but set a new school record with a time of 10:00.26, breaking the mark of 10:04.70 set in 2004. In other running events, graduate student Lori Havrilak (West Grove, PA/St. Mark's, DE) was second in the 400 meters (1:00.92) and fourth in the 200 meters (27.40 seconds), while first-year student Allie Gold (Columbia, PA/Hempfield) took third in the 55-meter hurdles (9.16 seconds). In the 5000 meters, senior Sarah Grove (Harrisburg, PA/Central Dauphin East) was fourth with a time of 19:11.57, the eighth-best mark in program history, while junior Amanda Daws (Thorofare, NJ/West Deptford) was fifth at 19:14.64 and first-year student Kristen O'Brien (Westminster, MD/Winters Mill) placed sixth in 19:20.09. In the field, junior Chelsea Miles (Media, PA/Penncrest) won three silver medals as she was second in the high jump at 4 feet, 9 3/4 inches, in the long jump at 16 feet, 1/2 inch and in the triple jump at 34 feet, 2 3/4 inches. Senior Jenna Riley (Reading, PA/Reading Central Catholic) finished third in the triple jump at 34 feet, 2 inches while in the pole vault senior Samantha Adams (Mickleton, NJ/Padua Academy) was third at 9 feet, 1/4 inch and first-year student Lauren Riley (Sanatoga, PA/Pottsgrove) was fourth at the same height. The 4x400-meter relay team of Havrilak, Merusi, Miles and Gold took third with a time of 4:17.88 for eighth place on the school's all-time list, while the 4x200 quartet of Havrilak, Lauren Riley, sophomore Rebekah Arbogast (York, PA/Eastern York) and Gold was fourth in 1:52.45. Middle Atlantic Conference Individual winners plus top six finishers from Etown Team scores: Messiah (Mes) 144.33, Elizabethtown (E) 127, Widener (W) 82, Misericordia (Mis) 66.33, DeSales (DSU) 57.33, Albright (A) 29, Lebanon Valley (LV) 11, Delaware Valley (DV) 6. |
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