Elizabethtown College Track and Field
Saturday, May 24, 2008

Erin Fisher Places 11th in 5,000 Meters at NCAA Division III Track & Field Championships

OSHKOSH, Wisc. --- Elizabethtown College senior Erin Fisher (McEwensville, PA/Warrior Run) finished 11th in the women's 5,000 meters at the NCAA Division III Track & Field Championships at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh on Saturday afternoon.

Fisher was timed in 17:28.60 in the field of 17 runners, as Becca Jordahl of Wisconsin-River Falls won the race with a time of 16:52.49.

On Thursday, Fisher had earned All-America honors with a seventh-place finish in the 10,000 meters in a time of 36:00.52.

As a team, the Blue Jay women finished in a tie for 76th place with two points, among the 83 schools that earned at least one point at the championships. Elizabethtown's men tied for 51st place with five points, among the 81 schools that scored.

NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field
at University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
Day 3 of 3

Elizabethtown College results
Women
5,000 meters: 11. Erin Fisher, 17:28.60

Team scores
Men: 1. McMurry 35; 2. SUNY Cortland 33; 3. Whitworth 31; 4. Mount Union 27; 5. Wartburg and St. Thomas (Minn.) 25; 51 (tie). Elizabethtown, Washington (Mo.), Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Springfield, Calvin, SUNY Brockport, Alma and Allegheny 5.

Women: 1 (tie). Wisconsin-River Falls and Illinois Wesleyan 35; 3. Wartburg 34; 4. Keene State 29; 5. Roanoke 27; 76 (tie). Elizabethtown, Waynesburg, Rhodes and Greenville 2.

Elizabethtown College Track and Field
Thursday, May 22, 2008

Erin Fisher Takes All-America Honors at NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships

OSHKOSH, Wisc. --- Elizabethtown College senior Erin Fisher (McEwensville, PA/Warrior Run) earned All-America honors with a seventh-place finish in the women's 10,000-meter run at the NCAA Division III Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh on Thursday evening.

Fisher (left) crossed the finish line in a career-best time of 36:00.52 to become the third Blue Jay to be named All-America in women's track and field, joining Melissa St. Clair '05 (four times) and Carrie Kerna '04 (three times).

"I couldn't be happier with Erin's progress throughout the season," said head coach Chris Straub. "She got a late start to the outdoor season due to injury, but definitely peaked at the right time."

After passing through the first 5,000 meters in a time of 18:03, Fisher was among a pack of 10 runners within two seconds of the lead with one mile (1,600 meters) to go. Pushing the pace, she moved toward the front of the pack and settled into a battle for sixth place over the final 600 meters.

Fisher, who earned All-America honors in cross country with a 15th-place finish at the 2007 NCAA Division III championships, will compete in the final race of her career on Saturday when she runs in the 5,000 meters.

In other women's action, junior Tiffany Kulp (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge) finished 17th in the 1,500 meters with a time of 4:40.48.

On the men's side, senior Kevin Clark (Horsham, PA/Hatboro-Horsham) is in seventh place in the decathlon after amassing 3,432 points on the first day of the two-day event.

His highest-scoring event was the 400 meters, when he took fourth with a career-best time of 49.98 seconds. He also finished second in the 100 meters (11.21 seconds, 814 points) and was fifth in the long jump (21 feet, 5 1/2 inches, 707 points).

Clark also competed in the pole vault, but the four-time All-American was unable to clear the bar in three attempts after wrapping up action in the decathlon just moments earlier.

On Friday, Clark will see action in the final five events of the decathlon (110 hurdles, discus, pole vault, javelin and 1,500 meters) beginning at 2:00, while senior Drew Graybeal (Woodbine, MD/Glenelg) will participate in the 800-meter trials at 7:35 p.m.

NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field
at University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
Day 1 of 3

Elizabethtown College results
Men
Pole vault: Kevin Clark, no height
Decathlon (5 of 10 events): 7. Kevin Clark, 3432 points

Women
1500 meters: 17. Tiffany Kulp, 4:40.48
10,000 meters: 7. Erin Fisher, 36:00.52

Pictured: Erin Fisher en route to a seventh-place finish in the 10,000 meters at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships (Photo courtesy of Jeff Febus, Calvin College).

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Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Four Elizabethtown College Athletes to Compete at NCAA Division III Track and Field Championships

Pictured, from left: Drew Graybeal, Kevin Clark, Erin Fisher and Tiffany Kulp.

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Four members of the Elizabethtown College men's and women's track and field teams will compete at the NCAA Division III championships at the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, beginning Thursday and continuing through Saturday.

For the men, senior Kevin Clark (Horsham, PA/Hatboro-Horsham) will compete in the decathlon and the pole vault, while senior Drew Graybeal (Woodbine, MD/Glenelg) is entered in the 800 meters. On the women's side, senior Erin Fisher (McEwensville, PA/Warrior Run) will run in both the 5,000 and 10,000 meters, and junior Tiffany Kulp (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge) is slated to participate in the 1,500 meters.

Clark is competing in the pole vault (Thursday, 6:00 p.m.) for the third straight year at the outdoor championships, and in the decathlon (Thursday, 1:00 p.m. and Friday, 2:00 p.m.) for the second consecutive season. He is a four-time All-American in the pole vault (three times indoor, once outdoor) and was the 2007 NCAA Division III indoor champion and 2006 Division III outdoor runner-up.

In March, Clark finished fourth in the pole vault with a height of 16 feeet, 5 1/2 inches at the Division III indoor championships. He was named the Middle Atlantic Conference Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year after winning the 110 hurdles, 400 hurdles and pole vault as the Blue Jays won their second straight MAC championship.

He qualified for the pole vault with a mark of 16 feet, 2 3/4 inches at the Messiah Invitational on April 11, and set a school record in the decathlon with an NCAA-qualifying score of 6,648 points at the same meet. Clark set the school record in the pole vault of 16 feet, 6 inches at Shippensburg in 2006.

Graybeal is entered in the 800 meters (Friday, 7:35 p.m.) at the Division III outdoor championships for the second straight year, finishing sixth last season with a time of 1:54.18 to earn All-America honors for the fourth time in his career.

He previously was named All-America in the 400 meters at the 2008 indoor championships, in the 800 meters at the 2007 indoor championships, and in the distance medley relay at the 2006 indoor championships.

Graybeal is seeded fourth with a time of 1:50.99 that he established at the Swarthmore Last Chance Meet on May 13. He will be looking to break the school outdoor record in the 800 meters of 1:50.66 set in 2006 by Tyson Evensen.

In addition to the 800 meters, Graybeal also qualified in the 400 meters but declined entry to the event in order to concentrate on the 800 meters.

Fisher is entered with a time of 17:20.60 in the 5,000 meters (Saturday, 4:55 p.m.) set at Swarthmore, and 36:03.08 in the 10,000 meters (Thursday, 7:30 p.m.) set at the Penn Relays. She competed in the 5,000 meters at this year's Division III indoor championships and in the 10,000 meters at last year's outdoor meet.

The two-time defending MAC indoor and outdoor champion in the 5,000 meters, Fisher is also the two-time MAC champion in cross country, where she earned All-America honors with a 15th-place finish at the 2007 Division III championships.

She will look to break the Elizabethtown College records in both the 5,000 meters and 10,000 meters, which were set by Melissa St. Clair '05 during the 2005 season. St. Clair ran 17:14.79 in the 5,000 meters at the Division III outdoor championships en route to earning All-America honors, and was timed in 35:46.62 in the 10,000 meters at the Penn Relays.

Kulp is a first-time qualifier for the NCAA Division III championships, having earned a berth in the 1,500 meters (Thursday, 5:15 p.m.) with a time of 4:36.03 at Swarthmore on May 13 that broke the school record of 4:36.33 set in 2005 by Katie Garner.

She is the three-time defending MAC outdoor champion in the 1,500 meters and has also won three straight gold medals in the 800 meters at the MAC indoor championships. In all, Kulp has claimed 10 MAC championships (eight individual, two relay) during her Blue Jay career.

Action begins Thursday at 1:00 p.m. with the men's decathlon, and continues through Saturday at 5:55 p.m. with the men's 4x400-meter relay.

NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships
at University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
Elizabethtown College entries

(All times Eastern Daylight Time)
Thursday, May 22
Decathlon (day one), 1:00 p.m.: Kevin Clark
Women's 1,500 meters (trials), 5:15 p.m.: Tiffany Kulp
Men's Pole vault, 6:00 p.m.: Kevin Clark
Women's 10,000 meters, 7:30 p.m.: Erin Fisher

Friday, May 23
Decathlon (day two), 2:00 p.m.: Kevin Clark
Men's 800 meters (trials), 7:35 p.m.: Drew Graybeal

Saturday, May 24
Women's 1,500 meters (finals), 2:20 p.m.: Tiffany Kulp
Men's 800 meters (finals), 4:00 p.m.: Drew Graybeal
Women's 5,000 meters, 4:55 p.m.: Erin Fisher

Elizabethtown College Women's Track and Field
Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Elizabethtown Track Peaking at Right Time With Top Performances at Swat Last Chance Meet

SWARTHMORE, Pa. --- The Elizabethtown College women's track and field team competed in its final meet prior to the NCAA Division III championships on Tuesday night at the Swarthmore College Last Chance Meet.

Senior Erin Fisher (McEwensville, PA/Warrior Run) won the 5,000 meters with a personal-record time of 17:20.60, less than six seconds shy of the program record of 17:14.79 set by Melissa St. Clair at the NCAA championships in 2005.

Junior Tiffany Kulp (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge) broke the school record in the 1500 meters as she finished third with a time of 4:36.03. She surpassed the previous record of 4:36.33 set in 2005 by Katie Garner.

Junior Chelsea Miles (Media, PA/Penncrest) also set a school record as she won the high jump with a mark of 5 feet, 3 1/4 inches, bettering the old mark of 5 feet, 3 inches set by Carrie Kerna in 2004.

First-year student Allie Gold (Columbia, PA/Hempfield) was third in the 100-meter hurdles (15.65 seconds), Miles took eighth in the triple jump (34 feet, 5 inches), and first-year student Lauren Riley (Sanatoga, PA/Pottsgrove) was fourth in the pole vault (10 feet).

Elizabethtown College Women's Track and Field
Saturday, May 3, 2008

Blue Jays Finish Third at MAC Track and Field Championships

Meet results

CHESTER, Pa. --- The Elizabethtown College women's track and field team finished third at the Middle Atlantic Conference championships at Widener University, scoring 131 1/6 points to finish behind winner Messiah College (274.5 points) and runner-up Widener (134 2/3 points).

Junior Tiffany Kulp (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge) won her second gold medal of the meet by capturing the 1500 meters for the third straight year with a time of 4:43.70, and senior Erin Fisher (McEwensville, PA/Warrior Run) took the 5000 meters for the second straight year with a time of 17:29.00.

First-year student Allie Gold (Columbia, PA/Hempfield) took third in the 100 hurdles (15.63 seconds), and sophomore Rebekah Arbogast (York, PA/Eastern York) finished seventh in the 400 hurdles (1:14.77).

Graduate student Lori Havrilak (West Grove, PA/St. Mark's, DE) finished fifth in the 400 meters with a time of 1:01.54. first-year student Kristin Bowen (West Chester, PA/Downingtown West) was seventh in the 800 meters (2:29.57) and fifth in the 1500 meters (4:55.39).

In the 4x400-meter relay, the team of junior Chelsea Miles (Media, PA/Penncrest), senior Meghan Ryder (Hatboro, PA/Hatboro-Horsham), Havrilak and Kulp took second with a time of 4:08.96.

In the 5000 meters, junior Amanda Daws (Thorofare, NJ/West Deptford) was fourth with a time of 19:05.57 and first-year student Kristen O'Brien (Westminster, MD/Winters Mill) finished fifth in 19:08.73.

In field events, Miles was fourth in the long jump (16 feet, 3 inches) after she finished third in the high jump and took second in the triple jump on Saturday.

Middle Atlantic Conference Outdoor Track and Field
at Widener University, Chester, Pa.

Elizabethtown results
400: 5. Lori Havrilak, 1:01.54.
800: 7. Kristin Bowen, 2:29.57.
1500: 1. Tiffany Kulp, 4:43.70; 5. Kristin Bowen, 4:55.39.
5000: 1. Erin Fisher, 17:29.00; 4. Amanda Daws, 19:05.57; 5. Kristen O'Brien, 19:08.73.
100 hurdles: 3. Allie Gold, 15.63.
400 hurdles: 7. Rebekah Arbogast, 1:14.77.
4x100: 5. Elizabethtown, 53.04.
4x400: 2. Elizabethtown, 4:08.96.
Long jump: 4. Chelsea Miles, 16-3.

Team scores: 1. Messiah 274.5; 2. Widener 134.66; 3. Elizabethtown 131.16; 4. DeSales 103.33; 5. Misericordia 66.33; 6. Albright 45; 7. Lebanon Valley 44; 8. Delaware Valley 18.

Elizabethtown College Women's Track and Field
Friday, May 2, 2008

Blue Jays In Second Place After Day Two of MAC Track and Field Championships

Meet results

CHESTER, Pa. --- The Elizabethtown College women's track and field team is in second place after two days of the Middle Atlantic Conference Championships at Widener University.

The Blue Jays have 67.16 points after two days of the championships, behind defending champion Messiah College (96.5 points) and ahead of third-place Widener (62.66 points).

Highlighting the day for the Blue Jays was junior Tiffany Kulp (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge), who won the steeplechase and broke her own school record with a time of 11:30.14.

Junior Chelsea Miles (Media, PA/Penncrest) finished third in the high jump (4 feet, 11 3/4 inches) and took second in the triple jump with a mark of 35 feet, 3 inches.

Senior Jenna Riley (Reading, PA/Reading Central Catholic) took third in the triple jump at 34 feet, 3 inches, and first-year student Gabrielle Whitley (Lititz, PA/Warwick) tied for fifth in the high jump at 4 feet, 7 3/4 inches.

First-year student Lauren Riley (Sanatoga, PA/Pottsgrove) took second in the pole vault (10 feet, 5 1/2 inches) and senior Samantha Adams (Mickleton, NJ/Padua Academy, DE) tied for third at 9 feet, 11 3/4 inches.

In the discus, first-year student Sarah DeGeorge (Butler, PA/Butler) finished in sixth place with a mark of 103 feet, 7 inches.

Advancing to Saturday's finals in the 400 meters is graduate student Lori Havrilak (West Grove, PA/St. Mark's, DE) who was timed in 1:01.53 in preliminaries, while first-year student Kristin Bowen (West Chester, PA/Downingtown West) advanced in the 800 meters (2:26.44).

First-year student Allie Gold (Columbia, PA/Hempfield) qualified for finals in the 100 hurdles (15.92 seconds), and sophomore Rebekah Arbogast (York, PA/Eastern York) advanced in the 400 hurdles (1:12.47).

On Thursday, the Blue Jays put three runners in the top four of the 10,000 meters, with junior Amanda Daws (Thorofare, NJ/West Deptford) in second place at 39:44.53, senior Sarah Grove (Harrisburg, PA/Central Dauphin East) in third at 39:51.44, and first-year student Kristen O'Brien (Westminster, MD/Winters Mill) taking fourth in 39:55.77.

Middle Atlantic Conference Outdoor Track and Field
at Widener University, Chester, Pa.
Through day 2 of 3

Elizabethtown results
Steeplechase: 1. Tiffany Kulp, 11:30.14
10,000: 2. Amanda Daws, 39:44.53; 3. Sarah Grove, 39:51.44; 4. Kristen O'Brien, 39:55.77.
High jump: 3 (tie). Chelsea Miles, 4-11 3/4; 5 (tie). Gabrielle Whitley, 4-7 3/4.
Triple jump: 2. Chelsea Miles, 35-3; 3. Jenna Riley, 34-3.
Discus: 6. Sarah DeGeorge, 103-7.
Pole vault: 2. Lauren Riley, 10-5 1/2; 3 (tie). Samantha Adams, 9-11 3/4.

Team scores: 1. Messiah 96.5; 2. Elizabethtown 67.16; 3. Widener 62.66; 4. DeSales 40.33; 5. Lebanon Valley 20; 6. Albright 12; 7. Misericordia 10.33; 8. Delaware Valley 1.

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Thursday, May 1, 2008

Track and Field Ready for MAC Championships

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- The Elizabethtown College men's and women's track and field teams will be in action at the Middle Atlantic Conference Outdoor Championships at Widener University.

The three-day meet began Thursday afternoon with day one of the heptathlon and decathlon, along with the men's and women's 10,000 meters. Full competition will start Friday as nine schools compete in 20 men's and 20 women's events.

The Blue Jay men are the defending MAC champions, winning their second title in four years last season. The Blue Jay women posted their best-ever finish in 2006 with a second-place result behind Messiah College.

Elizabethtown's men are led by seniors Kevin Clark (Horsham, PA/Hatboro-Horsham) and Drew Graybeal (Woodbine, MD/Glenelg), each of whom has won multiple MAC gold medals during their careers.

Clark is the three-time defending MAC champion in the pole vault, winning last year with a mark of 15 feet, 5 1/2 inches. He has also won a pair of golds as part of the 4x400-meter relay team, and was second in the long jump last season.

Graybeal is the defending conference champion in both the 400 and 800 meters, and has won those events at the indoor championships in each of the last two years. He has also won three outdoor gold medals in the 4x400-meter relay.

Sophomore A.J. Farris (Edgewood, MD/Joppatowne) took third in the 100 meters last year, while senior Ryan St. Clair (Chambersburg, PA/Chambersburg) was third in the steeplechase.

In field events, sophomore Mike Torre (Medford, NJ/Shawnee) was third in the javelin last season with a best throw of 186 feet, 3 inches.

Other top contenders will be junior Dylan Rulander (Russell, PA/Eisenhower) in the 800 and 1500 meters, senior Dave Bresnahan (Cinnaminson, NJ/Cinnaminson) in the 10,000 meters, Farris in the 200 meters, and Clark in the 400-meter hurdles.

For the women, junior Tiffany Kulp (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge) will chase her third straight gold medal in the 1,500 meters, after winning the mile run at the indoor championships. She is also favored to win the MAC title in the steeplechase, with a seed time 22 seconds faster than any other entry, after finishing second last season.

Senior Erin Fisher (McEwensville, PA/Warrior Run) is the defending MAC outdoor champion and two-time indoor champion in the 5,000 meters, and senior Jenna Riley (Reading, PA/Reading Central Catholic) will aim to defend her title in the triple jump (36 feet, 4 3/4 inches).

Junior Chelsea Miles (Media, PA/Penncrest) was runner-up in the high jump last season and took third in the triple jump, and will look to medal along with graduate student Lori Havrilak (West Grove, PA/St. Mark's, DE) in the 400 meters.