Elizabethtown College WomensTrack News 
Back to top 5/12/2009 Women's track sends athletes to Swat Last Chance Meet ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD Monday, May 11, 2009 Elizabethtown at Swarthmore Last Chance Meet SWARTHMORE, Pa. --- Members of the Elizabethtown College women's track and field team competed at the Swarthmore College Last Chance Meet on Monday evening. Senior Amanda Daws (Thorofare, NJ/West Deptford) broke the 37-minute barrier in the 10,000 meters with a time of 36:57.32, leaving her 23rd on the NCAA Division III performance list. Daws ran 5-kilometer splits of 18:34 and 18:23 en route to become the third Etown runner to run sub-37 minutes in the 10,000 meters and drop her personal record by four seconds. Junior Tiffany Kulp (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge), who is currently ranked 16th in Division III in the 5,000 meters, ran 17:56.12 to finish sixth in the event, while first-year student Kathryn Howser (Annapolis, MD/Annapolis) posted a season-best time of 2:15.90 in the 800 meters to move within less than a second of the school record of 2:15.15 held by Katie Garner. Senior Chelsea Miles (Media, PA/Penncrest) posted a season best in the high jump by clearing 5 feet, 1 3/4 inches (1.57 meters) to finish in fifth place. In the discus, sophomore Sarah DeGeorge (Butler, PA/Butler) recorded a throw of 101 feet (30.79 meters). Sophomore Allie Gold (Columbia, PA/Hempfield) took over 10th place on the school's all-time list in the 100 meters with a time of 13.50 seconds, and in the 100-meter hurdles she was clocked in a time of 15.99. The 4x400-meter relay team of Miles, first-year student Jill Patrick (Pitman, NJ/Pitman), junior Bernadette Frawley (Berwyn, PA/Sacred Heart) and Howser bettered their season-best time by finishing in 4:03.11, remaining seventh on the school's all-time list in the event. Back to top 4/30/2009 Women's track finishes 2nd at MAC Championships ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD Elizabethtown 2nd at Middle Atlantic Conference Championships ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Host Elizabethtown College took second place at the Middle Atlantic Conference Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships, finishing with 129 points to rank behind only Messiah College, which rolled up 207 points to win its third straight team title.Senior Tiffany Kulp (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge) added two more medals to her gold won in the steeplechase on Friday (11:43.57) by winning the 5,000 meters (17:54.99) and taking second in the 1,500 meters (4:41.61). Senior Chelsea Miles (Media, PA/Penncrest) finished the meet in style as she ran the anchor leg of the 4x400-meter relay which won in a time of 4:04.04. It was the first gold medal of Miles' MAC indoor and outdoor careers after winning 24 previous medals, including 16 silver. She also took second in the triple jump (35 feet, 5 1/4 inches) on Friday and was third in the long jump (16 feet, 6 1/2 inches) and sixth in the 200 meters (27.01 seconds). Miles also tied for fifth in the high jump with sophomore Gabrielle Whitley (Lititz, PA/Warwick) at 4 feet, 10 1/4 inches. First-year student Kathryn Howser (Annapolis, MD/Annapolis) won the 800 meters in a time of 2:16.61, with junior Megan VanDenHengel (Mechanicsburg, PA/Cumberland Valley) coming in sixth with a time of 2:22.19. VanDenHengel also ran in the 5,000 meters and took sixth with a time of 18:24.56, while senior Amanda Daws (Thorofare, NJ/West Deptford) was fourth in 18:02.35. Sophomore Allie Gold (Columbia, PA/Hempfield) finished third in the heptathlon with 3458 points, breaking the school record of 3450 points set by Sarah Chick in 2004, and was fourth in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 15.86 seconds. First-year student Nicole Lipari (Massapequa, NY/Massapequa) finished eighth in the 100 hurdles (16.96 seconds) and was eighth in the 400 hurdles (1:21.05) behind first-year student Jill Patrick (Pitman, NJ/Pitman) who ran 1:10.99 to take fourth. Junior Bernadette Frawley (Berwyn, PA/Sacred Heart) claimed a sixth-place finish in the 400 meters (1:02.25) and ran in the 4x100-meter relay with Miles, first-year student Lisa Williamson (Sinking Spring, PA/Wilson) and Gold which took fourth in 50.89 seconds. Frawley, Patrick and Howser also ran in the 4x400-meter relay with Miles for the Blue Jays, which they won by 2.74 seconds over DeSales University. First-year student Crystal Connelly (Lower Waterford, VT/St. Johnsbury Academy) took sixth in the shot put at 32 feet, 9 1/2 inches and placed eighth in the discus with a mark of 103 feet, 11 inches. Daws got the meet off to an exciting start on Thursday by setting a new MAC record in the women's 10,000 meters, crossing the line in 37:01.42 to break the mark of 37:24.90 set in 1990 by Tamara Lave of Haverford College. Daws jumped from 25th to 20th on the NCAA Division III performance list with her gold-medal effort, as she won by 2 minutes, 39 seconds over runner-up Mary Higgins of Messiah College and nearly four minutes over the rest of the field. Sophomore Teresa Beshore (New Cumberland, PA/Red Land) finished seventh with a time of 43:01.43. Middle Atlantic Conference Championships at Elizabethtown College Elizabethtown top finishers 200: 6. Chelsea Miles, 27.01 400: 6. Bernadette Frawley, 1:02.25. 800: 1. Kathryn Howser, 2:16.61; 6. Megan VanDenHengel, 2:22.19. 1,500: 2. Tiffany Kulp, 4:41.61; 5. Megan VanDenHengel, 4:46.30. Steeplechase: 1. Tiffany Kulp, 11:43.57. 5,000: 1. Tiffany Kulp, 17:54.99; 4. Amanda Daws, 18:02.35; 6. Megan VanDenHengel, 18:24.56. 10,000: 1. Amanda Daws, 37:01.42 (MAC record); 7. Teresa Beshore, 43:01.43. 100 hurdles: 4. Allie Gold, 15.86; 8. Nicole Lipari, 16.96. 400 hurdles: 4. Jill Patrick, 1:10.99; 8. Nicole Lipari, 1:21.05. 4x100: 4. Elizabethtown (Miles, Williamson, Frawley, Gold), 50.89. 4x400: 1. Elizabethtown (Frawley, Patrick, Howser, Miles), 4:04.04. High jump: 5. Chelsea Miles, 4-10 1/4; 5. Gabrielle Whitley, 4-10 1/4. Triple jump: 2. Chelsea Miles, 35-5 1/4. Long jump: 3. Chelsea Miles, 16-6 1/2. Discus: 8. Crystal Connelly, 103-11. Shot put: 6. Crystal Connelly, 32-9 1/2. Triple jump: 2. Chelsea Miles, 35-5 1/4. Heptathlon: 3. Allie Gold, 3458. Team Scores: 1. Messiah 207; 2. Elizabethtown 129; 3. DeSales 119; 4. Lebanon Valley 90; 5. Misericordia 73; 6. Widener 64; 7. Albright 54; 8. Delaware Valley 50; 9. Shenandoah 25; 10. Manhattanville 0. Back to top 4/25/2009 Women's track tunes up for MACs at Shippensburg ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD Elizabethtown at Paul Kaiser Classic SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College's women's track and field team completed its final tuneup for next weekend's Middle Atlantic Conference championships by participating in the Paul Kaiser Classic at Shippensburg University on Saturday.Junior Megan VanDenHengel (Mechanicsburg, PA/Cumberland Valley) was the Blue Jays' top finisher as she placed second in the 5,000 meters with a time of 18:39.89, ranking her sixth on the school's all-time performance list. In the 400-meter intermediate hurdles, first-year student Jill Patrick (Pitman, NJ/Pitman) was 12th with a time of 1:12.35 to move into third place on the school's all-time performance list. In field events, top-10 finishes came from senior Chelsea Miles (Media, PA/Penncrest) who was seventh in the triple jump at 35 feet, 2 inches, and sophomore Sarah DeGeorge (Butler, PA/Butler) in the discus at 101 feet, 5 inches. The 4x100-meter relay team of Miles, first-year student Lisa Williamson (Sinking Spring, PA/Wilson), junior Bernadette Frawley (Berwyn, PA/Sacred Heart) and Patrick took 10th in 52.25 seconds to move into eighth place on the school's all-time performance list. Paul Kaiser Classic at Shippensburg University Elizabethtown College top finishers 1,500 - 2. Megan VanDenHengel, 18:39.89 400 hurdles - 12. Jill Patrick, 1:12.35 4x100 - 10. Elizabethtown (Chelsea Miles, Lisa Williamson, Bernadette Frawley, Jill Patrick), 52.25 Triple jump - 7. Chelsea Miles, 35-2 Discus - 9. Sarah DeGeorge, 101-5 Back to top 4/18/2009 Daws, Kulp compete at Larry Ellis Invitational ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD Elizabethtown at Larry Ellis Invitational PRINCETON, N.J. - Elizabethtown College seniors Amanda Daws (Thorofare, NJ/West Deptford) and Tiffany Kulp (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge) competed at the Larry Ellis Invitational on the campus of Princeton University on Friday night.Daws, an NCAA Division III provisional qualifier in the 10,000 meters, became the fourth Blue Jay runner to break 18 minutes in the 5,000 meters as she finished 20th with a time of 17:55.31, joining All-American Melissa St. Clair (17:14.79 in 2005), Kulp (17:19.16 on March 28 at VMI) and Erin Fisher (17:20.60). Kulp ran in the 1500 meters and finished with a time of 4:47.54 in a field comprised primarily of Division I runners. Back to top 4/18/2009 Women's track battles at Widener Invitational ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD Elizabethtown at Widener Invitational CHESTER, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College's women's track and field team continued its schedule at the Widener University Invitational on Friday and Saturday. Junior Megan VanDenHengel (Mechanicsburg, PA/Cumberland Valley) finished sixth in the 1500 meters with a time of 4:53.54, and was seventh in the 800 meters in 2:21.31. Sophomore Kristen O'Brien (Westminster, MD/Winters Mill) finished 11th in the 5000 meters with a time of 19:00.35.Senior Chelsea Miles (Media, PA/Penncrest) moved into the top 10 on the school's all-time performance list in the 200 meters (27.45, eighth) and 400 meters (1:01.28, fifth). She also competed in the triple jump and finished tied for sixth with a leap of 10.45 meters (34 feet, 3 1/2 inches). Sophomore Allie Gold (Columbia, PA/Hempfield) took ninth in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 16.00 seconds, and ran anchor in the 4x100 meters with Miles, first-year student Lisa Williamson (Sinking Spring, PA/Wilson) and junior Bernadette Frawley (Berwyn, PA/Sacred Heart) which finished fourth in 51.95 seconds and moved into sixth on the school's all-time performance list. The 4x400-meter relay team of first-year student Kathryn Howser (Annapolis, MD/Annapolis), VanDenHengel, first-year student Jill Patrick (Pitman, NJ/Pitman) and Gold finished fifth with a time of 4:18.85. In throws, first-year student Crystal Connelly (Lower Waterford, VT/St. Johnsbury Academy) finished sixth in the hammer throw (94 feet, 1 inch) and eighth in the discus (102 feet, 11 inches) while sophomore Sarah DeGeorge (Butler, PA/Butler) was sixth in the discus at 106 feet, 7 inches. Widener Invitational at Chester, Pa. Top Elizabethtown College finishers 800 - 7. Megan VanDenHengel, 2:21.31 1500 - 6. Megan VanDenHengel, 4:53.54 5000 - 11. Kristen O'Brien, 19:00.35 100 hurdles - 9. Allie Gold, 16.00 4x100 - 4. Elizabethtown (Miles, Williamson, Frawley, Gold), 51.95 4x400 - 5. Elizabethtown (Howser, VanDenHengel, Patrick, Gold), 4:18.85 TJ - t6. Chelsea Miles, 34-3 1/2 Discus - 6. Sarah DeGeorge, 106-7; 8. Crystal Connelly, 102-11 Hammer - 6. Crystal Connelly, 94-1; 7. Sarah DeGeorge, 80-2 Back to top 4/11/2009 Women's track turns in strong performances at Bucknell ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD Elizabethtown at Bucknell Outdoor Classic LEWISBURG, Pa. --- The Elizabethtown College women's track and field team competed at the non-scoring Bison Outdoor Classic at Bucknell University on Friday and Saturday. Highlighting the meet for the Blue Jays was the performance of senior Amanda Daws (Thorofare, NJ/West Deptford), who posted a provisional qualifying time for the NCAA Division III championships in the 10,000 meters on Friday night as she finished in 37:24.56 (18:47 and 18:37 splits), placing 10th overall in the field and recording the third-best time in school history. Sophomore Kristen O'Brien (Westminster, MD/Winters Mill) also competed in the 10,000 meters and posted the sixth-best time in school history at 39:09.58 (19:33 and 19:36 splits). In the 1,500 meters, senior Tiffany Kulp (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge) finished eighth overall with a time of 4:39.53, and junior Megan VanDenHengel (Mechanicsburg, PA/Cumberland Valley) was clocked in 4:53.09 for the sixth-best time in school history. Sophomore Allie Gold (Columbia, PA/Hempfield) finished 12th in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 16.02 seconds, and senior Chelsea Miles (Media, PA/Penncrest) took 11th in the high jump by clearing 1.55 meters (5 feet, 1 inch). Two Blue Jay relay teams had strong outings, as the 4x100 team of Miles, first-year student Lisa Williamson (Sinking Spring, PA/Wilson), junior Bernadette Frawley (Berwyn, PA/Sacred Heart) and Gold crossed the line in 52.12 seconds to rank sixth on the school's all-time performance list, and the 4x400 quartet of Miles, first-year student Kathryn Howser (Annapolis, MD/Annapolis), Frawley and VanDenHengel took 13th overall in 4:11.32 for the 10th-best time in school history. at Lewisburg, Pa. Top Elizabethtown College finishers 100 HH - 12. Allie Gold, 16.02 1500 - 8. Tiffany Kulp, 4:39.53 10,000 - 10. Amanda Daws, 37:24.56 4x400 - 13. Elizabethtown (Miles, Howser, Frawley, VanDenHengel), 4:11.32 HJ - 11. Chelsea Miles, 5-1 Back to top 4/4/2009 Women's track squares off with Messiah and Juniata ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD Messiah 158.5, Juniata 141, Elizabethtown 114.5 HUNTINGDON, Pa. --- The Elizabethtown College women's track and field team competed in a three-way meet with Messiah College and host Juniata College on Saturday afternoon. Messiah scored 158.5 points to win the meet, followed by Juniata (141 points) and the Blue Jays (114.5 points). Senior Tiffany Kulp (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge) won the steeplechase with a time of 12:08.60, nearly two minutes ahead of the runner-up, while first-year student Crystal Connelly (Lower Waterford, VT/St. Johnsbury Academy) was first in the shot put with a throw of 31 feet, 10 inches, the fourth-best mark in school history. Connelly also finished second in the discus with a mark of 107 feet, 8 inches to rank third in program history. The 4x400-meter relay team of junior Bernadette Frawley (Berwyn, PA/Sacred Heart), Kulp, senior Chelsea Miles (Media, PA/Penncrest) and first-year student Kathryn Howser (Annapolis, MD/Annapolis) took first place in a time of 4:13.44. Howser finished second in the 800 meters (2:27.12), sophomore Kristen O'Brien (Westminster, MD/Winters Mill) was second in the 3000 meters (11:05.78), and Miles placed second in the triple jump (33 feet, 7 1/2 inches). Sophomore Sarah DeGeorge (Butler, PA/Butler) was third in both the discus (98 feet, 8 inches) and the hammer throw (85 feet, 2 inches) while Miles took third in the long jump at 15 feet, 8 1/4 inches. Messiah 158.5, Juniata 141, Elizabethtown 114.5 100 - Kristen Bates (M), 13.20 200 - Kaitlyn Valis (M), time unavailable 400 - Amy Reynolds (J), 1:01.18 800 - Grace Kaste (M, 2:23.76 1500 - Erin Rhodes (M), 4:55.09 3000 - Jessica Koenig (J), 10:57.53 5000 - Mary Higgins (M), 19;33.50 100 hurdles - Kristen Bates (M), 14.58 400 hurdles - Melissa Johnson (J), 1:10.43 Steeplechase - Tiffany Kulp (E), 12:08.60 4x100 - Juniata, 51.42 4x400 - Elizabethtown, 4:13.44 4x800 - Messiah, 10:20.28 HJ - Kelsey Buffenmyer (J), 5-5 PV - Stephanie Varner (J), 9-9 LJ - Kelsey Buffenmyer (J), 17-8 TJ - Kristen Bates (M), 35-6 SP - Crystal Connelly (E), 31-10 Discus - Katie Tavenner (J), 110-0 Hammer - Katie Tavenner (J), 117-1 Javelin - Kristyn Ginter (J), 105-9 Back to top 3/28/2009 Women's track runs strong at W&L/VMI Carnival ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD Elizabethtown at W&L/VMI Carnival LEXINGTON, Va. --- The Elizabethtown College women's track & field team opened their 2009 outdoor schedule at the two-day Washington & Lee/Virginia Military Institute Carnival, which concluded Saturday. Senior Tiffany Kulp (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge) won the 5,000 meters and provisionally qualified for the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field championships with a time of 17:19.16, less than five seconds shy of the school record of 17:14.79 set at the NCAA championships by Melissa St. Clair in 2005. Kulp opened the 3.1 mile race by covering the first mile in 5:39, and dropped to 5:36 in the second mile and 5:26 in the third mile. Kulp also anchored the 4x800-meter relay that set a school record and finished fourth in 9:51.44, running with junior Megan VanDenHengel (Mechanicsburg, PA/Cumberland Valley), junior Bern Frawley (Berwyn, PA/Sacred Heart) and first-year student Kathryn Howser (Annapolis, MD/Annapolis). The previous record in the 4x800 was 9:58.54, set by the team of Kim Whalen, Amanda Santore, Julie Torchia and Melissa St. Clair in a home quad meet on April 3, 2004. Joining Kulp with top performance in the 5,000 meters were senior Amanda Daws (Thorofare, NJ/West Deptford), who finished fourth in 18:24.83 and turned in the fourth-best time in school history, and sophomore Kristen O'Brien (Westminster, MD/Winters Mill) whose time of 18:50.88 was seventh in the race and eighth-best in program history. In the 10,000 meters, sophomore Alex Walmer (Hershey, PA/Hershey) finished fifth in 43:16.03 with splits of 21:57 and 21:18, and first-year student Katie Nordyke (Monrovia, MD/Urbana) was sixth in 43:38.02 with 5k splits of 21:57 and 21:40. Senior Chelsea Miles (Media, PA/Penncrest) was fifth in the high jump with a mark of 4 feet, 10 1/4 inches, sixth in the triple jump at 34 feet, 6 3/4 inches and eighth in the 200 meters at 27.64 seconds, the ninth-best time in school history. Frawley finished eighth in the 400 meters in 1:03.10 to rank eighth in program history, VanDenHengel took seventh in the 800 meters at 2:21.17 (fifth in school history) and Howser was eighth in the 800 at 2:21.33 (sixth fastest in school history). Sophomore Allie Gold (Columbia, PA/Hempfield) competed in the heptathlon and amassed 3,165 points to finish in third place and record the third-most points in the event in school history. W&L/VMI Carnival Women 200 meters - 8. Chelsea Miles, 27.64 400 meters - 8. Bernadette Frawley, 1:03.10 800 meters - 7. Megan VanDenHengel, 2:21.17; 8. Kathryn Howser, 2:21.33 5000 meters - 1. Tiffany Kulp, 17:19.16; 4. Amanda Daws, 18:24.83; 7. Kristen O'Brien, 18:50.88 10,000 meters - 5. Alex Walmer, 43:16.03; 6. Katie Nordyke, 43:38.02 4x800 meters -4. Elizabethtown (Megan VanDenHengel, Bernadette Frawley, Kathryn Howser, Tiffany Kulp), 9:51 44 (school record) Triple Jump - 6. Chelsea Miles, 34-6 3/4 High Jump - 5. Chelsea Miles, 4-10 1/4 Heptathlon - 3. Allie Gold, 3165 points Back to top 3/13/2009 Tiffany Kulp finishes 10th in mile run at NCAA Division III Championships FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Saturday, March 14, 2009 Tiffany Kulp Finishes 10th in Mile Run at NCAA Division III Indoor Track Championships  TERRE HAUTE, Ind. --- Elizabethtown College senior Tiffany Kulp
(Perkasie, PA/Pennridge) finished 10th in the women's mile run at the NCAA
Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships at the Rose-Hulman Institute
of Technology on Saturday.Kulp, the 16th and final qualifier in the field, finished with a time of 5:13.68 in the finals after taking sixth in her heat and 10th overall in Friday's preliminaries with a time of 5:02.07. Kulp made her first appearance at the Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships, after competing in the 1,500 meters at last spring's Division III Outdoor Championships and four times at the Division III Cross Country Championships. (At left: Tiffany Kulp leads the field in the first heat of the women's mile run at the 2009 NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology on Friday, March 13.) Back to top 3/11/2009 Tiffany Kulp to compete at Division III Indoor Track Championships FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, March 11, 2009 Tiffany Kulp to Compete at NCAA Division III Indoor Track Championships ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College senior Tiffany Kulp (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge) will compete in the women's mile run at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships, which are being held at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Ind. Kulp was the 16th and final qualifier in the field, and is scheduled to compete on Friday at 4:00 p.m. in the first of two preliminary heats. The top three finishers in each heat and the next four fastest runners will advance to the finals on Saturday at 2:00 p.m. Kulp qualified for nationals last Saturday at the Virginia Tech Last Chance Meet by breaking her own school record in the mile run with a time of 5:02.96. It is her first appearance at the Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships, after competing in the 1,500 meters at last spring's Division III Outdoor Championships and four times at the Division III Cross Country Championships. She also maintains the Elizabethtown cross country and track & field program's streak of having at least one national championships participant in cross country, indoor track and outdoor track every year since 2002-03. Back to top 3/8/2009 Women's track runs at Virginia Tech Last Chance Meet ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD Elizabethtown 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, turning in several top program performances on the day.Senior Tiffany Kulp (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge) earned an NCAA Division III provisional qualifying time and broke her own school record in the mile run with a time of 5:02.06, finishing second overall. Her previous school record of 5:07.14 was set at Virginia Tech last season. Senior Amanda Daws (Thorofare, NJ/West Deptford) won the 3,000 meters with a time of 10:43.07, the third-best mark in program history, with sophomore Kristen O'Brien (Westminster, MD/Winters Mill) in second place in 11:07.57. Back to top 2/28/2009 Women's track finishes third at MAC Championships ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD Elizabethtown at MAC Championships BETHLEHEM, Pa. --- The Elizabethtown College women's indoor track and field team finished third at the Middle Atlantic Conference Championships held at Lehigh University on Saturday. The
Blue Jays won two events on the day and had nine medal-winning
performances to amass 79 points, trailing only conference champion Messiah College (163 points) and DeSales University (88 points). Senior Tiffany Kulp (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge) picked up her second consecutive gold medal in the mile run with a time of 5:12.97, and took second in the 800 meters with a time of 2:21.84. Kulp also won gold as the anchor leg of the 4x800-meter relay, joined by junior Megan VanDenHengel (Mechanicsburg, PA/Cumberland Valley), sophomore Kristen O'Brien (Westminster, MD/Winters Mill) and first-year student Kathryn Howser (Annapolis, MD/Annapolis) with a winning time of 9:57.87. Senior Chelsea Miles (Media, PA/Penncrest) finished second in three events, breaking her own school record in the long jump with a mark of 17 feet, 3/4 inch, clearing 4 feet, 11 3/4 inches in the high jump and posting a distance of 35 feet, 5 3/4 inches in the triple jump. VanDenHengel came home third in the 800 meters with a time of 2:22.78, while senior Amanda Daws (Thorofare, NJ/West Deptford) was second in the 5,000 meters and recorded the third-best time in program history of 18:32.63.Sophomore Allie Gold (Columbia, PA/Hempfield) finished fifth in the 55-meter hurdles with a time of 9.59 seconds, and ran anchor leg in the 4x200 relay with Miles, Howser and junior Bern Frawley (Berwyn, PA/Sacred Heart) which took fifth in 4:21.49. In the 4x400-meter relay, the team of Frawley, first-year student Jill Patrick (Pitman, NJ/Pitman), Gold and Miles finished fifth in a time of 4:21.49. Middle Atlantic Conference Championships Team scores: 1.
Messiah 163; 2. DeSales 88; 3. Elizabethtown 79; 4. Misericordia 66; 5. Lebanon Valley 61; 6. Albright 31; 7. Widener 26; 8. Delaware Valley 23; 9. Shenandoah 11; 10. Manhattanville 9 Women 800 meters - 2. Tiffany Kulp, 2:21.84; 3. Megan VanDenHengel, 2:22.44 1 mile - 1. Tiffany Kulp, 5:12.97 5000 meters - 2. Amanda Daws, 18:32.63 55 hurdles - 5. Allie Gold, 9.59 4x200 relay - 5. Elizabethtown (Chelsea Miles, Kathryn Howser, Bern Frawley, Allie Gold), 1:53.76 4x400 relay - 5. Elizabethtown (Bern Frawley, Jill Patrick, Allie Gold, Chelsea Miles), 4:21.49 4x800 relay - 1. Elizabethtown (Megan VanDenHengel, Kristen O'Brien, Kathryn Howser, Tiffany Kulp), 9:57.87 Distance Medley Relay - 2. Elizabethtown (Kristen O'Brien, Jill Patrick, Kathryn Howser, Amanda Daws), 13:02.50 High jump - 2 (tie). Chelsea Miles, 4-11 3/4 Long jump - 2. Chelsea Miles, 17-3/4 Triple jump - 2. Chelsea Miles, 35-5 3/4 Back to top 2/21/2009 Women's track in action at Susquehanna Open ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD Elizabethtown at Susquehanna Open SELINSGROVE, Pa. --- The Elizabethtown College women's track and field team completed its final tuneup for next weekend's Middle Atlantic Conference indoor championships by participating at the Susquehanna Open on Saturday. Senior Tiffany Kulp (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge) won the mile run with a time of 5:07.66, finishing nearly eight seconds ahead of the runner-up and coming with a half-second of her program record of 5:07.14 set last season at Virginia Tech. Senior Chelsea Miles (Media, PA/Penncrest) turned in a second-place performance in the high jump (5 feet, 1 3/4 inches), took fourth in the triple jump (34 feet) and was fifth in the long jump (16 feet, 3/4 inch). She also took eighth in the 200 meters with the eighth-best time in program history (27.67 seconds). In the 800 meters, junior Megan VanDenHengel (Mechanicsburg, PA/Cumberland Valley) finished third in the 800 meters with a time of 2:22.71, the third-best mark in program history. First-year student Kathryn Howser (Annapolis, MD/Annapolis) finished fifth in the 800 meters in a time of 2:25.59, the seventh-best mark in school history. In distance events, sophomore Kristen O'Brien (Westminster, MD/Winters Mill) took seventh with a time of 11:12.84, while in the 5000 meters sophomore Alex Walmer (Hershey, PA/Hershey) took eighth in 21:13.21. Sophomore Gabrielle Whitley (Lititz, PA/Warwick) finished eighth in the high jump with a mark of 4 feet, 7 3/4 inches. Susquehanna Open Women 200 meters - 8. Chelsea Miles, 27.67 800 meters - 3. Megan VanDenHengel, 2:22.71; 5. Kathryn Howser, 2:25.59 1 mile - 1. Tiffany Kulp, 5:07.66 3000 meters - 7. Kristen O'Brien, 11:12.84 5000 meters - 8. Alex Walmer, 21:13.21 4x200 relay - 8. Elizabethtown (Lipari, Patrick, Williamson, Howser), 1:57.39 High jump - 2. Chelsea Miles, 5-1 3/4 (1.57 meters); 8. Gabrielle Whitley, 4-7 3/4 (1.42 meters) Long jump - 5. Chelsea Miles, 16-3/4 (4.88 meters) Triple jump - 4. Chelsea Miles, 34-0 (10.36 meters) Back to top 2/16/2009 Women's track competes at Dickinson Invitational ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD Elizabethtown at Dickinson Invitational CARLISLE, Pa. --- The Elizabethtown College women's indoor track and field team finished seventh out of 15 teams at the Dickinson College Valentine's Day Invitational on Saturday. Senior Chelsea Miles (Media, PA/Penncrest) had another outstanding day for the Blue Jays, as she won the high jump (5 feet, 2 inches), finished second in the long jump (16 feet, 5 3/4 inches) and placed third in the triple jump (34 feet, 11 inches). Sophomore Gabrielle Whitley (Lititz, PA/Warwick) added a fifth-place finish in the high jump (4 feet, 8 inches) and first-year student Crystal Connelly (Lower Waterford, VT/St. Johnsbury Academy) took eighth in the shot put at 32 feet, 7 inches, the fifth-best mark in program history. Sophomore Allie Gold (Columbia, PA/Hempfield) finished fourth in the 55-meter hurdles with a time of 8.88 seconds, joining Carrie Kerna '04 as the only Blue Jays to break nine seconds in the event. Senior Amanda Daws (Thorofare, NJ/West Deptford) was seventh in the mile in 5:34.83, ranking 10th on the program's all-time list. In the 4x200 meters, the team of Miles, and first-year students Janelle Gallant (Bridgewater, CT/Shepaug Valley), Nicole Lipari (Massapequa, NY/Massapequa) and Lisa Williamson (Sinking Spring, PA/Wilson) took sixth with a time of 1:58.80. Dickinson College Valentine's Day Invitational Women 1 mile - 7. Amanda Daws, 5:34.83 55 hurdles - 4. Allie Gold, 8.88 4x200 meters - 6. Elizabethtown (Miles, Gallant, Lipari, Williamson), 1:58.80 High jump - 1. Chelsea Miles, 5-2 (1.57 meters); 5. Gabrielle Whitley, 4-8 (1.42 meters) Long jump - 2. Chelsea Miles, 16-5 3/4 (5.02 meters) Triple jump - 3. Chelsea Miles, 34-11 (10.64 meters) Shot put - 8. Crystal Connelly, 32-7 (9.93 meters) Back to top 1/31/2009 Women's indoor track in action at Haverford, Penn State ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD Elizabethtown at Haverford Seamus McElligott Invitational HAVERFORD, Pa. --- The Elizabethtown College women's track and field team competed at the Seamus McElligott Invitational on the campus of Haverford College on Saturday. Senior Chelsea Miles (Media, PA/Penncrest) turned in a standout performance in field events, winning the high jump (4 feet, 11 inches) and the triple jump (33 feet, 10 3/4 inches) while taking second in the long jump (15 feet, 11 inches). Sophomore Gabrielle Whitley (Lititz, PA/Warwick) finished second to Miles in the high jump after clearing 4 feet, 7 inches. On the track, senior Amanda Daws (Thorofare, NJ/West Deptford) finished second in the 5,000 meters with a time of 18:36.29, followed by sophomore Kristen O'Brien (Westminster, MD/Winters Mill) in fourth at 19:15.14. Senior Tiffany Kulp (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge) was third in the 800 meters (2:21.58), while junior Megan VanDenHengel (Mechanicsburg, PA/Cumberland Valley) took sixth in a time of 2:25.93. Junior Bernadette Frawley (Berwyn, PA/Sacred Heart) crossed the line sixth in the 400 meters in a time of 1:05.14, while first-year student Jill Patrick (Pitman, NJ/Pitman) was eighth in 1:05.91. First-year student Nicole Lipari (Massapequa, NY/Massapequa) finished seventh in the 55-meter hurdles with a time of 10.25 seconds. On Friday night, VanDenHengel, Miles, first-year student Kathryn Howser (Annapolis, MD/Annapolis) and Kulp competed at the Penn State National Invitational, finishing the race in 12:27.46 for the fifth-best time in program history and ahead of the University of Pennsylvania. After VanDenHengel opened with a 3:51 over 1,200 meters, it was Howser who impressed the coaching staff with a time of 2:24 for her 800-meter segment. Miles followed with a 62-second split in the 400 meters, while Kulp closed with a 5:07 over 1,600 meters. "Kathryn had run a 2:34 in her only open 800m of the 2009 indoor season," said director of cross country and track and field Chris Straub. "But Coach Falk and I knew she was capable of a 2:24, and she delivered just that!" Like the men's DMR, the women's DMR will head to the New Balance Collegiate Games at the New York City Armory next Friday in an attempt to better their time and take another crack at the NCAA Division III provisional qualifying time. Seamus McElligott Invitational Elizabethtown College results Back to top 1/17/2009 Women's indoor track competes at Susquehanna ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD Elizabethtown at Susquehanna Orange & Maroon Classic SELINSGROVE, Pa. --- The Elizabethtown College women's indoor track and field team competed at the non-scoring Orange & Maroon Classic at Susquehanna University on Saturday afternoon. Senior Tiffany Kulp (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge) won the mile run with a time of 5:18.06 to lead the Blue Jays on the afternoon. Junior Megan VanDenHengel (Mechanicsburg, PA/Cumberland Valley) took fourth in the mile with a time of 5:33.56.Senior Chelsea Miles (Media, PA/Penncrest) had a strong day in the jumps, finishing third in the high jump at 1.47 meters (4 feet, 9 3/4 inches), fourth in the triple jump at 10.35 meters (33 feet, 11 1/2 inches) and seventh in the long jump at 4.75 meters (15 feet, 7 inches). In the 5,000 meters, sophomore Kristen O'Brien (Westminster, MD/Winters Mill) crossed the line in seventh place at 19:22.56, followed immediately by senior Amanda Daws (Thorofare, NJ/West Deptford) in eighth at 19:22.77. First-year student Kathryn Howser (Annapolis, MD/Annapolis) posted an eighth-place finish in the 800 meters with a time of 2:34.84. Orange & Maroon Classic Elizabethtown College results |
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