Elizabethtown College WomensTrack News 
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) |
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