SAINT JOSEPH’S HAWKS 2014-15 WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD
2014-15 Season Outlook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6 2014-15 Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Head Coach Kevin Quinn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9 Sweeney Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 The Hawk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 2014-15 Roster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Hawk Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-45 Seniors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-17 Juniors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-26 Sophomores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27-40 Newcomers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41-45 2013-14 Year In Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46-47 2013-14 Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48-49 Atlantic 10 Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 2013-14 Atlantic 10 Championship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Record Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52-53 NCAA Qualifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Academic Honors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 All-Time Roster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Administration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Saint Joseph’s University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
The University
QUICK FACTS
Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Philadelphia, Pa. (19131)
Founded. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1851
Enrollment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,670
Denomination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roman Catholic (Jesuit)
Nickname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hawks
Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crimson and Gray Athletic Affiliation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NCAA Division I
Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Atlantic 10
Home Course. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sweeney Field
The Team
Head Coach . . . . . . . Kevin Quinn (Saint Joseph’s ‘62) - 30th Year
Women’s Track and Field Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610-660-1731
Senior Captains . . . . . Georgia Mason, Kati Polaski, Marina Rufo,
Junior Captains. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lauren Hehir, Sara Radzwilka
Letterwinners Returning/Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29/15
WWW.SJUHAWKS.COM
Newcomers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
The 2014-15 Saint Joseph's University women’s track and field media guide was written and edited by Nikki Philpot. Editorial assistance provided by Marie Wozniak, Jack Jumper, and Joe Greenwich. Majority of the photography provided by Kati Polaski and Mike Yap. Additional photography provided by Mitchell Leff, Keith Lucas, Daniel Petty, and Sam Roberts of the Atlantic 10 Conference, Sideline Photos, LLC., Brian Crilly, Jim Fiesel, Saint Joseph’s Athletics, Rhode Island Athletics, and George Mason Athletics.
2014 Atlantic 10 Outdoor Championships Finish . . . . . . . . . . 11th
CREDITS
2014 Atlantic 10 Indoor Championships Finish . . . . . . . . . . . 11th
ON THE COVER
The senior class, clockwise from upper-left: Gabriella Becattini, Kayla Charles, Brianna Hunt, Georgia Mason, Kati Polaski, and Marina Rufo.
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2014-15 SEASON OUTLOOK The Saint Joseph’s women’s track and field squad returns 29 letterwinners – including 12 career Atlantic 10 point scorers, 11 career ECAC participants, and five school recordholders – and welcomes 14 newcomers in 2014-15. Entering his 30th season with the women’s squad and 49th overall with the SJU track and field programs, head coach Kevin Quinn holds the highest of expectations of both his veterans and rookies alike as the Hawks begin this year’s journey toward success at the highest levels. Quinn has selected a strong and capable quintet to lead the Hawks this year, and Saint Joseph’s 2014-15 captains are senior hurdler and short sprinter Georgia Mason, senior jumper Kati Polaski, senior long-sprinter Marina Rufo, and junior middledistance runners Lauren Hehir and Sara Radzwilka. “Each event group has a captain, and they have exhibited real leadership within the team, not just at practice, but in planning team activities,” said Quinn of his core five. “We went down to Ramblewood this October, and they ran the whole operation. I gave two talks, and they ran the rest of it. That’s the way it should be, and it was very profitable from that standpoint. I’m counting on them to keep me informed.” The seniors – Mason, Polaski, and Rufo – have demonstrated excellent work ethic and commitment to the track and field program over their careers while Hehir and Radzwilka, fresh off of the 2014 cross country season, did a phenomenal job in leading the young distance group this fall. To top it all, all five have raced at one of the highest levels – the Atlantic 10 Championships. SPRINTS Quinn will look to utilize both veteran experience and younger talent in the sprint events this season with junior Carly McGowan and sophomore Carly Montgomery. Entering her third set of indoor and outdoor seasons on Hawk Hill, McGowan is the expected definitive leader of the short sprints. McGowan competed in three different short sprint events at the A-10 level last season and owns sprint PRs in the indoor 60m (8.08), 200m (26.75), and 300m (44.38) and outdoor 100m (12.64) and 200m (26.11). “Carly [McGowan] is the top returner,” said Quinn. “She came back in very good shape after a really good summer. Just watching practice, there are certain things that you see, and she should have a very good season.” Quinn holds additional expectations for Montgomery, who transferred in after spending the fall semester of her freshman year at Salve Regina University. Montgomery posted outdoor PRs in the 100m (13.14) and 200m (27.34) and ran legs on three 4x100m relays that all placed in the top five of their respective meets. “Carly [Montgomery] has made the adjustment,” said Quinn. “She is now a full-fledged member of the team.”
Junior Carly McGowan (left) and sophomore Courtney Foster
LONG SPRINTS The talent and potential is limitless with this year’s group of long sprinters, and Quinn expects a specific quartet to make a difference. “In the long sprints, the four that deserve mention are Marina Rufo, who is a captain, and three sophomores – Courtney Foster, Ashley Gerald, and Katie Koss,” said Quinn. “Those sophomores are going to be very significant this year. They’ve gotten past the freshman business and, this is just from watching practices, they are far ahead of where they were at this point last year.” An accomplished long-sprinter for the Crimson and Gray, Rufo finished 22nd in the 500m (1:21.39) at the Atlantic 10 Indoor Championships last season and 23rd in the outdoor 400m on the conference level and owns a sub-minute outdoor 400m PR (59.93). Last season, short sprinter Mercedes Yanora led the rookie trio of Foster, Gerald, and Koss throughout the year. This year, Rufo will own that leadership role. Coming off of a spectacular rookie season in which she earned the title of the team’s “Best Freshman,” Foster owned SJU’s top times in nearly every sprint event last year en route to owning collegiate PRs in the indoor 200m (26.13), 300m (42.37), and 400m (58.11), and outdoor 100m (12.42), 200m (25.13), and 400m (57.12). Foster finished 13th in the 200m at the A-10 Outdoor Championships. Koss competed in eight different sprint events between the indoor and outdoor seasons
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2014-15 SEASON OUTLOOK while Gerald took on five, and both placed in the top-20 twice on the A-10 Championships level. If these sophomores can improve upon what they accomplished as rookies, there is no ceiling to their potential success this year. Rufo will also look to lead the Hawks in the 400m-800m range. And, for the second preseason in a row, Quinn has once again been impressed by the offseason work of one of his strongest long-sprinters. “Jenna DeAngelo again put in a terrific summer and has come back way ahead of where she was last year,” said Quinn of the junior. There is quite the excitement surrounding the return of redshirt junior long sprinter Dannah Hayward, SJU’s only returning ECAC point scorer and three-time school recordholder. An injury plagued Hayward’s sophomore season, but if able to return to and maintain full strength and health throughout this set of indoor and outdoor seasons, the outcome can be phenomenal. In one of the most successful rookie campaigns in Saint Joseph’s women’s track and field program history, Hayward broke three school records and scored at both the A-10 and ECAC levels. Hayward owns the school record in the indoor 500m (1:13.96), which she set at the ECAC Championships en route to an eighth-place finish. Her school-record performance ranked her fifth overall and claimed the top freshman spot in the A-10 rankings; she also placed fifth in the event at A-10s. Also a star in the hurdles, Hayward spent the outdoor season refining the 400H. “Dannah is coming back from injuries and a sophomore year that really didn’t exist, and she is not where she was but is making real strides and is progressing,” said Quin. “I told her that her goal is not December and her goal is not January. Her goal is February. We probably wont see anything that you would expect from Dannah until later in the indoor season.” Sophomore Angelena Minniti raced the 500m and 800m last year and will round out the returning long sprinters.
DISTANCE Junior captains Lauren Hehir and Sara Radzwilka will lead the young distance group. This particular event group took a hit with the graduation of a large core of experienced and talented seniors, but Hehir and Radzwilka did a phenomenal job in both leading the group and maintaining a strong work ethic and commitment to team goals on the cross country course this fall. “In the middle distance and distance group, the top ones there are Lauren and Sara,” said Quinn of his captains. “Lauren had a solid cross country season and should be ready to step forward and become one of the top kids in the conference in the mile and 3000m. Sara should be a very strong performer in the 800m, 1000m, and mile.” Quinn also expects juniors Emily Chaundy, Kathryn Cols, and Tess Doggett and sophomore Sydney Coughlin to remain the backbone of the team as the distance group continues to develop throughout the indoor and outdoor seasons. These runners competed hard and at a high level during the cross country season, and Quinn expects these Hawks to continue that momentum. “They will be counted on to keep progressing off of the background of the cross country season,” said Quinn. Junior Melissa Donnelly and sophomores Alexandra Fiesel, Meghan O’Keefe, Jacqueline Pignataro, and Sarah Regnault will add depth to the distance events.
Senior Marina Rufo prepares for a relay event during the outdoor season.
Juniors Sara Radzwilka (left) and Lauren Hehir
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2014-15 SEASON OUTLOOK RELAYS Although the relays did take a hit with the graduation of accomplished sprint and distance legs due to graduation, there are returners that are mentally and physically prepared to take the Hawks to the next level on the relay scene. The depth and talent in the long sprints will impact the relays in the best of ways, and SJU returns four long sprinters who own legs of a pair of school record-holding relays in senior captain Marina Rufo and redshirt junior Dannah Hayward (indoor 4x400m, 3:49.60) and sophomores Courtney Foster and Katie Koss (SMR, 4:04.54). Additionally, the outdoor 4x400m of returners Foster and sophomore Ashley Gerald ran the second-fastest 4x400m in SJU history (3:48.34) at the William and Mary Colonial Relays. “The best relay will be the 4x4,” revealed Quinn. “It will be really good. All of our relays should qualify for ECACs, but the 4x4 will be a factor in most of the meets we go to. One of the good things is that there are probably six or seven athletes in contention for that – Marina, Courtney, Ashley, Katie . . . One of the freshmen could be a person in contention for that and, there could be Georgia Mason. I’ve used her in relays and every time I have, she has run very well, because she’s an athlete and a competitor . . . But that’s going to be my biggest headache and joy this year, trying to keep seven people happy with four spots. We typically don’t have that as an issue.” But it’s a “good” issue to have. Especially when they have already proven that they can take down parts of the record books and do it on the big stage: the A-10 Championships. Foster, Gerald, and Koss combined for 21 points – seven apiece – by running on both 4x400m relays that scored at the indoor and outdoor conference meets. Additionally, Hayward and Rufo have scored in the 4x400m on the A-10 level. The other main relays will be in good hands. Junior distance sensation Lauren Hehir joined Foster on the indoor DMR that earned bronze at 2014 A-10s and also owns six career points in the 4x800m. Hayward and Hehir have also represented the Hawks at ECACs in the 4x400m and DMR, respectively.
HURDLES For the second consecutive year, Kayla Charles and Georgia Mason will lead SJU in the hurdles. The senior duo has already rewritten SJU’s recordbooks: Charles in the outdoor 100H (14.47) and indoor pentathlon (3,724 points) and Mason in the indoor 60H (8.82). In the first meet of last year’s indoor season, Mason broke through barriers to break her own school record in the 60H, clocking in an 8.82, to earn silver at the meet. That performance would go on to top all SJU 60H performances on the season and rank sixth in the Atlantic 10. Mason also won the event at the Princeton Tri-Meet and owned the squad’s top-five times, including the only three SJU sub-9.00 performances. Mason also went on to take home SJU’s top-five performances in the outdoor 100H last season, including a top-time and PR 14.67 at the 2014 A-10 Outdoor Championships. Coming off of an injury that hampered her sophomore season, Mason broke both of her indoor and outdoor hurdle times last year and, if healthy and having already scored in the 60H at the conference level, could return to that form. “We need Georgia to be healthy,” said Quinn of his senior hurdles captain. “She has looked terrific at practice, better than last year.” Charles’ experience ranges from the indoor 55H and 60H to the outdoor 100H and 400H. She set the school record in the 100H (14.47) in the preliminaries of the 2013 A-10 Outdoor Championships and took third in the 60H in back-to-back meets early in the indoor season at the Jack Pyrah Invitational and Princeton Tri-Meet. Charles will look to utilize her experience in the hurdles as the school recordholder and A-10 scorer in the indoor pentathlon will strive to make a return to the event. “Kayla has looked exceptional,” said Quinn. “And, she’s all on fire for the pentathlon. She is relentless.”
Sophomore Katie Koss
Senior Kayla Charles
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2014-15 SEASON OUTLOOK The anticipated return of redshirt junior Dannah Hayward to the hurdles will add an extreme amount of depth and talent to the group. After being extremely limited all of last year due to injury and earning a redshirt year, Hayward will look to continue the momentum of her phenomenal rookie campaign, where the she set three school records, including the outdoor 400H (1:00.11) at ECACs. During that outdoor season, Hayward led all freshman in the A-10 and ranked sixth overall in the 400H and went on to place 23rd at the USA Junior Championships. Hayward is a point scorer in the 400H on both the A-10 and ECAC levels. A pleasant surprise from last season came in the form of then-rookie and current sophomore Emely Ramirez. Ramirez made eight 60H appearances during the indoor season, including a PR performance of 9.46 at the Geigengack Invitational and a showing at the A-10 conference meet. Ramirez went on to compete in the outdoor 100H and improved upon her 100H time all three meets to post personal-record 15.56 for ninth at the Lehigh Games. 3,000M STEEPLECHASE The vacated spots in the 3000S due to the graduation of school record holder Maureen O’Donnell and two-time A-10 point scorer Erin James will warrant strong performances, and a pair of junior distance competitors in Lauren Hehir and Tess Doggett could step up for the Crimson and Gray. Hehir is the only returning Hawk who competed in the event last season, recording a PR (11:04.49) for 11th overall at the A-10 Outdoor Championships while Doggett also has experience in the event and posted a PR performance (11:40.43) at the 2013 A-10 Outdoor Championships.
Junior Tess Doggett
Senior Brianna Hunt
JUMPS SJU’s standout senior trio of triple jumper Gabriella Becattini, high jumper Brianna Hunt, and long jumper Kati Polaski has been a core component of the jumps section over the last three years and will now lead the Hawks’ jumps unit in 2014-15. Becattini returns for her final collegiate campaign in the triple jump after a standout junior season in which she took sixth to score at the 2014 Atlantic 10 Indoor Championships, broke her indoor PR (11.75m) to win the event at the Giegengack Invitational, and demolished her outdoor PR (11.73m) at the 2014 Penn Relays. After a junior season that was quite limited due to injury, Hunt will look to return to her sophomore-year form, a form that saw her qualify for the 2013 ECAC Indoor Championships and place seventh at the 2013 A-10 Outdoor Championships. Hunt reached an indoor PR of 1.70m and an outdoor PR of 1.65m back in 2012-13 and, in just one opportunity to compete in the high jump last indoor season before sustaining that season-ending injury, posted a high jump mark of 1.55m – a mark that stood as tied for the team-best mark of the season. The key component to this duo’s success will depend greatly on their health throughout the indoor and outdoor seasons. “Gabby and Brianna could be significant factors, but we need to get them healthy,” said Quinn of his senior triple jumper and high jumper. “They will not appear with significant results until well into January, maybe even February.” After breaking her outdoor PR in the long jump (5.40m) last season, Polaski will look to build off of a solid junior campaign heading into her final year. Polaski took 11th in the long jump at the 2014 A-10 Outdoor Championships and won the title at the Giegengack Invitational. Quinn believes that with Polaski, the best may be yet to come. “Bold prediction: she is going to have a very, very strong year,” said Quinn of his senior jumps captain.
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2014-15 SEASON OUTLOOK
NEWCOMERS The Hawks welcome five distance runners, four sprinters, three hurdlers, and two jumpers as 14 new faces will compete for the Crimson and Gray this year. “The freshmen are good and are going to make a contribution,” said Quinn. The distance newcomers include Goucher College sophomore transfer and four-time 4x8 district champion June Chiango (Wyomissing, Pa./Wyomissing Area), sophomore Julia Jenkins (Pittsford, N.Y./Our Lady of Mercy), six-time state 3200m state qualifier Alicia Ezekiel-Pipkin (Haddonfield, N.J./Haddon Township), two-time All-District First Team selec-
tion Megan O’Dowd (Colts Neck, N.J./Colts Neck), and threetime All-Monmouth County selection Cassidy Weimer (Leonardo, N.J./Middletown South). All five Hawks raced with the cross country squad in the fall and could make a significant impact on the young distance group this year. The sprints will see the addition of four freshmen in AllState selection Nia Dupiche (Piscataway, N.J./Piscataway), four-year Penn Relays 4x400m leg Alex Edger (Philadelphia, Pa./Nazareth Academy), Avon Grove’s school recordholder in the indoor and outdoor 800m Caroline Keegan (West Grove, Pa./Avon Grove), and Andrea Warren (West Chester, Pa./Villa Maria Academy). A trio of freshmen hurdlers in three-time All-Central Connecticut Conference selection Rose O’Brien (West Hartford, Conn./Northwest Catholic), two-time PIAA Outdoor Pennsylvania State Championship qualifier Steph Toland (Havertown, PA./Haverford), and Central Group III New Jersey State Champion Ariana Wilson (Tinton Falls, N.J.//Neptune) will also look to make an impact in their first collegiate seasons. The freshman duo of five-time Pennsylvania state medalist Claudine Andre (Upper Darby, Pa./Upper Darby) and AllOlympic Conference selection Aarynn Crawley (Sicklerville, N.J./Timber Creek) will round out an experienced jumps group.
Sophomore Julia Jenkins
Freshman Cassidy Weimer
Quinn also expects his pair of high-jumping sophomores Rachel Kline and Emely Ramirez - to put forth solid efforts in their second years. As rookies, both Kline and Ramirez represented SJU in the high jump 13 times apiece, tied for the teambest mark in the event for both the indoor (1.55m) and outdoor (1.55m) seasons, and competed at both the indoor and outdoor A-10 Championships. “Now sophomores, Rachel and Emely have become significant performers within the conference.” Sophomore long and triple jumper Kiersten Moylan and high jumper Katie Gross will also return to the jumps group.
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2014-15 SCHEDULE 12/6
Indoor Track and Field Jack Pyrah Invitational Haverford,Pa. (Haverford College)
3/21 3/28
Outdoor Track and Field Big 5 Opener Philadelphia, Pa. (University of Pennsylvania)
Monmouth Invitational West Long Branch, N.J. (Monmouth University)
1/9
Princeton 4-Way Princeton, N.J. (Princeton University)
1/17
Lehigh Angry Birds Meet Bethlehem, Pa. (Lehigh University)
1/23
Collegeville Classic Collegeville, Pa. (Ursinus College)
1/30-1/31
Penn State National Invitational State College, Pa. (Penn State University)
2/6-2/7
Geigengack Invitational New Haven, Conn. (Yale University)
2/14
Monmouth Winter Collegiate Open West Long Branch, N.J. (Monmouth University)
2/21-2/22
Atlantic 10 Championships Kingston, R.I. (University of Rhode Island)
3/1
George Mason Last Chance Meet Fairfax, Va. (George Mason University)
3/7-3/8
ECAC Championships Boston, Mass. (Boston University)
5/28-5/30
NCAA East Preliminary Round Jacksonville, Fla. (University of North Florida)
3/13-3/14
NCAA Championships Fayetteville, Ark. (University of Arkansas)
6/10-6/13
NCAA Championships Eugene, Ore. (University of Orgeon)
The Hawks will compete at the Princeton 4-Way, Lehigh Angry Birds Meet, Ursinus Collegeville Classic, and Penn State National Invitational throughout January and the Yale Giegengack Invitational and Monmouth Winter Collegiate Open to open February. The 2015 A-10 Indoor Championships will be held at the University of Rhode Island’s Mackal Fieldhouse in Kingston, R.I from February 21-22. The George Mason Last Chance Meet in Fairfax, Va. on March 1 will provide the Hawks with one final ECAC-qualifying opportunity, followed by the ECAC Championships at Boston University’s Track and Tennis Center from March 7-8. The NCAA Championships will conclude the season from March 13-14 at the University of Arkansas.
4/3-4/4 4/11 4/17-4/18 4/17-4/18 4/23-4/25 4/25 5/2-5/3 5/11 5/15-5/17
Colonial Relays Williamsburg, Va. (William and Mary)
Rider Invitational Lawrence Township, N.J. (Rider University)
Larry Ellis Invitational Princeton, N.J. (Princeton University)
Widener Invitational Chester, Pa. (Widener University)
Penn Relays Philadelphia, Pa. (University of Pennsylvania)
Lehigh Invitational Bethlehem, Pa. (Lehigh University)
Atlantic 10 Championships Fairfax, Va. (George Mason University)
Swarthmore Last Chance Meet Swarthmore, Pa. (Swarthmore University)
ECAC Championships Princeton, N.J. (Princeton University)
SJU will open the outdoor season on Saturday, March 21 at the University of Pennsylvania’s Big 5 Opener. The Hawks will compete at the Monmouth Invitational, William and Mary Colonial Relays, Rider Invitational, Larry Ellis Invitational, and Widener Invitational throughout March and April before heading to the prestigious Penn Relays from April 23-25 at Franklin Field. The Lehigh Invitational on April 25 will cap the regular season before the Hawks head to the 2015 A-10 Outdoor Championships at George Mason Stadium in Fairfax, Va. from May 2-3. The Swarthmore Last Chance Meet in on May 11 will provide the Hawks with one final ECAC-qualifying opportunity, followed by the ECAC Championships at Princeton University’s Weaver Stadium from May 15-17. The University of North Florida will host the NCAA East Preliminary Round in Jacksonville while the NCAA Championships will conclude the season in Eugene, Ore. from June 10-13.
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HEAD COACH Kevin Quinn Head Coach - 30th Season Saint Joseph’s University ‘62
Kevin Quinn enters his 49th year at Saint Joseph’s University and will begin his 30th season with the women’s track and field program in 2014-15. Quinn served as the director of the track and cross country programs for 47 years between 1996 and 2013. A 1962 graduate of Saint Joseph's, Quinn joined the Hawks athletic staff as the head coach of the men's cross country and track squads in the fall of 1966, a position he held for 23 years until 1988. In July of 1989, Quinn was appointed to the position of assistant athletic director for facilities and was promoted to associate athletic director for facilities, a position from which he retired, in 2001. Last track and field season, Quinn coached five Atlantic 10 bronze medalists, 13 ECAC competitors, and a pentathlon champion in a season that saw school records broken in the 60m hurdles and Sprint Medley Relay in addition to Saint Joseph’s second-fastest 4x4 performance in program history. Under his direction, the Hawks earned USTFCCCA All-Academic Scholar Team recognition for both the cross counQUINN’S COACHING RÉSUMÉ try and track and field seasons while for the first time in program history, three of Head Coach Years his student-athletes were selected to the Capital One/CoSIDA Women's Track and Women’s Cross Country and Track Field and Cross Country Academic All-District 9 Division I First Team in the same seaSaint Joseph’s 1985-present son. Men’s Cross Country and Track In 2013-14, Quinn coached Dannah Hayward, a participant at the USA Junior Saint Joseph’s 1966-88 National Championship, and Emma Slattery, who became the first female Hawk to Roman Catholic High School 1962-66 earn CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team honors since 2001. He Student-Athlete Years Saint Joseph’s 1959-62 also coached three ECAC All-East 1961 NCAA Cross Country qualifier team selections in a track season 1961 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field qualifier that saw six school records broken. An outstanding educator, teacher, and motivator, Quinn has led Saint Joseph’s cross country and track and field programs to great heights during his tenure. His men's cross country squads won two Big 5 titles, while the 1984 men's track team turned in a seventh-place finish at the IC4A Championships. In 1993, the women's cross country team won the Atlantic 10 Championship, becoming the first women's sport at Saint Joseph's to accomplish the feat. Under Quinn's tutelage, the 1997 track team set 10 new school records and notched SJU's first-ever women's Penn Relays victory, earning first place in the 4x800m relay. In 2000, Quinn again coached the Hawks to the Atlantic 10 cross country title. Quinn was named the A-10 Cross Country Coach of the Year in 1993 and 2000. In 29 years with the Saint Joseph’s women’s track and field program and 30 seasons with the cross country programs, Quinn has coached five NCAA AllAmericans and 14 NCAA qualifiers, five ECAC champions, and 87 track champions and 31 All-Conference cross country selections on the A-10 level, including nine Performers of the Year and one Rookie of the Year. Additionally, Quinn coached Saint Joseph’s University’s only NCAA champion, Donna Crumety, to the 1991 title in the triple jump. 2014-15 SAINT JOSEPH’S WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD MEDIA GUIDE 8
HEAD COACH In his 23 years with the Saint Joseph’s men’s track and field and cross country programs, Quinn coached four NCAA All-Americans and 26 NCAA qualifiers in addition to five IC4A champions. In a combined 48 years and 144 seasons between cross country, indoor track, and outdoor track, Quinn has coached 40 NCAA qualifiers, nine NCAA All-Americans, 10 ECAC/IC4A champions, and Saint Joseph’s only NCAA champion. Quinn has coached all 15 NCAA Track and Field indoor qualifiers, including both All-Americans. Quinn has also coached four Academic All-Americans, 11 Academic All-District selections and 50 A-10 Academic AllConference selections, including the 2001 A-10 Student Athlete of the Year. An outstanding athlete in his own right, Quinn once held SJU records in the mile and two-mile runs. A charter member of the Saint Joseph's Track Hall of Fame, he placed third at the 1961 IC4A Cross Country Championships. Quinn also served as one of the team’s tri-captains in his senior season. For his dedication and achievements, he was inducted into the Saint Joseph's Athletics Hall of Fame in QUINN’S YEAR-BY-YEAR 2001. RECORD Men’s Women’s In December of 2012, Cross Country Cross Country Quinn was selected to the 1912- Year W L T Year W L T 1966 4 5 0 1985 9 2 0 74 MAC 100 Cross Country 1967 2 8 0 1986 4 1 0 1968 8 4 0 1987 1 4 0 1969 8 3 0 1988 1 0 0 Century Team. 1970 5 3 1 1989 3 2 1 1971 4 6 0 1990 4 0 0 Quinn currently resides in 1972 3 6 0 1991 4 4 0 1973 3 8 0 1992 6 1 0 Havertown, Pa., with his wife, 1974 4 6 0 1993 8 1 0 1975 3 9 0 1994 3 3 0 6 6 0 1995 7 0 0 Marie. They are the parents of six 1976 1977 7 5 0 1996 3 0 0 1978* 9 5 0 1997* 0 0 0 children: Kevin, Marie, Sean, 1979* 9 7 0 1998 0 1 0 1980 7 3 1 1999* 0 0 0 Kathleen, Colleen, and Brendan. 1981 10 2 0 2000 6 0 0 1982 0 2 1983 7 2 1984* 7 2 1985* 2 3 1986 3 1 1987 2 1 1988 1 1 Totals 114 98
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
* invitationals only
2001* 2002 2003* 2004 2005* 2006* 2007* 2008* 2009* 2010 2011* 2012* 2013* Totals
0 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 68
0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
* invitationals only
YRS. 4 30 34
SEASONS 1981-84 1985-present 1981-present
W L 21 11 68 22 89 33
T 1 1 2
Women’s Track and Field
NCAA Champion (1) Donna Crumety
NCAA All-Americans (5) Donna Crumety (3x), Elaine McGillian (2x)
NCAA Qualifiers (9) Vicki Boyer, Donna Crumety (4x), Christine Kane (2x), Elaine McGillian (2x) ECAC Champions (5) Donna Crumety (4x), Elaine McGillian
A-10 Performer of the Year (5) Gina Bundy, Christine Kane (2x), Thuy Nguyen, Sue Yagielski
A-10 Indoor Champions (47) Kristin Andrews, Gina Bundy (2x), Sarah Conway, Donna Crumety (2x), Missy Henshaw, Christine Kane (2x), Nicole Koslosky, Thuy Nguyen (3x), Gabby Quezada, Jen Rafferty, Andria Smythe (2x), Bernadette Speer (3x), Maisha Tyler (2x), Sue Yagielski, and 24 additional individuals from 12 championship relays
A-10 Outdoor Champions (40) Gina Bundy (3x), Meghan Busse (2x), Sarah Click, Sarah Conway, Christine Kane (5x), Thuy Nguyen, Andria Smythe (2x), Bernadette Speer (3x), Maisha Tyler (2x), and 20 additional individuals from 12 championship relays
Women’s Cross Country
NCAA Qualifiers (5) Christine Kane (3x), Elaine McGillian, Sue Yagielski A-10 Performer of the Year (4) Vicki Boyer Christine Kane (2x), Sue Yagielski A-10 Rookie of the Year (1) Katie Limbach
A-10 All-Conference Selections (31) Lizzy Barrett, Vicki Boyer (3x), Meghan Busse, Colleen Flanagan, Andrea Florida (3x), Siobhan Flynn, Hannah Fuller, Patrice Gallagher (2x), Stephanie Hopkins (2x), Julie Hotard, Christine Kane (3x), Kelli O’Donnell, Gabby Quezada, Jen Rafferty (2x), Liz Reeser, Ann Regan, Emma Slattery, Liz Sweeney, Lisa Syvertson (2x), Sue Yagielski (2x)
Men’s Track and Field
NCAA All-Americans (4) Steve Ave, Mike Black, Ed Lennex (2x)
NCAA Qualifiers (22) Steve Ave (2x), Mike Black, Art Dohler, Joe Genther, Lou Kelly (2x), Ed Lennex (7x), Fred Maglione (2x), Steven Mahoney, Jim Norris (3x), Tom Tarpey (2x) IC4A Champions (5) Mike Black, Joe Genther, Ed Lennex (3x)
Men’s Cross Country
NCAA Qualifiers (4) Joe Brady, Mike Glavin (2x), Jim Van Blunk
Academic
Academic All-American (4) Vicki Boyer (2x), Gina Bundy, Sue Yagielski A-10 Student-Athlete of the Year (1) Gina Bundy
Academic All-District Selections (11) Vicki Boyer (2x), Gina Bundy, Sarah Conway, Katie Pratt, Emma Slattery (2x), Bernadette Speer (2x), Sue Yagielski, Mercedes Yanora
ALL-TIME SJU WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY COACHING RECORDS COACH Nick Robak Kevin Quinn TOTAL
QUINN’S ACCOMPLISHMENTS
PCT. .652 .752 .726
A-10 Academic All-Conference Selections (50) Vicki Boyer (4x), Gina Bundy (2x), Meghan Busse (2x), Sarah Conway (2x), Mary Crossin (2x), Andrea Florida (2x), Siobhan Flynn (4x), Lori Heywood, Stephanie Hopkins, Christine Kane (6x), Erin Kelly (2x), Frank Klimago, Mary Korfmacher (2x), Amy Martin (2x), Gabby Quezada, Amy Rhein, Emma Slattery, Andrea Smythe (2x), Bernadette Speer (8x), Sue Yagielski (4x)
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SWEENEY FIELD THE HAWK
Sweeney Field, formerly known as Finnesey Field, has been home to 10 different varsity squads at Saint Joseph’s University in over 80 years of use. Opened in 1929 as home to the SJU football squad, the field has undergone numerous changes over the years and has been home to over 1,200 SJU varsity games, matches and track meets. The pitch is the current home of the varsity men’s and women’s track and field, soccer and lacrosse teams. The field was renamed Sweeney Field in Fall 2013 upon completion of an extensive expansion project. The venue has significantly increased the seating capacity for SJU’s varsity lacrosse and soccer programs. The new name recognizes the contributions of Sean S. Sweeney ’94 (MBA), a member of the University’s Board of Trustees and the lead benefactor to the renovation project. Sweeney Field was blessed in conjunction with Hawktoberfest on October 12, 2013 while a formal dedication was held on April 5, 2014. The current expansion includes the addition of 1,200 permanent seats to the hillside nearest to the University’s iconic Barbelin Hall as well as the addition of 1,100 portable seats on the opposite side of the field, increasing total seating capacity to 3,000. In addition, the facility will includes a new state of the art press box and enhanced sound system. Opened in 1929 and planned as the centerpiece to a 70,000-seat football stadium, SJU was forced to eliminate the field’s original grandstand and hillside seating in 1960 due to the construction of Villiger (now Post) Hall/Bluett Theater. Since 1990, the field has undergone a number of upgrades and enhancements designed to expand usage and functionality, including installation of AstroTurf artificial surface prior to the currently TigerTurf surface, lights, and bleachers. Additionally, the track received a new coat of rubber material in 2009 to better suit the athletes who use it for all seasons. Currently the home of SJU men’s and women’s varsity soccer and lacrosse teams, Sweeney Field has also served as the home venue for Hawk baseball, field hockey, football and softball, in addition to peripheral usage by the men’s and women’s track teams, along with countless club, intramural and recreational activities. Legend has it that a 1777 Revolutionary War skirmish took place on the site. Finnesey Field had been named after the late James T. Finnesey. A native of Wyncote, Pa., parishioner at the Gesu and president of a local auto manufacturer, he was a member of SJU’s Foundation Committee, which was established in 1922 to raise support for the College’s relocation to Philadelphia’s Wynnefield neighborhood. Finnesey was a lead donor to the stadium project in 1927.
THE HAWK
The Saint Joseph’s men’s soccer program was started in 1958 and played every season but one (1960) at Sweeney. The squad has compiled an overall mark of 168-194-34 in 54 seasons at Hawk Hill, the most victories of any program on Sweeney Field. SJU opened its playing grounds with a 6-0 victory over Rutgers-South Jersey in October 24, 1958. In 1990, artificial turf replaced the grass, making Sweeney a truly multi-purpose facility. In 1994 the installation of lights furthered the use of the grounds, while new bleachers in 2003 on the hill next to Mandeville Hall were another touch of renovation to a historic stadium. Baseball called Sweeney home from 1947 to 1959. The field hockey team played on Sweeney Field until 2007 and now practices and hosts games on Ellen Ryan Field on the Maguire Campus. The location has also been home to women’s soccer since 1996 and the field hockey team wrapped up its last season on Sweeney in 2007. The women’s lacrosse squad is 74-104 in 21 seasons on Hawk Hill while the men’s lacrosse team has compiled an overall 66-88 mark in 21 seasons on Sweeney Field. Overall, the site has seen 1,259 games entering the 2014-15 academic year, and SJU teams put together a total record of 570-633-56.
One of the most famous mascots in college sports, the Saint Joseph's Hawk has been flapping its wings for 58 years. The Hawk, which celebrated its golden anniversary in 2005-06, is best known for staying in constant motion by flapping its wings throughout every basketball game and representing the Saint Joseph's motto, "The Hawk Will Never Die." Saint Joseph’s athletic teams have been recognized with the nickname “Hawks” since 1929. At that time, the school’s yearbook editor initiated a contest among the student body for a symbol. More than 100 submissions were narrowed, with “Hawks” winning out over “Grenadiers” by a slim margin. The name was appropriate because it typified “the fighting spirit of our crimson and gray athletes and it is suggestive of the aerial attack which has made our football team famous.” Football, ironically, was discontinued at SJU following the 1939 season. The Hawk mascot has garnered numerous accolades in its over 50-year history. It has been selected as the nation’s top mascot by The Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Sports Illustrated for Kids, Street & Smith’s Basketball Yearbook, ESPN College Basketball magazine and was nominated for the Mascot Hall of Fame in 2008.
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2014-15 ROSTER Name Claudine Andre Gabriella Becattini Kayla Charles Emily Chaundy June Chiango Kathryn Cols Sydney Coughlin Aarynn Crawley Jenna DeAngelo Tess Doggett Melissa Donnelly Nia Dupiche Alex Edger Alicia Ezekiel-Pipkin Alexandra Fiesel Courtney Foster Ashley Gerald Katie Gross Dannah Hayward Lauren Hehir Brianna Hunt Julia Jenkins Caroline Keegan Rachel Kline Katie Koss Georgia Mason Carly McGowan Angelena Minniti Carly Montgomery Kiersten Moylan Rose O'Brien Megan O'Dowd Meghan O'Keefe Jacqueline Pignataro Kati Polaski Sara Radzwilka Emely Ramirez Sarah Regnault Marina Rufo Steph Toland Andrea Warren Cassidy Weimer Ariana Wilson
Position Jumps Jumps Hurdles/Sprints Distance Distance Distance Distance Jumps Long Sprints Distance Distance Sprints Sprints Distance Distance Long Sprints Long Sprints Jumps Hurdles/Sprints Distance Jumps Distance Long Sprints Jumps Long Sprints Hurdles/Sprints Sprints Long Sprints Sprints Jumps Hurdles/Sprints Distance Distance Distance Jumps Distance Jumps/Hurdles Distance Long Sprints Hurdles/Sprints Long Sprints Distance Hurdles/Sprints
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Ht. 5-10 5-6 5-5 5-5 5-7 5-7 5-9 5-3 5-7 5-10 5-1 5-3 5-3 5-3 5-7 5-2 5-9 5-9 5-4 5-10 5-10 5-6 5-9 5-6 5-5 5-4 5-6 5-4 5-4 5-10 5-4 5-2 5-4 5-3 5-6 5-5 5-8 5-4 5-3 5-9 5-7 5-7 5-5
Hometown (Previous School) Upper Darby, Pa. (Upper Darby) Lansdale, Pa. (Methacton) Hatfield, Pa. (North Penn) Eldersburg, Md. (Archbishop Spalding) Wyomissing, Pa. (Wyomissing Area/Goucher) Easton, Pa. (Easton Area) Franklin Lakes, N.J. (Indian Hills) Sicklerville, N.J. (Timber Creek) Garden City, N.Y. (Garden City) Philadelphia, Pa. (Germantown Friends) Lansdale, Pa. (Gwynedd-Mercy Academy) Piscataway, N.J. (Piscataway) Philadelphia, Pa. (Nazareth Academy) Haddonfield, N.J. (Haddon Township) Wilton, Conn. (Wilton) Marlton, N.J. (Cherokee) Egg Harbor Township, N.J. (Egg Harbor Township) North Wales, Pa. (Mount Saint Joseph Academy) Wilkes Barre, Pa. (James M. Coughlin) Washingtonville, N.Y. (Washingtonville) Glassboro, N.J. (Delsea Regional) Pittsford, N.Y. (Our Lady of Mercy) West Grove, Pa. (Avon Grove) Palmyra, Pa. (Palmyra Area) Robbinsville, N.J. (Robbinsville) Upper Darby, Pa. (Upper Darby) Wilmington, Del. (Archmere Academy) Lansing, Mich. (Lansing Catholic) Malverne, N.Y. (Kellenberg Memorial) Jenkintown, Pa. (Saint Basil Academy) West Hartford, Conn. (Northwest Catholic) Colts Neck, N.J. (Colts Neck) Glen Mills, Pa. (Archmere Academy (Del.)) Budd Lake, N.J. (Mount Olive) Keller, TX (Keller) Exeter, Pa. (Wyoming Area) Milmay, N.J. (Buena Regional ) Green Brook, N.J. (Mount Saint Mary Academy) Bryn Mawr, Pa. (Radnor) Havertown, Pa. (Haverford) West Chester, Pa. (Villa Maria Academy) Leonardo, N.J. (Middletown South) Tinton Falls, N.J. (Neptune)
Head Coach: Kevin Quinn (Saint Joseph’s ‘62) - 30th Year Captains: Lauren Hehir, Georgia Mason, Kati Polaski, Sara Radzwilka, and Marina Rufo
BY CLASS
TEAM BREAKDOWN • 43
Seniors (6): Becattini, Charles, Hunt, Mason, Polaski, Rufo Juniors (9): Chaundy, Cols, DeAngelo, Doggett, Donnelly, Hayward, Hehir, McGowan, Radzwilka Sophomores (16): Chiango, Coughlin, Fiesel, Foster, Gerald, Gross, Jenkins, Kline, Koss, Minniti, Montgomery, Moylan, O’Keefe, Pignataro, Ramirez, Regnault Freshmen (12): Andre, Crawley, Dupiche, Edger, Ezekiel-Pipkin, Keegan, O’Brien, O’Dowd, Toland, Warren, Weimer, Wilson
BY STATE
Connecticut (2): Fiesel, O’Brien Delaware (1): McGowan Maryland (1): Chaundy Michigan (1): Minniti New Jersey (14): Coughlin, Crawley, Dupiche, Ezekiel-Pipkin, Foster, Gerald, Hunt, Koss, O’Dowd, Pignataro, Ramirez, Regnault, Weimer, Wilson Pennsylvania (19): Andre, Becattini, Charles, Chiango, Cols, Doggett, Donnelly, Edger, Gross, Hayward, Keegan, Kline, Mason, Moylan, O’Keefe, Radzwilka, Rufo, Toland, Warren New York (4): DeAngelo, Hehir, Jenkins, Montgomery Texas (1): Polaski
BY PRIMARY EVENT
Distance (16): Chaundy, Chiango, Cols, Coughlin, Doggett, Donnelly, Ezekiel-Pipkin, Fiesel, Hehir, Jenkins, O’Dowd, O’Keefe, Pignataro, Radzwilka, Regnault, Weimer Jumps (8): Andre, Becattini, Crawley, Gross, Hunt, Kline, Moylan, Polaski Long Sprints (8): DeAngelo, Foster, Gerald, Keegan, Koss, Minniti, Rufo, Warren Hurdles/Sprints (6): Charles, Hayward, Mason, O’Brien, Toland, Wilson Sprints (4): Dupiche, Edger, McGowan, Montgomery Jumps/Hurdles (1): Ramirez
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HAWK PROFILES SENIORS Gabriella Becattini Senior • 5-6 • Jumps Lansdale, Pa. • Methacton
Outdoor 2014: Led SJU in the triple jump (11.73m PR)... Competed in the sprints, jumps, and relays 11 times and placed in the top 10 in nine of 11 opportunities... Competed in the triple jump five times... Posted season-best mark of 11.73m at the Penn Relays... Took ninth (11.30m) at the Atlantic 10 Championships... Took third at the Rider Invitational, sixth at the Colonial Relays, and 10th at the Larry Ellis Invitational... Posted personal-best long jump (5.28m) for ninth at the Colonial Relays... Ran first leg of the third-place 4x100m (49.70) and placed fourth in the long jump at the Lafayette 8-Way Invitational... Posted personal-best 100m (13.12) and ran the first leg of the seventh-place 4x100m (49.33) at Rider... 2013: Crushed thenPR in the triple jump with a mark of INDOOR PERSONAL RECORDS 11.40m for a 16th-place finish at the EVENT BEST MEET YEAR 60m 8.33 Princeton Quad 2012 Penn Relays... Won triple jump Lo. Jump 5.37m Giegengack 2014 (11.30m) at the Delaware Open... Tri. Jump 11.75m Giegengack 2014 Placed third in triple jump at both the OUTDOOR PERSONAL RECORDS Widener Invitational (11.12m) and EVENT BEST MEET YEAR Lafayette 7-Way Invitational (10.96m)... 100H 17.13 Delaware Open 2013 100m 13.12 Rider 2014 Ran first career 100H and posted seaLo. Jump 5.28m Colonial Relays 2014 son-best long jump (5.04m) at the Tri. Jump 11.73m Penn Relays 2014 Delaware Open... 2012: Posted season bests in the long jump (5.10m) and triple jump (11.06m) at the Delaware Open. Indoor 2013-14: Led SJU in the triple jump (11.75m PR) and ranked sixth in the A-10... Won the triple jump (11.75m PR) and took third in the long jump (5.37m PR) at the Giegengack Invitational... Won the long jump (5.29m) and took second in the triple jump (11.22m) at the Princeton Tri Meet... Took third in the long jump (5.35m) and fourth in the triple jump (11.20m) at the season-opening Jack Pyrah Invitational... Placed fifth in the long jump (5.33m) and sixth in the triple jump (11.07m) at the Saturday Night Shootout... Competed in the triple jump (11.55m) at the Penn State National Invitational... 2012-13: Set new PRs in the long jump (5.23m) and triple jump (11.19m)... Placed third in triple jump (11.19m) at the Penn State Relays... Took fifth in both the long jump (5.23m) and triple jump (10.97m) at the Jack Pyrah Invitational... 2011-12: Ran 60m PR (8.33) at the Princeton Quad Meet... Recorded season bests in the long jump (5.12m) at the Lafayette/Rider Winter Games Invitational and the triple jump (11.13m) at the Jack Pyrah Invitational. High School/Personal: Four-time track and field MVP at Methacton... Broke her own school record in the triple jump four times... Four-year varsity letterwinner and team captain as a senior... Also lettered in soccer... Father, David, ran track and played soccer at the collegiate level... Majoring in political science and minoring in sociology.
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HAWK PROFILES SENIORS Kayla Charles Senior • 5-5 • Hurdles/Sprints Hatfield, Pa. • North Penn
Outdoor 2014: Ran on second-place 4x100m (49.64) at the Lehigh Games... Took fourth in the 100H in a season-best 15.30 at the Rider Invitational... Also raced the 100H (15.81) at the Larry Ellis Invitational... 2013: Broke SJU's record in the 100H in 14.47 at the Atlantic 10 Championships en route to a ninth-place finish... Ranked ninth in the A-10 in the 100H (14.47)... Also posted a 400H PR (1:04.26) at A-10s... Won the 100H (14.60) at the Widener Invitational... Registered a then-100H PR (14.62) for second at the Lafayette 7-Way...Took second in the 100H (14.84) and fifth in a season-best high jump (1.52m) at the Delaware Open... Took sixth in the 100H (14.70) at the Colonial Relays... Also ran third leg of 4x400m that took third (3:54.98) at Lafayette... 2012: Took second place in the 100H (14.96) and 400H (1:06.50) at the Lafayette 7Way Invitational... Competed in the 400H (1:05.72) at A-10s.
Indoor 2013-14: Led SJU in the shot put (6.45m) and pentathlon (3,020 points) and tied for team-best mark in high jump (1.55m)... Won the Ursinus Pentathlon with 3,020 points... Took YEAR second in the 60H (9.12), fifth in the high jump (1.50m), and 12th in the long jump (4.72m) at 2011 the Giegengack Invitational... To home back-to-back second-place finishes in the 60H at the sea2013 2012 son-opening Jack Pyrah Invitational (9.10) and Princeton Tri-Meet (9.27)... Also placed second in 2011 the high jump (1.55m PR) at Jack Pyrah... Placed seventh in the 60H (9.15) at the Saturday Night 2013 Shootout... Took ninth in the 800m (2:34.87) and competed in the shot put (6.45m) at the 2013 Ursinus Collegeville Classic... Competed in the 60H (9.22) at the Penn State National 2013 2013 Invitational... 2012-13: Competed in a team-high eight different events and turned in a team2013 best 22 top-ten performances on the season... Led team and ranked ninth in A-10 in indoor pen2011 tathlon (3,274 points) after just two performances... Ranked second on team and 10th in A-10 2013 2013 in 60H (8.98)... Ranked second on team in long jump and shot put and third in high jump... Posted PRs in the shot put (7.19m), long jump (5.38m), and 800m (2:29.56) en route to an OUTDOOR PERSONAL RECORDS eighth-place finish to become SJU's first participant in the A-10 Championships indoor penEVENT BEST MEET YEAR tathlon... Set school record in the indoor pentathlon with 3,155 points en route to a third-place 100H 14.47 Atlantic 10 2013 400H 1:04.26 Atlantic 10 2013 finish at the Ursinus College Hi. Jump 1.52m Delaware Open 2013 Pentathlon Invitational... Won the Lo. Jump 4.73m Laf. 7-Way 2012 60H (9.02) and placed second in long jump (5.33m) and fourth in SCHOOL RECORD HOLDER 800m (2:31.51) at Ursinus... Took Outdoor 100H (14.47) third in the 60H at the Princeton Indoor Pentathlon (3,274 pts.) Quad Meet (9.06), Giegengack (9.10) and Jack Pyrah (9.26), fourth at Lafayette/Rider Winter Games Invitational (8.98 PR), and fifth at Princeton New Year's Invitational (9.08)... 2011-12: Competed in six meets... Earned PRs in the 55H (8.83), 200m (27.69), 300m (45.16), and triple jump (10.27m) and season-best marks in the 60H (9.18) and long jump (5.27m). INDOOR PERSONAL RECORDS EVENT BEST MEET 55H 8.83 Jack Pyrah 60H 8.98 Laf./Rider Games 200m 27.69 Laf./Rider Games 300m 45.16 Jack Pyrah 400m 1:01.28 Princeton Quad 500m 1:19.81 Laf./Rider Games 800m 2:29.56 Atlantic 10 Hi. Jump 1.55m Jack Pyrah Lo. Jump 5.38m Atlantic 10 Tri. Jump 10.27m New Year’s Shot Put 7.19m Ursinus Pentathlon Pentathlon 3,274 pts. Atlantic 10
High School/Personal: 2009 State Championships bronze medalist in 4x100m... Also placed fourth in the 100H, fifth in the 300H, and sixth in the 100H at the state level between 2010-11... 2011 League Athlete of the Year... 2011 league champion and All-League First Team selection in 100H, 300H, and long jump... 2010 league champion in 100H, setting new league record in the process... Four-time league medalist in long jump... Silver medalist in the 100H and 300H... 2011 district bronze medalist in the 100H... Placed fifth in 2010 and 2009... Placed seventh in 300H in 2010... Two-time Penn Relays qualifier, once for 400H and once for long jump... School recordholder in 60H, 100H, 400H, long jump, 4x100m, and SMR... Broke her own 60H record as a senior... Four-time Outdoor Athlete of the Week... Four-year varsity letterwinner, three-year team MVP, 2010 "Best Hurdler", and 2009 "Best Sophomore"... Majoring in ancient studies.
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HAWK PROFILES SENIORS Brianna Hunt Senior • 5-10 • Jumps Glassboro, N.J. • Delsea Regional
Outdoor 2014: Did not compete... 2013: Ranked ninth in Atlantic 10 in the high jump (1.65m PR)... Earned points in the high jump (1.61m) with a seventh-place finish at A-10s... Posted season-best high jump (1.65m PR) for second place at the Delaware Open... Crushed previous PR in long jump with a mark of 5.22m en route to a fourth-place finish at the Lafayette 7-Way Invitational... 2012: Posted season-best mark in the high jump (1.60m) at the Delaware Open.
INDOOR PERSONAL RECORDS EVENT BEST MEET YEAR Hi. Jump 1.70m New Year’s 2012 Lo. Jump 4.97m Princeton Tri 2014 OUTDOOR PERSONAL RECORDS EVENT BEST MEET YEAR Hi. Jump 1.65m Delaware Open 2013 Lo. Jump 4.92m Laf. 7-Way 2013
Indoor 2013-14: Redshirted season after suffering season-ending injury at Princeton... Tied for team-best mark in high jump (1.55m)... Took sixth in both the high jump (1.55m) and long jump (4.97m PR) at the Princeton Tri Meet... Competed in the long jump (4.96m) at the season-opening Jack Pyrah Invitational... 2012-13: ECAC-qualifier in the high jump... Tied for second in the A10 and ranked second on the team in the high jump (1.70m PR)... Placed second in the high jump at both the Princeton New Year's Invitational (1.70m PR) and the Giegengack Invitational (1.65m)... Qualified for the ECAC Championships with performance at Princeton... Also recorded then-PR in the long jump (4.89m) at the Jack Pyrah Invitational... Indoor 2011-12: Turned in season-best long jump (4.77m) at the Princeton's Women's Quad Meet and season-best high jump (1.55m) at A-10s.
High School/Personal: Four-time Tri-County high jump champion... Two-time Group III State Champion in high jump... Capped senior season by claiming the 2011 state title in the high jump and silver medal in the long jump... Also claimed the state title in the high jump as a junior in 2010... Added a fourth-place finish in the long jump and seventh-place finish in the high jump at the 2010 and 2008 state meets, respectively... Placed fifth in the high jump at the 2011 Nike Team Nationals... Three-time Group II/III Sectional Champion in the high jump... Placed fourth as a freshman in 2008... 2010 silver medalist in the long jump at sectionals... Also took home pair of fourth-place finishes in 2009 and 2011 and a fifth-place finish in the high hurdles in 2010... 2010 Glouster County Champion and recordholder in the high jump... 2009 South Jersey Champion and All-South Jersey First Team selection for the high jump... Set new meet record to win the high jump at the 2010 Rowan Open... Placed second in 2009... School recordholder in both the high jump and long jump... Four-year varsity letterwinner... Also lettered in basketball... Majoring in interdisciplinary health services and minoring in health care ethics. 2014-15 SAINT JOSEPH’S WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD MEDIA GUIDE 14
HAWK PROFILES SENIORS Georgia Mason Senior • 5-4 • Hurdles/Sprints Upper Darby, Pa. • Upper Darby One of five team captains
EVENT 55H 60H 55m 60m 300m
INDOOR PERSONAL RECORDS BEST MEET 8.41 Jack Pyrah 8.82 Jack Pyrah 7.73 Jack Pyrah 8.20 Laf./Rider Games 42.16 New Year’s
YEAR 2011 2013 2011 2014 2012
Outdoor 2014: Led SJU in the 100H (14.67)... Ran second leg of season's fastest 4x200m (1:44.10)... Earned seven top-ten finishes on the season... Competed in the 100H six times... Recorded personal-record 100H (14.67) at the Atlantic 10 Championships for 10th place... Took silver in the 4x100m (49.64) and 100H (14.73) at the Lehigh Games... Took third in the 100H (14.95) and fourth in the 4x100m (49.08) at the Rider Invitational... Ran on fourth-place 4x100m (49.83) at the Lafayette 8-Way Invitational... Earned ninth in the 100H (14.71) and 13th on the 4x200m (1:44.10) at the Colonial Relays... 2013: Limited action due to indoor injury... Ran a pair of 4x100m relays at the Widener Invitational and the Delaware Open... Posted new PR in 200m (27.06) at the Colonial Relays... 2012: Posted season-best times in the 200m (27.14) at the Delaware Open and 100H (14.71) at the Colonial Relays.
Indoor 2013-14: Led team in the 60H (8.82) and ranked sixth in the A-10... Won the 60H (8.95) at the Princeton Tri Meet... Broke her own school record in the 60H (8.82 PR) for a second-place finish SCHOOL RECORD HOLDER Indoor 60H (8.82) at the season-opening Jack Pyrah Invitational... 2012-13: Broke own school record in the 60H twice in the same meet - once in the preliminaries and once in the final heat - to take second place and set a new school record (8.84) at Princeton's New Year's Invitational... Took second in the 60H (9.02) at the Jack Pyrah Invitational... Ran third leg of 4x400m that placed fifth (4:02.63) at the Princeton Quad Meet... 2011-12: Broke school record in the 60H to win event (8.98) at Giegengack... Took second in the 60H (9.14) at the Princeton 4-Way... Posted times in the 55m (7.73) and 300m (42.54) and a team-best 55H (8.41) at the Jack Pyrah Invitational. OUTDOOR PERSONAL RECORDS EVENT BEST MEET YEAR 100H 14.67 Atlantic 10 2014 200m 27.06 Colonial Relays 2013
High School/Personal: Placed third in 4x400m and fourth in 100H at the 2011 State Championships... Also placed fourth in the 4x100m and sixth in the 100H in 2010... Qualified for the 2011 Penn Relays Finals in the 4x100m... 2010 silver medalist in the 100H at the district meet... Two-time All-Delco First Team selection... School recordholder in 100H, 300H, 4x200m, and 4x400m (3:52)... Team MVP... Also lettered in basketball... Majoring in food marketing.
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HAWK PROFILES SENIORS Kati Polaski Senior • 5-6 • Jumps Keller, Texas • Keller One of five team captains
INDOOR PERSONAL RECORDS EVENT BEST MEET 60m 8.16 SN Shootout Lo. Jump 5.59m New Year’s Tri. Jump 11.51m Princeton Quad
YEAR 2014 2011 2013
OUTDOOR PERSONAL RECORDS EVENT BEST MEET YEAR 100m 12.96 Rider 2014 200m 26.67 Laf. 7-Way 2013 Lo. Jump 5.40m Rider 2014 Tri. Jump 11.15m Delaware Open 2012
Outdoor 2014: Led SJU in the long jump (5.40m PR)... Competed in the long jump six times on the season... Took 11th (5.28m) at Atlantic 10 Championships... Recorded season-best mark of 5.43m at the Penn Relays... Anchored fourth-place 4x100m (49.08), took fifth in the long jump (5.40m), and posted 100m PR (12.96) at the Rider Invitational... Took fourth in the 4x100m (49.83) and fifth in the long jump (5.10m) at the Lafayette 8-Way Invitational... Took 11th in the long jump (5.20m) at the Larry Ellis Invitational... SJU's Scholar-Athlete Award recipient... 2013: Posted season-best marks in long jump (5.27m) and triple jump (10.91m) at A-10s... Anchored 4x100m that won event (49.53) at the Widener Invitational... Anchored 4x100m that took third (48.95) at the Delaware Open... Recorded seasonbest 200m (26.67) at the Lafayette 7Way Invitational... 2012: Posted season-best 200m (27.14) at the Lafayette 7-Way Meet.
Indoor 2013-14: Led SJU in both the 60m (8.16 PR) and long jump (5.45m)... Won the long jump (5.40m) and took sixth in the 60m (8.18) at the Giegengack Invitational... Took second in the long jump (5.45m) in a field of 19 at the season-opening Jack Pyrah Invitational... Placed fourth in the long jump (5.15m) and eighth in the 60m (8.34) at the Princeton Tri Meet... Led team in both the 60m (8.16 PR) and long jump (5.10m) at the Saturday Night Shootout... Competed in the long jump (5.25m) at the Penn State National Invitational... SJU's ScholarAthlete Award recipient... 2012-13: Led SJU and ranked 10th in the A10 in the triple jump (11.51m)... Ranked third on the team in the long jump... Set a new PR in the triple jump (11.51m) to take second at Princeton's Quad Meet... Long-jumped a season-best 5.38m for second place at the Jack Pyrah Invitational... Placed fourth in the triple jump at both the Penn State Relays (11.08m) and the Princeton New Year's Invitational (11.07m)... 2011-12: Posted season-best triple jump (11.21m) at the Penn State Relays... Notched personal- and team-best long jump (5.59m) at the Princeton New Year's Invitational. High School/Personal: Broke Keller's triple jump record with a leap of 37' 1" as a senior... Three-time regional qualifier in triple jump, twotime qualifier in 4x400m, and additional qualifier in long jump, 4x100m, and 4x200m... Four-year varsity letterwinner... Majoring in marketing.
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HAWK PROFILES SENIORS Marina Rufo Senior • 5-3 • Long Sprints Bryn Mawr, Pa. • Radnor/Villanova One of five team captains
EVENT 400m 500m 600m 800m
INDOOR PERSONAL RECORDS BEST MEET 1:00.67 Giegengack 1:18.04 Atlantic 10 1:40.89 New Year’s 2:21.49 Laf./Rider Games
YEAR 2014 2013 2012 2013
Outdoor 2014: Ran first leg of season's fastest 4x200m (1:44.10)... Competed in the 400m five times on the season... Took 23rd in the 400m (1:00.02) at the Atlantic 10 Championships... Posted season-best 400m (1:00.00) to take third place at the Lehigh Games... Also anchored championship 4x400m (4:07.05) at Lehigh... Ran first leg of second-place 4x400m (4:07.03) at the Widener Invitational... Anchored fourth-place 4x400m (4:02.79) at the Rider Invitational... Ran first leg of 4x200m that placed 13th (1:44.10) at the Colonial Relays... 2013: Ran third leg of season's fastest 4x400m (3:52.71) that took 24th place at ECACs... Broke the minute barrier in a 400m PR of 59.93 at A10s... Ran a season-best 800m (2:22.55) at the Lafayette 7-Way Invitational.
Indoor 2013-14: Took fifth in the 800m (2:28.94) at the seasonopening Jack Pyrah Invitational... OUTDOOR PERSONAL RECORDS Also ran the second leg of the EVENT BEST MEET YEAR 400m 59.93 Atlantic 10 2013 fourth-place 4x400m (4:10.20) at 800m 2:22.55 Laf. 7-Way 2013 Jack Pyrah... Placed sixth in the 500m (1:20.41) at the Princeton SCHOOL RECORD HOLDER Tri Meet... Took seventh in the Indoor 4x4 (3:49.60) 400m (1:00.67 PR) at the Giegengack Invitational... Competed in the 500m (1:20.29) at the Penn State National Invitational... Ran third leg of 4x400m (3:59.67) at the Saturday Night Shootout... 2012-13: Ran third leg of season's fastest 4x400m that broke its own school record (3:49.60) at the ECAC Championships... That time ranked seventh in the A-10... Ran third leg of 4x400m that originally broke SJU's nine-year school record with a new time of 3:51.09 at the Penn State National Invitational... Ran third leg of DMR that won (12:21.63) at the Penn State Relays... Took home three top-ten 500m performances... Posted season-best times in the 400m, 500m, 600m, and 800m. High School/Personal: Three-time state qualifier for indoor 4x200m, 4x400, and 4x800m... Three-time district qualifier for outdoor 4x100m and 4x400m... Also qualified for 4x800m twice and 400m at the outdoor district level... Ran leg on first-place Central League 4x400m heat at the 2010 Penn Relays... Two-time recipient of the Most Improved Award... Also earned the Indoor Track Award, Springer Spirit Award, and Most Versatile Runner Award... Four-year varsity letterwinner and two-year team captain... Also lettered in cross country and diving... Transfer from Villanova... Majoring in accounting.
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HAWK PROFILES JUNIORS Emily Chaundy Junior • 5-5 • Distance Eldersburg, Md. • Archbishop Spalding
Outdoor 2014: Posted a 1500m PR (4:53.71) to take fifth at the Lafayette 8-Way Invitational... Raced to 3k PR (10:59.34) for 19th at the season-opening Philadelphia College Classic... Recorded 5k PR (18:39.44) at the Colonial Relays... 2013: Broke five-minute mark in 1500m (4:59.72) at the Lehigh Games... Registered a season-best 800m (2:30.21 PR) in first collegiate outdoor meet, the Philadelphia College Classic.
EVENT 800m
1000m Mile
3000m
EVENT 800m
1500m 3000m 5000m
INDOOR PERSONAL RECORDS BEST
2:28.73 3:06.25
5:15.49
MEET
YEAR
Princeton Quad 2013 SN Shootout
Atlantic 10
2014
2014
10:54.95 Giegengack Inv. 2014
OUTDOOR PERSONAL RECORDS BEST
MEET
4:53.71
Laf. 8-Way
2:30.21
Phila. Classic
10:59.34 Phila. Classic
18:39.44 Colonial Relays
YEAR 2013
2014
2014
2014
Indoor 2013-14: Ran personal-best mile (5:15.49 PR) to take 14th at the Atlantic 10 Championships... Took second in the mile (5:27.45) at the Ursinus Collegeville Classic... Also ran leg on third-place 4x400m (4:22.36) at Ursinus... Placed seventh in the 1000m (3:06.25 PR) at the Saturday Night Shootout... Competed in first collegiate indoor 3k (10:54.95 PR) at the Giegengack Invitational and first collegiate indoor mile (5:23.33) at the Princeton Tri Meet... 2012-13: Ran 800m PR (2:28.73) for a seventh-place finish at Princeton's Quad Meet... Took seventh (3:15.97) in the 1000m at the University of Delaware's Thompson Invitational... Ran thenPR 1000m (3:12.58) for 10th at Giegengack. High School/Personal: 2012 All-County First Team selection for track... 2012 All-Northeast and All-Conference selection for cross country... Competed in the 1500m and 3k at USATF Youth Nationals... School recordholder in 1k, 4x800m, and DMR... Four-year varsity letterwinner... Two-year track captain and cross country captain as a senior... Also lettered in soccer and basketball... Made the honor roll at Archbishop Spalding four years in a row... Two-year member of National Honor Society... Majoring in interdisciplinary health services.
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HAWK PROFILES JUNIORS Kathryn Cols Junior • 5-7 • Distance Easton, Pa. • Easton Area
Outdoor 2014: Posted PRs in the 800m, 1500m, and 3k... Competed in the 1500m five times on the season... Posted season-best 1500m (4:49.03 PR) in final meet of season at Swarthmore Final Qualifier... Took fifth in the 1500m (4:53.39) for highest finish of season at the Lehigh Games... Ran on 4x400m that took sixth (4:25.14) at the season-opening Philadelphia College Classic... Registered season-best 3k (11:00.52) for eighth at the Lafayette 8-Way Invitational... Recorded season-best 800m (2:25.07 PR) for 15th at the Widener Invitational... 2013: Improved upon indoor 800m time by over nine seconds to post a then-PR (2:26.53) at the Lehigh Games... Registered a season-best 1500m (5:09.06) at Widener. EVENT 800m
1000m Mile
EVENT 800m
1500m 3000m
INDOOR PERSONAL RECORDS BEST
MEET
3:12.08
Giegengack Inv. 2014
2:35.85
5:24.63
Delaware Inv.
YEAR 2013
Laf./Rider Games 2014
OUTDOOR PERSONAL RECORDS BEST
MEET
YEAR
4:49.03
Swarthmore
2014
2:25.07
Widener Inv.
11:00.52 Laf. 8-Way
2014
2014
Indoor 2013-14: Posted PRs in the 1000m and mile... Improved upon previous mile PR by over 10 seconds (5:24.63 PR) at the Armory during the Lafayette/Rider Winter Games... Improved upon previous mile PR by over 19 seconds (5:34.65) to take third at at the Ursinus Collegeville Classic... Ran first leg of second-place 4x800m (9:58.05) at the Armory during the Saturday Night Shootout... Ran leg on third-place 4x800m (9:52.30) and took seventh in the 1000m (3:13.10) at the Princeton Tri Meet... Ran season-best 1000m (3:12.08 PR) at the Giegengack Invitational... 2012-13: Posted season-best 1000m (3:16.42) at Giegengack... Ran first collegiate 800m in 2:35.85 to place seventh at the University of Delaware Collegiate Invitational... Ran first collegiate mile in 5:53.96 at the University of Delaware's Thomson Invitational.
High School/Personal: LVC All-Star First Team selection... Captained squad that went undefeated and won conference championship as a senior... Four-year letterwinner in indoor track, outdoor track, and cross country and two-time captain of cross country team... Member of the National Honor Society... Majoring in biology.
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HAWK PROFILES JUNIORS Jenna DeAngelo Junior • 5-7 • Long Sprints Garden City, N.Y. • Garden City
Outdoor 2014: Ran first leg of championship 4x400m (4:07.05) at the Lehigh Games... Also posted 800m PR (2:24.47) at Lehigh... Ran third leg of second-place 4x400m (4:07.03) at Widener Invitational... Ran first leg of fourth-place 4x400m (4:02.79) and registered season-best 400m (1:00.81) at the Rider Invitational... Ran third leg of 4x800m that took 17th at Colonial Relays... 2013: Competed in the 200m (27.08) and 400m (1:00.74) at A-10s... Ran a then-PR in the 400m (1:00.55) to take home the silver medal at the Lehigh Games... Anchored 4x400m that took second (4:02.63) at the Delaware Outdoor Open... Season-best 200m (27.03) came at the Colonial Relays. Indoor 2013-14: ECAC qualifier in the 4x800m... Ran second leg of season's fastest 4x800m (9:15.12)... Placed in the top ten of all five individual events and seven relays on the season... EVENT BEST MEET YEAR Ran second leg of 4x800m (9:22.69) that took seventh for two points at the Atlantic 10 400m 1:01.37 Laf./Rider Games 2013 500m 1:20.21 Giegengack Inv. 2014 Championships... Also took 10th in 600m 1:43.99 New Year’s 2012 the 800m (2:25.12) at A-10s... Ran 800m 2:24.79 SN Shootout 2014 second leg of ECAC-qualifying 4x800m (9:15.12) that took the silOUTDOOR PERSONAL RECORDS ver at the Penn State National EVENT BEST MEET YEAR Invitational... Also ran on seventh200m 27.03 Colonial Relays 2013 400m 1:00.55 Lehigh Games 2013 place DMR at Penn State... Ran the 800m 2:24.47 Lehigh Games 2014 first leg of the third-place 4x400m (4:05.41) at the Princeton Tri Meet... Took third in the 500m (1:20.80) and ran second leg of the silvermedal 4x4 (4:04.59) at the season-opening Jack Pyrah Invitational... Also posted season-best 400m (1:01.54) at Princeton... Ran seasonbest 500m (1:20.21 PR) for seventh and ran second leg of fifth-place 4x400m (4:05.54) at Giegengack...Took eighth in the 800m (2:24.79 PR) at the Saturday Night Shootout... 2012-13: Ran first collegiate 800m (2:35.01) at University of Delaware's Thomson Invitational... Posted season-best 400m (1:01.37) at Lafayette/Rider... Ran first collegiate 600m in season-best 1:43.99 in the preliminaries of Princeton's New Year's Invitational... Placed eighth in first collegiate 500m with season-best 1:22.35 at the Jack Pyrah Invitational. INDOOR PERSONAL RECORDS
High School/Personal: All-American, All-State, All-County, and AllConference selection... Member of 4x800m All-American Team, 4x400m State Championship Team, and 4x400m Millrose Games Championship Team... Ran on the top U.S. High School 4x800m team at the Penn Relays... Recipient of GCHS Prusan-GAA High Point Award and 2012 Outstanding Runner Award for 2012 spring track... Six-year varsity letterwinner and two-year captain... Earned five varsity letters in swimming... All-State, All-County, and All-Conference selection for swimming... Two-time member of 400m relay team at state championsihps... Made Principal's Honors List all four years... Majoring in marketing and minoring in business intelligence. 2014-15 SAINT JOSEPH’S WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD MEDIA GUIDE 20
HAWK PROFILES JUNIORS Tess Doggett Junior • 5-10 • Distance Philadelphia, Pa. • Germantown Friends
Outdoor 2014: Competed in the 1500m (4:54.49) for a 22nd-place finish at the Atlantic 10 Championships... Took sixth in both the 800m (2:21.25 PR) and 4x400m (4:25.14) at the seasonopening Philadelphia College Classic... Recorded season-best 1500m (4:49.46 PR) for ninth at the Widener Invitational... Competed in the 400m (1:03.07 PR), 800m (2:25.09) and 4x4 (4:11.58) at the Rider Invitational... Ran on 4x800m that competed at the Colonial Relays... 2013: Ran a 3000m steeplechase PR (11:40.43 PR) at A-10s... Ran season-best 1500m (4:58.21) at the Colonial Relays... Also competed in the 800m (2:28.66) and 3000m (11:02.93).
EVENT 800m
1000m Mile
EVENT
INDOOR PERSONAL RECORDS BEST
2:25.95 3:22.73
5:30.54
MEET
YEAR
Giegengack Inv. 2013
Princeton Quad 2013
Laf./Rider Games 2014
OUTDOOR PERSONAL RECORDS BEST
MEET
2:21.25
Phila. Classic
YEAR
Indoor 2013-14: Broke PR in the mile (5:30.54 PR) at the Armory during the Lafayette/Rider Winter Games... Ran leg of silver-medal 4x800m (9:58.05) at the Armory during the Saturday Night Shootout... Ran third leg of third-place 4x400m (4:22.36) at the Ursinus Collegeville Classic... Took sixth in 800m (2:28.68) for season-best performance and highest finish of season in event at Princeton... 2012-13: Ran third leg of season's fastest 4x800m (9:22.52) at A-10s... Posted season-best 800m (2:25.95) at Giegengack... Ran first collegiate 800m in 2:30.43 to place fifth at the University of Delaware Collegiate Invitational... Raced first collegiate 1000m in season-best 3:22.73 to place ninth at the Princeton Quad Meet... Ran first collegiate mile in seasonbest 5:33.85 to place 11th at University of Delaware's Thomson Invitational.
High School/Personal: Two-time All-League selection in both track and cross country... Twotime indoor track team MVP... Member of three-time league championship cross country squad 1500m 4:49.46 Widener Inv. 2014 and two-time league championship outdoor track team... Captained 2012 cross country squad 3000m 11:02.93 Laf. 7-Way 2013 to state title... School recordholder in the 1600m (5:08.21), 4x400m, and 4x800m... Three-year 3000S 11:40.43 Atlantic 10 2013 varsity letterwinner in cross country and track and captain of all three squads as a senior... Also lettered in field hockey and lacrosse... High school coach at Germantown Friends, Rob Hewitt, graduated from SJU... Majoring in biology. 400m
800m
1:03.07
Rider Inv.
2014 2014
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HAWK PROFILES JUNIORS Melissa Donnelly Junior • 5-1 • Distance Lansdale, Pa. • Gwynedd-Mercy Academy
Outdoor 2014: Did not compete... 2013: Improved upon indoor 800m time by over eight seconds to post a 2:37.40 at the Philadelphia College Classic.. Ran leg of 4x400m that took ninth (4:14.99) at the Lafayette 7-Way Invitational.
EVENT 800m
1000m
EVENT 800m
INDOOR PERSONAL RECORDS
Indoor 2013-14: Competed in one race, the 800m (2:41.76 PR) at the Ursinus Collegeville Classic... 2012-13: Posted season-best 800m (2:46.68) at the University of Delaware's Thomson Invitational... Ran first collegiate 800m in 2:47.84 for a ninth-place finish at the University of Delaware Collegiate Invitational... Ran first collegiate 1000m in season-best 3:33.82 to place 11th at the Princeton Quad Meet.
BEST
MEET
3:33.82
Princeton Quad 2013
2:41.76
Ursinus Classic
OUTDOOR PERSONAL RECORDS BEST
2:37.40
MEET
Phila. Classic
YEAR 2014
High School/Personal: Member of two-time AACA-Championship track team... Three-year varsity letterwinner... Brother, Kevin, ran cross country and track for SJU... Brother, Patrick, ran for the SJU cross country and track squads... Majoring in marketing.
YEAR 2013
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HAWK PROFILES JUNIORS Dannah Hayward Junior • 5-4 • Hurdles/Sprints Wilkes Barre, Pa. • James M. Coughlin
EVENT 60H
400m
INDOOR PERSONAL RECORDS BEST
MEET
57.67
Laf./Rider Games 2013
1:41.38
New Year’s
9.33
PSU Relays
YEAR 2013
Outdoor 2014: Redshirted season due to injury... 2013: Took 23rd in the 400H at USA Junior Championships... Ranked sixth in the Atlantic 10 in the 400H (1:00.11)... Only freshman ranked in top ten of A-10's 400H... ECAC-qualifier in 400H... Earned SJU's only two points at ECACs with school record-breaking 400H performance (1:00.11) en route to seventh-place finish... Placed seventh (1:01.64) as only freshman to compete in A-10 400H finals... Also ran first leg of season's fastest 4x400m that took seventh (3:51.16) at A-10s... Earned A-10 Rookie of the Week honors after breaking her own 400H school record in 1:01.25 to take third in her heat at the Penn Relays... Also earned A-10 Rookie of the Week honors after placing third in the 400H (1:01.46) for third place at Princeton's Larry Ellis Invitational... First broke SJU's 400H record in 1:01.41 for fourth-place finish at the Colonial Relays... Won first collegiate 400H (1:03.73) at Lafayette 7Way Invitational... Also ran first leg of 4x400m that took third (3:54.98) at Lafayette... SJU's "Best Freshman" selection.
Indoor 2013-14: Redshirted season due to injury... 2012-13: Led team and ranked fifth in A-10 (top freshOUTDOOR PERSONAL RECORDS man) in 500m (1:13.96)... Ranked EVENT BEST MEET YEAR second on team in 400m and 100H 15.04 Delaware Open 2013 400H 1:00.11 ECACs 2013 600m... ECAC-qualifier in 500m... 800m 2:21.32 Delaware Open 2013 Had multiple standout performances at ECACs... Broke school record in SCHOOL RECORD HOLDER 500m with personal-record 1:13.96 Outdoor 400H (1:00.11) and ran first leg of season's fastest Indoor 500m (1:13.96) 4x400m that broke its own school Indoor 4x4 (3:49.60) record (3:49.60) in event... Time ranked seventh in the A-10... Took home fifth-place finish in 500m (1:16.67) at A-10s... Ran first leg of 4x400 that originally broke SJU's nine-year school record in event with new time of 3:51.09 at Penn State National Invitational... Placed third in the 500m (1:20.65) at the Penn State Relays... Also registered season-best 60H (9.33) at Penn State... Posted season-best 600m (1:41.38) at Princeton's New Year's Invitational... Took fourth in the 400m (season-best 57.67) at the Lafayette/Rider Winter Games Invitational... Took home a fourth-place finish in the 500m (1:20.81) and fifth-place finish in 60H (9.50) at Jack Pyrah. 500m 600m
1:13.96
ECACs
2013 2012
High School/Personal: 2012 AAA Pennsylvania State Champion and District 2 Champion in 300H (43.37)... 2012 All-State First Team selection... 2011 state finalist in 300H, taking sixth overall... 2011 state qualifier in 100H... Holds school record in 4x100m... Four-year varsity letterwinner and senior team captain... Also lettered in field hockey and basketball... Named to All-Scholastic Team for field hockey... Member of the Student Board for the Center of Developing Everyday Champions at Saint Joseph's University... Majoring in psychology. 2014-15 SAINT JOSEPH’S WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD MEDIA GUIDE 23
HAWK PROFILES JUNIORS Lauren Hehir Junior • 5-10 • Distance Washingtonville, N.Y. • Washingtonville One of five team captains
EVENT
1000m
INDOOR PERSONAL RECORDS BEST
3:00.90
MEET
Atlantic 10
YEAR 2013
Outdoor 2014: ECAC qualifier in 4x800m... Ran first leg of 4x800m that placed fourth (9:04.31) at Atlantic 10 Championships... Also recorded 3000S PR (11:04.49) for 11th at A-10s... Ran first leg of season's fastest 4x800m (9:04.31) and DMR (12:01.63) and second leg of season's fastest 4x1500m (18:56.74)... Posted PRs in the 400m, 800m, 5k, and 3000S... Won the 5k (17:45.81 PR) at the Widener Invitational... Ran second leg of 4x1500m that took silver (18:56.74) at the Colonial Relays... Also ran season-best 1500m (4:43.11) at Colonials... Took bronze in the 3000S (11:17.07) at the Rider Invitational... Took third in the 800m (2:18.55 PR) and fifth in the 4x400m (4:11.76) at the Philadelphia College Classic... Ran legs on top-15 4x800m and DMR at Penn Relays... 2013: Won first collegiate 3000S in 11:30.33 at the Delaware Outdoor Open... Ran season-best 1500m (4:41.03) at the Colonial Relays... Posted season-best 800m (2:19.82) at Lafayette's 7-Way Invitational.
Indoor 2013-14: ECAC qualifier in the 4x800m and DMR... Anchored OUTDOOR PERSONAL RECORDS season's fastest 4x800m (9:15.12) EVENT BEST MEET YEAR and ran first leg of season's fastest 400m 1:03.38 Phila. Classic 2014 DMR (11:47.21)... Ran leadoff leg of 800m 2:18.55 Phila. Classic 2014 the DMR (11:49.61) that took third 1500m 4:41.03 Colonial Relays 2013 at A-10s... Also placed 12th in the 5000m 17:45.81 Widener Inv. 2014 mile (5:10.67) at A-10s... Ran first 3000S 11:04.49 Atlantic 10 2014 leg of the ECAC-qualifying DMR that placed third (11:47.21) at the Giegengack Invitational... Also ran first sub-5:00 indoor collegiate mile (4:59.45 PR) for third at Giegengack... Anchored ECAC-qualifying 4x800m (9:15.12) that took the silver at the Penn State National Invitational... Placed second in the mile (5:05.68) at the Saturday Night Shootout... Took fourth in 1000m (3:03.05) at the Princeton Tri Meet... 2012-13: Ran second leg of season's fastest 4x800m (9:22.53) at A-10s... Also posted season-best 1000m (3:00.90) at A-10s... Placed second in the 1000m (3:05.50) at University of Delaware's Thomson Invitational... Ran second leg of 4x800m (9:24.42) that took second at the Penn State Relays... Registered season-best mile (5:11.49) at Giegengack Invitational. Mile
4:59.56
Giegengack Inv. 2014
High School/Personal: 2012 state champion in intersectional relay... Three-time state qualifier for indoor track... Two-time state qualifier for cross country... 2012 Millrose Games qualifier in 4x400m... Placed second at 2009 New Balance Indoor Nationals in the freshman mile and ninth at 2009 New York State Cross Country Meet Class AA... Also qualified for freshman mile at Nike Outdoor Nationals... Individual and team conference champion as a freshman... Three-time team MVP... 2012 Section 9 Sportsmanship Award recipient for both cross country and track... Four-year Scholar Athlete... Holds Washingtonville records in the 1000m (2:58.26), 1600m (5:00.58), and 4x800m (9:21.82)... Owns 1500m freshman record (4:47)... Earned 16 varsity letters between cross country, indoor track, and outdoor track... Older brother, Martin, currently runs at Syracuse... Twin sister, Evelia, currently runs at Morrisville State... Majoring in interdisciplinary health services. 2014-15 SAINT JOSEPH’S WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD MEDIA GUIDE 24
HAWK PROFILES JUNIORS Carly McGowan Junior • 5-6 • Sprints Wilmington, Del. • Archmere Academy
EVENT 60H
60m
200m
INDOOR PERSONAL RECORDS BEST
MEET
YEAR
8.08
Jack Pyrah Inv.
2012
9.66
26.75
New Year’s Atlantic 10
2012 2013
Outdoor 2014: Ran second leg of season's fastest 4x100m (48.83) and third leg of season's fastest 4x200m (1:44.10)... Ran second leg of 10th-place 4x100m (49.59) and took 20th in 100m in a season-best 13.10 at the Atlantic 10 Championships... Ran second leg of the 4x100m (49.70) that earned third place at the Lafayette 8-Way Invitational... Ran second leg of 4x100m that competed at the Penn Relays... Ran legs on top-ten 4x100m and also competed in the 100m and 200m at both the Larry Ellis Invitational and Rider Invitational... Raced the 4x100m and 4x200m along with the 100m at the Colonial Relays... 2013: Consistent factor on the 4x100m... Posted best pair of times on the season in 100m (12.64) and 200m (26.11) at A-10s... Also ran third leg of season's fastest 4x100m that took 10th (48.70) at A-10s... Ran third leg of 4x100m that won event (49.53) at the Widener Invitational... Ran third leg of 4x100m that took third (48.95) at the Delaware Outdoor Open.
Indoor 2013-14: Competed primarily in the 60m and 200m... OUTDOOR PERSONAL RECORDS Posted season-best 60m (8.26) at EVENT BEST MEET YEAR the Giegengack Invitational... 100m 12.64 Atlantic 10 2013 200m 26.11 Atlantic 10 2013 Competed in both the 60m (8.32) and 200m (27.20) at A-10s... Took fourth in the 60m (8.31) for highest event finish of season at the Ursinus Collegeville Classic... Took eighth in the 60m (8.26) and posted season-best 200m (27.15) at the Giegengack Invitational... Competed in the 60m (8.37) and 200m (27.49) at the Saturday Night Shootout... Posted top 20 finishes in the 60m (8.46) and 300m (44.38 PR) at the season-opening Jack Pyrah Invitational... 2012-13: Tied for team lead in 60m... Ranked second in 200m... Posted season-best 200m (26.75) at A-10s... Placed third in 60m in a seasonbest 8.08 at the Jack Pyrah Invitational... Ran season-best 60H (9.66) at Princeton's New Year's Invitational... Member of SJU Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Fall 2012. 300m
44.38
Jack Pyrah Inv.
2013
High School/Personal: Two-time outdoor state champion anchor in 4x200m between 2011-12 and 2010 outdoor state champion anchor in 4x100m... 2012 state silver medalist in 100H and 4x100m and bronze medalist in 100m... 2012 All-County selection... Set seven school records at Archmere: 55H, 100H (15.32), 55m (7.53), 100m (12.3), indoor 200m, 4x100m (49.5), 4x200m (1:44.2)... Three-time top scorer on squad... Two-time team MVP... Earned five varsity letters... Two-year team captain... Also lettered in volleyball... Two-time All-State and All-Conference selection for volleyball... Played in two state championships... Is a resident assistant at Saint Joseph's... Majoring in communication studies and minoring in environmental and sustainability studies. 2014-15 SAINT JOSEPH’S WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD MEDIA GUIDE 25
HAWK PROFILES JUNIORS Sara Radzwilka Junior • 5-5 • Distance Exeter, Pa. • Wyoming Area One of five team captains
Outdoor 2014: ECAC qualifier in 4x800m... Ran third leg of season's fastest DMR (12:01.63)... Competed in the 800m five times and 400m twice... Ran 800m PR (2:15.68) to take 16th at the Atlantic 10 Championships... Earned silver in the 800m (2:16.17) at the Widener Invitational... Took fifth in 800m (2:23.77) at Lafayette 8-Way Invitational... Placed fifth in 800m (2:18.67) and seventh in 4x400m (4:11.58) at Rider Invitational... Took eighth in 800m (2:21.79) at Philadelphia College Classic... Ran on top-15 4x800m and DMR at the Penn Relays... 2013: Consistently improved upon 800m time throughout season, posting then-PR (2:21.32) at A-10s.
EVENT 500m 800m
1000m
INDOOR PERSONAL RECORDS BEST
MEET
YEAR
2:25.47
Del. Thomson
2013
1:25.50 3:06.37
Princeton Tri
2014
Giegengack Inv. 2013
OUTDOOR PERSONAL RECORDS
Indoor 2013-14: Posted season-best 800m (2:27.03) at the Giegengack Invitational... Also ran second leg of top-ten 4x400m (4:18.24) at Giegengack... Took ninth in first collegiate 500m (1:25.50 PR) at the Princeton Tri Meet... 2012-13: Ran third leg of DMR that won (12:21.63) and 4x800m that placed second (9:24.42) at Penn State... Placed fourth in the 1000m (3:06.37 PR) at Yale's Giegengack Invitational... Ran first collegiate 800m (2:25.47 PR) to place seventh at University of Delaware's Thomson Invitational.
High School/Personal: 2011 District II gold medalist in 800m... Four-time District II medalist in 800m... Two-time District II medalist in cross country... 2011 PIAA Track and Field State 800m 2:15.68 Atlantic 10 2014 Championships participant in 800m... Set school records in the 400m (61.4), 800m (2:17.53) and 4x800m... Four-year varsity letterwinner in cross country and track... Also lettered in basketball... Majoring in interdisciplinary health services and minoring in psychology. EVENT 400m
BEST
1:01.99
MEET
Rider Inv.
YEAR 2014
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HAWK PROFILES SOPHOMORES Sydney Coughlin Sophomore • 5-9 • Distance Franklin Lakes, N.J. • Indian Hills
Outdoor 2014: Ran on sixth-place 4x400m (4:25.14) at the season-opening Philadelphia College Classic. Indoor 2013-14: Competed in 1000m (3:09.29) at the Atlantic 10 Championships... Competed primarily in 800m and 4x400m... Led team in 800m (2:24.92 PR) at the Giegengack Invitational... Took third in first collegiate 800m (2:28.44) for highest season finish in event at the Ursinus Collegeville Classic... Ran second leg of second-place 4x800m (9:58.05) at the Saturday Night Shootout... Competed in first collegiate 500m (1:25.10 PR) at the Princeton Tri Meet. EVENT 500m 800m
1000m
INDOOR PERSONAL RECORDS BEST
MEET
2:24.92
Giegengack Inv. 2014
1:25.10 3:07.26
Princeton Tri
YEAR 2014
Laf./Rider Games 2014
High School/Personal: 2012 All-County Third Team in 4x400m... Two-time All-County Honorable Mention in the 800m... Member of 2011 cross country squad that won league title... Three-year varsity letterwinner in cross country and track and senior captain for all three squads... Also lettered in lacrosse and soccer... Majoring in food marketing.
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HAWK PROFILES SOPHOMORES Alexandra Fiesel Sophomore • 5-7 • Distance Wilton, Conn. • Wilton
Outdoor 2014: Competed in the 1500m four times and 800m twice... Posted personal-record 1500m (5:06.98) for 23rd-place finish at the Rider Invitational... Also raced the 1500m at the Widener Invitational, Lehigh Games, and Swarthmore Final Qualifier... Posted personal-record 800m (2:31.43) at Widener.
EVENT
1000m Mile
3000m
EVENT 800m
1500m
INDOOR PERSONAL RECORDS
Indoor 2013-14: Competed in the 1000m, mile, and 3k... Anchored third-place 4x800m (9:58.05) at the Saturday Night Shootout... Took ninth in first collegiate indoor 3k (10:53.66 PR) at the Ursinus Collegeville Classic... Ran 1000m (3:08.82 PR) at the Armory during the Lafayette/Rider Winter Games... Ran season-best mile (5:23.10 PR) at the Giegengack Invitational... Competed in first collegiate indoor mile (5:32.06) at the Princeton Tri Meet.
BEST
MEET
5:23.10
Giegengack Inv. 2014
3:08.82
YEAR
Laf./Rider Games 2014
10:53.66 Ursinus Classic
OUTDOOR PERSONAL RECORDS
2014
BEST
MEET
YEAR
5:06.98
Rider Inv.
2014
2:31.43
Laf. 8-Way
2014
High School/Personal: Four-time All-FCIAC selection... Three-time All-State selection... Led squad to 2013 state title for cross country... Placed third in the state and fourth in New England in the outdoor 4x800m in her junior season, earning 2013 All-New England honors... Took fourth in the 1000m (3:04 PR) at the 2012 state championships... 2013 Wilton cross country MVP... Recipient of 2013 WHS Track Association Scholarship and 2012 Coaches Award... Captained cross country and track squads as a senior... Brother, Jimmy, attended SJU... Majoring in social science.
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HAWK PROFILES SOPHOMORES Courtney Foster Sophomore • 5-2 • Long Sprints Marlton, N.J. • Cherokee
EVENT 60m
200m
INDOOR PERSONAL RECORDS BEST
MEET
26.13
Giegengack Inv. 2014
8.21
YEAR
Laf./Rider Games 2014
Outdoor 2014: ECAC qualifier in 4x400m... Anchored 4x400m that placed fourth (3:49.21) at Atlantic 10 Championships... Also ran first leg of 10th-place 4x100m (49.59) and took 13th in 200m (25.19) at A-10s... Led SJU in 100m (12.42 PR), 200m (25.13 PR), and 400m (57.12 PR)... Ran first leg of season's fastest 4x100m (48.83) and SMR (4:04.54) and second leg of season's fastest 4x400m (3:48.34)... Ran first leg of third-place SMR (4:04.54) that broke SJU's 16-year record in the event and second leg of second-fastest 4x400m (3:48.34) in SJU history at the Colonial Relays... Also raced to ninth-place finish in 200m (25.13) and 12th-place finish in 400m (57.34) at Colonials... Was named the A-10 Rookie of the Week for performance at Colonials... Took second in 200m (25.42), third in 100m (12.42) and fourth in 4x100m (49.08) at the Rider Invitational... Ran legs on 4x100m and 4x400m that competed at the Penn Relays... Took silver in 400m (58.62) and fourth in 4x100m (49.83) at Lafayette 8-Way Invitational... Ran 400m PR (57.12) at Larry Ellis Invitational... Voted SJU's "Best Freshman".
Indoor 2013-14: Led team in the 200m (26.13 PR), 300m (42.37 PR), and 400m (58.11 PR) and ran first leg of season's fastest 4x400m (3:52.79)... ECAC qualifier in the 4x400m and DMR... ECAC participant in the DMR... Ran leadoff leg of the 4x400m (3:53.15) that took 16th at the OUTDOOR PERSONAL RECORDS ECAC Championships... Ran second leg EVENT BEST MEET YEAR of third-place DMR (11:49.61) and first 100m 12.42 Rider Inv. 2014 200m 25.13 Colonial Relays 2014 leg of seventh-place 4x400m (3:55.92) 400m 57.12 Larry Ellis Inv. 2014 for eight-point performance at A-10s... Ran first leg of third-place 4x400m SCHOOL RECORD HOLDER (3:52.79) that qualified for ECACs at the Outdoor Sprint Medley Relay George Mason Last Chance Meet... (4:04.54) Won first collegiate 400m (59.12) and ran second leg of the third-place 4x400m (4:05.41) at the Princeton Tri-Meet... Ran first leg of championship 4x400m (3:55.30) and posted season-best 200m (26.13) and 400m (58.11) at the Giegengack Invitational... Ran first leg of silver-medal 4x400m (4:04.59) at season-opening Jack Pyrah Invitational... Posted season-best 60m (8.21 PR) at the Armory during the Lafayette/Rider Winter Games Invitational... Voted SJU's "Best Freshman". 300m 400m
42.37 58.11
Jack Pyrah Inv.
2013
Giegengack Inv. 2014
High School/Personal: 2013 NJSIAA Section I & IV 200m champion, 400m silver medalist, and 100m bronze medalist... 2013 All-South Jersey First Team for indoor 400m... 2013 Penn Relays champion in South Jersey Large Teams category... Captained squad to 2013 South Jersey and Group IV Sectional Championship titles and 2012 Group IV Sectional RunnerUp... 2012 Burlington County Open Champion... Also took third and fourth at sectionals... Placed second at indoor MOC and fifth at outdoor MOC... Two-time member of 100 Point Club... Holds Cherokee school records in the indoor and outdoor 400m, SSMR, SMR, DMR, 4x100m, 4x200m, and 4x400m... Four-year varsity letterwinner and senior team captain... Also lettered in cheerleading... Captained 2012 National Championship team... Four-year member of Honor Roll... Majoring in interdisciplinary health services. 2014-15 SAINT JOSEPH’S WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD MEDIA GUIDE 29
HAWK PROFILES SOPHOMORES Ashley Gerald Sophomore • 5-9 • Long Sprints Egg Harbor Township, N.J. • Egg Harbor Township
INDOOR PERSONAL RECORDS
Outdoor 2014: ECAC qualifier in 4x400m... Ran first leg of 4x400m that placed fourth (3:49.21) at Atlantic 10 Championships... Also posted 400m PR (57.52) for 15th at A-10s... Anchored season's fastest 4x200m (1:44.10) and ran first leg of season's fastest 4x400m (3:48.34)... Won 400m (58.27) at the Lafayette 8-Way Invitational... Ran second leg of second-place 4x100m (49.64) and earned sixth in 200m (26.59) at Lehigh Games... Ran first leg of 4x400m that competed at the Penn Relays... Recorded 200m PR (26.46) for ninth and also took fourth in the 400m (57.75) at the Rider Invitational... Ran legs on fourth-place 4x400m and 13th-place 4x2 at Colonial Relays.
Indoor 2013-14: Ran second leg of season's fastest DMR (11:47.21)... ECAC participant in the 4x400m... Ran third leg of the 4x400m (3:53.15) that took 16th at the ECAC Championships... 400m 59.12 Laf./Rider Games 2014 ECAC qualifier in the DMR... Ran third leg of 4x400m (3:55.92) that placed seventh at A-10s... 500m 1:23.09 Princeton Tri 2014 Also took 15th in the 400m (59.63) at A-10s... Ran second leg of the ECAC-qualifying DMR that OUTDOOR PERSONAL RECORDS placed third (11:47.21) at the Giegengack Invitational... Ran third leg of the third-place 4x400m EVENT BEST MEET YEAR (4:05.41) at the Princeton Tri Meet... 200m 26.46 Rider Inv. 2014 400m 57.52 Atlantic 10 2014 Also ran first collegiate 500m (1:23.09 PR) at Princeton... Posted season-best 400m (59.12 PR) at the Armory during the Lafayette/Rider Winter Games... Made collegiate debut in 300m (42.78 PR) to take 11th in the event and ran third leg of silver-medal 4x400n (4:04.59) at the seasonopening Jack Pyrah Invitational. EVENT 300m
BEST
42.78
MEET
Jack Pyrah Inv.
YEAR 2013
High School/Personal: 2013 National Qualifier in 400m and 4x400m... Anchored 4x400m to back-to-back gold medals at the 2012-13 Cape Atlantic League Championships and the 2012 Atlantic County title... Twotime league silver medalist and county bronze medalist in 400m... Threetime NJSIAA Meet of Champions qualifier and two-time Group IV State Qualifier in the 4x400m... Qualified for 400m for both as a senior... Twotime Press of Atlantic City All-Star Team selection... Three-time All-Cape Atlantic League selection... 2013 Sectional Group IV South Jersey Championships bronze medalist in the 400m... Also anchored the 4x400m to come-from-behind sixth-place finish... Helped 2012 squad to Cape Atlantic League American Conference Championship title for first time in program history... Two-time member of Atlantic County Championship squads... The first AC title marked the first time in two decades that Egg Harbor Township had won the title... 2009 4x400m Rookie of the Year... School record holder in the 400m, 4x400m, and DMR... Four-year varsity letterwinner in track and senior team captain... Also lettered in soccer and cross country... Majoring in international relations. 2014-15 SAINT JOSEPH’S WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD MEDIA GUIDE 30
HAWK PROFILES SOPHOMORES Katie Gross Sophomore • 5-9 • Jumps North Wales, Pa. • Mount Saint Joseph Academy Outdoor 2014: Did not compete.
Indoor 2013-14: Posted two top-ten finishes in the high jump... Posted personal-record mark (1.50m PR) at the Princeton Tri Meet... Made collegiate debut in the high jump (1.49m) to take fourth in the event at the season-opening Jack Pyrah Invitational.
EVENT
Hi. Jump
INDOOR PERSONAL RECORDS BEST
1.50m
MEET
Princeton Tri
YEAR
High School/Personal: 2013 AACA Champion and three-time silver medalist in the high jump... 2012 National Qualifier and Indoor State Qualifier in high jump... Four-year varsity letterwinner... Majoring in criminal justice.
2014
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HAWK PROFILES SOPHOMORES Rachel Kline Sophomore • 5-6 • Jumps Palmyra, Pa. • Palmyra Area
Outdoor 2014: Tied for team-best mark in high jump (1.55m)... Competed in the high jump six times... Reached personal-record mark of 1.55m at the Atlantic 10 Championships for 11th place... Took 13th in high jump (1.50m) and posted season-best triple-jump mark of 9.43m for 10th place at the Rider Invitational. Indoor 2013-14: Tied for team-best mark in high jump (1.55m)... Competed in the high jump seven times and hit PR (1.55m) three times in final three meets of season... Took home four topten finishes in high jump... Placed 12th in the high jump (1.55m PR) at INDOOR PERSONAL RECORDS EVENT BEST MEET YEAR A-10s... Also competed in the triple Hi. Jump 1.55m Laf./Rider Games 2014 jump (9.84m) at A-10s... Won high Tri. Jump 9.93m Giegengack Inv. 2014 jump (1.55m PR) to mark first colleOUTDOOR PERSONAL RECORDS giate win and took seventh in first EVENT BEST MEET YEAR collegiate triple jump (9.93m PR) at Hi. Jump 1.55m Atlantic 10 2014 the Giegengack Invitational... Tied Tri. Jump 9.43m Rider Inv. 2014 for fourth in the high jump (1.47m) at the Ursinus Collegeville Classic... Made collegiate debut in the high jump (1.52m PR) to take third in the event at the season-opening Jack Pyrah Invitational. High School/Personal: Four-time Lebanon County high jump champion... 2013 Penn Live Mid-Penn Conference All-Star selection... 2013 PIAA District 3AAA Outdoor Championships silver medalist in high jump and triple jump... Placed seventh in the high jump at 2013 Indoor State Championships... Qualified for PIAA Outdoor State Championships as a senior... Back-to-back 2012-13 PanRam champion in the high jump... In the high jump, also took fourth- and eighth-place finishes at the 2011-12 PIAA District 3AAA Championships and fourthand seventh-place finishes at 2010-11 PanRam... Took second and fourth place in the 2012-13 Mid-Penn Conference... Was nominated for the 2013 Pop Kelchner Award by the Central Pennsylvania Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame... Four-year varsity letterwinner and senior team captain... Also lettered in volleyball and captained squad as a senior... Named to PIAA District 3AAA All-Star Second Team and Lebanon County, Mid-Penn Conference, and Penn Live Big 12 All-Star Teams for volleyball... Majoring in food marketing.
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HAWK PROFILES SOPHOMORES Katie Koss Sophomore • 5-5 • Long Sprints Robbinsville, N.J. • Robbinsville
INDOOR PERSONAL RECORDS
Outdoor 2014: ECAC qualifier in 4x400m... Ran second leg of 4x400m that placed fourth (3:49.21) at Atlantic 10 Championships... Also ran third leg of 10th-place 4x100m and posted 200m PR (25.61) for 19th at A-10s... Ran third leg of season's fastest 4x100m (48.83) and second leg of season's fastest SMR (4:04.54)... Ran second leg of third-place SMR (4:04.54) that broke SJU's 16-year record in the event at the Colonial Relays... Also raced 400m PR (58.24) at Colonials... Ran third leg of third-place 4x100m (49.70) at Lafayette 8-Way Invitational... Took fourth in both 100m (12.65 PR) and 200m (25.85) and seventh in 4x100m (49.33) to take home trio of top-ten finishes at Rider Invitational... Ran legs on 4x100m and 4x400m that competed at the Penn Relays... Posted PRs in the 100m, 200m, and 400m.
Indoor 2013-14: Ran second leg of season's fastest SMR (4:26.10)... 200m 26.36 Giegengack Inv. 2014 Ran second leg of 4x400m that 300m 44.07 Jack Pyrah Inv. 2013 took 16th (3:53.15) at ECAC 400m 59.23 Laf./Rider Games 2014 Championships... Ran second leg of 500m 1:18.03 PSU Nationals 2014 the seventh-place 4x400m (3:55.92) at A-10s... Also competed OUTDOOR PERSONAL RECORDS in the 400m (1:00.05) at A-10s... EVENT BEST MEET YEAR 100m 12.65 Rider Inv. 2014 Competed in six different individ200m 25.61 Atlantic 10 2014 ual events on the season... Posted 400m 58.24 Colonial Relays 2014 season-best 400m (59.23 PR) at the Armory during the Lafayette/Rider SCHOOL RECORD HOLDER Winter Games... Recorded times in Outdoor Sprint Medley Relay the 60m (8.36 PR) and 300m (44.07 (4:04.54) PR) at Jack Pyrah Invitational and 500m (1:18.03 PR) at Penn State National Invitational... Took eighth in first collegiate 200m (26.36 PR) at the Giegengack Invitational. EVENT 60m
BEST 8.36
MEET
Jack Pyrah Inv.
YEAR 2013
High School/Personal: 2013 National Champion in EE 4x400m... 2013 Group II States outdoor champion and indoor silver medalist in 4x400m... Also placed fifth in outdoor 400m... 2013 All-State Group II Third Team selection... Five-time Mercer County champion in outdoor 400m (2x), outdoor 4x400m (2x), and indoor 400m... Two-time All-County selection... Three-time Central Jersey Sectional Champion in 4x400m... 2013 silver medalist in indoor 400m, two-time bronze medalist in outdoor 400m at sectionals... Also placed fourth in the indoor 400m in 2012... 2013 All-Area First Team for 400m and 4x400m... Placed fourth at Eastern State Championships and seventh at New Jersey Meet of Champions in 4x400m as a senior... Holds school records in 4x400m, DMR, 800m SMR, 1600m SMR... Threeyear varsity letterwinner and senior team captain... Also lettered in field hockey... 2012 Defensive Player of the Year on squad that won Mercer County Championship... Majoring in accounting. 2014-15 SAINT JOSEPH’S WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD MEDIA GUIDE 33
HAWK PROFILES SOPHOMORES Angelena Minniti Sophomore • 5-4 • Long Sprints Lansing, Mich. • Lansing Catholic
Outdoor 2014: Ran the 800m three times on the season... Posted season-best performance (2:31.31 PR) at the Lehigh Games... Also raced at the Widener Invitational and Lafayette 8-Way Invitational.
EVENT 500m 800m
EVENT 800m
INDOOR PERSONAL RECORDS
Indoor 2013-14: Competed primarily in the 800m... Took sixth in the 800m (2:31.02 PR) for highest season finish in event at the Ursinus Collegeville Classic... Ran first collegiate 500m (1:26.37 PR) at the Princeton Tri Meet... Also ran leg of the third-place 4x800m (9:52.30) at Princeton... Made collegiate debut in 800m (2:32.91) to take 10th in the event at the season-opening Jack Pyrah Invitational... Also ran the first leg of the fourth-place 4x400m (4:10.20) at Jack Pyrah.
BEST
MEET
YEAR
2:31.02
Ursinus Classic
2014
1:26.37
Princeton Tri
OUTDOOR PERSONAL RECORDS BEST
2:31.31
MEET
Lehigh Games
2014
YEAR 2014
High School/Personal: Four-time state qualifier in the 4x200m and 4x400m and three-time state qualifier in the 4x100m and 4x800m... Four-time Honor Roll Champion in the 4x400m... Back-toback Regional and Honor Roll Champion in the 4x200m... Four-year letterwinner and senior team captain... Also lettered in cross country and basketball... Three-time state qualifier and 2011 regional champion in cross country... Also served as a student ambassador, President of PALs, Eucharistic Minister, mission trip leader, and retreat leader... Majoring in communications studies.
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HAWK PROFILES SOPHOMORES Carly Montgomery Sophomore • 5-4 • Sprints Malverne, N.Y. • Kellenberg Memorial/Salve Regina
Outdoor 2014: Competed in 100m, 200m, and 4x100m... Earned silver in 4x100m (49.64) at the Lehigh Games... Posted season-best 100m (13.14) and 200m (27.34) at the Widener Invitational... Ran legs on three 4x100m relays that all placed in top five. Indoor 2013-14: Did not compete.
EVENT 100m 200m
OUTDOOR PERSONAL RECORDS BEST
MEET
YEAR
27.34
Widener Inv.
2014
13.14
Widener Inv.
2014
High School/Personal: Transfer from Salve Regina University... Played one season of soccer for Salve Regina... Two-time All-League track selection at Kellenberg Memorial... 2012 city champion in 4x200m and bronze medalist in the SMR at the Field Millrose Games... Also earned AllLeague honors in soccer... Captained lacrosse squad as a senior... Majoring in elementary education.
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HAWK PROFILES SOPHOMORES Kiersten Moylan Sophomore • 5-10 • Jumps Jenkintown, Pa. • Saint Basil Academy
Outdoor 2014: Posted season-best mark in long jump (4.47m) at the Rider Invitational... Aso long-jumped at the Widener Invitational and Lehigh Games. Indoor 2013-14: Competed in the high jump and triple jump five times each... Posted seasonbests in both the high jump (4.52m PR) and the triple jump (9.94m PR) in collegiate debut at season-opening Jack Pyrah Invitational... Took sixth in the triple jump (9.41m) for highest season finish in event at Ursinus Collegeville Classic... Placed ninth in long jump (4.09m) for highest season finish in event at Princeton Tri Meet. EVENT
INDOOR PERSONAL RECORDS
Lo. Jump
Tri. Jump
EVENT
BEST
MEET
YEAR
9.94m
Jack Pyrah Inv.
2013
4.52m
Jack Pyrah Inv.
OUTDOOR PERSONAL RECORDS
Lo. Jump
BEST
4.47m
MEET
Rider Inv.
2013
High School/Personal: Two-time All-Catholic Champion in the javelin... Two-time All-Catholic First Team selection... 2013 PIAA District 1 Champion in javelin... Qualified for 2013 state meet in the javelin... Ran for the 4x800m that competed at 2013 Indoor Nationals... Ran for the 2013 cross country team and indoor 4x400m that both ran at 2013 state meets... Majoring in business.
YEAR
2014
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HAWK PROFILES SOPHOMORES Meghan O’Keefe Sophomore • 5-4 • Distance Glen Mills, Pa. • Archmere Academy (Del.)
Outdoor 2014: Competed in 1500m, 3k, and 5k... Posted season-best 1500m (5:24.80 PR) at the season-opening Philadelphia College Classic... Notched career-best 3k (11:46.76 PR) at the Lafayette 8-Way Invitational... Ran season-best 5k (20:12.96 PR) at the Widener Invitational... Raced to season-high eighth-place finish in 5k (20:53.69) at the Lehigh Games.
EVENT Mile
3000m
EVENT
1500m 3000m 5000m
INDOOR PERSONAL RECORDS BEST
6:12.81
MEET
Ursinus Classic
YEAR 2014
12:17.60 Laf./Rider Games 2014
OUTDOOR PERSONAL RECORDS BEST
5:24.80
MEET
Phila. Classic
11:46.76 Laf. 8-Way
20:12.96 Widener Inv.
YEAR 2014
2014 2014
Indoor 2013-14: Competed in the mile and 3k... Posted season-best 3k (12:17.60 PR) at the Armory during Lafayette/Rider Winter Games... Ran first collegiate indoor mile (6:12.81 PR) at the Ursinus Collegeville Classic... Took seventh in the 3k (12:56.98) for highest season finish in event at the Princeton Tri Meet. High School/Personal: Two-time All-Conference cross country selection... Three-time competitor at the state level for outdoor track... Also competed at the 2011 cross country state meet... Scored at the 2013 outdoor state meet... Four-year varsity letterwinner... Senior captain of track squad... Majoring in mathematics.
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HAWK PROFILES SOPHOMORES Jacqueline Pignataro Sophomore • 5-3 • Distance Budd Lake, N.J. • Mount Olive
Outdoor 2014: Competed in the 5k four times... Posted 5k PE (20:02.53) at the Widener Invitational... Placed fifth in the 5k (20:09.73) at the Lehigh Games... Also raced the 5k at Swarthmore Final Qualifier and Rider Invitational... Posted season-best 3k (11:40.18) at Lafayette 8-Way Invitational for 13th place... Ran first collegiate 1500m (5:27.66 PR) at the season-opening Philadelphia College Classic.
EVENT Mile
3000m
EVENT
1500m 3000m 5000m
INDOOR PERSONAL RECORDS BEST
5:51.66
MEET
11:34.55 Princeton Tri
OUTDOOR PERSONAL RECORDS BEST
5:27.66
YEAR
Laf./Rider Games 2014
MEET
Phila. Classic
11:40.18 Laf. 8-Way
20:02.53 Widener Inv.
2014
YEAR 2014
2014 2014
Indoor 2013-14: Competed in the mile and 3k... Ran season-best mile (5:51.66 PR) at the Armory during Lafayette/Rider Winter Games and ran first collegiate indoor mile (5:56.66) at the Ursinus Collegeville Classic... Took fifth in the 3k (11:34.55 PR) for highest season finish at the Princeton Tri Meet. High School/Personal: Led squad to two sectional championships and 2013 conference title... Named "Most Dedicated" as a senior and "Most Improved" as a freshman... Three-year varsity letterwinner and senior team captain... Ran the 2013 SuperHero Half Marathon... Also lettered in varsity basketball and captained squad as a senior... PSIP participant... Member of Weekly Service... Majoring in food marketing.
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HAWK PROFILES SOPHOMORES Emely Ramirez Sophomore • 5-8 • Jumps/Hurdles Milmay, N.J. • Buena Regional
Outdoor 2014: Tied for team-best mark in high jump (1.55m)... Competed in the high jump six times and 100H three times... Recorded personal-record high jump of 1.55m for 14th place at the Larry Ellis Invitational... Hit high-jump mark of 1.50m four times on season for fifth place at the Lafayette 8-Way Invitational, Rider Invitational, and Lehigh Games and 16th at Atlantic 10 Championships... Improved upon 100H time all three meets to post personal-record 15.56 for ninth at the Lehigh Games.
INDOOR PERSONAL RECORDS
EVENT
BEST
60H
300m
9.46
Hi. Jump
45.75
1.55m
MEET
YEAR
Jack Pyrah Inv.
2013
Giegengack Inv. 2014 Laf./Rider Games 2014
Indoor 2013-14: Tied for team-best mark in high jump (1.55m)... Competed primarily in the high jump and 60H... Made eight 60H appearances and seven high jump appearances... Took home ten top-ten finishes between the high jump and 60H... Competed in both the high jump and 60H at the A-10s... Ran season-best 60H (9.46 PR) at Yale's Giegengack Invitational... Hit PR in high jump (1.55m) twice... Took third in 60H (9.73) and fourth in high jump (1.47m) for highest finish of season in each event at the Ursinus Collegeville Classic... Posted season-best 300m (45.75 PR) at season-opening Jack Pyrah Invitational.
High School/Personal: 2012 All-American in shuttle hurdles... 2013 national qualifier in shuttle hurdles and state qualifier in high jump and 100H... Two-time state champion in 4x400m... 2012 100H 15.56 Lehigh Games 2014 state champion in shuttle hurdles... 2012 sectional champion in indoor high jump... Three-time Hi. Jump 1.55m Larry Ellis Inv. 2014 All-Conference First Team selection for 4x400m and 2011 All-Conference First Team selection for 400m... Took sixth at state championship in the long jump as a junior... 2011 CAL 4x4 champion... Holds school records in both indoor and outdoor high jump and 4x4... Four-year varsity letterwinner... Also lettered in field hockey... Member of honor society... Secretary of freshman class... Majoring in biology. EVENT
OUTDOOR PERSONAL RECORDS BEST
MEET
YEAR
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HAWK PROFILES SOPHOMORES Sarah Regnault Sophomore • 5-4 • Distance Green Brook, N.J. • Mount Saint Mary Academy Outdoor 2014: Did not compete.
Indoor 2013-14: Competed in the 1000m three times on season... Placed 13th in all three 1000m performance... Posted personal-record 1000m (3:03.96) at the Atlantic 10 Championships... Ran season-best mile (5:22.39 PR) at the Armory during the Lafayette/Rider Winter Games... Ran leg on the third-place 4x400m (4:22.36) at the Ursinus Collegeville Classic... Competed in the 800m (2:29.80 PR) in season debut at the Princeton Tri Meet. High School/Personal: 2013 Skyland Conference Third Team selection... Captained cross country squad to 2013 Non-Public B State Championship and Prep Championship titles... Team was INDOOR PERSONAL RECORDS invited to 2013 Meet of Champions... Received Coaches Award for cross country as a junior... EVENT BEST MEET YEAR Owns PRs in 400m (60.0), 800m (2:26), and 5000m (19:55)... Mount Saint Mary's Athlete of the 800m 2:29.80 Princeton Tri 2014 1000m 3:03.96 Atlantic 10 2014 Year recipient for sportsmanship and leadership... Four-year varsity letterwinner and senior Mile 5:22.39 Laf./Rider Games 2014 team captain... Also lettered in winter track, softball, and basketball... Coaches Award recipient and softball team captain as a senior... Skyland Conference First Team selection... Related to Jenna Regnault, who ran track and cross country for Kean University... Majoring in business.
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HAWK PROFILES NEWCOMERS Claudine Andre Freshman • 5-10 • Jumps Upper Darby, Pa. • Upper Darby
High School/Personal: Five-time state medalist and two-time district champion... Four-year district qualifier and three-year state qualifier... Two-time county record holder... Enters freshman season at Saint Joseph's with PRs in the high jump (5' 7"), long jump (19' 1"), and triple jump (38' 7")... Four-year varsity letterwinner... Also lettered in lacrosse... Majoring in chemistry.
June Chiango Sophomore • 5-7 • Distance Wyomissing, Pa. • Wyomissing Area/Goucher
High School/Personal: Transfer from Goucher College in Baltimore... Goucher's Cross Country Rookie of the Year... Posted top times in the 5k (20:38.13) at the Baltimore Metro Meet on August 31, 2013 and the 6k (24:13.11) at the Coach Achtzehn Classic on September 14, 2013... Member of four District Championship teams and four 4x8 state relays at Wyomissing Area... Four-year varsity letterwinner in cross country, indoor track, and outdoor track... Two-year captain for all three squads... All-Berks Cross Country Team selection as a freshman... Was the first female finisher at the 2013 Gring's Mill 10k... Member of Psychology and Italian clubs at SJU... Majoring in English. .
Aarynn Crawley Freshman • 5-3 • Jumps Sicklerville, N.J. • Timber Creek
High School/Personal: 2014 All-Conference Second Team selection... Posted PRs in long jump (17' 1") as a senior and triple jump (35' 7") as a sophomore... Meet of Champions qualifier in 4x1 as a freshman... Four-year varsity letterwinner... Also lettered in basketball and tennis... Twotime All-Conference Second Team selection for tennis... Majoring in actuarial science.
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HAWK PROFILES NEWCOMERS Nia Dupiche Freshman • 5-3 • Sprints Piscataway, N.J. • Piscataway
High School/Personal: 2013 All-State selection... 2012 All-Area honoree... Enters freshman season at Saint Joseph's with PRs in the 200m (25.3) and 400m (57.4)... Earned nine varsity letters between outdoor track (4), indoor track (4), and cross country (1) and served as the captain of the track and field squads as a senior... Also lettered in field hockey... Related to Nijah Dupiche, who ran for the University of Delaware... Was a member of the National Honor Society and was a Student Ambassador and Student Government Senior Advisor at Piscataway... Majoring in business.
Alex Edger Freshman • 5-3 • Sprints Philadelphia, Pa. • Nazareth Academy
High School/Personal: Ran on 4x4 that competed at the Penn Relays all four years... Holds school record in the DMR as the 400m leg... Made the district and state varsity squads for cross country... Earned six varsity letters between outdoor track (4x) and cross country and captained both squads... Also lettered in basketball and captained team... Received the Mary Jane Stumpo Student-Athlete Award and Scholarship as a junior... Member of the National Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society... Majoring in food marketing.
Alicia Ezekiel-Pipkin Freshman • 5-3 • Distance Haddonfield, N.J. • Haddon Township
High School/Personal: Nine-time Group 1 state qualifier in outdoor 3200m (4x), indoor 3200m (2x), and cross country... Six-time All-Conference selection between cross country (3x) and outdoor track (3x)… Two-time Camden County and Group 1 South Jersey cross country champion... Bronze medalist in outdoor 3200m and cross country at county and sectional meets... 2012 Group 1 Sectional Champion in 3200m and First Team selection for cross country… 2012 MOC qualifier in cross country and outdoor 3200m… Placed seventh in sophomore division at 2011 Foot Locker Cross Country Nationals… Led squad to three state qualifications and the 2011 South Jersey Sectional Championship title... Three-time cross country MVP… Earned 12 varsity letters between cross country, indoor track, outdoor track, swimming, and field hockey… Owns school record in cross country 5k (19:10)… Three-year cross country captain and two-year indoor and outdoor track captain… Majoring in interdisciplinary health services.
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HAWK PROFILES NEWCOMERS Julia Jenkins Sophomore • 5-6 • Distance Pittsford, N.Y. • Our Lady of Mercy
High School/Personal: Academic sophomore with four years of eligibility remaining... Finished third in age group in The Love Run of the Philadelphia Half Marathon... Lettered in lacrosse and soccer at Our Lady of Mercy... Two-time Academic All-American lacrosse selection... Earned AllLeague honors in both lacrosse and soccer as a senior and played in both the lacrosse and soccer Senior All-Star Games... Selected MVP and captain of both lacrosse and soccer teams as a senior... Named Defensive MVP of soccer squad that won the sectional championship and Most Improved Player for lacrosse... Four-year Honor Roll member... Involved in Campus Ministry and 2013 club soccer... Father, James, played football for VMI... Uncle played football for Cornell... Sister, Katie, played lacrosse for Saint Francis University (Pa.)... Twin brothers, Pat and John, played football at Stonehill College... Majoring in food marketing.
Caroline Keegan Freshman • 5-9 • Long Sprints West Grove, Pa. • Avon Grove
High School/Personal: 2014 Outstanding Athlete Award recipient... School recordholder in the indoor and outdoor 800m for all four classes... Earned 12 varsity letters between cross country, indoor track, and outdoor track... Majoring in biology.
Rose O’Brien Freshman • 5-4 • Hurdles/Sprints West Hartford, Conn. • Northwest Catholic
High School/Personal: Five-time Central Connecticut Conference All-Academic Team selection between indoor (3x) and outdoor track... Three-time CCC All-Conference selection in 300H (2x) and 55H... Holds school record in indoor 4x4 and DMR... Earned team MVP honors both indoor and otudoor season as a senior and received Coaches Award as a junior... Earned six varsity letters... Captained indoor and outdoor squads as a senior... Also lettered in volleyball and lacrosse... Earned CIAC All-Academic Team honors for both volleyball and lacrosse... Member of CIAC Class S State Championship squad for lacrosse... Majoring in psychology.
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HAWK PROFILES NEWCOMERS Megan O’Dowd Freshman • 5-2 • Distance Colts Neck, N.J. • Colts Neck
High School/Personal: Two-time All-District First Team selection for cross country... State qualifier for 1600m in 2013 and cross country in 2012... 2011 All-Northeast Team selection for cross country... Earned 12 varsity letters between cross country, indoor track, and outdoor track... Brother, Mike, runs cross country and track and field at Iona College and is a two-time national qualifier... Majoring in actuarial science.
Steph Toland Freshman • 5-9 • Hurdles/Sprints Havertown, Pa. • Haverford
High School/Personal: Two-time qualifier and participant at the PIAA Outdoor State Championships... Placed ninth in the 300H at both meets... PIAA state medalist for DMR... Competed at 2013 Indoor Nationals for DMR... 2014 All-Delco selection for 300H... 2014 team MVP... Earned eight varsity letters between indoor and outdoor track... Also lettered in field hockey and was a member of the 2013 Central League Championship Team... Majoring in interdisciplinary health services.
Andrea Warren Freshman • 5-7 • Long Sprints West Chester, Pa. • Villa Maria Academy
High School/Personal: Four-year honors student at Villa Maria Academy... Earned varsity letters in track and field and lacrosse... Mother, Pamela, ran collegiate track... Majoring in marketing.
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HAWK PROFILES NEWCOMERS Cassidy Weimer Freshman • 5-7 • Distance Leonardo, N.J. • Middletown South
High School/Personal: 2014 NJSIAA Scholar Athlete... Three-time Monmouth County Third Team selection and two-time Group 3 Third Team honoree for cross country... Four-time State Group 3 team qualifier and three-time State Group 3 individual qualifier for cross country... Silver medalist in the junior division at the 2012 Foot Locker Cross Country Nationals... Member of three state sectional cross country championship teams from 2011-13... 2013 Group III state champion in the outdoor 4x8... Three-time silver medalist between indoor 3200m (2x) and outdoor 3200m at the CJIII State Championships... 2013 Shore Conference Champion in outdoor 3200m... Three-time Meet of Champions qualifier in the indoor 3200m (2x) and 1600m... Placed 14th overall in the indoor 3200m at the 2013 Meet of Champions... Seven-time team MVP between indoor track (4x), outdoor track (2x), and cross country... School recordholder in outdoor 4x8 (9:17)... Two-time member of 4x8 that qualified for Penn Relays... Earned 12 varsity letters between cross country, indoor track, and outdoor track... Majoring in actuarial science.
Ariana Wilson Freshman • 5-5 • Hurdles/Sprints Tinton Falls, N.J. • Neptune
High School/Personal: Three-time Central Group III State Champion in 4x4 (2x) and 100H… Seven-time silver medalist at the state level in 55H (2x), 100H, 400m, 4x4, SMR, and shuttle hurdles… Helped squad to back-to-back state titles from 2011-12... Seven-time Monmouth County Champion between 4x4 (3x), 100H (2x), and 55H (2x)… Led squad to back-to-back county titles from 2013-14… 2013 Shore Conference Overall Champion… Two-time silver medalist at the conference level for 100H in 2012 and 55H in 2011… 2014 New York Relay Champion in 100H Invitational Championship and silver medalist in 4x2 at Eastern States Championship… Placed 14th in shuttle hurdles at 2013 New Balance Nationals… 2012 Meet of Champions 4x4 Champion… Also placed sixth in both the 55H and 100H at the 2011 MOC… As a freshman in 2011, earned bronze medal in SMR at National Club Championship and placed 11th in the 100H of the Emerging Elite category at the Outdoor National Championship… 2012 sophomore champion and 2011 freshman champion in 100H… Earned eight varsity letters between indoor track and outdoor track… Involved with the Multicultural Admissions Program and Running Start Program at Saint Joseph’s… Related to Ajee Wilson, a professional athlete with Adidas, and Dawn Bowls-Fitch, a high school track coach and former Olympian... Majoring in biology.
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ATLANTIC 10 CHAMPIONSHIPS The DMR of sophomore Lauren Hehir, freshman Courtney Foster, and senior captains Jaclyn Kogut (pictured below) and Lizzy Barrett earned the bronze medal to lead the Hawks at the Atlantic 10 Championships.
CHARLES MAKES PROGRAM HISTORY AT URSINUS Junior Kayla Charles (pictured right) won the Ursinus Pentathlon in a field of 13 with 3,020 points on January 29. Charles took second in the 60H, high jump, and 800m, third in the long jump, and 13th in the shot put. With the victory, Charles became the first Hawk in SJU women's track history to win an indoor pentathlon.
HAWKS THIRD AT THE ARMORY Saint Joseph’s earned third place in a field of 14 teams at the Saturday Night Shootout at the Armory. Barrett won the mile while Kogut (800m), Giampietro (3k) and Hehir (mile) added to the scoring with second-place finishes.
MASON DOES IT AGAIN AT JACK PYRAH Junior Georgia Mason broke her own school record in the 60H at the season-opening Jack Pyrah Invitational in 8.82 seconds.
ECAC CHAMPIONSHIPS Barrett led all Hawks with a ninth-place finish in the mile at the ECAC Championships. Pratt (500m) and senior Erin Giampietro (pictured below) (5k) also competed on the individual level while SJU’s 4x4 and DMR represented the Crimson and Gray in the relays.
JUMPS ARE GOLDEN AT GIEGENGACK The Hawks dominated the jump events by winning all three at the 2014 Giegengack Invitational. Junior triple jumper Gabriella Becattini, junior long jumper Kati Polaski, and freshman high jumper Rachel Kline earned the individual wins.
BARRETT FLIES AT PSU NATIONALS Barrett won the 1000m and led the silver-medal, ECAC qualifying 4x8 at the prestigious Penn State National Invitational. HAWKS IN THE CLASSROOM For the first time in Saint Joseph's women's track and field history, three Hawks were selected to the CoSIDA Women's Track and Field and Cross Country Academic All-District® 9 Division I First Team in the same season. Senior captain Emma Slattery earned her second consecutive All-District honor while fellow senior captains Katie Pratt and Mercedes Yanora also earned recognition. Pratt and Slattery were also named to the Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Team while Slattery received the A-10 Postgraduate Scholarship Award.
Katie Pratt
Emma Slattery
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Mercedes Yanora
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ATLANTIC 10 CHAMPIONSHIPS Senior captain Lizzy Barrett claimed the bronze medal in the 1500m to lead the Hawks at the Atlantic 10 Championships. Barrett then went on to run the second leg of the 4x8 of sophomore Lauren Hehir and fellow senior captains Jaclyn Kogut and Katie Pratt that placed fourth. SJU’s 4x4 of freshmen Courtney Foster, Ashley Gerald, and Katie Koss alongside senior captain Mercedes Yanora took fourth place.
TEAM AWARDS Most Outstanding Performer: Katie Pratt Scholar-Athlete Award: Kati Polaski Vasquez Award: Katie Pratt Dorie Leahy Award: Mercedes Yanora Academic Award: Mercedes Yanora Most Valuable Performer: Katie Pratt Most Dedicated: Jaclyn Kogut Most Improved: Erin Giampietro Best Freshman: Courtney Foster Best Teammate: Katie Pratt OTHER AWARDS CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team: Katie Pratt, Emma Slattery, Mercedes Yanora Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Team: Katie Pratt, Emma Slattery Atlantic 10 Postgraduate Scholarship Award: Emma Slattery USTFCCCA All-Academic Scholar Team: Saint Joseph’s OUTDOOR TRACK Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week: Courtney Foster (4/7)
Lizzy Barrett (left) and Lauren Hehir at the Atlantic 10 Championships
ECAC CHAMPIONSHIPS Barrett and senior Erin Giampietro represented SJU at the ECAC Championships. Barrett placed 11th in the 1500m while Giampietro took 19th in the 10k. ROOKIE AT RIDER INVITATIONAL Foster (pictured right) earned silver and bronze medals in a pair of sprint events to lead the Hawks to a third-place team finish at the Rider Invitational. RELAYS AT THE PENN RELAYS SJU’s 4x8 of Hehir, Barrett, sophomore Sara Radzwilka, and Kogut took second in its heat en route to a 10th-place finish as Saint Joseph’s capped its threeday schedule at the prestigious Penn Relays on April 26.
RELAYS AT THE COLONIAL RELAYS A trio of SJU relays boasted phenomenal performances on all levels at the 49th Annual Colonial Relays. The Sprint Medley Relay group of Foster, Koss, Kogut, and Pratt broke Saint Joseph’s 16-year record in the event in 4:04.54 for the bronze. Foster and Pratt then ran alongside freshman Ashley Gerald and Yanora to boast the second fastest 4x4 in Saint Joseph's program history. The 4x1500m relay of Barrett, Hehir, junior Taylor Oskowiak, and senior Emma Slattery earned the silver in a field of 19 for SJU’s highest finish on the weekend.
Emma Slattery at the Colonial Relays
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2013-14 RESULTS INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD
2013-14 INDOOR TRACK SCHEDULE
DATE EVENT FINISH 12/7 Jack Pyrah Invitational (Haverford, Pa.) . . . . . . . . . . . . .2nd of 4 1/10 Princeton Tri Meet (Princeton, N.J.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2nd of 3 1/18 Saturday Night Shootout (New York, N.Y.) . . . . . . . . . .3rd of 14 1/24 Collegeville Classic (Collegeville, Pa.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4th of 15 1/29 Ursinus Pentathlon (Collegeville, Pa.) . . . . . . .No Team Scoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kayla Charles (1st of 13) 1/31 PSU National Invitational (State College, Pa.) . .No Team Scoring 2/7 Giegengack Invitational (New Haven, Conn.) . .No Team Scoring 2/14 Rider-Lafayette Games (New York, N.Y.) . . . . .No Team Scoring 2/22 Atlantic 10 Championships (Kingston, R.I.) . . . . . . . .11th of 11 3/2 Last Chance Meet (Fairfax, Va.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11th of 29 3/8 ECAC Championships (Boston, Mass.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .N/A
EVENT 60m 200m 300m 400m 500m 800m 1000m Mile 3000m 5000m 60m Hurdles High Jump
2013-14 INDOOR SEASON BESTS
INDIVIDUAL RESULT Kati Polaski . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8.16 Courtney Foster . . . . . . . . . . . .26.13 Courtney Foster . . . . . . . . . . . .42.37 Courtney Foster . . . . . . . . . . . .58.11 Katie Pratt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:15.76 Jaclyn Kogut . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:17.29 Lizzy Barrett . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:57.04 Lizzy Barrett . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4:53.91 Lizzy Barrett . . . . . . . . . . . . .10:01.94 Erin Giampietro . . . . . . . . . .17:36.35 Georgia Mason . . . . . . . . . . . . .8.82 Kayla Charles . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.55m Brianna Hunt . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.55m Rachel Kline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.55m Emely Ramirez . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.55m Kati Polaski . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5.45m Gabriella Becattini . . . . . . . .11.75m Kayla Charles . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6.70m Kayla Charles . . . . . . . . .3,020 Points
MEET Sat. Night Shootout Giegengack Jack Pyrah Giegengack ECAC PSU Nationals PSU Nationals ECAC Giegengack PSU Nationals Jack Pyrah Jack Pyrah Princeton Tri Atlantic 10 Rider-Lafayette Jack Pyrah Giegengack Ursinus Pentathlon Ursinus Pentathlon
4x400m
C. Foster, J. Kogut, . . . . . . . .3:52.79 M. Yanora, K. Pratt
Last Chance Meet
4x800m
L. Barrett, J. DeAngelo, . . . .9:15.12 K. Pratt, L. Hehir
PSU Nationals
1600 SMR
M. Yanora, K. Koss, . . . . . . .4:04.54 M. Greer, A. Whitmarsh
Sat. Night Shootout
DMR
L. Hehir, A. Gerald, . . . . . .11:57.21 J. Kogut, L. Barrett
Giegengack
Long Jump Triple Jump Shot Put Pentathlon
The 2014 Penn State University National Invitational was home to four of Saint Joseph’s season-best performances. A trio of last year’s captains and recent graduates in Jaclyn Kogut (top), Lizzy Barrett (middle), and Katie Pratt set SJU’s best times in the 800m, 1000m, and 4x800m, respectively.
BOLD denotes school record
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DATE 3/22 3/29 4/4 4/12 4/18 4/18 4/24 4/26 5/3 5/12 5/16
2014 OUTDOOR TRACK SCHEDULE
EVENT FINISH Philadelphia College Classic (Philadelphia, Pa.) . .No Team Scoring Lafayette 8-Way Meet (Easton, Pa.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4th of 8 49th Annual Colonial Relays (Williamsburg, Va.) . . .19th of 40 Rider Invitational (Lawrenceville, N.J.) . . . . . . . . . . . .3rd of 13 Larry Ellis Invitational (Princeton, N.J.) . . . . . .No Team Scoring Widener Invitational (Chester, Pa.) . . . . . . . .No Team Scoring Penn Relays (Philadelphia, Pa.) . . . . . . . . . . . .No Team Scoring Lehigh Games (Bethlehem, Pa.) . . . . . . . . . . .No Team Scoring Atlantic 10 Championships (Amherst, Mass.) . . . . . . .11th of 11 Last Chance Meet (Swarthmore, Pa.) . . . . . . .No Team Scoring ECAC Championships (Princeton, N.J.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .N/A
EVENT 100m 200m 400m 800m 1500m 3000m 5000m 10,000m 100H 400H 3000S High Jump
2014 OUTDOOR SEASON BESTS
INDIVIDUAL RESULT Courtney Foster . . . . . . . . . . . .12.42 Courtney Foster . . . . . . . . . . . .25.13 Courtney Foster . . . . . . . . . . . .57.12 Katie Pratt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:12.25 Lizzy Barrett . . . . . . . . . . . . .4:30.55 Emma Slattery . . . . . . . . . .10:14.38 Erin Giampietro . . . . . . . . .17:40.57 Erin Giampietro . . . . . . . . .37:29.14 Georgia Mason . . . . . . . . . . . .14.67 Mia Greer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:06.95 Erin James . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11:01.05 Rachel Kline . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.55m Emely Ramirez . . . . . . . . . . . .1.55m Kati Polaski . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5.40m Gabriella Becattini . . . . . . . .11.73m
MEET Rider Colonial Relays Larry Ellis Atlantic 10 Swarthmore Colonial Relays Larry Ellis Atlantic 10 Atlantic 10 Lehigh Games Atlantic 10 Atlantic 10 Larry Ellis Rider Penn Relays
4x100m
C. Foster, C. McGowan, . . . . .48.83 K. Koss, M. Yanora
Larry Ellis
4x200m
M. Rufo, G. Mason . . . . . . .1:44.10 C. McGowan, A. Gerald
Colonial Relays
4x400m
A. Gerald, C. Foster, . . . . . . .3:48.34 M. Yanora, K. Pratt
Colonial Relays
4x800m
L. Hehir, L. Barrett, . . . . . . .9:04.31 J. Kogut, K. Pratt
Atlantic 10
4x1500m
L. Barrett, L. Hehir, . . . . . .18:56.74 T. Oskowiak, E. Slattery
Colonial Relays
1600 SMR
C. Foster, K. Koss . . . . . . . . .4:04.54 J. Kogut, K. Pratt
Colonial Relays
DMR
L. Hehir, J. Kogut, . . . . . . . .12:01.63 S. Radzwilka, L. Barrett
Penn Relays
Long Jump Triple Jump
A trio of last year’s graduates in senior hurdler Mia Greer (top), senior distance captain Emma Slattery (middle), and senior Erin James led Saint Joseph’s outdoor performances in the 400H, 3000m, and 3000S, respectively.
BOLD denotes school record
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ATLANTIC 10 CONFERENCE On March 2, 1975, the idea of what is now the Atlantic 10 Conference was conceived. What started as an eight-school, men’s basketball-only affiliation has grown into a 14-university, 21sport league that is universally hailed as one of the best conferences in the country. That growth and prominence is a direct result of the ideals and commitments of the member institutions of the Atlantic 10 – Davidson College, The University of Dayton, Duquesne University, Fordham University, George Mason University, The George Washington University, La Salle University, University of Massachusetts, University of Rhode Island, University of Richmond, St. Bonaventure University, Saint Joseph's University, Saint Louis University and Virginia Commonwealth University. The Atlantic 10 was proactive in navigating sweeping conference realignment, adding George Mason University for 2013 and Davidson College in 2014. The additions follow a very successful first year by Virginia Commonwealth University, which began full membership on July 1, 2012. The league continues to draw national praise for its decisions during conference realignment in selecting institutions driven by academics and basketball. The league was deemed the “winner” of conference realignment in 2011-12. The three additions were guided by the five-year Strategic Initiative Plan that was adopted during the 2010-11 academic year. The 14 member institutions of the A-10 are united and strengthened by their diversity. Each is extraordinary in its educational mission, whether of a Catholic faith, a private university or a land grant institution. The varied pursuits of each member prove that there are many threads that weave the fabric for a great conference. The Atlantic 10 Conference, with a total population of over 76.5 million people within its geographic footprint of eight states and the District of Columbia, will crown champions in 21 sports this year: baseball, men's and women's basket-
ball, men's and women's cross country, field hockey, men's golf, women’s lacrosse, men's and women's indoor and outdoor track & field, women's rowing, men's and women's soccer, softball, men's and women's swimming & diving, men's and women's tennis, and women's volleyball. The presidents and chancellors of Atlantic 10 institutions, in conjunction with Atlantic 10 Commissioner Bernadette V. McGlade, have made a strong commitment to making the academic and athletics equation a successful one. Over the years, the league membership has strived to better recognize the academic accomplishments of its student-athletes. The Commissioner's Honor Roll, which cites every Atlantic 10 student-athlete with a 3.5 grade point average or better, recognized 2,653 student-athletes in 2013-14. The league sponsors Academic AllConference teams in each of its sports and honors two student-athletes as the A-10 StudentAthletes of the Year. Moreover, the Atlantic 10 provides 10 postgraduate scholarships with $7,000 grants to selected student-athletes. In 2013-14, nearly 200 student-athletes earned Academic All-Conference recognition. The Atlantic 10 Conference annually earns high marks in the NCAA Academic metrics. This includes ranking fifth among all 32 Division I Conferences in the Academic Progress Rate (APR) and in the Graduation Success Rate (GSR) in the past year’s announcements. Success on the playing field has mirrored the A-10’s classroom prowess, with the league earning NCAA postseason bids in each of its 21 sports, including two men’s soccer bids and a record 13 men’s and women’s basketball bids. Men’s basketball in the Atlantic 10 saw a record six teams earn NCAA Tournament berths and for the seventh straight year an A-10 team advanced to the second weekend of play when Dayton made a run to the Elite Eight.
The Mackal Fieldhouse at the University of Rhode Island will once again serve as host to the 2015 Atlantic 10 Indoor Track and Field Championships from February 21-22.
Atlantic 10 Conference
11827 Canon Blvd., Suite 200 Newport News, VA 23606 (757) 706-3040 Fax: (757) 706-3042 www.atlantic10.com
Commissioner Bernadette V. McGlade
Senior Associate Commissioner Debbie Richardson
Senior Associate Commissioner Jackie Campbell Associate Commissioner Jay DeFruscio
Associate Commissioner Mike Vest
Assistant Commissioner Jill Redmond
Assistant Commissioner for Championships Lucas Feller
Assistant Commissioner for Communications and Media Relations Drew Dickerson Director of Compliance Henry Archuleta
Director of Advanced Media Caitlin Bonner
Associate Director of Communications Chris Kilcoyne Director of Administration Beth Bradley
Operations Assistant for Championships and Media Relations Tom Waterman
Men’s Basketball/External Affairs Intern Wes Kempton Business Manager Barb Wetters
George Mason Stadium in Fairfax, Va. will be the site of the 2015 Atlantic 10 Outdoor Track and Field Championships from May 2-3.
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2013-14 ATLANTIC 10 RECAP
1. 2. 2. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8 9. 10. 11.
ATLANTIC 10 INDOOR TRACK 2014 FINAL RESULTS (Kingston, R.I.) George Mason . . . . . . . . . .125 Dayton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109 Duquesne . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109 VCU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96.5 Rhode Island . . . . . . . . . . .85.5 UMass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68 Saint Louis . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64 La Salle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 Richmond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 Fordham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Saint Joseph’s . . . . . . . . . . .16
HAWK FINISHERS
60m NQ. Kati Polaski . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8.30 NQ. Carly McGowan . . . . . . . . . . .8.32
ATLANTIC 10 OUTDOOR TRACK 2014 FINAL RESULTS (Amherst, Mass.)
Lizzy Barrett earned bronze in the 1500m at the 2014 Atlantic 10 Outdoor Championships.
400m NQ. Mercedes Yanora . . . . . . . . .59.29 NQ. Ashley Gerald . . . . . . . . . . . .59.63 NQ. Katie Koss . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:00.05
800m NQ. Katie Pratt . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:12.25 NQ. Sara Radzwilka . . . . . . . . . .2:15.68 NQ. Taylor Oskowiak . . . . . . . .2:16.95
800m NQ. Jenna DeAngelo . . . . . . . . .2:25.12
1500m 3. Lizzy Barrett . . . . . . . . . . . .4:31.90 12. Emma Slattery . . . . . . . . . .4:44.24 22. Tess Doggett . . . . . . . . . . .4:54.49
1000m NQ. Sarah Regnault . . . . . . . . .3:03.96 NQ. Taylor Oskowiak . . . . . . . .3:05.04 NQ. Sydney Coughlin . . . . . . . .3:09.29
5000m 13. Maureen O’Donnell . . . .17:58.78 14. Erin James . . . . . . . . . . . .17:59.46
Mile 8. Lizzy Barrett . . . . . . . . . . . .5:03.50 12. Lauren Hehir . . . . . . . . . . .5:10.67 14. Emily Chaundy . . . . . . . . . .5:15.49
10,000m 9. Erin Giampietro . . . . . . . .37:29.14 11. Hannah Fuller . . . . . . . . .37:50.41 19. Darcy O’Connor . . . . . . . .47:01.33
3000m 10. Emma Slattery . . . . . . . . .10:08.00 11. Erin Giampietro . . . . . . . .10:08.77 16. Erin James . . . . . . . . . . . .10:22.91
100m Hurdles NQ. Georgia Mason . . . . . . . . . . .14.67
5000m 8. Erin Giampietro . . . . . . . .17:39.85 15. Erin James . . . . . . . . . . . .18:15.14 17. Hannah Fuller . . . . . . . . .18:23.52
400m hurdles NQ. Mia Greer . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:07.13
60m Hurdles NQ. Georgia Mason . . . . . . . . . . . .9.20 NQ. Kayla Charles . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9.26 NQ. Emely Ramirez . . . . . . . . . . . .9.55
3000m Steeplechase 9. Erin James . . . . . . . . . . . .11:01.05 10. Maureen O’Donnell . . . .11:03.84 11. Lauren Hehir . . . . . . . . . .11:04.49
4x400m Relay 7. C. Foster, K. Koss, A. Gerald, M. Yanora . . . .3:55.92
4x100m Relay 10. C. Foster, C. McGowan, K. Koss, M. Yanora . . . . . . . .49.59
4x800m Relay 7. K. Pratt, J. DeAngelo, J. Kogut, L. Barrett . . . . . . .9:22.69
Long Jump 17. Gabriella Becattini . . . . . . . .5.30m 19. Kati Polaski . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5.19m
Triple Jump 6. Gabriella Becattini . . . . . . .11.74m 17. Rachel Kline . . . . . . . . . . . . .9.84m
HAWK FINISHERS
100m NQ. Carly McGowan . . . . . . . . . .13.10
400m NQ. Ashley Gerald . . . . . . . . . . . .57.52 NQ. Marina Rufo . . . . . . . . . . . .1:00.02
500m 8. Katie Pratt . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:16.85 NQ. Marina Rufo . . . . . . . . . . . .1:21.39 NQ. Mia Greer . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:23.38
High Jump 12. Rachel Kline . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.55m ---. Emely Ramirez . . . . . . . . . . . . .N/A ---. Kayla Charles . . . . . . . . . . . . . .N/A
George Mason . . . . . . . . . .164 Duquesne . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137 VCU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110 Rhode Island . . . . . . . . . . .93.5 Dayton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86.5 Saint Louis . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76 UMass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76 Richmond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48 La Salle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 Fordham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Saint Joseph’s . . . . . . . . . . .16
200m NQ. Courtney Foster . . . . . . . . . .25.19 NQ. Mercedes Yanora . . . . . . . . .25.47 NQ. Katie Koss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25.61
200m NQ. Carly McGowan . . . . . . . . . .27.20
Distance Medley Relay 3. L. Hehir, C. Foster, J. Kogut, L. Barrett . . . . . .11:49.61
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 6. 8 9. 10. 11.
4x400m Relay 4. A. Gerald, K. Koss, M. Yanora, C. Foster . . . . .3:49.21
Lauren Hehir, Courtney Foster, Lizzy Barrett, and Jaclyn Kogut earned third in the DMR at the 2014 Atlantic 10 Indoor Championships. NOTE: Places listed are from finals “NQ” - denotes non-qualifying time “---” - denotes unfinished event
4x800m Relay 4. L. Hehir, L. Barrett, J. DeAngelo, J. Kogut . . . . .9:04.31 High Jump 11. Rachel Kline . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.55m 16. Emely Ramirez . . . . . . . . . . .1.50m
Long Jump 11. Kati Polaski . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5.28m
Triple Jump 9. Gabriella Becattini . . . . . . .11.30m
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RECORD BOOK EVENT
SJU INDOOR TRACK RECORDS
RECORD HOLDER(S)
TIME
55m 60m 55m Hurdles 60m Hurdles 200m 300m 400m 500m 800m 1000m 1500m Mile 3000m 5000m 4x200m Relay 4x400m Relay 4x800m Relay DMR High Jump Long Jump Triple Jump Shot Put Pentathlon
Andria Smythe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7.03 Andria Smythe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7.58 Stefani Zabilowicz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8.35 Georgia Mason . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8.82 Nicole McMullen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24.60 Nicole McMullen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40.63 Julie Lentz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57.11 Dannah Hayward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:13.96 Gabby Quezada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:12.41 Christine Kane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:49.13 Elaine McGillian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4:21.31 Elaine McGillian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4:44.61 Elaine McGillian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9:28.44 Kelli O’Donnell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16:42.57 Teuber, Ramirez, Gold, Smythe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:43.53 Hayward, Kogut, Rufo, Pratt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:49.60 Rose, Slattery, Casey, Andrews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9:00.79 Rose, Pratt, Walker, Slattery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11:45.91 Bernadette Speer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5’8” Donna Crumety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19’11 1/4” Donna Crumety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42’2” Gina Bundy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35’9 1/4” Kayla Charles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3,274 pts.
EVENT
RECORD HOLDER(S)
100m 100m Hurdles 200m 400m 400m Hurdles 800m 1500m Mile 3000m 5000m 10,000m 3000m Steeple 4x100 Relay 4x100 Shuttle 4x400 Relay 4x800 Relay 4x1500 Relay Sprint Medley DMR High Jump Long Jump Triple Jump Javelin Shot Put Heptathalon
SJU OUTDOOR TRACK RECORDS
TIME
Andria Smythe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11.78 Kayla Charles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14.47 Jordan Teuber, Nicole McMullen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24.23 Donna Crumety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56.35 Dannah Hayward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:00.11 Gabby Quezada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:09.03 Elaine McGillian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4:17.34 Elaine McGillian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4:44.54 Christine Kane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9:34.32 Vicki Boyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16:47.30 Jessica Di Cicco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35:42.56 Maureen O’Donnell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10:32.58 Ramirez, Teuber, Lentz, McMullen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47.33 D’Angelo, Zabilowicz, Casey, Chen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:00.31 McGrath, Ki. Quinn, Teuber, McMullen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:47.45 Kane, Molyneux, Quezada, Koslosky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8:49.22 Yagielski, Gallagher, Foreman, Rafferty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18:38.1 Foster, Koss, Kogut, Pratt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4:04.54 Reeser, Palmer, Quezada, Kane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11:36.62 Bernadette Speer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5’9 1/2” Donna Crumety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20’2” Donna Crumety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44’8 3/4 Lynn Puzzo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128’6” Gina Bundy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35’9 1/2” Gina Bundy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4,295 pts. Bold indicates current athletes
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2003 2004 2011 2013 2009 2009 2006 2013 2000 2000 1986 1986 1986 1988 2006 2013 2011 2012 2001 1991 1991 2000 2013
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2004 2013 2008, 09 1990 2013 2001 1986 1986 2000 1993 2011 2011 2007 2011 2008 1998 1995 2014 1999 2000 1990 1990 2006 2000 2001
SJU Track Hall of Fame Member . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Inducted
John Kelly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1975 Frank McLaughlin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1975 Kevin Quinn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1975 John Cunningham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1976 Joe McLaughlin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1976 Jim Gavaghan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1976 Joseph Sloan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1977 Jim Tozar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1977 Mike Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1977 Ed Nichols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1978 Jim O’Donnell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1978 John Lieb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1978 Bob Schuenemann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1979 Vince Papale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1979 Ed Lennex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1979 John Brand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1980 George Bertelsman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1980 Joe Reilly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1981 Fred Maglione . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1982 Mike Glavin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1983 Vic Monkiewicz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1984 Ron Manion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1985 Joe Genther . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1986 Lou Kelly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1987 Dave Cuneo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1988 Jim Van Blunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1989 Euclid Gibson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1990 Elaine McGillian Van Blunk . . . . . . . . .1991 Jim Norris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1992 Greg Bloom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1997 John Crooke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1997 Mickey Solujich . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1997 Steve Ave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1998 Karen Delaney Wheeler . . . . . . . . . . . .1998 Dave Van Dusen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1999 Charles Kelly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1999 Donna Crumety Stewart . . . . . . . . . . . .1999 Joe Abrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2000 Dinae Rafferty Norris . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2000 Kelli O’Donnell Twomey . . . . . . . . . . . .2001 Lou Nicastro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2001 Steve Trombetta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2001 Jim Baldwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2002 Vicki Boyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2002 Chris Green . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2002 Bob Hagarty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2002 Ed Mather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2002 Jim Morris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2002 Mike Diorka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2003 Sue Yagielski . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2003 Bob Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2004 Lisa Syvertson Shanahan . . . . . . . . . . . .2004 Meghan Busse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2005 Bob Doman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2005 Greg Floyd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2006 Patrice Gallagher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2006 Stephanie Hopkins Muntzer . . . . . . . . .2006 Tarik Moody . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2006 Karl Savage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2007 Christine Kane O’Connell . . . . . . . . . . . .2007 Bob Farrell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2007 Al Connelly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008 Bernadette Speer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008 Bill Super . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008 Pete Toughill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008 Matt Byrne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2009 Gabby Quezada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2009 Gina Bundy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2010 James Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2010 Andria Smythe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2012 Andrew Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2012 Ben Koch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2013 Thuy Nguyen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2013 Nicole Koslosky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2014 Brian Rosetti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2014
Bold Indicates member of SJU Athletics Hall of Fame
Head coach Kevin Quinn with his 4x400m recordholders: Dannah Hayward, Jaclyn Kogut, Marina Rufo, and Katie Pratt.
Coach Kevin Quinn (left) and men’s track coach Mike Glavin are members of both the SJU Athletics and Track Halls of Fame.
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RECORD BOOK YEAR 1986 1987
1988
1989
1991 1992
1993
1994 1995 1998 1999
2000
2003 2004 2010
2011 2012 2013
YEAR 1985 1986 1987
1988 1989 1990
1991 1994
1996 1998 1999 2000
2001
2002 2004 2011
2012 2012
2013
ECAC INDOOR TRACK SCORERS
NAME Elanie McGillian Elaine McGillian Karen Delaney Cody, Kelly, McManus, Delaney Kelli O’Donnell Dinae Rafferty Donna Crumety Donna Crumety Donna Crumety Flynn, DeRafelo, McLaughlin, Geraghty Vicki Boyer Davis, Hopkins, Yagielski, Gallagher Yagielski, Gresko, Gallagher, Flynn Sue Yagielski Sue Yagielski Henshaw, Koslosky, Foreman, Reeser Christine Kane Quezada, Reeser, Molyneux, Koslosky Christine Kane Gina Bundy Gina Bundy Christine Kane Bernadette Speer Andria Smythe Victory, Crossin, Nguyen, Conway Andria Smythe A. Casey, Rose, K. Casey, Walker Maureen O’Donnell Kristen Andrews Rose, Slattery, K. Casey, Andrews Maureen O’Donnell Walker, Pratt, Rose, Slattery Lizzy Barrett Dannah Hayward
EVENT PLACE 1500m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1st 3000m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4th 1000m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6th Distance Medley Relay . . . . .6th
NAME McGillian, Cody, Fitzgerald, Rafferty Karen Delaney Kelly, Cody, McManus, Rafferty Dinae Rafferty Donna Crumety Donna Crumety Donna Crumety Donna Crumety Davis, Henshaw, Hopkins, Gallagher Sue Yagielski Molyneux, Warriner, Quezada, Koslosky Gina Bundy Christine Kane Christine Kane Bernadette Speer Christine Kane Bernadette Speer Maisha Tyler Andria Smythe Crossin, Powell Victory, Nguyen Rose, A. Casey, Slattery, Andrews Erin James Slattery, L. Barrett, Walker, Rose Dannah Hayward
EVENT PLACE 4x800m Relay . . . . . . . . . . . .6th
A-10 TEAM FINISHES INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS INDOOR TRACK
YEAR 2014 2013 2012 2011
CHAMPION SJU PLACE George Mason 11th Dayton 14th Charlotte 12th Dayton 10th
3000m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2nd 4x800m Relay . . . . . . . . . . . .6th
2005 2004
Rhode Island Rhode Island
3000m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6th 5000m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2nd 4x800m Relay . . . . . . . . . . . .4th
2002
Rhode Island
5000m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3rd Mile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5th Triple jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Long jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4th Triple jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1st Distance Medley Relay . . . . .8th
Distance Medley Relay . . . . .8th
1000m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4th 4x800m Relay . . . . . . . . . . . .6th
Mile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5th Triple jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5th Triple jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3rd Mile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6th High jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7th 60m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3rd 4x800m Relay . . . . . . . . . . . .8th 60m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7th 4x800m Relay . . . . . . . . . . . .7th
5000m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6th 800m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8th 4x800m Relay . . . . . . . . . . . .6th
5000m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17th 4x800m Relay . . . . . . . . . . . .6th
Mile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7th 500m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8th
ECAC OUTDOOR TRACK SCORERS 5000m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6th 4x800m Relay . . . . . . . . . . . .5th
3000m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4th Triple jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4th Triple jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1st Long jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3rd Triple jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1st 4x800m Relay . . . . . . . . . . . .5th
5000m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th 4x800m Relay . . . . . . . . . . . .7th
Triple jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5th 1500m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7th 3000m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th High jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7th 1500m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4th High jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7th Long Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5th 100m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4th 4x800m Relay . . . . . . . . . . . .8th
4x800m Relay . . . . . . . . . . . .8th
3000m Steeple . . . . . . . . . . 14th 4x800m Relay . . . . . . . . . . . .6th 400H . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7th
2010 2009 2008 2007 2006
2003
2001
Charlotte Charlotte Charlotte Charlotte Charlotte
T-8th 11th 8th 9th 3rd
Richmond
4th
Rhode Island
9th 3rd 8th
4th
2000 1999
Rhode Island Virginia Tech
7th 4th
1998
Massachusetts
5th
1996 1995
Massachusetts West Virginia
5th 6th
1997
1994 1993
Virginia Tech
4th
Canceled due to weather West Virginia 3rd
Saint Joseph’s . . . . . . . . . . . .4x800 Donna Crumety . . . . . . .Long Jump Donna Crumety . . . . . .Triple Jump
OUTDOOR TRACK
YEAR 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004
CHAMPION SJU PLACE George Mason 11th Charlotte 13th Charlotte 12th Charlotte 9th Temple 12th Charlotte 8th Charlotte 8th Charlotte 8th Charlotte 10th Rhode Island 9th Rhode Island 5th
2003
Rhode Island
7th
2002
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
3rd
2000
Virginia Tech
5th
1999
Massachusetts
4th
1998 1997
Virginia Tech Virginia Tech
7th 7th
2001
SJU CHAMPIONS . . . . . . . .EVENT None None None Walker, Slattery, . . . . . . . .4x800m Rose, Andrews Kristin Andrews . . . . . . . . . . .500m None None None Andria Smythe . . . . . . . .Long Jump Thuy Nguyen . . . . . . . . . . . . .800m None Andria Smythe . . . . . . . . . . . . .55m Thuy Nguyen . . . . . . . . . . . . .800m Thuy Nguyen . . . . . . . . . . . . .500m Sarah Conway . . . . . . . . . . . .800m Bernadette Speer . . . . . .High Jump Maisha Tyler . . . . . . . . .Long Jump Christine Kane . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mile Bernadette Speer . . . . . .High Jump Christine Kane . . . . . . . . . . .3000m Maisha Tyler . . . . . . . . .Long Jump Gina Bundy . . . . . . . . . .Triple Jump Bernadette Speer . . . . . .High Jump Gabby Quezada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .800m Saint Joseph’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4x800 Gina Bundy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Triple Jump Amy Martin . . . . . . . . . . . . .5000m Saint Joseph’s . . . . . . . . . . . .4x800 Nicole Koslosky . . . . . . . . . .1000m Saint Joseph’s . . . . . . . . . . . .4x800 Sue Yagielski . . . . . . . . . . . . .5000m Missy Henshaw . . . . . . . . . .1000m Saint Joseph’s . . . . . . . . . . . .4x800
8th
SJU CHAMPIONS . . . . . . . .EVENT None None None None None None None None None None Andria Smythe . . . . . . . . . . . .100m Thuy Nguyen . . . . . . . . . . . . .800m Andria Smythe . . . . . . . .Long Jump Sarah Click . . . . . . . . . . .High Jump Saint Joseph’s . . . . . . . . . . . .4x800 Sarah Conway . . . . . . . . . . . .800m Saint Joseph’s . . . . . . . . . . . .4x800 Bernadette Speer . . . . . .High Jump Maisha Tyler . . . . . . . . .Long Jump Christine Kane . . . . . . . . . . .3000m Gina Bundy . . . . . . . . . . .High Jump Maisha Tyler . . . . . . . . . . . . .Long Jump Gina Bundy . . . . . . . . . . .High Jump Gina Bundy . . . . . . . . . .Heptathlon Christine Kane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1500m Christine Kane . . . . . . . . . . .3000m Saint Joseph’s . . . . . . . . . . .4x800m Bernadette Speer . . . . . .High Jump Christine Kane . . . . . . . . . . .1500m Christine Kane . . . . . . . . . . .3000m Meghan Busse . . . . . . . . .10,000m Saint Joseph’s . . . . . . . . . . .4x800m Bernadette Speer . . . . . .High Jump Saint Joseph’s . . . . . . . . . . .4x800m Meghan Busse . . . . . . . . . . .5000m
Bold indicates current athletes
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ALL-TIME NCAA QUALIFIERS ACADEMIC HONORS ALL-TIME NCAA QUALIFIERS INDOOR TRACK
YEAR 1986 1989 1991 1993 2000
QUALIFIER Elaine McGillian Donna Crumety Donna Crumety Vicki Boyer Christine Kane
OUTDOOR TRACK YEAR 1986 1990 1991 2000
QUALIFIER Elaine McGillian Donna Crumety Donna Crumety Christine Kane
EVENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PLACE Mile run (All-American) . . . . . . . . .6th Triple jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .–– Triple jump (All-American) . . . . . . .5th 3000 meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .–– Mile run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .––
EVENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PLACE 1500 meters (All-American) . . . . .11th Triple jump (All-American) . . . . . .2nd Triple jump (National Champion) . .1st 1500 meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .–– Donna Crumety was the 1991 national champion in the triple jump.
ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAN 2001 . . . . . .Gina Bundy (2nd)
1996 . . . . .Sue Yagielski (3rd) . . 1994 . . . . . . .Vicki Boyer (1st) 1993 . . . . . .Vicki Boyer (2nd)
Gina Bundy
ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT 2014 . . . . . . .Katie Pratt (1st) 2014 . . . .Emma Slattery (1st) 2014 . .Mercedes Yanora (1st) 2013 . . . .Emma Slattery (1st) 2003 . . . .Sarah Conway (2nd) 2002 . .Bernadette Speer (2nd) 2001 . . . . . .Gina Bundy (1st) 2001 . .Bernadette Speer (2nd) 1996 . . . . .Sue Yagielski (1st) 1994 . . . . . . .Vicki Boyer (1st) 1993 . . . . . . .Vicki Boyer (1st)
Sue Yagielski
Vicki Boyer
ACADEMIC ALL-ATLANTIC 10 INDOOR 2008 . . . . . . . . . . .Amy Rhein 2008 . . . . . . . .Andrea Florida 2004 . . . . . . . . . .Mary Crossin 2003 . . . . . . . . .Sarah Conway 2002 . . . . . .Mary Korfmacher 2002 . . . . . .Bernadette Speer 2001 . . . . . . . . . . .Gina Bundy 2001 . . . . . . . .Christine Kane 2001 . . . . . .Bernadette Speer 2000 . . . . . .Bernadette Speer 1999 . . . . . .Bernadette Speer 1998 . . . . . . . .Meghan Busse 1998 . . . . . . . . . . .Amy Martin 1996 . . . . . . . . . .Sue Yagielski 1995 . . . . . .Patrice Gallagher 1995 . . . . .Stephanie Hopkins 1995 . . . . . . . . . .Sue Yagielski 1994 . . . . . . . . . . .Vicki Boyer 1994 . . . . .Stephanie Hopkins 1994 . . . . . . . . . .Sue Yagielski 1993 . . . . . . . . . . .Vicki Boyer 1993 . . . . . . . . .Siobhan Flynn 1993 . . . . .Stephanie Hopkins 1993 . . . . .Rachel McLaughlin
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OUTDOOR 2008 . . . . . . . . . .Laura Coyer 2008 . . . . . . . . . . .Amy Rhein 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . .Erin Kelly 2006 . . . . . . . .Andria Smythe 2005 . . . . . . . .Andria Smythe 2004 . . . . . . . . . .Mary Crossin 2003 . . . . . . . . .Sarah Conway 2002 . . . . . .Mary Korfmacher 2002 . . . . . .Bernadette Speer 2001 . . . . . . . . . . .Gina Bunry 2001 . . . . . . . .Christine Kane 2001 . . . . . . .Gabby Quezada 2001 . . . . . .Bernadette Speer 2000 . . . . . .Bernadette Speer 1999 . . . . . . . .Meghan Busse 1999 . . . . . .Bernadette Speer 1998 . . . . . . . . . . .Amy Martin
ALL-TIME ROSTER A Francesca Alexander . . . .2005-06 Joan Ambrosia . . . . . . . . .1992-93 Kristin Amey . . . . . . . . . . .1988-90 Kristin Andrews . . . . . . . .2007-11 Diana Anhalt . . . . . . . . . .1987-89 Margaret Ashton . . . . . . .1984-85 Michelle Autry . . . . . . . . .1987-88
B Theresa Badolato . . . . . .2003-04 Lauren Bair . . . . . . . . . . . .1999-00 Adrinna Bamber . . . . . . . . . .1998 Lizzy Barrett . . . . . . . . . . .2010-14 Katie Barrett . . . . . . . .2008-2012 Catherine Bartoli . . . . . . . . . .1998 Amy Bashore . . . . . . . . . .1999-00 Gabriella Becattini . . .2011-present Maddie Bell . . . . . . . . . . .2003-07 Adriene Beltz . . . . . . . . . .2004-08 Carolyn Bieganousky . . . .2007-10 Erin Blaustein . . . . . . . . . .2000-04 Hannah Boyce . . . . . . . . .2009-13 Vicki Boyer . . . . . . . . . . . .1991-94 Jane Bradigan . . . . . . . . .1983-84 Yvonne Bradley . . . . . . . .1983-84 Trish Brady . . . . . . . . . . . .1989-90 Christina Brenner . . . . . . . . .2006 Angela Bridy . . . . . . . . . . .1983-85 Sara Bright . . . . . . . . . . . .2000-02 Allison Bringham . . . . . . . . . .1999 Karen Brooks . . . . . . . . . .1984-87 Hannah Brown . . . . . . . . .2010-13 Gina Bundy . . . . . . . . . . . .1997-01 Stephanie Burgin . . . . . . .1993-97 Anne Marie Burke . . . . . .1986-89 Margy Burke . . . . . . . . . .1986-87 Megan Burkhardt . . . . . .1994-97 Meghan Busse . . . . . . . . .1996-99 Michele Butterworth . . .1988-91 C Karly Cahill . . . . . . . . . . . .2008-12 Tracyann Calabrese . . . . .2007-09 Catherine Calimer . . . . . .1991-94 Anna Casey . . . . . . . . . . .2008-12 Kathleen Casey . . . . . . . .2008-11 Shannon Casey . . . . . . . .2010-12 Lisa Ceppetelli . . . . . . . . .1987-90 Emily Chappell . . . . . . . . .2010-13 Kayla Charles . . . . .2011-present Emily Chaundy . . . .2012-present Amy Chegwidden . . . . . .2007-11 Jessica Chen . . . . . . . . . . .2007-11 Lisa Chen . . . . . . . . . . . . .2010-14 Philomena Chiorazzi . . . .1991-94 Emily Choromanski . . . . .2000-02 Meghan Clancy . . . . . . . .1997-01 Bridget Clarke . . . . . . . . .1996-97 Sarah Click . . . . . . . . . . . .2000-04 Colleen Cloran . . . . . . . . .1982-83 Dawn Cody . . . . . . . . . . . .1984-87 Emily Coldren . . . . . . . . . .2008-12 Kathryn Cols . . . . . .2012-present Lea Costanza . . . . . . . . . .1982-83 Katie Connors . . . . . . . . . . . .1999 Sarah Conway . . . . . . . . .1999-03 Niki Cooper . . . . . . . . . . .1992-93 Yasmin Copeland . . . . . . .2000-04 Sydney Coughlin . . .2013-present Stacey Cronin . . . . . . . . . .2003-05 Mary Crossin . . . . . . . . . .2001-05 Donna Crumety . . . . . . . .1989-93 Nicole Cusanelli . . . . . . . .1989-92 Annie Cushing . . . . . . . . .2006-09 Colleen Cusick . . . . . . . . . . . .2008
D Francesca D’Angelo . . . . .2009-13 Lisa Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . .1991-94 Molli Davis . . . . . . . . . . . .1995-98 Karen Delaney . . . . . . . . .1985-88 Jenna DeAngelo . . . .2012-present Natalie DeFelice . . . . . . . .1998-00 Marcy De Lorenzo . . . . . .2002-06 Alessandra DeMarco . . . .2004-06 Sue DeRafelo . . . . . . . . . .1990-93 Jessica Di Cicco . . . . . . . .2007-11 Terri DiMartini . . . . . . . . .1995-98 Tess Doggett . . . . .2012-present Jessica Dolfi . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1999 Sarah Donahue . . . . . . . .2009-10 Melissa Donnelly . . .2012-present
Kristen Donovan . . . . . . . . . .1999 Maureen Dougherty . . . .1984-86 Pam Dougherty . . . . . . . .1983-86 Patty Doyle . . . . . . . . . . .1985-88 Jazmin Dunlap . . . . . . . . . . . .2012 Bridget Dunn . . . . . . . . . . . . .1999 Kelly Ann Durham . . . . . .1989-90 E Kaitlyn Edmonds . . . . . . .2011-12
F Mary Ellen Faehner . . . . .1987-88 Laura Faller . . . . . . . . . . .2007-11 Dotty Farrell . . . . . . . . . . .1988-89 Nicole Feller . . . . . . . . . . .1990-93 Denise Fergus . . . . . . . . .1998-02 Alexandra Fiesel . . .2013-present Lauren Fike . . . . . . . . . . . .2005-06 Cathy Fitzgerald . . . . . . . .1983-86 Lena Finucane . . . . . . . . .2009-13 Colleen Flanagan . . . . . . .2001-05 Kelly Fleming . . . . . . . . . .1999-01 Andrea Florida . . . . . . . . .2005-09 Siobhan Flynn . . . . . . . . .1991-94 Ali Foreman . . . . . . . . . . .1994-97 Christine Foster . . . . . . . .1994-97 Courtney Foster . . .2013-present Lori Freebery . . . . . . . . . . . . .1990 Avé French . . . . . . . . . . . .1993-96 Jen French . . . . . . . . . . . .1992-93 Hannah Fuller . . . . . . . . .2010-14
G Meghan Gallagher . . . . . .2001-05 Patrice Gallagher . . . . . . .1993-96 Patty Gallagher . . . . . . . .1987-88 Janice Geary . . . . . . . . . . . . .1995 Shannon Geddes . . . . . . .2009-13 Meredith George . . . . . . .1990-92 Carmel Geraghty . . . . . . .1991-94 Ashley Gerald . . . . .2013-present Beth Getty . . . . . . . . . . . .2006-10 Erin Giampietro . . . . . . . .2012-14 Melissa Gilbert . . . . . . . . .1995-97 Brooke Gilliford . . . . . . . .1998-02 Gina Giordano . . . . . . . . .2002-05 Kristen Gold . . . . . . . . . . .2005-06 Mia Greer . . . . . . . . . . . . .2010-14 Jane Gresko . . . . . . . . . . .1986-88 Trish Gresko . . . . . . . . . . .1991-94 Katie Gross . . . . . . .2013-present Amanda Guthridge . . . . .2003-07
H Carolyn Haggerty . . . . . . .2009-10 Meri Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . .1993-94 Dawn Harris . . . . . . . . . . .1992-95 Dannah Hayward . . .2012-present Lauren Hehir . . . . .2012-present Chris Hellenbrand . . . . . .1985-86 Missy Henshaw . . . . . . . .1993-96 Christina Hertzler . . . . . .1993-95 Lori Heywood . . . . . . . . . .1990-93 Katie Hoban . . . . . . . . . . .2002-05 Stephanie Hopkins . . . . .1990-95 Emily Horton . . . . . . . . . .2000-02 Julie Hotard . . . . . . . . . . .1997-98 Jen Hughes . . . . . . . . . . . .1989-92 Brianna Hunt . . . . .2011-present I Margarita Ireland . . . . . .1984-86
J Erin James . . . . . . . . . . . .2010-14 Jenna James . . . . . . . . . . .1997-00 Jill Jarosz . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1990-91 Regina Johnson . . . . . . . .1993-95
K Christine Kane . . . . . . . . .1997-01 Jen Keefe . . . . . . . . . . . . .1990-93 Carolyn Kelly . . . . . . . . . .1984-87 Deirdre Kelly . . . . . . . . . .1985-89 Erin Kelly . . . . . . . . . . . . .2003-07 Margaret Kelly . . . . . . . . .1987-90 Amanda Kimmel . . . . . . .1992-93 Rachel Kline . . . . . .2013-present Jaclyn Kogut . . . . . . . . . . .2010-14 Mary Korfmacher . . . . . .1998-02 Nicole Koslosky . . . . . . . .1995-98 Katie Koss . . . . . . . .2013-present
L Erica Lacovara-Switzer . . .2001-02 Colleen Ladden . . . . . . . .2001-05 Titi Lakeru . . . . . . . . . . . .1987-88 Beth Lambright . . . . . . . .2008-12 Mary Pat Law . . . . . . . . . .1983-85 Lisa LaMela . . . . . . . . . . .2002-05 Julie Lentz . . . . . . . . . . . .2003-07 Katie Limbach . . . . . . . . .2001-02 Sarah Limbach . . . . . . . . .2003-05 Marianne Longacre . . . . .1985-86
M Katelyn MacCready . . . . .2005-06 Anne Marshall . . . . . . . . .2002-04 Lauren Manfredi . . . . . . .2003-04 Keyne Mansfield . . . . . . .1992-93 Amy Manwaring . . . . . . .2000-04 Julie Manzella . . . . . . . . . . . .1998 Amy Martin . . . . . . . . . . .1995-97 Georgia Mason . . .2011-present Morgan Matecki . . . . . . .2006-10 Katherine McBeth . . . . . .1982-83 Kelly McCarthy . . . . . . . . . . .1999 Julie McClatchy . . . . . . . .1997-98 Elaine McGillian . . . . . . . .1983-86 Taryn McGouldrick . . . . .1997-00 Carly McGowan . . . .2012-present Kristen McGrail . . . . . . . . . . .1999 Caitlin McGrath . . . . . . . .2006-10 Suzie McHenry . . . . . . . . .2003-07 Kimberly McIntyre . . . . . .1998-99 Kim McKeon . . . . . . . . . . .2002-05 Rachel McLaughlin . . . . .1991-93 Cammy McManus . . . . . .1983-85 Danielle McManus . . . . .1987-90 Nicole McMullen . . . . . . .2006-10 Stephanie McMullen . . . .1996-99 Erin McQuilkin . . . . . . . . . . . .1999 Chelsea Mercurio . . . . . .2012-13 Janna Merkins . . . . . . . . .1992-95 Natalie Miller . . . . . . . . . .2005-09 Angelena Minniti . . .2013-present Meg Mitchell . . . . . . . . . .1988-89 Lauren Molyneux . . . . . .1995-97 Maria Montero . . . . . . . . . . .1997 Carly Montgomery . . . .2014-present Mary Beth Moore . . . . . .1992-93 Melissa Morley . . . . . . . .2001-02 Christina Morelli . . . . . . .2007-11 Sue Moss . . . . . . . . . . . . .1984-87 Kiersten Moylan . . .2013-present Laura Mulhare . . . . . . . . .1987-88 Kate Mulligan . . . . . . . . . .1990-93 Nicole Muraro . . . . . . . . .1989-91 Jen Murray . . . . . . . . . . . .1993-96
N Meryl Nash . . . . . . . . . . . .2003-04 Thuy Nguyen . . . . . . . . . .2002-06 Nohjay Nimpson . . . . . . .2007-11
O Kathy O’Connell . . . . . . . .1986-89 Darcy O’Conner . . . . . . . .2010-14 Erin O’Donnell . . . . . . . . .2001-05 Kelli O’Donnell . . . . . . . . .1985-89 Kim O’Donnell . . . . . . . . .1997-00 Maureen O’Donnell . . . .2009-14 Meghan O’Keefe . . . .2013-present Paige O’Neill . . . . . . . . . .2010-14 Diane Olejnik . . . . . . . . . .1984-85 Danielle Osborne . . . . . . .2009-12 Taylor Oskowiak . . . . . . .2011-14 Lisa Owens . . . . . . . . . . . .1984-87
P Maisha Palmer . . . . . . . . .1996-99 Marian Passaro . . . . . . . .1984-86 Judy Peitz . . . . . . . . . . . . .1983-84 Katie Pencek . . . . . . . . . .2005-09 Meredith Perry . . . . . . . . . . .1999 Samantha Peters . . . . . . .2008-12 Katie Piazzaa . . . . . . . . . .2009-10 Kristen Pierce . . . . . . . . . .2006-10 Jacqueline Pignataro . . . .2013-present Danielle Plenzo . . . . . . . . . . .2007 Kati Polaski . . . . . . .2011-present Rebecca Powell . . . . . . . .2003-07 Katie Pratt . . . . . . . . . . . .2010-14 Lynn Puzzo . . . . . . . . . . . .2002-06
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Q Gabby Quezada . . . . . . . .1997-01 Cara Quinn . . . . . . . . . . . .2006-10 Kierstin Quinn . . . . . . . . .2006-10
R Sara Radzwilka . . . .2012-present Dinae Rafferty . . . . . . . . .1985-88 Jen Rafferty . . . . . . . . . . .1995-99 Emely Ramirez . . . .2013-present Krista Ramirez . . . . . . . . .2001-02 Valerie Ramirez . . . . . . . .2003-07 Skylar Rea . . . . . . . . . . . . .2005-09 Genevieve Reardon . . . . .2009-10 Liz Reeser . . . . . . . . . . . . .1996-99 Ann Regan . . . . . . . . . . . .2002-06 Sarah Regnault . . .2013-present Caitlin Reusche . . . . . . . .2006-09 Amy Rhein . . . . . . . . . . . .2005-09 Tammy Roberts . . . . . . . .1984-85 Regina Robinson . . . . . . .1988-89 Kelsey Rose . . . . . . . . . . .2008-12 Kim Rose . . . . . . . . . . . . .1998-99 Rachel Royer . . . . . . . . . .1990-91 Marina Rufo . . . . . .2012-present Genevieve Ruppel . . . . . .2009-13 Bonnie Rymanski . . . . . . .1995-96
S Danielle Salvia . . . . . . . . .1997-00 Amanda Samok . . . . . . . . . . .1999 Lyndsey Sample . . . . . . . .2010-12 Mary Scanlon . . . . . . . . . .1992-93 Katherine Schott . . . . . . .2006-07 Samantha Seitter . . . . . . .2006-08 Nicolette Sifontis . . . . . . .1993-94 Theresa Skellan . . . . . . . .1982-83 Lauren Slack . . . . . . . . . . .2005-09 Emma Slattery . . . . . . . . .2010-14 Allison Smith . . . . . . . . . .2008-12 Andria Smythe . . . . . . . . .2002-05 Angela Sorge . . . . . . . . . .1995-97 Renee Spangler . . . . . . . .2003-07 Bernadette Speer . . . . . .1997-02 Meg Stack . . . . . . . . . . . .1988-89 Juli Stensland . . . . . . . . . .2005-09 Ann Stewart . . . . . . . . . . .1989-90 Samantha Stockman . . . .1994-95 Genevieve Story . . . . . . .2002-07 Liz Sweeney . . . . . . . . . . .1997-00 Lisa Syvertson . . . . . . . . .1988-91 T Jordan Teuber . . . . . . . . .2004-08 Nikki Thiemann . . . . . . . .2000-02 Kate Timothy . . . . . . . . . .2001-02 Tiffany Trenner . . . . . . . .1989-90 Jackie Twomey . . . . . . . .2001-05 Kelli Twomey . . . . . . . . . .1989-90 Maisha Tyler . . . . . . . . . .2000-04 V Gina Valore . . . . . . . . . . .2011-12 Erin Vanderhoof . . . . . . .2006-10 Michele Verrekia . . . . . . .1990-93 Kelly Victory . . . . . . . . . . .2001-05
W Sara Walker . . . . . . . . . . .2009-13 Lauren Wallace . . . . . . . .2004-08 Lauren Walsh . . . . . . . . . .2005-09 Susan Walsh . . . . . . . . . . .1994-96 Nadia Warriner . . . . . . . .1997-00 Bridget Watts . . . . . . . . . .1992-93 Karen Weber . . . . . . . . . .2000-04 Liz Welsh . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008-12 Lauren Wenzel . . . . . . . . .2008-12 Alana Whitmarsh . . . . . . .2012-14 Melissa Wilbeck . . . . . . . .1997-01 Ashley Williams . . . . . . . .2008-12 Sandy Wright . . . . . . . . . .1990-91 Megan Wynne . . . . . . . . .1999-03 Y Sue Yagielski . . . . . . . . . .1993-96 Mercedes Yanora . . . . . .2010-14 Z Stefani Zabilowicz . . . . . .2008-12 BOLD indicates current athletes *Roster includes letterwinners who competed prior to the 2014-15 season
ADMINISTRATION
C. Kevin Gillespie, S.J. ‘72
Don DiJulia
Vice President for Athletics Athletic Director
University President
ATHLETIC DIRECTORY
Vice President for Athletics/Athletic Director. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Don DiJulia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610-660-1707 Senior Associate Vice President/Athletic Business Affairs . . . . . . . Jim Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610-660-1726 Associate Vice President/Athletic Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . Katie Shields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610-660-1231 Associate Athletic Director/Varsity Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Renie Shields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610-660-2584 Associate Athletic Director/Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Al Pendleton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610-660-3292 Associate Athletic Director/Marketing & Corporate Partnerships . . . Tim Curran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610-660-1702 Associate Athletic Director/Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marie Wozniak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610-660-1727 Assistant Athletic Director/Recreation & Intramurals. . . . . . . Corey Shannon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610-660-3052 Assistant Athletic Director/Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joe DeLacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610-660-1720 Director of Educational Support Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Janet Greder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610-660-1728 Director of Sports Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lori Sweeney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610-660-1699 Asst. Dir. of Athl. Comm. (Women’s Track Contact) . . . . . . . . . Nikki Philpot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610-660-2601 SID E-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . nphilpot@sju.edu Athletics Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610-660-1707 Athletics Fax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610-660-1716
SAINT JOSEPH’S UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS MISSION STATEMENT
The Mission of the Athletics Department at Saint Joseph’s University reflects the Mission of the University by using the programs within Athletics as a way to develop the whole person and preparing men and women for others.
• To educate the whole person by complementing the academic experience with athletic and recreational programs and activities outside the classroom.
• To create an environment for personal growth through openness, respect, and a concern for others.
• To communicate the value of community and family through team work and sportsmanship.
• To provide opportunities for students to learn self-discipline, responsibility, decision-making, and attainment of goals.
• To provide opportunities for students to participate and compete in a first-class manner.
• To provide equitable opportunities for all students and staff, including women and minorities. • To advance the University regionally and nationally through intercollegiate athletics.
DIRECTIONS TO SWEENEY FIELD
From the North: N.J. Turnpike to Exit 6 (Pa. Turnpike connector). Follow Pa. Turnpike to Exit 326 (Rte. 476). Follow 476 South to Rte. 76 East, towards Philadelphia. Follow Rte. 76 East to Exit 339 (Rte. 1, City Avenue). Follow two miles to SJU. From the East: Take either the Ben Franklin Bridge (via Rte. 676) or the Walt Whitman Bridge; Follow Rte. 76 West to Exit 339 (Rte. 1, City Avenue). Follow two miles to SJU. From the South: I-95 North to 476 North. Follow 476 North to Exit 5 (Rte. 1). Follow Rte. 1 North to SJU, approximately 10 miles. From the West: Pa. Turnpike to Exit 326 (Valley Forge). Follow Rte. 76 East, toward Philadelphia, to Exit 339 (Rte. 1, City Avenue). Follow two miles to SJU. From the Airport: I-95 North to Rte. 76 West towards Valley Forge. Follow Rte. 76 West to Exit 339 (Rte. 1, City Avenue). Follow two miles to SJU. 2014-15 SAINT JOSEPH’S WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD MEDIA GUIDE 56
THE UNIVERSITY Founded in 1851, Saint Joseph’s is an independent, Catholic, Jesuit university teaching disciplined reasoning, effective communication and a love of learning. From Willings Alley in Old City Philadelphia to Stiles Street in North Philadelphia to its current location on City Avenue, Saint Joseph’s has continued to grow and change with the times. The University combines the Jesuit tradition of academic excellence, a history of service and an ideal campus location to produce successful students who strive to make a good world even better. Full-time, undergraduate day enrollment comprises approximately 4,670 students. Graduate, evening and executive programs push total enrollment to more than 8,000 students.
THE JESUIT TRADITION OF ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE Saint Joseph’s nationally-recognized academic reputation is confirmed by ongoing acknowledgment in Barron’s, U.S. News & World Report and Peterson’s. The Jesuit tradition of intellectual inquiry and personal concern manifests itself in small, challenging classes taught by a caring faculty. Graduate assistants do not teach, so undergraduates can be sure they are receiving the very best educational experience from trained experts. One-on-one interaction between students and faculty is a reality at Saint Joseph’s. A solid liberal arts curriculum provides across-the-board learning for every student. Supporting that curriculum are comprehensive academic majors and learning facilities. The result is a broad education that prepares students not only for employment and graduate school, but for life itself. In the fall of 1998, SJU opened the $25 million Owen A. Mandeville Hall, which houses the Erivan K. Haub School of Business, the Center for Food Marketing and the region's first "Teletorium" and "Moot Boardrooms." An 87,000-square-foot international academic center featuring state-of-the-art distance learning technology, it is located near the corner of 54th Street and City Avenue.
A HISTORY OF SERVICE The students of Saint Joseph’s University are dedicated to making today’s world even better. A natural spirit of volunteerism has enabled the University’s community service programs to become the most popular extracurricular activities on campus. In addition, a Service Learning program allows students to receive academic credit for their work outside the classroom. SJU offers local, national and international opportunities for student service. From North Philadelphia to Camden, N.J.; from
New Orleans to the Appalachian Mountains, Saint Joseph’s students embrace the Jesuit mission of serving those in need. The Thanksgiving Dinner Dance for area senior citizens and the Hand-in-Hand Festival for the handicapped are two annual student-run events that draw thousands of special visitors to campus for fun and friendship.
IDEAL CAMPUS LOCATION SJU’s City Avenue location combines the best of dynamic Philadelphia with the suburban, residential setting of the elegant Main Line. Saint Joseph’s 65 acres span two counties, allowing students to literally enjoy the best of both worlds. The city of Philadelphia, with its tremendous wealth of historical, cultural, social and athletic attractions, is easily accessible, while the safety, serenity and greenery of a suburban campus are right at hand. The friendly atmosphere and close-knit campus ensure that students don’t get lost in either the literal or the figurative sense at Saint Joseph’s. Expanded library, computer and athletic facilities add a big-time “feel” to this growing university.
SUCCESSFUL STUDENTS Men and women leave Saint Joseph’s prepared. The University boasts an excellent record of placing its graduates in first-time jobs, professional schools and other advanced degree programs. Part-time work
and internships provide real-world experiences, the kind which delight future employers. And with its many diverse student organizations, SJU offers ample opportunities to assume leadership positions. An extensive on-campus recruitment program provides graduates with a head start in their employment search. Regular meetings with faculty advisors, along with advisory programs in the health professions and in pre-law, assist students who wish to further their schooling.
PHILADELPHIA SJU’s Philadelphia location gives students access to two worlds. The campus resembles a park, surrounded by the stately homes of Philadelphia’s historic Main Line suburbs. Yet students have access to the cultural, commercial and recreational activities of downtown Philadelphia -– only a short ride away. SJU students take frequent advantage of the artistic and cultural resources Philadelphia offers, as well. They visit the Philadelphia Museum of Art; the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; the Franklin Institute Science Museum; the Academy of Music, which houses ballet and opera; and the new Kimmel Center, home to the Philadelphia Orchestra. In addition, SJU students enjoy rooting for Philadelphia’s teams in the four major professional sports leagues.
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