Kathryn O'Leary |
Stonehill Competes at BU Valentine's Invitational
4x400 relay team breaks
school record for second-straight week
O'Leary, Carmone and Jarrard qualify for New England
Championships
BOSTON, Mass. (December 13, 2010) - The Stonehill College women's indoor track and field team joined a big field competing at the Boston University Valentine's Invitational at the BU Track & Tennis Center on Friday.
Leading the way for Stonehill was its 4x400-meter relay team which shattered the school record for the second-straight week as it finished 19th overall, out of 35 entries, with a time of 4:02.61. Running for the Skyhawks were senior Kathryn O'Leary (Rensselaer, N.Y./Columbia), junior Danielle Wheeler (Carmel, N.Y./Carmel) and sophomores Susan O'Connell (East Greenwich, R.I./East Greenwich) and Christen Carrier (Manchester, N.H./Manchester Central). The team won its heat race and broke the previous record of 4:07.65 they set last weekend at the Tufts Stampede. They were 16th among collegiate entries and third among Division II relay teams.
Erin Carmone |
O'Leary also qualified for the New England Championships in the 500-meter dash with a time of 1:19.41 to place 17th out of 51 entries. She was 13th among collegiate entries and the top Division II finisher. Carrier placed 65th (out of 145 entries) in the 400-meter dash with a time of 1:01.73. O'Connell placed 48th (out of 165) in the 800-meters with a time of 2:19.90.
Freshmen Erin Carmone (Riverside, R.I./East Providence) and Jessica Jarrard (Shrewsbury, Mass./Hudson Catholic) both qualified for the New England Championships later this month in the 5000-meter run, finishing back-to-back in 23rd and 24th, respectively, out of 62 competitors. Carmone posted a time of 18:05.48, while Jarrard finished in 18:05.75. Classmate Lynley Joynt (Guilderland, N.Y./Guilderland) took 34th overall in 18:29.31.
Other results for
Stonehill included:
Junior Lindsey Booth (Franklin, Mass./Franklin)
placed 23rd out of 43 competitors in the 1000-meter run
with a time of 3:07.89.
Sophomore Vlada Shelkova (Newington, Conn./Newington) finished 25th (out of 39 entries) in the long jump with a distance of 15'5.50".
Jessica Jarrard |
Freshman Olivia Dyson (Reading, Mass./Reading Memorial) finished 40th (out of 70 competitors) in the 55-meter dash with a time of 7.64-seconds.
Junior Lindsey Pinkham (Skowhegan, Maine/Skowhegan) placed 41st, out of 165 entries, in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:19.43.
Freshman Kathryn Bernazzani (Norwood, Mass./Norwood), the school-record holder in the 55-meter high hurdles, finished 47th (out of 76 competitors) in that event with a time of 9.04-seconds. Classmate Sarah Burke (South Yarmouth, Mass./Dennis-Yarmouth) finished 50th in 9.06-seconds.
Freshman Kristen Veit (Easthampton, Mass./Holyoke Catholic) and sophomore Jill Alves (Whitman, Mass./Whitman-Hanson) placed 51st and 52nd, respectively in the mile run out of 140 entries. Veit posted a time of 5:16.96, while Alves finished in 5:17.19. They were 38th and 39th among collegiate entries and first and second among Division II runners.
Stonehill is back in action on Thursday for the Northeast-10 Conference Championships, co-hosted by Stonehill, Bentley University and the University of Massachusetts Lowell, at the Reggie Lewis Track & Athletic Center in Boston, beginning at 4 p.m.