Elizabethtown College Women's Track and Field
Saturday, February 9, 2008

Blue Jays In Action at New Balance Collegiate Invitational

NEW YORK, N.Y. --- Members of the Elizabethtown College women's track and field team competed at the eighth annual New Balance Collegiate Invitational at the 168th Street Armory on Friday and Saturday.

On Friday, graduate student Lori Havrilak (West Grove, PA/St. Mark's, DE) finished the 400 meters in a time of 1:00.44, the second-fastest time in program history and just two-hundredths of a second off the school record of 1:00.42 set by Tina Bucci in 2006. Sophomore Megan VanDenHengel (Mechanicsburg, PA/Cumberland Valley) ran in the 800 meters and was clocked in 2:27.97.

On Saturday, junior Tiffany Kulp (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge) took 21st in the mile run with a school-record time of 5:09.12, breaking the mark of 5:12.59 set by Katie Garner in 2005.

Earlier, senior Erin Fisher (McEwensville, PA/Warrior Run) finished ninth out of 21 runners in the 5000 meters with a career indoor best time of 17:52.14, in a field that including 14 Division I runners.

Pictured: Tiffany Kulp '09 en route to setting the Elizabethtown College women's track and field record in the mile run at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational in New York City on Feb. 9. Photo by Tom "Drac" Williams.