Elizabethtown College Women's Track and Field
Saturday, March 1, 2008

Elizabethtown Finishes Second at MAC Indoor Track and Field Championships

SELINSGROVE, Pa. --- The Elizabethtown College women's indoor track and field team finished second at the Middle Atlantic Conference championships at Susquehanna University on Saturday afternoon.

The Blue Jays tallied 127 points to place runner-up to champion Messiah College, which finished with 144.33 points to claim the team crown.

Leading the Blue Jays was junior Tiffany Kulp (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge), who posted wins in the 800 meters (2:20.89) and set a new MAC record in the mile with a winning time of 5:10.42.

Senior Erin Fisher (McEwensville, PA/Warrior Run) also took home a gold medal as she won the 5000 meters with a time of 17:34.50, and was fourth in the mile in 5:16.63.

The Blue Jays also picked up a victory in the distance medley relay, with the team of senior Meghan Ryder (Hatboro, PA/Hatboro-Horsham), sophomore Sarah Merusi (Montague, NJ/Port Jervis, NY), first-year student Kristin Bowen (West Chester, PA/Downingtown West) and Fisher coming home in 12:48.08, the sixth-best time in school history.

The 4x800-meter team of Bowen, Ryder, first-year student Alex Walmer (Hershey, PA/Hershey) and Kulp placed second overall but set a new school record with a time of 10:00.26, breaking the mark of 10:04.70 set in 2004.

In other running events, graduate student Lori Havrilak (West Grove, PA/St. Mark's, DE) was second in the 400 meters (1:00.92) and fourth in the 200 meters (27.40 seconds), while first-year student Allie Gold (Columbia, PA/Hempfield) took third in the 55-meter hurdles (9.16 seconds).

In the 5000 meters, senior Sarah Grove (Harrisburg, PA/Central Dauphin East) was fourth with a time of 19:11.57, the eighth-best mark in program history, while junior Amanda Daws (Thorofare, NJ/West Deptford) was fifth at 19:14.64 and first-year student Kristen O'Brien (Westminster, MD/Winters Mill) placed sixth in 19:20.09.

In the field, junior Chelsea Miles (Media, PA/Penncrest) won three silver medals as she was second in the high jump at 4 feet, 9 3/4 inches, in the long jump at 16 feet, 1/2 inch and in the triple jump at 34 feet, 2 3/4 inches.

Senior Jenna Riley (Reading, PA/Reading Central Catholic) finished third in the triple jump at 34 feet, 2 inches while in the pole vault senior Samantha Adams (Mickleton, NJ/Padua Academy) was third at 9 feet, 1/4 inch and first-year student Lauren Riley (Sanatoga, PA/Pottsgrove) was fourth at the same height.

The 4x400-meter relay team of Havrilak, Merusi, Miles and Gold took third with a time of 4:17.88 for eighth place on the school's all-time list, while the 4x200 quartet of Havrilak, Lauren Riley, sophomore Rebekah Arbogast (York, PA/Eastern York) and Gold was fourth in 1:52.45.

Middle Atlantic Conference
Women's Indoor Track and Field Championships
at Susquehanna University

Individual winners plus top six finishers from Etown
55: Kristen Bates (Mes), 7.52
55 hurdles: Kristen Bates (Mes), 8.27
200: Brianne Genter (A), 27.15; 4. Lori Havrilak, 27.40
400: Rachel Hepkins (Mes), 59.88; 2. Lori Havrilak, 1:00.92
800: Tiffany Kulp (E), 2:20.89
Mile: Tiffany Kulp (E), 5:10.42; 4. Erin Fisher, 5:16.63
5000: Erin Fisher (E), 17:34.50; 4. Sarah Grove, 19:11.57; 5. Amanda Daws, 19:14.64; 6. Kristen O'Brien, 19:20.09
4x200: Misericordia (Lozier, Pellegrino, Bochnovich, Razawich), 1:50.61; 4. Elizabethtown (Havrilak, L. Riley, Arbogast, Gold), 1:52.45
4x400: Messiah (Bates, Sisson, Carbone, Hepkins), 4:14.39; 3. Elizabethtown (Havrilak, Merusi, Miles, Gold), 4:17.88
4x800: Messiah (Monachello, Weaner, Martin, Kaste), 9:57.23; 2. Elizabethtown (Bowen, Ryder, Walmer, Kulp), 10:00.26
Distance medley relay: Elizabethtown (Ryder, Merusi, Bowen, Fisher), 12:48.08
High jump: Kristen Bates (Mes), 4-11 3/4; 2. Chelsea Miles, 4-9 3/4
Long jump: Kristen Bates (Mes), 16-6 1/2; 2. Chelsea Miles, 16-0 1/2
Triple jump: Kristen Bates (Mes), 36-5 3/4; 2. Chelsea Miles, 34-2 3/4; 3. Jenna Riley, 34-2
Pole vault: Samantha Ward (DSU), 10-11 3/4; 3. Samantha Adams, 9-0 1/4; 4. Lauren Riley, 9-0 1/4
Weight throw: Lauren Lucci (W), 49-3 3/4
Shot put: Lauren Lucci (W), 48-0 3/4

Team scores: Messiah (Mes) 144.33, Elizabethtown (E) 127, Widener (W) 82, Misericordia (Mis) 66.33, DeSales (DSU) 57.33, Albright (A) 29, Lebanon Valley (LV) 11, Delaware Valley (DV) 6.