Elizabethtown College Women's Track and Field
Saturday, March 29, 2008

Blue Jays Open Outdoor Track Season at Susquehanna

SELINSGROVE, Pa. --- The Elizabethtown College women's track and field team kicked off its 2008 outdoor schedule by competing in the non-scoring Jim Taylor Invitational at Susquehanna University on Saturday.

Even with a limited number of entries in the meet, the Blue Jays performed strongly with three victories and two second-place finishes on the day.

Junior Tiffany Kulp (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge) won the 1500 meters with a time of 4:47.29, first-year student Allie Gold (Columbia, PA/Hempfield) was first in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 16.20 seconds, the second-best performance in program history, and senior Samantha Adams (Mickleton, NJ/Padua Academy, DE) won the pole vault with a height of 9 feet, 1/4 inch.

Junior Chelsea Miles (Media, PA/Penncrest) was second in the triple jump (34 feet, 2 1/4 inches) and was runner-up in the high jump at 4 feet, 9 3/4 inches, while senior Jenna Riley (Reading, PA/Reading Central Catholic) placed third in the triple jump (33 feet, 10 3/4 inches) and fifth in the long jump (15 feet, 1 1/2 inches).

First-year student Gabrielle Whitley (Lititz, PA/Warwick) finished fifth in the high jump after clearing 4 feet, 7 3/4 inches.

Jim Taylor Invitational - Selinsgrove, PA
Elizabethtown College top finishers
1500: 1. Tiffany Kulp, 4:47.29.
100 hurdles: 1. Allie Gold, 16.20.
4x100: 4. Elizabethtown, 53.37.
4x400: 3. Elizabethtown, 4:20.12.
Long jump: 5. Jenna Riley, 15-1 1/2.
Pole vault: 1. Samantha Adams, 9-0 1/4.
Triple jump: 2. Chelsea Miles, 34-2 1/4; 3. Jenna Riley, 33-10 3/4.
High jump: 2. Chelsea Miles, 4-9 3/4. 5. Gabrielle Whitley, 4-7 3/4.