Jan. 12, 2008

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.--The SJU Women's Track team opened its 2008 indoor track campaign at the Penn State Relays Saturday. Junior standout Andrea Florida won the mile by nine seconds, while freshman Kristin Andrews fared well in the 500 running to a fifth place finish.

Florida finished the mile in 5:11.09, besting second place finisher Jamelle Young of Penn State who ran a time of 5:20.88. Junior Juli Stensland finished fifth in the race in a time of 5:28.47.

Andrews completed the 500m run in a time of 1:18.32, good for fifth place. Another top finish was Nicole McMullen's sixth place showing in the long jump, leaping to a distance of 18' 1¾''.

The Hawks are in action next week at the Ursinus Invitational in Collegeville, Pa. on Friday.

55m Hurdles (Preliminaries)
13. Jessica Chen 8.91
21. Morgan Matecki 9.50

55m Dash (Preliminaries)
10. Jordan Teuber 7.45
22. Cara Quinn 7.73

300m Dash
17. Morgan Matecki 45.29
19. Cara Quinn 46.55

500m Run
5. Kristin Andrews 1:18.32
10. Skylar Rea 1:21.59
13. Lauren Walsh 1:22.81
14. Caitlin McGrath 1:23.08
1,000m Run
8. Christina Morelli 3:12.44


One Mile Run
1. Andrea Florida 5:11.09
5. Juli Stensland 5:28.47
8. Laura Faller 5:36.68

3,000m Run
8. Amy Rhein 10:36.04
13. Jessica DiCicco 11:18.80

4x200m Relay
9. Saint Joseph's 1:52.19
Cara Quinn, Morgan Matecki, Jessica Chen, Lauren Walsh

4x400m Relay
7. Saint Joseph's 4:00.19
Caitlin McGrath, Kristin Andrews, Jordan Teuber, Nicole McMullen

4x800m Relay
7. Saint Joseph's 9:39.69
Caitlin Reusche, Katie Pencek, Kierstin Quinn, Annie Cushing

Distance Medley Relay
10. Saint Joseph's 12:47.13
Annie Cushing, Lauren Wallace, Caitlin Reusche, Andrea Florida

High Jump
8. Natalie Miller 5' 3''

Long Jump
6. Nicole McMullen 18' 1¾''
14. Erin Vanderhoof 16' 5¾''
22. Beth Getty 16' ¼''
29. Nohjay Nimpson 14' 7¼''

Triple Jump
9. Nohjay Nimpson 35' 7¾''
14. Erin Vanderhoof 33' 5¾''
15. Beth Getty 32' 11¾''