Jan. 23, 2009

COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. – The Saint Joseph’s women’s track team finished second at the 2009 Collegeville Classic hosted by Ursinus College on Friday night.  SJU was paced by victories in the 55-meter dash, 55-meter hurdles, triple jump and 4x200m relay.

Sophomore Nohjay Nimpson paced the short-handed Hawks who held out many of their top athletes in preparation for the PSU National Meet next week.  Nimpson captured gold in the triple jump with a leap of 36-0¼. 

Later, Nimpson went on to lead the 4x200m relay to victory.  The relay won the race in a time of 1:48.04.

Freshman Ashley Williams won the 55-meter dash with a time of 7.44 and fellow classmate Stefani Zabilowicz won the 55-meter hurdles in 8.56.  Zabilowicz was followed by teammate Kristin Pierce (8.68) in second.

Allison Smith jumped 5-1¾ to tie for the best high jump of the day.  She took second in the event due to the jumps tiebreaker.

SJU will return to action next week as the teams will compete at two meets—Penn State National and the Thomson Invitational at Delaware.

55 Meters
1. Ashley Williams    7.44
11. Karly Cahill    7.73
12. Emily Coldren    7.74

55-meter hurdles
1. Stefani Zabilowicz    8.56
2. Kristin Pierce    8.68
6. Jessica Chen    9.06
7. Morgan Matecki    9.07
10. Amy Volz        9.36

200 Meters
7. Emily Coldren    27.47

400 Meters
4. Lauren Wenzel    1:03.15
6. Amy Volz        1:03.66

Mile Run
10. Beth Lambright    5:29.51
14. Christina Morelli    5:35.30
21. Liz Welsh        5:47.38
30. Carolyn Haggerty    5:56.93
34. Jackie Stuppiello    6:11.44

4x200m Relay
1. Saint Joseph’s A    1:48.04
6. Saint Joseph’s B    1:55.53

High Jump
2. Allison Smith    1.57m    5-1 ¾

Shot Put
27. Dara Hackett    7.24m    24-4 ¼

Triple Jump
1. Nohjay Nimpson    10.98m    36-0 ¼