April 23, 2007

PRINCETON, NJ - The Saint Joseph's women's track team had a banner weekend at the Larry Ellis Invitational in Princeton, NJ, as 13 personal records and one school record fell at the meet. Senior Valerie Ramirez highlighted the Hawk performance, shattering her own 100m hurdles record and setting two other personal bests in the 100m and 200m dashes.

Ramirez turned in a time of 14.67 (second place) in the 100m hurdles to beat her previous record of 15.04 by nearly four-tenths of a second. On top of that, Ramirez took second in the 100m as well, setting a personal best with a 12.53. Her 25.95 in the 200m, her third personal record for the meet, earned her sixth-place honors. Ramirez also ran the leadoff leg of the 4x100 relay squad that took first place with a time of 47.55. That is the fastest 4x100 time the Hawks have turned in this season, and is .19 seconds shy of the school record.

Two other seniors set personal bests in their events as well. Erin Kelly ran a 2:15.74 in the elite 800m race on Friday night. Meanwhile, Maddie Bell turned in a time of 18:35.12 in the 5,000m. Joining Bell in the 5,000m were junior Adriene Beltz with a 19:00.97 and sophomore Amy Rhein with a time of 18:07.92, both personal bests.

Also running personal bests for SJU were sophomores Andrea Florida (10:19.76 in the 3,000m) and Skylar Rea (1:09.16 in the 400m hurdles). Freshmen Caitlin McGrath (58.20 in the 400m) and Caitlin Reusche (2:20.88 in the 800m) also beat their previous personal best marks. Freshman standout Nicole McMullen placed fourth in the long jump, topping her previous best leap by over nine inches. Her mark of 18-10 ½ is the second-best jump in the conference this season. Also turning in a personal best in the long jump was freshman Erin Vanderhoof, who recorded a leap of 17-8 ¾.

SJU returns to competition this week at the Penn Relays, held at the University of Pennsylvania's Franklin Field.

Complete Hawk Results
Men
100m - Christopher Caranante, 12.64
200m - Drew Brandt, 22.81; Joe Witiw, 23.10; Matthew Weaver, 23.83
400m - Brian Doherty, 50.28; Brandt, 50.36; Witiw, 50.43; Brendan Kearney, 51.53; Weaver, 52.17; Tom Gonzalez, 55.89
400m hurdles - Steven Philbrook, 58.71
800m (Friday) - Doherty, 1:56.30; Kearney, 2:03.87
800m (Saturday) - Chris Kessler, 1:56.87; Brian O'Neill, 1:59.10
1,500m (Friday) - Mike DiDio, 3:45.83
1,500m (Saturday) - Jonathan Sclafani, 4:05.06; Justin Heinze, 4:09.49; Richard Ryan, 4:10.29; George Wittman, 4:13.12; Chris Savino, 4:19.16; James Jennings, 4:21.41
3,000m Steeplechase - Ryan, 9:16.00
5,000m (Friday) - 1. Teddy Meyers, 14:10.73; William Rowland, 15:12.36; Shawn Duffy, 15:20.65
4x400 Relay - 7. SJU (Kessler, Kearney, Doherty, Philbrook), 3:22.32
Shot Put - Matthew McClure, 43-2 ½

Women
100m - 2. Valerie Ramirez, 12.53
100m hurdles - 2. Ramirez, 14.67, Kristen Pierce, 15.63; Lauren Slack, 15.68; Morgan Matecki, 16.67
200m - 2. Jordan Teuber, 25.30; 6. Ramirez, 25.95
400m - Julie Lentz, 57.21; Caitlin McGrath, 58.20; Amanda Guthridge, 1:00.41; Kierstin Quinn, 1:00.44; Lauren Walsh, 1:05.71
400m hurdles - Pierce, 1:06.82; Matecki, 1:08.51; Skylar Rea, 1:09.16
800m (Friday) - Erin Kelly, 2:15.74; Rebecca Powell, 2:23.67
800m (Saturday) - Caitlin Reusche, 2:20.88; Renee Spangler, 2:22.29; Anna Cushing, 2:23.68; Katherine Schott, 2:31.73; Danielle Plenzo, 2:38.47
1,500m (Friday) - Suzie McHenry, 4:49.07
3,000m - 2. Andrea Florida, 10:19.76; Juli Stensland, 11:26.16
5,000m (Friday) - Amy Rhein, 18:07.92; Maddie Bell, 18:35.12; Adriene Beltz, 19:00.97
4x100 Relay - 1. SJU (Ramirez, Teuber, Lentz, McMullen), 47.55
4x400 Relay - 5. SJU (McGrath, Guthridge, McMullen, Lentz), 3:54.07
Long Jump - 4. Nicole McMullen, 18-10 ½; Erin Vanderhoof, 17-8 ¾; Slack, 17-4 ¼; Beth Getty, 16-0 ¼
High Jump - T8. Slack, 5-1; T8. Natalie Miller, 5-1; Vanderhoof, NH
Triple Jump - 6. Teuber, 37-6; Slack, 34-8 ¼; Vanderhoof, 33-10; Getty, 33-4 ½, Miller, 32-6 ¼
Javelin - Natalie Millet, 98-1; Tracyann Calabrese, 92-8; Ramirez, ND