DIII New England's
May 4-5th at Springfield College
Amherst Results
Women 5th with 54 points and the Men 10th with 25 points
(Women followed by Men and Recap at Bottom of Page)
Women 10000 Meter Run
1 Garrahan, Shauneen Amherst 35:40.41 - NCAA Auto / Meet Record 2 Tropiano, Elise Amherst 35:49.47 - NCAA Auto 7 Mortimer, Laura Amherst 39:05.80 18 Dalton, Liz Amherst 40:38.01
Women 400 Meter Hurdles
3 Millard, Maria Amherst 1:03.8h
11 Silverman, Kate Amherst 1:08.4h
Women 800 Meter Run
4 McDermott-Murphy, Cai Amherst 2:18.5h
Women 5000 Meter Run
4 Wilson, Heather Amherst 17:54.0h
6 Galleher, Sophia Amherst 18:30.0h
8 Anderson, Nicole Amherst 18:31.9h
Women 1500 Meter Run
6 Tropiano, Elise Amherst 4:45.57
14 Wilson, Heather Amherst 4:55.26
19 Walton, Zandra Amherst 4:55.95
29 Ray, Meg Amherst 5:05.80
Women 3000 Meter Steeplechase
8 Moravec, Katie Amherst 11:52.86
Women 400 Meter Dash
10 Campbell, Hannah Amherst 1:01.13
13 Levenson, Carly Amherst 1:01.48
Women 4x100 Meter Relay
12 Baker, Campbell, Millard, Silverman 51.82
Women 4x400 Meter Relay 4:05.3h
5 Levenson 63.5, Silverman 62.4, Campbell 60.6, Millard 59.3 4:05.3h
Women 4x800 Meter Relay 9:28.8h
3 Priedeman 2:21, Reggie 2:25, Walton 2:21, Murphy 2:21
Men 5000 Meter Run
1 Freese, Nathaniel Amherst 14:56.5h
6 Eubank, Carlyle Amherst 15:12.7h
9 Harbus, Mike Amherst 15:17.0h
Men 10000 Meter Run
1 Murner, Daniel Amherst 32:19.71
Men 3000 Meter Steeplechase
9 Boley, Robert Amherst 9:46.74
13 Wilson, Richard Amherst 9:54.13
17 Foote, Peter Amherst 10:06.72
Men 800 Meter Run
14 Babbott, John Amherst 1:57.61
16 Stewart, Stephen Amherst 1:57.77
19 Swanson, Jimmy Amherst 1:58.64
24 Beaty, Basile Amherst 2:00.36
32 Kiley, Jack Amherst 2:11.11
Men 1500 Meter Run
14 Babbott, John Amherst 4:04.43
15 Bell, William Amherst 4:05.57
Men 4x100 Meter Relay
14 Stricsek, Moore, Stewart, Callahan 46.61
Men 4x400 Meter Relay7 Stewart 53.2, Callahan 50.7, Beaty 52.6, Kiley 49.5 3:26.1h
Meet Recap
Athletes of the Meet - Nate Freese'07 and Molly Priedeman'09
The teams tested their mettle against the rest of the Division III teams in New England at the 2 Day, DIII New England Championships held at Springfield College. On Friday night, in windy conditions, the 10k was an Amherst affair as Daniel Murner kept to pace and at four miles, overtook the leader and continued to push the pace en route to a 20 second victory. Shauneen Garrahan and Elise Tropiano traded laps every 3 circuits on the track to help keep the pace fast, and despite a huge field that was being lapped before the first mile, both hit automatic qualifiers for the NCAA Championships while destroying the former meet record. Laura Mortimer, battling the effects of strep throat ran great to finish 7th while Liz Dalton posted her best time of the year.
On Saturday, Nate Freese - despite being a senior, had never run at a Championship meet outdoors before last week, improved upon his 2nd place finish from last weekend by pulling away from the field in the 5k with 3 laps to go and not only winning the race, but also breaking 15 minutes. In the same race, Carlyle Eubank, who led for the first 4-5 laps of the race, had a strong race to finish 6th while Mike Harbus had a strong last mile to nearly grab the final scoring spot. Robert Boley just missed placing in the steeplechase but knocked 10 seconds off his best time of the year while rich Wilson used a big last 100m to dip under the ECAC qualifier to help extend his final season. The men's 4 x 400 relay of Steve Stewart, Kit Callahan, Basile Beaty and Jack Kiley ran to their best time of the year to finish 7th, aided by big legs from both Kit and Jack. Steve had a big PR in the 800, as he threw down a huge last 200 to win his section and break 1:58 for the first time, finishing just behind John Babbott who had a strong race in the championship section. Will Bell and John placed 15th and 14th in the 1500.
Maria Millard finished 3rd in the 400 Hurdles, with Kate Silverman running her best time of the year to finish 11th. After a long break happening seconds before the race was to start due to a timing malfunction, Caitlin Murphy finished 4th in the 800. She then anchored the 4 x 800 relay team of Molly Priedeman - who had a great lead off leg that was 4 seconds faster then any 800 that she has run before - Mary Doris Reggie and Zandra Walton to a 3rd place finish. Heather Wilson led Sophie Galleher and Nicole Anderson to a 4, 6 and 8th place finish in the 5000. Elise Tropiano, despite having run the night before, tested her speed on tired legs by placing 6th in the 1500 and a new PR. Katie Moravec won her section of the steeplechase handily in a 30 second improvement from earlier in the year, and would finish 8th overall. Hannah Campbell and Carly Levenson placed 10th and 13th respectively in the 400, and then joined with Maria and Kate to finish 5th in the 4x400.