Gator Women First, Men Second at W&J Invitational

Apr 9, 2005

Results

WASHINGTON, Pa. – The Allegheny College men’s and women’s track and field teams had impressive performances Saturday at the Washington & Jefferson College Invitational, as the women took first place out of 10 teams and the men finished second behind only Carnegie Mellon University.

The women’s team put on a dominating display, as it totaled 194.5 points to easily outdistance second place Carnegie Mellon (131). The Gators collected 13 top three placements, including five first place showings. Freshman Sarah Sammel (Pittsburgh, Pa./ Bethel Park) had a big day, as she won the 100-meter dash with a finals time of 13.30 seconds. Sammel (left) would also place fourth overall in the 200 (28.04) and sixth in the pole vault.

Two other Allegheny women took firsts on the track, as sophomore Rashelle Glass (New Castle, Pa./ Shenango) won the 800 with a time of 2:26.30, just .42 ahead of CMU’s Ashley Bakelum, and senior Leah Shouey (Franklin, Pa.) crossed first in the 1,500 in a time of 4:40.83.

Grabbing top three placements at the meet were senior Lindsay Shouey (Franklin, Pa.) and senior Katie Kuba (Buckhannon, W.Va.), who took second (18:54.36) and third (19:22.86) respectively in the 5K, and freshman Liz Straus (Kirtland, Ohio), who was third in the 100 hurdles (16.86).

Winning events in the field were junior Alexis Mioducki (Grand Island, N.Y.), who cleared 1.59 meters to win the high jump, and senior Erika Almquist (Lexington, Mass.), who took first with a best effort of 10.72 meters in the triple jump. Freshman Emily Pfeufer (St. Mary’s, Pa./ Elk County Catholic) had a pair of second place showings in the long jump (5.23 meters) and triple jump (10.71 meters).

Earning third place in two different events was junior Amanda Grilli (Washington, Pa./ Trinity) in the long jump (4.90 meters) and freshman Liz Earley (Venetia, Pa./ Peters Township) in the shot put (11.74 meters).

On the men’s side, Allegheny scored 123.5 points, behind only Carnegie Mellon but well ahead of nine other teams. Three first places highlighted the nine top three finishes on the day. The lone first on the track came from junior Mark Delaney (Pittsburgh, Pa./ Mt. Lebanon), who won the 800 by crossing in a time of 1:58.4.

Other winners on the day included sophomore Mark Dobish (New Wilmington, Pa./ Wilmington Area), who cleared 4.42 meters in the pole vault to claim first, and junior Sean Laird (Monroeville, Pa./ Gateway) (right), who triple jumped 12.35 meters to take the event.

A trio of other Gators grabbed second place honors in their events, as freshman Justin Schwab (Kill Buck, N.Y./ Salamanca) cleared 1.96 meters in the high jump, freshman Conrad Rapp (Medway, Mass./ Worcester Academy) placed behind Dobish in the pole vault with a best effort of 4.26 meters and sophomore Pat Confer (Bradford, Pa./ Bradford Area) recorded a throw of 14.55 meters in the shot put.

Back on the track, seniors Kevin Pool (New Windsor, Md./ Westminster) and Jeff Conroy (Pittsburgh, Pa./ Baldwin) went 2-3 in the 1,500, as Pool finished in 4:00.83 and Conroy crossed in 4:01.41. Although junior Dave Griffin (Pittsburgh, Pa./ Montour) did not place in the top three, he did finish fourth in both the 110 (17.00) and 400 (59.10) hurdles.

Both teams hit the track again next week when they compete at the Slippery Rock University Invitational Saturday afternoon.

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