GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Jennifer Garnett (Los Altos,
Calif./Homestead) won her second 400 meters this season to
lead McDaniel to a third-place finish at the 2009 Mason-Dixon
Invitational hosted by Gettysburg in women's track and field
action on Saturday.
Behind Garnett's personal-best time of 1:01.28, the Green
Terror finished with 78 points. Gettysburg won the team title with
225 points while Frostburg was second with 161 points.
On the men's side, McDaniel finished seventh (64). The
Bullets also won to complete the sweep of their own meet, finishing
with 235 points.
The 4x400-meter relay team finished second with a time of 4:35.80
while Roxanne Fleischer (Westminster, Md./Winters
Mill) and Heidi Davidhizar rounded out
the top-three finisher on the women's side. Fleischer was
third in the 10,000 (46.10.94) while Davidhizar was third in the
100 hurdles (17.10).
Kristin Duling (Hampstead, Md./North Carroll) and
Lauren DiNatale (Auburn, N.H./Manchester Memorial)
added fourth-place finishes in the 200 (25.78) and 1,500 (6:06.77),
respectively.
On the men's side, Rob Kelvey (Westminster,
Md./Westminster) led the way with a second-place showing
in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, crossing in a time of 10:10.41
– the fourth-fastest time in program history.
Juris Eyler (Middletown, Md./Middletown) added a
personal-best time of 51.23 seconds in the 400 to place
third.
Cody Crutchley (Frederick, Md./Gov/. Thomas
Johnson) also finished third in the 800 (2:02.07) while
CJ Naper (New Windsor, Md./South Carroll) was
fourth in the same event (2:02.90).
Naper was also fourth in the steeplechase (10:19.45) and ran the
lead-off leg of the 4x400-meter relay, which finished sixth with a
season-best time of 3:36.69.
McDaniel returns to action at the Paul Kaiser Classic hosted by
Shippensburg on Saturday.
Women's Team Scores: 1. Gettysburg 225,
2. Frostburg 161, 3. McDaniel 78, 4. Gettysburg Alumni 40, 5.
Hagerstown C.C. 37, 6. Prince George's C.C. 32.
McDaniel Results: 200: 4.
Kristin Duling
28.75, 10.
Stefanie McCole 32.50;
400: 1. Jennifer
Garnett 1:01.28, 8.
Emma Nichols 1:06.27;
800: 8.
Missy Black 2:54.69, 9.
Catherine Gill 3:03.72;
1,500: 4. Lauren DiNatale 6:06.77, 6.
Lisa Katchen
6:21.75, 7.
Katie Griffith 6:58.89;
10,000: 3.
Roxanne Fleischer 46:10.94, 4.
Rachel Griffith 48:59.55, 5. Emily
Hajjar 50:57.05;
100 Hurdles: 3.
Heidi Davidhizar
17.10, 4. McCole 18.70;
4x400 Relay: 2.
“A” 4:35.80;
Shot Put: 7.
Erin Balsamo
8.07m, 10. Desi Coverley 7.27m;
Discus: 6.
Coverley 17.78m;
Javelin: 5.
Kelsey Hetrick
19.19m, 6. Balsamo 17.86m, 8.
Erin Duffy 16.25m.
Men's Team Scores: 1. Gettysburg 235,
2. Frostburg 174, 3. Prince George's C.C. 94, 4. Howard C.C
73, 5. Hagerstown C.C. 69, 6. McDaniel 64, 7. Gettysburg Alumni
20.
McDaniel Results: 100
Prelims: 5q. Juris Eyler 11.76, 16. Alex Reiser 12.28;
100 Finals: 7. Eyler 12.56; 200:
16. Reiser 25.14; 400: 3. Eyler 51.23, 14. Reiser
55.40; 800: 3. Cody Crutchley 2:02.07, 4. CJ Naper
2:02.90, 9. Rob Kelvey 2:07.56, 15. Kyle Levers 2:12.30, 19. Dan
White 2:15.72; 1,500: 5. Scott Pusateri 4:18.71;
110 Hurdles: 7. Jake Nichols 20.69; 400
Hurdles: 7. Rick Gonzalez 1:02.35, 11. Nichols 1:05.26,
12. CJ Fillipi 1:08.49; 3,000 Steeplechase: 2.
Kelvey 10:10.41, 4. Naper 10:19.45; 4x100 Relay:
5. “A” 46.72; 4x400 Relay: 6. Naper,
Eyler, Crutchley, Gonzalez 3:36.69; Long Jump: 8.
Ken Polk 5.25m; Triple Jump: 4. Polk 11.70m;
Javelin: 7. Levers 38.64m, 10. Nichols 32.03m, 11.
Crutchley 30.29m.
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