University of Connecticut Athletics
UConn Takes First Place at the URI Invite #2
2/7/2004 12:00:00 AM | Women's Track and Field
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Feb. 7) - Seven individual first-place finishes propelled the University of Connecticut women’s track and field team to their third win of the season at the URI Invite #2 on Saturday afternoon. UConn had a double winner in April Garner (Temple Hills, Md.) who won both the 55-meter dash and the 55-meter hurdles. Kylie Margolis (Trumbull, Conn.) also turned in a first-place finish with a career-best time of 2:54.65 in the 1,000-meter run to qualify for the ECAC, New England and BIG EAST Championships.
Deirdre Mullen (Princeton, N.J) continued her winning ways with a first-place finish in the high jump, and UConn earned another top spot in a field event when Amy Parkosewich (Bethlehem, Conn.) won the weight throw with a mark of 55-11.75. Other strong finishers in the track events were Allison McCabe (Reading, Mass.) and Kristen Meyer (Hillsborough, N.J.) who took first in the mile run and the 3,000-meter run, respectively.
The Huskies finished with 185.25 team points to come out on top by nearly 50 points over second-place URI who finished with 132.75 points. UConn prevailed over 11 teams at the meet to boost their season record to 30-2.
The team will return to action on Friday and Saturday, February 13-14 when they travel to the Valentines Meet in Boston, Mass.
TOP 5 TEAM RESULTS (of 12)
1. UConn, 185.25
2. URI, 132.75
3. Bucknell, 98.58
4. Brown, 86.25
5. New Hampshire, 45.33
UCONN RESULTS
55 Meter Hurdles - Prelims
1. April Garner, 8.07
12. Marlene Priest, 9.01
55 Meter Hurdles - Finals
1. April Garner, 7.99
55 Meter Dash - Prelims
1. April Garner, 7.19
15. Donalda Boiteax, 7.50
22. Juliene Anderson, 7.64
55 Meter Dash - Finals
1. April Garner, 7.16
400 Meter Dash
4. Jennifer Rogers, 59.38
5. Danielle Lattimore, 59.75
21. Rachel Smith, 1:03.88
24. Erin Fuller, 1:04.19
29. Lashanda Jackson, 1:08.29
500 Meter Dash
2. Nicola Hines, 1:15.68
7. Marlene Priest, 1:19.51
12. Melanie Murphy, 1:21.23
14. Erin Sales, 1:21.50
200 Meter Dash
2. April Garner, 25.27
4. Donalda Boiteax, 25.86
30. Jennifer Rogers, 27.60
34. Juliene Anderson, 28.27
35. Erin Fuller, 28.32
39. Lashanda Jackson, 29.24
40. Katie Capella, 29.26
800 Meter Run
5. Breanne Lucey, 2:19.32
6. Allison McCabe, 2:19.56
1000 Meter Run
1. Kiley Margolis, 2:54.65
5. Kyle MacQueen, 3:01.03
11. Jillian Sullivan, 3:12.94
Mile Run
1. Allison McCabe, 5:02.50
8. Jillian Sullivan, 5:11.86
29. Bethany Lepine, 5:43.72
32. Geraldine Napoleone, 6:08.28
3000 Meter Run
1. Kristen Meyer, 10:13.39
7. Niamh Cunningham, 10:26.33
12. Julie LaFrano, 10:35.36
19. Cara Reardon, 10:48.61
4x400 Meter Relay
6. UConn "A", 4:00.35
7. UConn "B", 4;05.53
Distance Medley Relay
4. UConn "A", 12:35.28
Triple Jump
2. Caitlyn Brady, 11.98m (39-03.75)
5. Francesca Kersenbrock, 11.38m (37-04.0)
Weight Throw
1. Amy Parkosewich, 17.06m (55-11.75)
4. Cassie Buckwalter, 14.89m (48-10.25)
11. Allison Booth, 13.87m (45-06.25)
14. Daisy VanRavenswaay, 13.58m (44-06.75)
High Jump
1. Deirdre Mullen, 1.81m (5-11.25)
5. Francesca Kersenbrock, 1.60m (5-03.0)
Long Jump
3. Caitlyn Brady, 5.30m (17-04.75)
6. Francesca Kersenbrock, 5.15m (16-10.75)
7. Jennifer Rogers, 5.09m (16-8.50)
16. Katie Capella, 4.64m (15-02.75)
Pole Vault
3. Michelle Beamon, 3.30m (10-10.0)
T5. Leah Williams, 3.15m (10-4.0)
T8. Lisa Kachmarsky, 3.00m (9-10.0)
Shot Put
2. Amy Parkosewich, 12.99m (42-7.50)
3. Daisy VanRavenswaay, 12.98m (42-7.0)
4. Allison Booth, 12.47m (40-11.0)
8. Cassie Buckwalter, 11.89m (39-0.25)
