University of Connecticut Athletics
Women's Track Dominates At GoRhody Invitational
1/20/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Track and Field
KINGSTON, R.I. (January 20, 2006) - The University of Connecticut women's track and field team captured eight individual titles on the way to dominating the competition at the GoRhody Invitational on Friday. The Huskies amassed 264 points on the day, 160 more than second-place Brown, who finished with 104 points.
Sophomore Edwina Clark (Sydney, Australia) was the story of the meet for UConn, capturing both the long jump and 400m titles. Clark ran the 400m in a time of 57.84 and had a jump of 6.01m in the long jump. In the 55m, freshman Jessica Foreman (Wayland, Mass.) ran a time of 7.06, good for first place. She may have taken first, but the Huskies finished second, third and fourth in the event as well.
Another event that UConn dominated was the 200m. Freshman Alyssa Evering (Bel Air, M.D.) took the event in a time of 25.12. She was followed by Foreman in second in a time of 25.25, while other members of the UConn team finished fourth, fifth, sixth and eighth in the race.
Sophomore Tamara Highsmith (East Haven, Conn.) captured the 55m hurdles in 8.34 seconds while the UConn 'A' team took the title in the 4x400m relay. Highsmith also captured the title in the triple jump with a jump of 12.02m while junior Jen Rogers (Parksville, British Columbia) took second in both the long jump (5.74m) and the triple jump (11.54m). Sophomore Erin Donnelly (Barrington, R.I.) won the weight throw with a throw of 16.32m.
The Huskies are next in action on Friday and Saturday, January 27 and 28 at the Penn State Invitational.
55 Meter Dash
1. Jessica Foreman, 7.06
2. Monique Hodges, 7.27
3. Alyssa Evering, 7.29
4. Jessica White, 7.37
7. Maria Brown, 7.43
200 Meter Dash
1. Alyssa Evering, 25.12
2. Jessica Foreman, 25.25
4. Mandela Graves-Fulgham, 25.88
5. Kara Budd, 26.03
6. Marla Brown, 26.05
8. Sharelle Green, 26.42
13. Jessica White, 26.97
18. Larease Royes, 27.54
19. Marlene Priest, 27.61
28. Katie Bieganousky, 28.53
31. Rachel Smith, 28.73
400 Meter Dash
1. Edwina Clark, 57.84
3. Jen Rogers, 58.81
5. Mandela Graves-Fulgham, 59.43
6. Sharelle Green, 59.52
13. Katie Bieganousky, 1:05.00
18. Rachel Smith, 1:09.61
19. Tiffany Green, 1:15.76
Mile Run
5. Jillian Sullivan, 5:07.04
18. Taylor Lebovich, 5:30.50
500 Meter Run
2. Marlene Priest, 1:18.56
3. Vicki Weismann, 1:19.24
4. Kaitlyn Whitlock, 1:20.64
12. Larease Royes, 1:33.83
800 Meter Run
5. Erin Sales, 2:22.21
7. Emily Lewek, 2:23.48
1000 Meter Run
6. Keelan King, 3:03.33
8. Jillian Sullivan, 3:05.09
14. Melanie Murphy, 3:09.95
3000 Meter Run
3. Niamh Cunningham, 10:17.57
5. Orlaith Cunningham, 10:36.58
10. Katie Vaughan, 10:46.16
15. Cara Reardon, 10:59.85
16. Rebecca McCollum, 11:01.53
55 Meter Hurdles
1. Tamara Highsmith, 8.34
4x400 Meter Relay
1. UConn 'A', 3:52.97
3. UConn 'B', 4:01.60
4x800 Meter Relay
5. UConn 'A', 9:41.30
High Jump
2. Rachel Porter, 1.65m
4. Tamara Highsmith, 1.60m
Pole Vault
2. Leah Williams, 3.52m
4. Lisa Kachmarsky, 3.30m
Long Jump
1. Edwina Clark, 6.01m
2. Jen Rogers, 5.74m
5. Tamara Highsmith, 5.20m
6. Kara Budd, 5.19m
Triple Jump
1. Tamara Highsmith, 12.02m
2. Jen Rogers, 11.54m
Shot Put
2. Allison Booth, 12.86m
3. Amanda Martin, 12.35m
7. Cassie Buckwalter, 11.50m
8. Jen Krodel, 11.46m
11. Regina Graziano, 10.44m
Weight Throw
1. Erin Donnelly, 16.32m
2. Cassie Buckwalter, 15.76m
3. Jen Krodel, 14.78m
12. Regina Graziano, 9.53m
