Outdoor Track & Field: Eph Women 2nd, Men 5th at ECAC Championships
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The Bombers had 21 points while Williams College and Tufts University are tied for second with 18 points and State University of New York at Plattsburgh stands fourth with 17 points on the women's side. The Camels have 16 points to lead the men while the host Greyhounds are second with 14 points and followed by The University of Rochester with 13 points and Washington & Jefferson College with 10 points.
The Eph women recieved 10 points when freshman Brianne Mriecki placed first in the 3,000 meter steeplechase in 10:59.41 (only runner in the field to break 11 minutes). Eight more points came from the second place finish of freshman Amina Avril in the hammer throw.
The Ephs left several of their top scorers home so they can prep for next weekend's NCAA Championships at Ohio Wesleyan University as they have alread posted automatic qualifying times. With a two-hour delay Thursday afternoon for inclement weather, three men's events were pushed to the second day of competition. The men's hammer throw will begin at 8 a.m. while the men's triple jump and pole vault will begin at 9 a.m. on Friday, May 20. The women finished all six of their scheduled events for Thursday while the men finished just three events.
The first championship of the meet went to Maggie Kowalska from Stevens Institute of Technology with a winning throw and NCAA Division III provisional qualifying mark of 42.49 meters (136 feet, five inches) in the javelin. Mercedes Glover from Rutgers-Newark, Catherine Corcoran of Washington & Jefferson, Brianna Brennan from The College of New Jersey and Megan Sowers of Waynesburg College also met the provisional qualifying mark in the event.
In the men's javelin, Moravian's Gary Zack set the meet record with an NCAA automatic qualifying toss of 66.92 meters (219 feet, seven inches) to earn the title. There were four other student-athletes Stephen Simalchik from Williams, Thomas Masterson of Delaware Valley College, Tim Van liew from Rutgers-Camden and Steven Iafrate of Rowan University in the javelin to better the NCAA provisional qualifying mark.
Simalchik's eight points in the javelin represent the Eph team total thus far; however, through the first five events of the decathlon Eph sophomore Chris Fogler leads with 3446 points, 73 points ahead of senipr teammate Isaac Nicholson (3373 points). Bill Hazen of Stevens Institute is third with 3080 points.
In the pole vault, Moravian's Abigail Schaffer won with an NCAA automatic qualifying height of 4.06 meters (13 feet, 3.75 inches). Karin Fisher from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Michelle Frave of Ramapo College of New Jersey also met the NCAA automatic qualifying height in the pole vault while Lauren Riley of Ramapo and Lauren Kuntz from MIT both hit the NCAA provisional qualifying height.
Nakeisha Jones from Tufts won the women's triple jump with a an NCAA provisional qualifying distance of 11.58 meters (38 feet) while Kanku Kabongo of Tufts, Emily Furr from Frostburg State University, Ashley Dell'Aria of Wheaton (Mass.) College, Kacy Boburka from State University of New York at Oneonta and Lucia Capano of Brandeis University all bettered the NCAA provisional qualifying mark despite the finals being interrupted by the weather delay.
In the women's hammer throw, Yaneve Fonge from Rochester won with an NCAA provisional qualifying distance of 51.29 meters (168 feet, three inches. Amina Avril of Williams, Stephanie Powell from SUNY Brockport, Kaitlin Camilleri of Union (N.Y.) College and Sarah Ellen Godek from Bates College also met the NCAA provisional qualifying mark in the women's hammer.
On the track, Brianne Mirecki of Williams won the 3,000-meter steeplechase in an NCAA provisional qualifying time of 10:59.41. Three other student-athletes – Heidi Baumbach from Ithaca, Jenna Peacock of Rowan and Carly Graham from Ithaca – also ran NCAA provisional qualifying times.
Michael LeDuc from Connecticut College won the 3,000-meter steeplechase for the men with an NCAA provisional qualifying time of 9:13.48 while Trevor Siperek of The United States Coast Guard Academy and Mike Kurvach from Rochester Institute of Technology also bettered the NCAA provisional qualifying time in the race.
Stefanie Braun from SUNY Plattsburgh captured the 10,000-meter run with an NCAA provisional qualifying time of 36:38.40 while Melanie McCormick also met the NCAA provisional qualifying standard. In the men's race, which was combined with the women due to the weather delay, Scott Ryan from Washington & Jefferson won with a time of 31:12.41, beating the NCAA provisional mark by 19 hundredths of a second.
After one day of the heptathlon, Amanda Rissmeyer from Ithaca leads with 2,663 points, just three points ahead of Nicole Schafer of SUNY Cortland while Chris Fogler from Williams leads the decathlon after the first day of competition with 3,446 points, leading teammate Issac Nicholson by 73 points.
In preliminary events, Emma Dewart of Ithaca met the NCAA automatic qualifying time in the 100-meter hurdles with the fastest time of 14.16 seconds while Jess Ciraulo from Utica College and Mia Martinez of Middlebury College also hit the NCAA automatic standard. All eight finalists and three others that didn't make the finals of the 100-meter hurdles passed the NCAA provisional qualifying marks.
Nils Michaelis from Franklin & Marshall College had the top qualifying time in the 110-meter high hurdles with an NCAA provisional qualifying mark of 14.58 and four other student-athletes – Kevon Brown from Rutgers-Newark, Kyle Gilroy of The College of New Jersey, Adam Scalesse from Coast Guard Academy and Joe Pruckno of Utica College also met the NCAA provisional qualifying mark.
Mara Kralian from Worcester State College had the top qualifying time in the women's 100-meter dash of 12.45 seconds while Moravian's Eric Woodruff had the top time in the men's 100-meter dash qualifying with a time of 10.98 second.
