4x800 Relay Indoor and Outdoor School Records and Outdoor Conference

Record AGAIN!!

8:53.13 (indoor– Shadaya Bennett, Tashima Stephens, Assata Cowart and Tonney Smith) and 8:43.10 (outdoor- with Shadaya Bennett, Tonney Smith, Victoria Gocht and Stephens). Gocht adds the school and conference outdoor records to her resume this year in the 800m run at 2:08.34.

Assata Cowart of the indoor 4x800 relay also claimed the school 1000m record Indoors with 2:55.78.

Freshman Sarah Rutter made her mark in the 3000km steeple-chase with a new school record in 11:51.78.

Atlantic-10 Conference

T r a c k & F i e l d Y e a r i n r e v i e w

S p e c i a l p o i n t s o f i n t e r e s t :

♦ Salute to all Aca-

demic-Scholars (Cont.pg 3)

♦ Women’s Track & Field received All Academic Honors again with an overall GPA of 3.01

♦ Both Men and Women’s Cross Country teams had outstanding GPA ‘s with 3.29 and 3.59, respectively.

♦ XC Regional (pg .4)

♦ The Men’s team receives Academic honors with a 3.07 GPA.

XC Highlights T r a c k & f i e l d

C h a m p i o n s h i p P a r t i c i p a n t s

T E M P L E U N I V E R S I T Y

The Owls Nest August 2011

IC4A/ ECAC QUALIFIERS: 38 Event Qualifiers & 5 Relays include 4x100 (Miles Dryden, Dylan Pensyl, Emmanuel Freeland, Alex McGee. Josh McFazier in the 110 Hurdles. 4x800 (Aaron Tay-lor, Louis Parisi, Will Kellar, Travis Mahoney). 4x400 (Alan Harding, Derrhyl Duncan, Alex McGee, Parisi) Tim Malloy-High Jump, Chris Durante– Javelin, Gabe Pickett– Triple Jump. Women: 4x100 (Crystal Hercules, Dia Dorsey, Gennie De-pass, Andrea Butler) 4x400 (Victoria Gocht, Tashima Stephens, Paris Williams, Ambrosia Iwugo). Assata Cowart– 400H, 100H, Alanna Owens– Shot Put, Tessa West, Jade Wilson.

~Men’s New Records~

Mike May has repeated achieving All-Conference honors for the second consecutive year, leading the team to eighth place in the XC A-10 Champion-ships. Eddie Penetar just missed second team

honors by two sec-onds. The team places 1fourth in the Regional

meet then moved on to win the IC4A Univer-sity section with May and Penetar in the top five and Travis Ma-honey in the top 10. (Cont. pg. 4)

4000 Distance Medley Relay 9:52.37 with Travis Mahoney, Louis Parisi, Aaron Taylor, Eddie Penetar at the Indoor IC4A Championship taking fifth place over-all. Travis Mahoney breaks the 3k indoor school re-cord by more than 10 seconds 8:23.72. He went on to set the 3000k steeplechase school and conference re-

cord at 8:36.10. (See USA Spotlight pg.4)

Bob Keogh (Left) had an amazing sen-ior year as he finished with a new school record in the hammer throw at 208’ 10” and also placing 13th in the country at the NCAA Championships.

~Women’s New Records~

Crystal Hercules, Dia Dorsey, Andrea Butler, Gennie Depass, Stephanie Dorantes, Issata Kenneh, Shadaya Bennett, Ambrosia Iwugo, Paris Williams, Karrie Finn, Alanna Owens, Brittany Weston, Brianna Alverez, Tashima Stephens, Victoria Gocht, Tonney Smith, Assata Cowart, Tessa West, Rita Taste, Sarah Rutter.

NCAA REGIONAL QUALIFIERS: Seniors: Bob Keogh– Hammer Throw,

Assata Cowart– 400m Hurdles, Emmanuel Freeland- 200m, Miles Dryden– Long Jump Juniors: Travis Mahoney–

3000k Steeplechase Sophomore: Victoria Gocht– 800m

Bob Keogh, Brian Littlepage, Ryan Maccie, Miles Dryden, Dylan Pensyl, Gabe Pickett, Chris Durante, Tim Malloy, Josh McFrazier, Chris Bradley, Kaseem Cheek, Em-manuel Freeland, Aaron Taylor, Louis Parisi, Will Kellar, Travis Mahoney, Eddie Penetar, Alan Harding, Phil Fanz, Ben Tho-mas, Kevin Ku-ruc, Alex McGee, Derrhyl Duncan.

Indoor Atlantic 10 Championships

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The women’s team placed sixth overall in team scoring with a first place finish by sophomore Smith in the 800m run. The 4x800 relay of Bennett, Stephens, Cowart and Smith took second and the versatile Cowart then took third for the 500m and the 55m hurdles. Third place points came from the 4x400 relay of West, Iwugo, Wilson and Williams. Iwugo and thrower Owens nabbed fourth place points in the 200 and weight throw successively. Owens then took fifth in the shot put while teammate Bennett took fifth in the 800 meter run. Iwugo scored more points in the 400 dash taking sixth place and relay teammate Williams took seventh also in the 400 dash. Finishing the team’s scoring were Stephens, from the women's 800 relay and in the 800 meter run, along with Wilson of the 400 relay in the 55 meter hurdles.

The women’s ECAC team captured points in two relays and the 500 run. Cowart was on double duty taking fourth in the 500 run and helping the team of Bennett, Stephens and Smith take fourth in the 4x800 relay. The 4x400 relay then took the seventh place position with Iwugo, Williams, Wilson and Roberts.

The men’s IC4A team points came from the (DMR) Distance Medley Relay and senior Keogh in the weight throw. Keogh took second at the event throwing a distance of 18.80 meters which is 61’ 8.25” .

The men’s team tied for fourth place overall this season. Second place finishers were Freeland in the 55 dash, Malloy in the High jump and Mahoney in the Mile. Mahoney then joined with the DMR of Penetar, Duncan and Taylor to take third place position. Keogh also took third in the Weight throw along with Harding in the 500, Freeland in the 200 and Parisi in the 800 meter run. The men’s 4x400 relay took a solid fourth place with Dryden, Duncan, Freeland and McGee. Another fourth place spot was taken by freshman Pickett in the triple jump. Dryden went on to post two fifth place spots in the 200 dash and long jump while fellow relay teammates McGee and Duncan came in sixth for the 400 and 500 meter runs respectively. Dylan Pensyl in sixth for the Long jump also took seventh in the Triple jump event along with the 4x800 relay of Harding, Taylor , Barletta and Parisi. Rounding out the points were eighth place finishers Cheek in the 55 dash and Littlepage in the Shot Put.

The DMR of Ma-honey, Taylor, Pa-risi and Penetar with a time of 9:52.37, established a new school record while also placing fifth at the event to earn big points for the Owls.

FRESHMAN CORNER

What standout fresh-man has made a contribution to the team in a huge way? Well, this individual hailing from Vestal, N.Y. has a strong work ethic and a determined spirit to be his best. He works hard and carefully corrects his triple jump technique to get an-other step closer to his greatest potential. His name, Gabriel Pickett. In hot competition Pickett mustered up one more big jump at the Atlantic 10 Conference Championship to take the lead by a 1.5 inches. His jump of 48’ 8” also quali-fied him for the IC4A and USA Jr. Championships. The experiences this young talent witnessed in just one year while at the USA Championship, the Eastern Championship and the confer-ence championship was most memorable. Entering his sopho-more year, Pickett is prepar-ing for the fall training pro-gram as he looks to go leaps and bounds into this coming year.

The men’s team finished third overall in the Outdoor Championship taking first in six events. Seniors Keogh, Freeland and Dryden competed in the hammer, 100m

dash and long jump respectively, while junior Mahoney took the steeplechase and 1500m run and Pickett captured the triple jump event title. Success

continued with Freeland and Dryden in the 4x100 relay team of McGee and Pensyl while Freeland also had a second place finish in the 200m dash. Third place finishers were Parisi in the 800m, Littlepage for discus and Du-

rante for javelin. Taking fourth places were Malloy and Taylor in the high jump and 800 events. Dryden also sprinted to fifth in the 100 dash whereas freshmen McGee and McFraizer took fifth in the 400 and 110 hurdle events Dryden had other appear-ances in both the 200 dash and the 4x400 relay events with fellow members McGee Harding and Duncan capturing sixth place. Harding also participated in the 400 and the 4x800 relay of Taylor, Kellar, and Parisi capturing sixth place points. Rounding up the points were Pensyl with

seventh in the long jump and McFrazier in the high jump event came away with eighth. On the women’s side, Gocht and

Cowart became individual champions in the 800 and 400 hurdles. Gocht then joined the 4x800 relay of Bennett, Stephens, and Smith for another gold. Freshman

Iwugo, took second in the 200 and joined the 4x400 team of Williams, Bennett and Stephens for another second place finish (photo to the right). Stephens went on to receive an individual third place for her effort in the 800 run while, the 4x100 relay

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Jennifer Abercrumbie, Jennifer Berman, Karrie Finn, Catherine Frank, Victoria Gocht, Deirdre MacFarlane, Frances Norton, Eddie Penetar, Amy Stansbury, Brittany Weston, Briana Alverez, Geoffrey Barletta, Maxine Bentzel, Kelly Broadbent, Mark Clarke, Gennie Depass, Stephanie Dorantes, Miles Dryden, Christopher Du-

rante, Philip Fanz, Taylor Goldsworthy, Crystal Hercules, Clark Hunt, Will Keller, Bob Keogh, Rayna Kratchman, Kevin Kuruc, Kiersten LaRoche, Ryan Maccie, Brian MacNab, Timothy Malloy, Alex McGee,

Alanna Owens, Louis Parisi, Anna Pavone, Dylan Pensyl, Gabe Pickett, Sarah Poserina, Laura Presser, Sheina Roberts, Sarah Rutter, Brian Smith, Rita Taste, Paige White.

“Success requires your maximum effort. Be successful.”

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Hercules, Dorsey, Butler and DePass also captured third place medals. Sophomore West im-proved her time in the 400 hurdles and placed fourth while teammate Cowart also added a fifth place finish in 100 hurdles to her accomplishments. Thrower Owens pushed the shot put out far enough to take fifth place points. Williams in the 400 event placed seventh then eighth in the 200 dash while sophomore Hercules completed the point total with an eighth place finish in the 100 dash.

round in the long jump and the 200m dash respectively. Mahoney’s 8:36.10 placed him fourth overall for the week-end. His time was also the second best collegiate time in the country! Keogh, the school record holder in the hammer, placed seventh with his second best throw of the year at 62.75m (205’10.5”) then topping it again by almost a full meter at the NCAA Championship with an outstanding 63.66m (208’10”)!

This year at the Penn Relays, the men’s 4x100 relay took the first place IC4A Championship Plaque. It was uncertain the team would run at all since their preliminary time placed them as first alternate and not top finalists. One of the eight teams de-cided not to run and the Owls had prepared to move right in. They did just that and soared to first place.

The Owls took 6 ath-letes to the NCAA East Re-gional round held in Bloom-ington, Indiana. They faired well while also experienc-ing their first encounter with tornadoes. While the weather was not particularly cooperative, Ma-honey and Cowart managed to run their fastest times of the sea-son. Cowart’s (right) 58.78 just missed qualifying for the NCAA

Championship in the 400m hurdles. Gocht, mem-ber of the 4x800 relay team who broke school and conference records, also qualified, and partici-pated in the 800 meter run for the Owls. Men’s relay teammates of the 4x100, Dryden and Freeland also made it to the NCAA Eastern

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T h e O w l s N e s t

This year the Owls had an outstanding showing at the USA Na-

tional level as three freshmen qualified for the Junior section of the USA Champi-onship and Travis Mahoney qualified for the Senior divi-sion of the USA

National Championship. Steeplechasers Travis Ma-honey and Phil Fanz made amazing strides at Hayward Field. Mahoney competed against the top male steeple-chasers in the entire country on the collegiate and professional level. Gabriel Pickett after winning the triple jump event at the conference with a

Tell us what you have been doing since leaving the Owls Nest. We’d love to hear from you. (Detach this portion)

USA Spotlight Travis Mahoney had an out-

standing 2010-2011 year with first place in the Atlantic 10 Confer-

ence Championship and fourth in the NCAA Regional meet. The

track success began indoors with big wins at the Penn State Invita-tional and the Indoor Atlantic 10 Championship. It soon flowed

onto the outdoor track as he es-tablished the second fastest time in the country in the 3000k meter steeplechase. Mahoney not only made a splash in the collegiate

world, his time also qualified him for the USA National Champion-

ship held in Eugene, Oregon. Things are certainly looking up for

Mahoney as he enters his final year for the Owls and the possibil-ity of once again qualifying for the USA National Championship 2012

which is the Olympic qualifying event.

Way to Go Travis!!

XC Highlights (Cont from pg. 1)

(cont from pg. 1)

Teammates who contributed to the dynamic finish were Ben Thomas, Eric Conklin, Clarke Hunt, Freshman Will Kellar, Geoff Barletta and Dan Carreon.

The women’s XC team being led by a young squad is moving forward with freshmen Stephanie Dorantes and Sarah Rutter. At the regional meet the team finished 2fifth with Rutter leading the way followed by seniors Rebecca Mims, Dorantes, Jen Berman, Brianna Linneman and Katherine Frank. A 1seventh place finish for the ECAC Championship led by Dorantes and followed by Mims, Rayna Kratchman, Linneman, Katherine Frank, Berman and Deirdre MacFarlane helped the Owls in the Eastern Championship.

Name (First and Last): Good News & Accomplishments:

personal best of 14.85m (48’8), qualified for the meet with that winning mark. Pickett made great leaps into the sand against the top high school seniors and college freshman in the coun-try. In addition, Josh McFrazier competed in-tensely in the men’s 110 meter hurdles just miss-ing the finals by one spot. Finally, Fanz’s steeplechase race placed him sixth among competitors which qualified

him for a possible bid in the Junior World Championship event. All of the athletes were grateful for the chance to see this level of competition and to be on such a grand stage. They rubbed shoulders and took pictures with some of the biggest names in USA track and field such as: Tyson Gay, David Oliver, Lolo Jones and Carme-

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