April 23, 2007

PRINCETON, NJ - The Saint Joseph's men's track squad participated in the Larry Ellis Invitational in Princeton, NJ this weekend. Leading the pack for the Hawks were senior Teddy Meyers and graduate student Mike DiDio. Meyers qualified for the NCAA Regionals in the 5,000m, while DiDio missed his season-best in the 1,500m by two-tenths of a second.

Meyers ran a 14:10.73 in the 5,000m to qualify for the NCAA Regional Championships. He finished first in the race, over three full seconds ahead of the second-place finisher. Last year, Meyers set his personal best in the 5,000m on the same track, running the race in 14:06.23. DiDio finished ninth in the 1,500m elite race with a time of 3:45.83. It is the second time in three meets that DiDio ran a time faster than the NCAA-qualifying mark in the 1,500m.

Also performing well for the Hawks were senior Matthew McClure and junior Richard Ryan. McClure topped his personal best in the shot put with a throw of 43-2 ½. Ryan ran the 3000m Steeplechase in 9:16.00, which matches the IC4A qualifying barrier.

The Hawks return to the track this weekend at the Penn Relays, held at the University of Pennsylvania's Franklin Field.

Complete Hawk Results
Men
100m - Christopher Caranante, 12.64
200m - Drew Brandt, 22.81; Joe Witiw, 23.10; Matthew Weaver, 23.83
400m - Brian Doherty, 50.28; Brandt, 50.36; Witiw, 50.43; Brendan Kearney, 51.53; Weaver, 52.17; Tom Gonzalez, 55.89
400m hurdles - Steven Philbrook, 58.71
800m (Friday) - Doherty, 1:56.30; Kearney, 2:03.87
800m (Saturday) - Chris Kessler, 1:56.87; Brian O'Neill, 1:59.10
1,500m (Friday) - Mike DiDio, 3:45.83
1,500m (Saturday) - Jonathan Sclafani, 4:05.06; Justin Heinze, 4:09.49; Richard Ryan, 4:10.29; George Wittman, 4:13.12; Chris Savino, 4:19.16; James Jennings, 4:21.41
3,000m Steeplechase - Ryan, 9:16.00
5,000m (Friday) - 1. Teddy Meyers, 14:10.73; William Rowland, 15:12.36; Shawn Duffy, 15:20.65
4x400 Relay - 7. SJU (Kessler, Kearney, Doherty, Philbrook), 3:22.32
Shot Put - Matthew McClure, 43-2 ½

Women
100m - 2. Valerie Ramirez, 12.53
100m hurdles - 2. Ramirez, 14.67, Kristen Pierce, 15.63; Lauren Slack, 15.68; Morgan Matecki, 16.67
200m - 2. Jordan Teuber, 25.30; 6. Ramirez, 25.95
400m - Julie Lentz, 57.21; Caitlin McGrath, 58.20; Amanda Guthridge, 1:00.41; Kierstin Quinn, 1:00.44; Lauren Walsh, 1:05.71
400m hurdles - Pierce, 1:06.82; Matecki, 1:08.51; Skylar Rea, 1:09.16
800m (Friday) - Erin Kelly, 2:15.74; Rebecca Powell, 2:23.67
800m (Saturday) - Caitlin Reusche, 2:20.88; Renee Spangler, 2:22.29; Anna Cushing, 2:23.68; Katherine Schott, 2:31.73; Danielle Plenzo, 2:38.47
1,500m (Friday) - Suzie McHenry, 4:49.07
3,000m - 2. Andrea Florida, 10:19.76; Juli Stensland, 11:26.16
5,000m (Friday) - Amy Rhein, 18:07.92; Maddie Bell, 18:35.12; Adriene Beltz, 19:00.97
4x100 Relay - 1. SJU (Ramirez, Teuber, Lentz, McMullen), 47.55
4x400 Relay - 5. SJU (McGrath, Guthridge, McMullen, Lentz), 3:54.07
Long Jump - 4. Nicole McMullen, 18-10 ½; Erin Vanderhoof, 17-8 ¾; Slack, 17-4 ¼; Beth Getty, 16-0 ¼
High Jump - T8. Slack, 5-1; T8. Natalie Miller, 5-1; Vanderhoof, NH
Triple Jump - 6. Teuber, 37-6; Slack, 34-8 ¼; Vanderhoof, 33-10; Getty, 33-4 ½, Miller, 32-6 ¼
Javelin - Natalie Millet, 98-1; Tracyann Calabrese, 92-8; Ramirez, ND