Teams: Women's Track & Field: Schedule & Results

COLLEGE WOMEN'S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD RESULTS
MIT Spring Invitational
Saturday, April 19, 2008
At Cambridge, MA

Meet Results

Senior Katy O'Brien's 4:38.50 in the 1,500 meters is an NCAA qualifying mark

CAMBRIDGE -- Three members of the Tufts women's outdoor track & field team put down NCAA qualifying times at the 2008 MIT Spring Invitational on Saturday. The non-scoring meet was the last of the regular season before the Jumbos begin the championships at NESCAC's next week.

Sophomore Logan Crane (Portland, ME), senior Katy O'Brien (North Easton, MA) and first-year Stephanie McNamara (North Attleborough, MA) were the top performing Jumbos at MIT. Crane won the 100 meter dash in 12.29 seconds, which was within the 12.35 provisional standard for NCAA's. O'Brien and McNamara went 1-2 in the 1,500 meters, with their 4:38.50 and 4:39.33 times, respectively, both faster than 4:40 NCAA mark.

Tufts also doubled in the relays, with both the 4x100 and 4x400 foursomes winning. The 4x1 of Jenna Weir (New York, NY), senior co-captain Kaleigh Fitzpatrick (Lynnfield, MA), sophomore Andrea Ferri (Dracut, MA) and Crane ran 50.36 seconds. The 4x4, consisting of Andrea Caruth (Vauxhall, NJ), O'Brien, McNamara and Aubrey Wasser (Richmond, VT), won in 4:10.05.

The Jumbos had five victories at the MIT meet overall, with first-year Kanku Kabongo (Abington, MA) reaching 36'1 1/2" (11.01m) to win the triple jump. Classmate Rosanna Xia (Acton, MA) was second in the triple with 33'2" (10.11m) distance. Crane and Fitzpatrick also had individual seconds, Crane in the long jump at 17'4 3/4" (5.3m) and Fitzpatrick in the 200 (25.74 seconds). Junior Paula Dormon (Brockton, MA) was also a runner-up in the shot put, tossing the big ball 36'11 3/4" (11.27m).

Coach Kristen Morwick's team will travel to Hamilton College in Clinton, New York for the NESCAC meet next Saturday.  

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