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

COLLEGE WOMEN'S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD RESULTS
Dartmouth Invitational
Saturday, April 18, 2009
At Hanover, NH

Meet Results

Sophomore Kanku Kabongo scored fourth-place points in the long jump

HANOVER, N.H. -- First-year Nakeisha Jones (Boston, MA) qualified automatically for the NCAA Women's Outdoor Track & Field Championships with a triple jump distance of 39'6" (12.04m) on Saturday at Dartmouth College. Jones was two and a half feet beyond the rest of the field, recording the lone Tufts victory of the day. She topped the 39'4 1/2" (12m) NCAA automatic standard.

Additionally, first-year Heather Theiss (North Woodmere, NY) set a new outdoor school record when she was second in the pole vault field with success at 10'11 3/4" (3.35m). The previous mark of 10'8" teammate Allison Fechter (Haddonfield, NJ) last year. Tufts had a pair of seconds and a pair of thirds at the meet and finished with a total of 68 points for fifth place out of six teams. Junior Logan Crane (Portland, ME) was the runner-up in the 100 meters, finishing in 12.59 seconds. Third-place scoring came from sophomore Amy Wilfert (Westborough, MA) in the 1,500 meters (4:40.24) and first-year Ronke Oyekunle (Harvard, MA) in the shot put (34'11"/10.64m). Wilfert's time was 1.24 seconds off the NCAA provisional time.

In addition to Jones in the jumps, sophomore Kanku Kabongo (Abington, MA) in the long jump went 16'9 3/4" (5.12m) for fourth place. First-year Dayorsha Collins (Boston, MA) cleared 5'3" (1.60m) and was fifth in the high jump. A fifth place in the javelin throw by sophomore Kelly Engelking (Westborough, MA) with a launch of 112'9" (34.36m) supported Oyekunle's shot-put points in the throws. Tufts was also fourth in the 4x100 relay (49.73 seconds). Jones, senior Halsey Stebbins (Chicago, IL), junior Andrea Ferri (Dracut, MA) and Crane combined on the time.

The Jumbos begin the championship season at NESCAC's next Saturday, hosted by Connecticut College.

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