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

COLLEGE WOMEN'S TRACK & FIELD RESULTS
All-New England Championships
Friday-Saturday, May 8-9, 2009
At Amherst, MA

Meet Results

Nakeisha Jones triple jumped almost nine inches further than anyone else in Tufts history

AMHERST -- First-year Nakeisha Jones (Boston, MA) of the Tufts women's outdoor track & field team went a stunning 40'10 �� (12.45m) in the triple jump during an outstanding meet for the Jumbos at the 2009 All-New England Championships hosted by UMass on Friday and Saturday.

Jones obliterated the Tufts record of 40'1 �� set by eight-time national champion Vera Stenhouse in 1989. She also established the best mark in the nation this season by far, beating the NCAA automatic qualifying mark of 39'4 �� by almost 18 inches. Jones won the New England title by nine and three-quarter inches over second-place Jesse Labreck from Division 1 Maine.

That performance was the stand-out of several accomplishments by Coach Kristen Morwick's team. Sophomore Stephanie McNamara (North Attleborough, MA) also improved upon her NCAA automatic qualifying mark in the 1,500 meters, running a 4:28.82 time. She was fourth at the meet.

The team set two other school records. The 4x800 meter relay foursome of sophomore Amy Wilfert (Westborough, MA), first-year Kayley Pettoruto (Andover, MA), senior tri-captain Jackie Ferry (Studio City, CA) and McNamara ran a 9:10.63 time that bettered the previous Jumbo standard of 9:14.99 set in 2007. Sophomore Sarah Nolet (Los Altos, CA) broke the 24-year old javelin record with her 120'1� (36.6m) launch during the heptathlon. Nicole Crepeau had the previous record of 119'9� from 1985.

Nolet and junior Andrea Ferri (Dracut, MA) both scored NCAA provisional qualifying points in the heptathlon. Ferri's 4,248 points were fourth and Nolet's 4,121 were seventh at the meet. Ferri achieved PR's in five of the seven events, scoring 757 points with a time of 26.47 seconds in the 200 meters. Her final score is second-best all-time at Tufts.

First-year Dayorsha Collins (Boston, MA) and sophomore Kanku Kabongo (Abington, MA) also scored at the meet for Tufts, which placed 13th overall with 32.5 points. Collins tied for fifth in the high jump, topping out at 5'2 �� (1.59m). Kabonga was seventh in the triple at 37'2 �� (11.33m).

The Jumbos are at Springfield College May 14-15 for the ECAC Championships, the last meet before NCAA's.

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