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Thursday, August 21, 2003 Dartmouth Track & Field Teams Honored HANOVER, N.H. -- Dartmouth College's track and field teams were honored by the Division 1 Coaches Association as both the men's and women's squads were ranked in the top 10 academically this past season. The Big Green is the only school in the nation to place both programs in the top 10. Coached by Barry Harwick, Carl Wallin and Sandra Ford-Centonze, the Dartmouth men were third in the nation with a combined 3.22 GPA. Rice (3.32) and St. Francis (3.263) were first and second, respectively. With Harwick, Wallin and Ford-Centonze heading up the women's program, the Big Green was 10th with 3.29. The only other Ivy League team ranked by the coaches association was the Penn men's squad at 3.04 who checked in at 20th. Eight Dartmouth student-athletes earned NCAA Division 1 All-Academic recognition by the United States Track Coaches Association. For the women, Devon Haskell, who graduated in June, was the highest ranked student-athlete with a GPA of 3.97. Also joining her were three other June graduates -- Cecily Garber at 3.80, Megan Malgeri at 3.62 and Jessie Allen-Young at 3.51. Garber was first team All-Ivy in both the indoor and outdoor 800 meters as a senior; Malgeri specialized in distance events, while Allen-Young is the school record-holder in the 1,000. A Smith College student who spent last season studying and competing at Dartmouth, Sara Lewicke was ranked with her 3.42 GPA. She set the Big Green record in the steeplechase at the Heps Championship. Senior Ahmad Abdur-Rahim -- who helped Dartmouth's 4 x 100 relay to a school record this spring -- has a 3.50 GPA, followed by distance runner Joe Shaw. Shaw, who graduated in June, had a GPA of 3.49. Next is senior Sean Furey at 3.38, who recently broke his own record in the javelin with 232-4. |
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Dartmouth's Furey Sets School Record
HANOVER, N.H. -- Dartmouth's Sean Furey set a school record in the javelin, competing at Sunday's International Implements Challenge hosted by the Big Green.
Furey, who will be a senior this fall, improved his own Dartmouth record with a throw of 232-4 and bettered the Olympic Trials qualifying standard.
Furey is one of the captains of the men's track and field
team for the coming year.
Friday, June 13, 2003
DARTMOUTH'S MUSTAFA ABDUR-RAHIM EARNS ALL-AMERICA HONORS
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Dartmouth junior Mustafa Abdur-Rahim broke the school record and earned All-America honors as the multi-event decathlon concluded late Thursday night at the NCAA Track and Field Championship.
For his sixth-place finish, Abdur-Rahim scored 7,466 points, breaking the record of 7,434 held by Greg Johnston '99.
In the second day of competition, he had two personal bests with a throw of 184-10 in the javelin, good for 683 points, and a mark of 13-9 1/4 in the pole vault, for 673 points.
His big event was the 110 hurdles where his time of 14.59 earned him 900 points.
"All the coaches knew that Mustafa was an All-America athlete," said Dartmouth track and field coach Barry Harwick. "It was wonderful to see him improve in Sacramento this week. Great athletes do their best in pressure situations, and the NCAA's are certainly that.
"It was great to see so many PR's the second day," added Harwick.
Abdur-Rahim rounded out the second day with a throw of 132-11 in the discus for 675 points and a time of 4:32.34 in the 1,500 meters, good for 729.
Stephen Harris, a senior at Tennessee, won with 8,061 points.
DARTMOUTH ATHLETES COMPETE AT NCAA TRACK & FIELD
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Dartmouth junior Mustafa Abdur-Rahim is 13th in the decathlon after the first day of competition at the NCAA Track & Field Championship on Wednesday.
Abdur-Rahim recorded 3,806 points in five events, and turned in a personal best of 49.30 in the 400 meters, earning 847 points.
He ran 11.09 in the 100 meter dash, good for 841 points, and picked up 720 in the shot put with 45-5 3/4.
Senior Kristin Andrews ran a personal best 16:35.23 in the 5,000 meters and advanced from the trials to Saturday's finals.
Junior Sean Furey had a throw of 213-11 in the javelin, but it wasn't enough to advance to the finals.
Dartmouth's Furey Advances to NCAA Track & Field Championship
FAIRFAX, Va. -- Dartmouth's Sean Furey was fifth in the javelin at the NCAA East Regional and advanced to the NCAA Championship on June 11-14.
The junior had a throw of 228-4 on his first attempt of the day, breaking his own school record. Along with Big Green junior Mustafa Abdur-Rahim, who qualified in the decathlon in March, Furey next competes at California State University at Sacramento.
In other action at the regional meet hosted by George Mason, junior Sara Lewicke was ninth in the steeplechase with a school record time of 10:43.33. In 10th place was senior Megan Malgeri with 10:43.81.
Senior Jessie Allen-Young qualified for the finals in the 1,500 meters, running 4:23.75. Her time of 4:23.92 was good for sixth place in the finals.
Also competing for the Big Green were senior Cecily Garber with a time of 2:09.22 in the 800 meter heats; senior Joe Shaw, 14th in the steeplechase in 9:08.47; senior Kristin Andrews, 13th in the 5,000 with 16:40.57; juniors Mark Nichol and Jarrod Shoemaker, 17th and 18th in the 5,000 with 14:22.28 and 14:24.91, respectively; and junior Ahmad Abdur-Rahim, 52.71 in the 400 hurdle heats.
4 x 800 Relay Second at ECAC Meet; Furey Third in Javelin at IC4A
PRINCETON, N.J. -- In the combined ECAC/IC4A Track and Field Championship that concluded Sunday at Princeton, Dartmouth's 4 x 800 relay finished second in 8:44.32, breaking the school record by nine seconds.
Competing for Dartmouth were Cecily Garber, Kersti Miller, Meaghan Olds and Jessie Allen-Young. Georgetown was first in 8:39.04.
For the Big Green men, Sean Furey was third in the javelin at 217-8.
Dartmouth's twins, Ahmad and Mustafa Abdur-Rahim, also scored well in their specialties. Ahmad was sixth in the 400 hurdles in a time of 53.54, while Mustafa was eighth in the 110 hurdles in 14.67.
In the 3,000 meter run, Kristin Andrews was sixth in 9:36.11.
In the 5,000, Kristen Ettensohn was sixth in 16:57.66 while Melanie Schorr was seventh in 16:59.78. Both qualified for the NCAA regional championship, May 30-31 at George Mason.
Also turning in NCAA regional qualifying times in the 5,000 were Mark Nichol, 14:20.37, and Jarrod Shoemaker, 14:21.86. They finished fifth and sixth, respectively.
The Dartmouth women were 15th out of 49 schools who scored, while the Big Green men were 24th of 51.
PRINCETON, N.J. -- Dartmouth's Matthan Chatterton-Richmond grabbed seventh place in the multi-event heptathlon on Friday at the ECAC track and field championship hosted by Princeton.
The freshman scored 4,596 points and also broke the school record in the long jump with 19-1 1/2. The previous mark was held by Leanne Atencio '88 with 18-10 3/4.
Eighth place went to another Big Green freshman, Kelsey
Wiegmann, who scored 4,523 points.
Saturday, May 10, 2003
HANEY PLACES SECOND TO LEAD TRACK & FIELD TEAMS AT NEW ENGLAND CHAMPIONSHIPS
DURHAM, N.H. -- Senior Tyler Haney finished second in the 200 meter dash to lead all Dartmouth athletes at the New England Championships hosted by New Hampshire on Saturday afternoon.
With several athletes holding out for next week's IC4A Championships and the ECAC Championships, the Dartmouth men finished in 21st place with 13 points, while the women's squad placed 28th with five points. Rhode Island won the men's competition with 127 points, while Maine was victorious on the women's side with 78 1/2 points.
Haney ran the 200 in a time of 21.62 and was barely edged out for first by Rhode Island's Eric Groce, who won the event with a time of 21.53.
The men's team earned its other points from the 4 X 800 relay team, which placed fourth with a mark of 7:54.46.
On the women's side, junior Kate Adams was seventh in the pole vault with a mark of 11-3 3/4, while freshman Jamila Smith also took home seventh in the shot put with a toss of 42-4 1/4. Senior Katy Jongeward also scored for the Big Green by finishing eighth in the triple jump with a leap of 36-7 1/2.
The men's team will next compete at the IC4A Championships on May 15-18 at Princeton, while the women will take part in the ECAC Championships on May 15-18 at Princeton.
Track & Field Teams Both Finish Fifth at Heps Championship
NEW HAVEN, Conn. Three Dartmouth runners, Jessie Allen-Young, Cecily Garber and Tyler Haney, won individual titles on Sunday as the Big Green men's and women's teams both claimed fifth place at the Heptagonal Championship hosted by Yale.
Allen-Young, a senior, started things off with a convincing victory in the 1,500 meters, posting a time of 4:24.69, almost five full seconds ahead of the runner-up.
"In the past, I let other people dictate the race," she said. "I decided to take charge, and I met my goal. It feels good."
Haney and Garber, also seniors, quickly followed Allen-Young's lead.
Haney, who has finished in the top three of the indoor and outdoor 400 since his sophomore year, won his first outdoor title with 47.60. Penn's Chris Edmonds was second in 47.76.
"I didn't expect the Navy guy to go out so fast," said Haney, "and it was tempting to go with him. But I waited until there was 150 to go. I've felt like a marked man since my sophomore year, and this is so satisfying."
Garber, who won the indoor 800 Heps title in March, also "felt the pressure" in the 800 meter run with rival Erin Raggio of Columbia. Garber finished first in 2:09.52 and held off Raggio (2:09.85) down the stretch.
"There's really something special about competing for your team," said Garber. "That makes it that much more of a rush."
Freshman Megan Olds took sixth for Dartmouth in that race with a personal best of 2:21.13.
In the women's 3,000, sophomore Kristen Ettensohn was fifth in 9:46.99, while freshman Melanie Schorr was sixth in the 5,000 in 17:08.34.
The Big Green also picked up points in the steeplechase as senior Megan Malgeri was third in 10:45.75 and junior Sara Lewicke sixth in 10:50.90.
Senior Meagan Verdeyen was fourth in the discus at 139-3 1/2, and freshman Caitlin Corey was fifth in the javelin with 124-10 1/2.
The Big Green women, who combined for 63 1/2 points, also picked up third and fourth place finishes in the multi-event heptathlon as freshmen Kelsey Wiegmann and Mattie Chatterton-Richmond scored 4,774 and 4,603 points, respectively.
The 4 x 800 relay, featuring Garber as the anchor, was fifth in 9:02.36.
The Abdur-Rahim twins also had outstanding performances. Mustafa was second in the 110 hurdles in 14.40, while Ahmad was second in the 400 hurdles in 52.23. Senior Jeff Guenette, the defending champion, was fifth in 53.56.
In the javelin, junior Sean Furey was the runner-up with 228-10 1/2, and in the steeplechase, senior Joe Shaw took fifth in 9:05.51. Junior Joe Marucheck was sixth in the triple jump, leaping 48-0 3/4.
In the men's 5,000 meters, junior Jarrod Shoemaker was fourth in 14:26.48, and classmate Mark Nichol sixth in 14:34.61.
In the relays, Dartmouth's 4 x 100 (Ikechi Ogbonna, Richard Efem and the Abdur-Rahims) was fourth in 41.80. The 4 x 400 (the Abdur-Rahims, Guenette and Haney as the anchor) moved up to first place with a time of 3:15.32. Cornell appeared to win the race, but was disqualified.
The Big Red, who won both the men's and women's indoor championships, doubled up at the outdoor Heps. The women won with 191 1/2 points, while the men earned 130. The Dartmouth men totalled 60 1/2.
Named the outstanding male performer of the meet was Penn senior Sam Burley who won the 800 and 1,500 meter runs.
Sharing the outstanding female performer award were the Yale twins, Kate and Laura O'Neill. Laura won the 10,000 as Kate was second. Meanwhile, Kate won both the 3,000 and 5,000 with Laura second in those races. The duo combined for 54 of Yale's 136 1/2 points.
Because conference champions automatically advance to the NCAA regionals, Dartmouth will be well represented at George Mason University on May 30-31.
Haney, Allen-Young and Garber will compete along with Ahmad Abdur-Rahim who met the qualifying standard in the 400 hurdles.
Verdeyen Leads Dartmouth in First Day of Heps Championship
NEW HAVEN, Conn. Senior Meagan Verdeyen was third in the hammer and fifth in the shot put, leading the Dartmouth women's track and field team in the opening day of action at the Heptagonal Championship hosted by Yale.
The Big Green women are fifth among eight schools with 13 points, while Yale and Harvard are tied for first with 36.
On the men's side, Dartmouth is eighth in the nine-team field while Cornell with 50 points has a slim one-point margin over Princeton with 49.
Scoring for the men on the opening day were senior Jon Carlson, fifth in the pole vault, and junior Mustafa Abdur-Rahim, sixth in the long jump.
Verdeyen started the day with a personal best throw of 173-5 in the hammer and then had a mark of 43-6 in the shot put.
Carlson cleared14-7 1/4 and Abdur-Rahim went 22-6.
Injuries to Dartmouth's traditionally strong distance runners slowed the Big Green's progress, but the squad had several strong finishes in Saturday's heats.
In the 400 meter dash, senior Tyler Haney had the fastest qualifying time in 48.10, while Abdur-Rahim was second in the 110 hurdles, advancing in 14.66.
In the 400 hurdles, both junior Ahmad Abdur-Rahim and defending champion Jeff Guenette advanced to the finals.
For the Dartmouth women, senior Cecily Garber qualified for the finals of the 800 meters with the day's best time of 2:09.50, and freshman Megan Olds also advanced with 2:12.14.
Seniors Jessie Allen-Young and Kersti Miller both made the finals of the 1,500 meters.
Freshmen Kelsey Wiegmann, third, and Mattie Chatterton-Richmond, fifth, should earn points when the multi-event heptathlon is completed on Sunday.
Chatterton-Richmond also scored for Dartmouth in the long jump, taking fourth with 18-10 1/2, while senior Kristin Andrews was sixth with a time of 36:23.02 in the 10,000 meters.
Sunday, April 27, 2003
Track & Field Teams Have Final Tune-up Before Heps Championship
HANOVER, N.H. -- The Dartmouth track & field teams had their final tune-up before the Heps Championship next weekend, hosting an invitational at the Big Green's Memorial Field Sunday.
For the Dartmouth men, freshman Ikechi Ogbonna and senior Tyler Haney ran to victory. Ogbonna posted a time of 10.92 in the 100 meters, just three one-hundredths of a second ahead of teammate Richard Efem in 10.95.
Haney won the 200 meter dash in 21.72, while Ogbonna was second in 22.45.
Ogbonna also won the triple jump with 44-4 1/4.
The Dartmouth 4 x 100 relay ran its fastest time of the season with 41.63.
Sophomore Matt Brown, with a throw of 146-10 1/2, led a one-two-three sweep for Dartmouth in the discus.
Sophomore Mike Mozer was second in both the discus and the hammer.
For the Dartmouth women, senior Marianne Hall was a double winner in the long jump in 16-8 1/2 and the triple jump with 36-5 1/2.
Sophomore Caitlin Sherry won the 400 hurdles in 1:09.44, and junior Sara Lewicke won the 1,500 meter run in 4:44.50.
Dartmouth graduate Shaina Damm, an All-America last June as a senior, won the 400 meter dash in 57.52 and the 100 meter hurdles in 14.73.
The Big Green "A" team also won the 4 x 400 relay in 4:10.37.
Dartmouth will travel to Yale on May 3-4 to compete at the Heptagonal Championship.
4X1,500 Relay Teams Sets School Mark at Penn Relays
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. -- Dartmouth's 4 x 1,500-meter relay team set a new school record as the Big Green track and field teams competed at the Penn Relays.
The team of Cecily Garber, Megan Malgeri, Megan Olds and Jessie Allen-Young placed fifth with a time of 17:56.57, breaking the old school mark of 18:06.05 set in 1995.
The Big Green had three others qualify for the NCAA Regional Meet on May 31. Joe Shaw qualified in the steeplechase with a time of 9:11.01, while Mark Nicol ran a 14:18.58 in the 5,000-meter run and Kristin Andrews had a time of 16:59.78 in the same event to advance to the NCAA Regional.
The Big Green will compete in the Heptagonal Championships at Yale on May 3-4.
Dartmouth's McArdle Named All-Academic
HANOVER, N.H. -- Dartmouth senior Tom McArdle (Brookline, Mass.) has been named to the 2002 U.S. Cross Country Coaches Association All-Academic team announced earlier this week.
McArdle carries a 3.31 GPA and is majoring in history.
He earned first team All-Ivy honors with his second-place finish at the 2002 Heptagonal Championship and went on to take eighth place at the NCAA Cross Country Championship hosted by Indiana State.
In that race, McArdle turned in a time of 29:46.3, less than 10 seconds away from third place.
He was one of four Ivy League runners on the team. Joining him were sophomore Dustin Lieb of Penn; sophomore Lucas Meyer of Yale; and sophomore Charles Smith of Princeton.
Saturday, April 19, 2003
Haney Wins 400 Meters at Connecticut Meet
STORRS, Conn. -- Dartmouth senior Tyler Haney won the 400 meters on Saturday, competing at the Connecticut invitational.
Haney turned in a time of 48.26, while Brown's David Owen was the runner-up in 48.60.
As a team, the Big Green was fourth with 57 1/2 points. UConn took top honors with 150 points, followed by Brown with 104 and Albany with 82. UMass rounded out the field with 34 1/2.
In the 400 hurdles, junior Ahmad Abdur-Rahim was second in 54.01, while freshman Chris Dragone was the runner-up in the steeplechase in 9:28.76.
Also taking second were sophomore Matt Brown in the shot at 52-1 1/4 and Dartmouth's 4 x 100 relay with a time of 42.07.
Selected Big Green athletes will compete at the Penn Relays, April 24-26, before Dartmouth hosts an invitational on Sunday, April 27.
Three-First Place Finishes Power Women's Track and Field To Second-Place Finish
STOORS, Conn. -- Three first-place finishes powered the Dartmouth women's track and field team to a second-place finish in a seven-team meet at the University of Connecticut on Friday.
UConn won the meet with 183 points, while the Big Green was next with 144.5 and Brown was third with 140.
Junior Nicole Kelleher won the 5,000-meter run with a time of 17:28.43, while senior Kersti Miller was victorious in the 1,500 with a time of 4:37.43 and junior Sara Lewicke qualified for the NCAA Regional with a winning time in the 3,000 steeplechase of 10:54.40.
Senior Devon Haskell was second in the steeplechase with a time of 11:01.91 and freshman Jamila Smith took second in the shot put with a throw of 42-7. Freshman Matthan Chatterton-Richmond was also second in the long jump at 18-10.
Taking home third-place finishes were freshmen Kelsey Wiegmann in the high jump (5-5) and Meredith Curtis in the 5,000 (17:45.93).
The Big Green will compete in the Penn Relays on April 24-26.
Dartmouth Track & Field Athletes Honored
CENTERVILLE, Mass. -- A pair of Dartmouth track & field athletes were honored by the ECAC as athletes of the week.
Sophomore Matt Brown (Trevett, Maine) and freshman Kelsey Wiegmann (Mill Valley, Calif.) were named Division I ECAC field athletes of the week.
Brown helped the Dartmouth men finish first at the New Hampshire Invitational by winning the shot put with an NCAA regional qualifying throw of 54-1. Brown also picked up fourth place points in the discus with 126-7.
For the Dartmouth women, Wiegmann won the high jump, clearing 5-7, four inches better than her nearest competitor. She was sixth in the long jump with 17-3 1/5 as the Big Green was second at the UNH Invitational. Wiegmann shared her honor with Yasmin Deliz of Lehigh.
Dartmouth Women's Cross Country Ranked 22nd Academically
HANOVER, N.H. -- The Dartmouth women's cross country team has been honored as an "All-Academic Cross Country Team with Distinction" by virtue of the Big Green's 3.49 grade point average.
Dartmouth was recognized by the nation's cross country coaches.
To qualify, a team must have a cumulative GPA of 3.00. All teams who earn 3.25 or above are additionally recognized "with distinction."
The top ranked team in the country is Tulsa with a 3.68 GPA. Dartmouth is tied for 22nd and is the highest ranked Ivy League school at 3.49.
Individually, Dartmouth's Nicole Kelleher (Mercer Island, Wash.) and Jessie Allen-Young (Loveland, Colo.) earned Academic All-America honors.
Kelleher, a junior, has a 3.52 GPA in biochemistry. She finished 14th at the NCAA District I Championship on November 16.
Allen-Young, a senior with a 3.48 GPA in studio art, was second team All-Ivy for Dartmouth at the Heptagonal cross country championship.
Dartmouth Men's Track & Field Wins UNH Invitational
DURHAM, N.H. -- Four Dartmouth athletes won field events at the UNH Outdoor Invitational, as the Big Green won the team championship over seven other schools.
Sophomore Mike Mozer won the discus with a throw of 142-4 and was the runner-up in the shot behind teammate Matt Brown. Brown, a sophomore, won with 54-1 while Mozer was second at 49-6 1/2.
In the triple jump, junior Joe Marucheck was first with a mark of 44-0 3/4, and he picked up second place points in the long jump at 22-8 1/2.
Junior Sean Furey took top honors in the javelin with 222-8, and then was second in the high jump.
Second-place finishes also went to senior Joe Shaw in the steeplechase, sophomore John Moran in the hammer and the 4 x 400 relay.
The Big Green earned 145 points, while New Hampshire, Maine and Connecticut shared second with 120.
On Saturday, April 19, Dartmouth is back in action with a meet at the University of Connecticut.
CORAL GABLES, Fla. -- Dartmouth senior Tyler Haney posted a time of 47.64 in the 400 meters, taking second place at the competitive Gatorade Invitational, hosted by the University of Miami.
Haney also helped teammates Jeff Guenette, Mustafa Abdur-Rahim and Ahmad Abdur-Rahim finish second in the 4 x 400 relay with a time of 3:17.79. Kansas State won with 3:13.62.
Guenette was seventh in the 400 hurdles in 54.01, and Mustafa Abdur-Rahim also grabbed seventh in the 110 hurdles with 14.64.
In the long jump, Ahmad Abdur-Rahim was fifth with 22-2 1/2, and Ross Tucker was seventh in the 1500 meters with a clocking of 3:59.28.
The Big Green placed fourth in the 4 x 100 relay made up of Haney, Ahmad Abdur-Rahim, Richard Efem and Ikechi Ogbonna. They combined for 42.27.
Sunday, April 13, 2003
Dartmouth Women's Track & Field Runner-Up at UNH Invitational
DURHAM, N.H. -- Dartmouth senior Cecily Garber won the 1500 meters at the UNH Invitational, posting an NCAA regional qualifying time of 4:30.27.
The Big Green women's track and field team was second at the seven-school meet, earning 145 1/2 points. Boston College won with 156.
Sophomore Kristen Ettensohn and freshman Melanie Schorr led a one-two sweep of the 5000 meters, running 17:21.21 and 17:21.35, respectively.
In the high jump, freshman Kelsey Wiegmann was first. Her jump of 5-7 was four inches better than the next closest competitor.
Dartmouth returns to action on Friday, April 18, traveling to the University of Connecticut.
Track and Field Athletes Shine At Princeton Open
PRINCETON, N.J. -- Six Dartmouth track and field athletes won events as the Big Green competed in the Princeton Invitational on Saturday.
For the men. Sean Furey was first in the javelin with a toss of 221-5 , while Joe Marucheck won the triple jump with a mark of 45-0.
On the women's side, Jamila Smith took home top honors in the shot put with a throw of 43-0, while Kelsey Wiegmann won the high jump at 5-3. Meagan Verdeyen placed first in the discus with a toss of 145-9 and Matthan Chatterton-Richmond won the long jump with a mark of 18-5 3/4.
The men's and women's squad will compete at the New Hampshire Invitational on April 12.
Friday, April 4, 2003
CANCELLATION
HANOVER, N.H. -- Mother Nature has forced cancellation of Dartmouth athletic events scheduled for April 5.
The Dartmouth track & field meet against Harvard and Brown on Saturday, April 5 has been cancelled.
Friday, March 21, 2003
Track & Field Has Three Winners at Arizona Invitational
TEMPE, Ariz. -- The Dartmouth track & field team enjoyed three victories on Friday's opening day of the Baldy Castillo Invitational, hosted by Arizona State.
Junior Sean Furey broke his own school record in the men's javelin with a throw of 225-5. The mark also met the NCAA provisional qualifying standard.
The Big Green also dominated the women's steeplechase as senior Megan Malgeri posted a winning time of 10:49.45. The Big Green took four of the top five places.
In the women's 5,000, Dartmouth went one-two as freshman Melanie Schorr finished in 17:28.66 with sophomore Kristen Ettensohn next in 17:32.81.
The meet concludes on Saturday.
Thursday, March 20, 2003
Abdur-Rahim Meets NCAA Qualifying Standard
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Dartmouth's Mustafa Abdur-Rahim qualified for the NCAA Track & Field Championship with a score of 7,348 points in the decathlon. The junior bettered the national standard during the Big Green's spring training trip to Arizona and also won the two-day event which concluded on Thursday.
The women's team was well represented in the heptathlon as two freshmen scored well. Matthan Chatterton-Richmond was second with 4,529 points while Kelsey Wiegmann was third with 4,481.
Former Dartmouth standout Shaina Damm, who graduated in 2002, won the event with 5,286 points.
Wednesday, March 19, 2003
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- After one day of action in Arizona, the Dartmouth track and field team is well represented in the decathlon and pentathlon.
After the first day of action in the decathlon on Wednesday, junior Mustafa Abdur-Rahim is in first place with 3,855 points.
On the women's side, a pair of freshmen are second and third. Kelsey Wiegmann is second in the heptathlon with 2,671 points while Matthan Chatterton-Richmond is third with 2,586.
Former Dartmouth All-America Shaina Damm, who graduated last June, is first with 3,105 points.
The multi-events competitions will conclude on Thursday.
Saturday, March 8, 2003
Haney Breaks School Record for 400 Meters Indoors
BOSTON, Mass. -- Dartmouth senior Tyler Haney broke the school record in the 400 meters, becoming the first Big Green athlete to turn in a sub-48 second clocking indoors with 47.96.
On Saturday, Haney competed at the IC4A Championship, and despite his time, finished one place out of the finals scheduled for Sunday. Three runners turned in sub-48 times and didn't advance to the extremely competitive 10-man final.
On Sunday, the women's distance medley relay will compete at the ECAC Championship, run concurrently with the IC4As.
Dartmouth's Distance Medley Relay Fourth at ECAC's
BOSTON, Mass. -- Dartmouth's distance medley relay team combined for 11:23.71, taking fourth place at the ECAC Championship on Sunday.
Running for the Big Green were senior Cecily Garber, freshman Mattie Chatterton-Richmond, freshman Megan Olds and senior Jessie Allen-Young.
On Saturday at the IC4As, senior Tyler Haney broke the school record in the 400 meters, becoming the first Big Green athlete to turn in a sub-48 second clocking indoors with 47.96.
Despite his time, Haney finished one place out of the finals scheduled for Sunday. Three runners turned in sub-48 times and didn't advance to the extremely competitive 10-man final.
The IC4A and ECAC Championships are run concurrently.
Dartmouth's Mustafa Abdur-Rahim Named Outstanding Heps Performer
HANOVER, N.H. -- Dartmouth's Mustafa Abdur-Rahim was named the outstanding male performer at the indoor Heptagonal Track & Field Championship as the Big Green men's team took fourth place.
Hosted by Dartmouth, the meet concluded Sunday afternoon at Leverone Field House.
After winning the pentathlon on Saturday, Abdur-Rahim came back on Sunday to finish second in the 60 meter hurdles in 8.15 and sixth in the long jump at 22-3 1/4. He also ran a leg of Dartmouth's third-place 4 x 400 relay.
Abdur-Rahim's pentathlon victory extended Dartmouth's hold on the multi-events title to eight straight years. The junior accounted for 25 of the Big Green's 60 points.
Dartmouth was just 10 points away from third-place Penn with 70.
With 130 1/2 points, Cornell broke Princeton's five-year stranglehold on the title. The Big Red won the indoor title for the first time since 1978, as the Tigers finished with 122 points.
For the Big Green, senior Tyler Haney was second in the 400 dash with a time of 48.63, and sophomore Brian Hanley was the runner-up in the one mile run with 4:08.33.
Sophomore Brian McCarthy took fourth in the high jump, clearing 6-8, and junior Joe Marucheck's mark of 47-11 1/2 was good for fourth in the triple jump.
Also scoring for the Big Green were sophomore Matt Brown,
fifth in the shot put with 51-10 1/2; sophomore Mike Mozer, sixth in the
weight at 51-1 1/2; and junior Mark Nichol, sixth in the 3000 with a time
of 8:22.83.
Women's Track 5th at Indoor Heps
HANOVER, N.H. -- Dartmouth senior Cecily Garber won the 800 meters as the Big Green women's track and field team was fifth at the indoor Heps Championship on Sunday.
Hosted by Dartmouth, the meet concluded Sunday afternoon at Leverone Field House.
Garber posted a time of 2:10.27 and was five-tenths of a second ahead of Erin Raggio of Columbia.
With 114 points, the Cornell women successfully defended their title as Yale was second with 99. Harvard was third in the nine-team field at 73, Princeton fourth with 66 and the Big Green fifth with 51.
Freshman Mattie Chatterton-Richmond was second in the long jump at 18-2 1/2.
Senior Jessie Allen-Young was third in the mile with a clocking of 4:54.45, and freshman Kelsey Wiegmann was tied for third in the high jump at 5-7.
On Saturday, Wiegmann was the runner-up in the pentathlon, just 55 points away from Susan Coltman's winning total of 3,556. Coltman competes for Princeton.
In the shot put, Dartmouth had two athletes score points. Senior Meagan Verdeyen was third with a mark of 44-7 1/2, while freshman Jamila Smith was fifth at 43-9 1/4.
Dartmouth's 4 x 800 relay also was third in 9:01.72 as
Allen-Young ran the anchor leg.
ABDUR-RAHIM WINS DARTMOUTH'S EIGHTH STRAIGHT PENTATHLON AT INDOOR HEPS
HANOVER, N.H. -- Junior Mustafa Abdur-Rahim highlighted Dartmouth's opening day of competition by winning the Big Green's eighth straight pentathlon at the Heptagonal indoor championship on Saturday at Leverone Field House.
With five events scored, Dartmouth's men are in third place with 19 points, while the Big Green women are fifth with 16 points. Cornell is first in the men's standings with 46 points, while Yale leads on the women's side with 28.
Abdur-Rahim, who placed third in the pentathlon last year, won the 60-meter hurdles and the shot put en route to scoring 3,974 points -- 208 more than second-place finisher Javius Wynn. The total was a career-best for Abdur-Rahim and places him second on Dartmouth's all-time list behind Greg Johnston '99.
Sophomore Andrew Hall also fared well in the pentathlon, finishing third with 3,670 points.
Abdur-Rahim also placed sixth in the long jump with a mark of 22-3 1/2 and qualified for tomorrow's finals in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.27.
Sophomore Michael Mozer was sixth in the weight throw with a toss of 51-1 3/4, while junior Mark Nichol also placed 6th in the 3,000 (8:22.83).
In the one-mile qualifying heats, sophomore Brian Hanley ran the fastest time (4:09.29) and advanced to tomorrow's finals, along with freshman Bart van Veghel, who ran a 4:11.27.
Senior Tyler Haney will also run on Sunday after recording the second fastest preliminary time in the 400 with a mark of 48.87. Senior Richard Efem advanced to the finals in the 60-meter dash with a time of 6.92.
On the women's side, freshman Kelsey Wiegmann placed second in the pentathlon, finishing just 55 points behind Susan Coltman of Princeton (3,556).
Freshman Matthan Chatterton-Richmond, who placed seventh in the pentathlon, took home second in the long jump with a leap of 19-2 1/2.
Seniors Jessie Allen-Young (4:55.59) and Megan Malgeri (4:54.68) will both compete in the mile finals tomorrow, while senior Cecily Garber qualified for the finals in the 800 (2:12.45)
Events begin at Leverone Field House on Sunday at 11 a.m.
On March 1-2, Dartmouth will host its third indoor track and field meet so far this season.
Only this won't be another run-of-the-mill gathering - the 2003 edition of the Heptagonal indoor track and field championship will take place at Leverone Field House with the field events set to begin at 11 a.m. on Saturday morning.
Dartmouth last hosted the event in 2000, when the Big Green men placed fourth and the women fifth. The men tied for second last year when the meet was held at Cornell and have high expectations entering this season's meet.
"That was one of our better indoor performances," men's coach Barry Harwick said. "We're hoping that the combination of a very experienced group of returning athletes and the fact that we are competing at home will put us in a position to win the title."
Dartmouth had several athletes place high last year. Senior Tom McArdle (Brookline, Mass.) won both the 3,000 and 5,000-meter runs and was named the men's outstanding performer.
Senior Tyler Haney (Gulf Breeze, Fla.) placed second in the 400, while junior Joe Marucheck (Raleigh, N.C.) was second in the triple jump and sophomore Brian McCarthy (Malverne, N.Y.) was second in the high jump.
Harwick also noted that junior Mustafa Abdur-Rahim (Brookline, Mass.) would be a contender in the pentathlon, while senior Jeff Guenette (Fitchburg, Mass.) would be a frontrunner in the 500-meter run.
On the women's side, Dartmouth tied for seventh last season. With a strong stable of returning seniors, an improvement in the standings certainly isn't out of the question.
"It's definitely the most competitive competition of the year and one of the most competitive in the country," women's coach Sandra Ford-Centonze said. "We're looking to improve on our finish from last year and we're looking for our seniors to step up and have some good performances."
A trio of seniors in particular appear to have good shots at placing high. Meagan Verdeyen (Hagerstown, Md.) won the shot put last year and should contend for top honors again, while Jessie Allen-Young (Loveland, Colo.) and Cecily Garber (Kensington, Md.) will be counted on to finish high.
After starting on Saturday, the meet concludes on Sunday with field events set to begin at 11 a.m.
Heptagonal Indoor Championship Ticket Prices
Prices per day:
ADULTS: $8 per person
YOUTH: $4 per person (youth is age 14 and under)
Dartmouth Students: Free admission with Dartmouth ID
Distance Medley Relay Shatters School Record
BOSTON, Mass. -- The Dartmouth women's track and field team enjoyed a record-setting performance at Saturday's Valentine Classic hosted by Boston University.
The distance medley relay team of Cecily Garber, Matthan Chatterton-Richmond, Megan Olds and Jessie Allen-Young combined for a time of 11:20.35, shattering the school record of 11:34.25 set in 1994.
The time was good for second place and was one second off the NCAA automatic qualifying standard.
The Big Green also had 10 ECAC qualifying performances.
In the 3000 meters, Dartmouth had four qualifiers. Kristen Ettensohn was second in 9:49.33, Betsy Burke third in 9:50.05, Kristin Andrews fourth in 9:50.83 and Melanie Schorr sixth in 9:53.77.
Garber was third in the 800 meters in 2:09.38, while Olds was sixth in 2:12.60.
In the 1000, Betsy Williamson's time of 2:55.54 was third, while Elizabeth Peacock-Villada was a place behind, taking fourth in 2:56.32.
Rounding out the ECAC qualifiers were two performers in the mile, Allen-Young, sixth in 4:51.02, and Megan Malgeri, 4:54.67.
Lydia Blandy also placed for the Big Green, finishing sixth in the 500 with a time of 1:17.97.
Saturday, February 15, 2003
Ingram Wins 1000 Meter Run for Dartmouth Men's Track & Field
BOSTON, Mass. -- Dartmouth junior Colin Ingram won the championship division of 1,000 meter run, competing at Boston University's FasTrack Invitational that concluded Saturday.
Ingram's time of 2:27.21 met the IC4A qualifying standard and was more than a full second ahead of the runner-up, Marty Fox of McGill University.
In the mile championship, sophomore Brian Hanley posted Dartmouth's fifth all-time fastest mark with 4:06.37. He finished third overall. In the same event, freshman Bart Van Veghel (4:09.01) and sophomore Ross Tucker (4:13.98) both bettered the IC4A qualifying standard.
In the 3000 meters, junior Mark Nichol met the NCAA provisional qualifying time with his clocking of 8:08.49. He was fourth.
Senior Jeff Guenette was the runner-up in the developmental 500 meters in 1:04.18, just seven one-hundredths of a second out of first.
The Big Green also had eight other athletes meet the IC4A times in their respective events.
Senior Pat Doherty ran 1:54.24 in the 800 meters; sophomore Quinn Thomas (8:19.54), sophomore Zack Strong (8:26.41) and freshman Chris Dragone (8:26.75) qualified in the mile; and Dartmouth's 4 x 400 relay turned in a time of 3:17.80.
Also qualifying were three runners in the 5000 -- freshman Mark Brissette (14:38.41), sophomore Noah Kaufman (14:41.31) and freshman Dave Burnham (14:44.94).
WOMEN'S TRACK WINS FIVE EVENTS; TWO SCHOOL RECORDS SET
HANOVER, N.H. -- Senior Jessie Allen-Young and freshman Kelsey Wiegmann each broke school records as Dartmouth's women's track and field team won five events in hosting a meet for the second straight week on Saturday afternoon at Leverone Field House.
Wiegmann broke the Dartmouth record in the high jump with a leap of 5-8 3/4, breaking the old mark of 5-6 3/4 set by Kristen Morwick '88.
Allen-Young set a new school record in the 1,000-meter run with an ECAC qualifying time of 2:49.56 -- nearly two seconds faster than the previous Dartmouth record of 2:51.28, which was run by current senior Cecily Garber. Freshmen Megan Olds and Tessa Steel also ran ECAC qualifying times with Olds placing second (2:53.89) and Steel third (2:57.15).
Senior Kristin Andrews took home first in the mile run with a time of 5:05.01, while freshman Meredith Curtis placed first in the 3,000-meter run with a mark of 10:38.43.
Freshman Matthan Chatterton-Richmond won the long jump (18-4 1/2), while senior Katy Jongeward placed first in the triple jump with a leap of 36-7 3/4.
Freshman Jamila Smith was third in the shot put with an ECAC qualifying toss of 45-1.
The Big Green next competes at the Boston University Valentine's Classic on Feb. 14-15.
DARTMOUTH MEN'S TRACK AND FIELD WINS SEVEN EVENTS IN HOME MEET
HANOVER, N.H. -- Hosting a meet at home for the second consecutive week, Dartmouth's men's track and field team won seven events on Saturday afternoon at Leverone Field House.
Senior Jeff Guenette led the way with a pair of wins in the 200-meter dash (22.46) and the 400-meter run (49.73). Junior Mustafa Abdur-Rahim also took home first in a pair of events, winning the 60-meter hurdles with an IC4A qualifying mark of 8.15 and tying with sophomore Brian McCarthy in the high jump with a leap of 6-2.
Sophomore Noah Kaufman took home first in the mile run with a time of 4:16.35, while senior Jonathan Carlson won the pole vault (15-0) and junior Joe Marucheck placed first in the long jump (22-1 3/4).
The Big Green next competes at the Boston University Valentine's Classic on Feb. 14-15.
BIG GREEN ATHLETES WIN SEVEN EVENTS AT DARTMOUTH INVITATIONAL (women's story)
HANOVER, N.H. -- Dartmouth's men's track and field team had seven first-place finishers at the Dartmouth Invitational on Saturday afternoon at Leverone Field House.
Juniors Joe Marucheck and Ahmad Abdur-Rahim each recorded a first and second place finish to lead the Big Green. Marucheck won the triple jump with a leap of 46-2 3/4 feet and was second in the long jump (21-4 3/4) to Abdur-Rahim's jump of 21-8 1/4. Abdur-Rahim was second in the 200-meter run with a time of 22.89.
Senior Richard Efem won the 60-meter dash with a mark of 6.98, while junior Andy Hamilton took home first in the 400 with a time of 50.88 and senior Jeff Guenette captured first in the 500 (1:06.08).
Senior Jonathan Carlson was first in the pole vault with a mark of 15-0, while freshman Paul Comaroto was immediately behind with a mark of 14-0 1/4.
Sophomore Michael Mozer won the weight throw with a toss of 50-4 1/4.
Competing at the Adidas Boston Indoor Games, Dartmouth's distance medley relay team finished seventh with an IC4A qualifying time of 7:53.19. Senior Tyler Haney, junior Colin Ingram, sophomore Brian Hanley and freshman Bart van Veghel ran the fastest time by a Dartmouth team in nine years.
Dartmouth competes again on Feb. 8 when Renssalaer and Massachusetts-Lowell travel to Hanover for a 12 noon start at Leverone Field House.
WOMEN WIN SEVEN EVENTS AT BIG GREEN INVITATIONAL
HANOVER, N.H. -- Dartmouth's women's track and field team captured first in seven events at the Dartmouth Invitational on Saturday at Leverone Field House.
Senior Lauren Sherry was first in the 400-meter run with a time of 1:00.65 and placed second in the 200 with a mark of 27.32.
Sophomore Elizabeth Williamson took top honors in the 1000-meter run (2:58.07), while freshman Allison Smith won the 3000 with a time of 10:34.04.
Former Dartmouth All-America selection Shaina Damm won the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 9.22, while freshman Matthan Chatterton-Richmond was second (9.46).
Dartmouth took the top three spots in the high jump with freshman Kelsey Wiegmann winning the event with a jump of 5-6 1/4. Sophomore Tessa Clare came in second (5-4 1/4) and senior Sarah Daoust was third (5-2 1/4).
Sophomore Lauren Ho won the pole vault (11-0 1/4) with junior Kate Adams placing second (10-6).
Senior Marianne Hall won the triple jump with a leap of 35-2 1/2. Freshman Jamila Smith won the shot put with a toss of 43-10 1/2, while senior Meagan Verdeyen was second (43-7 1/4) in both the shot and the weight throw (48-0 1/2).
Dartmouth competes again on Feb. 8 when Renssalaer and Massachusetts-Lowell travel to Hanover for a 12 noon start at Leverone Field House.
Sunday, January 26, 2003
Dartmouth's Marucheck Wins Triple Jump at BU Classic
BOSTON, Mass. -- Dartmouth junior Joe Marucheck won the triple jump with a mark of 45-7 1/4, competing at the Boston University Classic that concluded late Saturday night.
The Big Green men's track and field team also had eight runners turn in IC4A qualifying performances.
Sophomore Brian Hanley won his section of the mile in 4:10.33, while freshman Bart Van Veghel clocked 4:13.35.
Senior Tyler Haney had a time of 48.87 in the 400 meters, and junior Mark Nichol and sophomore Noah Kaufman both advanced in the 5,000 with 14:17.39 and 14:47.99, respectively.
Also qualifying were all three Dartmouth entries in the 3,000. Sophomore Zach Strong posted 8:23.78, sophomore Quinn Thomas turned in 8:25.93 and freshman Chris Dragone clocked 8:28.23.
The Big Green hosts the Dartmouth Invitational on Saturday, February 1, beginning at 12 noon in Leverone Field House.
BOSTON, Mass. -- Six Dartmouth women's track and field athletes qualified for the ECAC Championships at the Boston University Classic on Friday and Saturday in Boston, Mass.
The ECAC's are scheduled for March 8-9 in Boston.
Cecily Garber and Jessie Allen-Young qualified in the one-mile run with times of 4:50.76 and 4:54.39, respectively.
In the 5,000-meter run, the Big Green had three advance, as Betsy Burke qualified in a time of 17:19.59 and Kristin Andrews who ran 17:20.52. Sara Lewicke was the other qualifier, crossing the line in 17:22.94.
Megan Malgeri was the team's other qualifier, as she ran 9:57.86 in the 3,000-meter run.
The distance medley relay team of Garber, Allen-Young, Megan Olds and
Tessa Steel ran 11:56.13.
Sunday, Jan. 12, 2003
MEN'S TRACK WINS DARTMOUTH RELAYS; WOMEN SECOND
HANOVER, N.H. -- For the first time, team points were kept at the Dartmouth Relays and the Big Green narrowly missed out on winning both the men's and women's titles.
The men dominated competition, winning four events and ending the 34th Relays with 138 points. Williams College was the next closet team with 57. The women were edged by Wheaton College, which finished with 76.83 points to the Big Green's 66.
On the men's side, junior Mark Nichol won the 300-meter run (8:25.39) and junior Joe Marucheck took home first in the triple jump (46-4 3/4). The 1600 relay team consisting of senior Tyler Haney, juniors Ahmad and Mustafa Abdur-Rahim and Andy Hamilton captured first in the event with a time of 3:22.48. Junior Colin Ingram, sophomore Brian Hanley and freshmen Chris Mah and Bart van Veghel combined to win the 3200 relay with a mark of 7:53.65.
The men also had several other competitors finish high. Hanley placed second in the mile run (4:13.92), Mah was second in the 800 (1:58.90), sophomore Quinn Thomas came in second in the 3000 (8:27.63), while sophomore Zach Strong was right behind in third (8:33.93) and Haney placed second in the 400 (49.50).
On the women's side senior Kristin Andrews won the 5000 meters (17:50.56) and freshman Betsy Burke won the 3000 meter run with a time of 10:01.92. Senior Cecily Garber placed second in the 1-mile run with a time of 4:55.14.
Three meet records were set during the course of the final afternoon of the three-day competition. Competing for McGill Olympic Track Club, Patrick Boisclair shattered the previous record in the 1-mile race walk by nearly 30 seconds, as the Montreal resident clocked a time of 6:06.89.
Competing unattached, Anna Norgren Mahon of Orange, Conn. beat her own meet record from last year in the women's 20-lb. weight throw with a mark of 72-2 1/4.
In the women's pole vault, Anna McFarlane, a Concord, Mass. resident competing for Air Time Athletics, finished first with a meet record mark of 12-7 1/4.
Both the Dartmouth men's and women's teams next compete at Columbia on Jan. 17 at 12 noon.
Saturday, Jan. 11, 2003
THREE MEET RECORDS HIGHLIGHT SECOND DAY AT DARTMOUTH RELAYS
HANOVER, N.H. -- Three new meet records were set by high school athletes on the second day of competition at the 34th Dartmouth Relays on Saturday at Leverone Field House.
Team scores for the high school events were kept for the first time and St. John's Prep (Mass.) captured the boys title with 35 points, beating Amityville (N.Y.) High School and Bishop Hendricken (R.I.) High School by one point.
Ward Melville (N.Y.) High School took home the girls trophy with 26 points, edging Williamsville (N.Y.) South High School, which finished second with 25 and Toll Gate (R.I.) High School, which ended the meet in third with 22.20 points.
Anna McFarlane, a junior from Concord, Mass. competing for Concord-Carlisle High, set a meet record in the pole vault with a mark of 12-7.
Ronnetta Alexander, a senior from Williamsville, N.Y. competing for Williamsville South High School, recorded the third fastest time in the country so far this season in the 55 meter hurdles with a mark of 8.11, setting a girls' meet record.
Ward Melville's 800 meter relay team of Courtney Collins, Samantha Paul, Andrea Tingue and Ashley Huffman broke the meet record by clocking a time of 1:49.60
While she didn't set a Dartmouth Relays record, senior Kristen Callan (Monroe, N.Y.) set a New York state scholastic indoor record in the weight throw with a toss of 55-00.75 for Monroe-Wood High School.
A pair of local athletes competed and fared well. Hanover's Russell Brown won the 800 meter run with a time of 1:56.35, while Hanover's Catherine Bryson took first in the 2-mile run with a mark of 11:19.25.
The Dartmouth Relays conclude tomorrow with the collegiate and open events. The first event begins at 9 a.m.
HANOVER, N.H. -- A pair of Dartmouth athletes swept the pentathlon on the opening day of the 34th Dartmouth Relays at Leverone Field House on Friday.
Dartmouth junior Mustafa Abdur-Rahim captured the men's title with 3,672 points and won two of the five events: the 55-meter hurdles and the 1000 meter run.
Former Dartmouth All-American Shaina Damm won the women's pentathlon with a score of 3,573, while placing first in the shot put.
Dartmouth junior Sean Furey was fourth in the men's pentathlon with 3,283 points, while two Big Green freshmen placed in the women's event: Kelsey Wiegmann was fourth (3,119) and Matthan Chatterton-Richmond was sixth (3,083).
In master's competition, Dartmouth field events coach Carl Wallin competed in several events, winning the shot put in the 60-64 age group (14.64) and the weight throw (18.04), while placing second in the triple jump (8.27) and third in the high jump (1.33).
Lebanon's Andy Gamble was first in the 200 meter run in the 35-39 group with a time of 27.06 and second in the 55 meter dash (7.33).
Dorothy Mullaney of Enfield captured first in the 3000 meter run (13:00.13) in the 40-44 group and second in the 1500 meter run (6:00.73).
Hanover's Bob Sparks was first in the 80-84 group in the shot put with a toss of 5.10.
34th Annual Dartmouth Relays Attracts Athletes from All Levels
HANOVER, N.H. -- This weekend, track and field enthusiasts can escape the snow and enjoy the warmth of Dartmouth's Leverone Field House as the 34th annual Dartmouth Relays takes center stage.
The three-day event begins Friday, January 10 with the men's and women's collegiate and open pentathlons.
As one of the longest running meets in the country, the Dartmouth Relays draws more than 2,000 athletes from New England, New York and Canada. It is also one of the more unique events, attracting athletes of all ages and ability levels.
"For 33 years, the Dartmouth Relays has been the most inclusive track meet in New England," noted meet director and Dartmouth men's track coach Barry Harwick. "We're ambitious enough to bring high school, collegiate and open division athletes all under one umbrella."
When the Relays kicks-off Friday, Dartmouth will be well represented. Current Big Green standout and 2002 IC4A decathlon champion Mustafa Abdur-Rahim will compete in the collegiate pentathlon. Former Dartmouth captain and All-America Shaina Damm '02 is now studying at the Dartmouth's Thayer School of Engineering and will compete in the open pentathlon. Also of interest, Stuart Lord, dean of Dartmouth's Tucker Foundation, will compete in the Masters event.
On Saturday, January 11, high school athletes will take the stage as Leverone Field House welcomes athletes representing more then 150 high schools. Once again there will be some good local talent on hand.
Hanover's Russell Brown and Catherine Bryson, both New Hampshire state champions, will compete. For the first time, team scoring will be conducted and a banner will be awarded to the high school with the overall highest score.
The Relays concludes on Sunday with the collegiate and open division athletes. Numerous Dartmouth track and field athletes, as well as former Big Green stars, will vie for individual and team titles against some of the best athletes in the world.
Former University of Vermont star Anna Norgren-Mahon will make the trip to Hanover to compete in the 20 lb. weight throw. She is currently ranked sixth in the world in the hammer with 236-3 and has the longest throw in the world this year in the weight.
A fan favorite, the Grafton County one-lapper for children nine and under, will be contested on Sunday. Also on the schedule is a new men's and women's 4x 200 relay that will pit Dartmouth's clubs, sororities and fraternities against each other.
Sponsored by Adidas and Stateline Sports, all entries for the three-day event are listed on-line at lancertiming.com.
Admission to Friday's events is free while tickets for Saturday and Sunday can be purchased at the door.
DARTMOUTH'S TOM McARDLE NAMED VERIZON ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA
HANOVER, NH - Dartmouth's Tom McArdle was named to the 2001-02 Verizon Academic All-America team, joining just three other Ivy League student-athletes on the team.
McArdle, a standout member of the track and field team, was named to the third team while Harvard's John Friedman and Yale's Thomas Hocker were named first team.
McArdle recently qualified for the NCAA Championship, placing third in the men's 10,000 meters, turning in a time of 29:10.18. It marked the fifth straight season in which he has earned All-America recognition.
McArdle was also presented the Alfred E. Watson Trophy at the Big Green's annual sports banquet. The award was presented to the outstanding male athlete at the college.
Fagan Earns All-America Honors At NCAA Championships
Baton Rouge, La. -- Senior Ryan Fagan capped off a stellar senior season with an All-America performance at the NCAA Track and Field Championship late Wednesday night.
Running in the 10,000 meters, Fagan posted a time of 35:05.19 to finish ninth overall. She became only the fourth Big Green athlete to earn All-America honors in that event. She joins Deirdre Milligan (1996), Pam Crandall (1989) and Laurie Isbell (1989).
In the other events on Wednesday, senior Shaina Damm is in 14th place
with 3,129 points after one day of competition in the heptathlon. She posted
personal bests in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 14.71 and in the
200 meter-run with a mark of 24.93.
McArdle and Damm Earn All-America Status
Baton Rouge, La. -- Junior Tom McArdle put an exclamation point on a record-breaking season with an All-America performance at the NCAA Track and Field Championship late Thursday night.
Running in the 10,000 meters, McArdle posted a third-place finish with a time of 29:10.18, just eight seconds behind Ryan Shay of Notre Dame for second place. This marks the fifth straight season that McArdle has earned All-America status. Boaz Cheboiywo of Eastern Michigan won the event with a time of 28:32.10.
Senior Shaina Damm became the first athlete to earn All-America status
in the heptathlon with an eighth-place finish, scoring 5,321 points. Starting
the day in 14th place, Damm got back into contention by winning the 800-meter
run with a time of 2:14.28 and throwing a personal best of 123-3 in the
javelin. Austra Skujyte of Kansas State took home top honors with 6,061
points.
HANOVER, N.H. -- This week, three Dartmouth track and field athletes will compete at the NCAA Championships at Louisiana State University.
Traveling to Baton Rouge on Tuesday are junior Tom McArdle and seniors Shaina Damm and Ryan Fagan.
McArdle will compete in the 10,000 meters on Thursday at 9:15 p.m. A four-time All-America, he is the event's top seed after running 28:18.21 on April 19. The second-fastest qualifying time is 28:29.13, turned in by Boaz Cheboiywo of Eastern Michigan. Cheboiywo won the NCAA individual cross country title in November.
Fagan also will compete in the 10,000 meters. She qualified with her school-record time of 34:11.03 at the Penn Relays.
The top seed is Jodie Hughes of Colorado State who ran 32:50.80, and the women's 10K is scheduled for Wednesday at 9:10 p.m.
Dartmouth's multi-events specialist, Damm qualified for the heptathlon with her score of 5,369 points on March 21 in Arizona. She will compete in four events on Wednesday and the final three on Thursday.
The top seed is Ellanee Richardson of Washington State with 5,821 points.
HANOVER, N.H. -- Dartmouth's Tom McArdle has been selected Northeast regional athlete of the year by vote of the USTCA (United States Track Coaches Association).
The junior now is under consideration for the Mondo/USTCA national athlete of the year. The voting will take place at the conclusion of the upcoming NCAA Championships at Louisiana State in Baton Rouge, La.
McArdle will run the 10,000 meters at the NCAA's on Thursday, May 30. On April 19, he ran the fastest time by both an American and a collegian in the 10K, clocking 28:18.21 at the Mt. Sac Relays. That time broke the Dartmouth record by 17 seconds.
At the Heps on May 12, McArdle defending his outdoor 5,000 meter championship with an 11-second victory over Harvard's Nathan Shenk-Boright.
McArdle has earned All-America honors in four straight cross country and track seasons.
The Ivy League was well represented in the regional honors. Joining McArdle were Katy Jay of Cornell, also in the Northeast, as well as two Princeton athletes, Lauren Simmons and Tora Harris, in the Mid-Atlantic.
A total of 18 student-athletes were honored, representing nine regions.
McARDLE NAMED DISTRICT 1 ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA
HANOVER, N.H. -- Dartmouth track star Tom McArdle was voted to the Verizon Academic All-District team by the College Sports Information Directors of America.
McArdle, a junior, joined three other Ivy League athletes on the 10-member District 1 team -- Columbia's David Epstein, Harvard's John Friedman and Yale's Thomas Hocker.
McArdle (Brookline, Mass.) will compete at the NCAA Championship in Baton Rouge, La., on Thursday, May 30, running the 10,000 meters. He's earned All-America honors in four consecutive seasons.
On April 19, he ran the fastest time by both an American and a collegian in the 10K, clocking 28:18.21 at the Mt. Sac Relays. He broke the Dartmouth record by 17 seconds.
McArdle has a 3.30 GPA and is majoring in history.
Sunday, May 19, 2002
Garber Fourth at ECAC/IC4A Championship
PRINCETON, N.J. -- Dartmouth's Cecily Garber was fourth in the women's 800 meter run at the ECAC/IC4A Championship that concluded on Sunday at Princeton University.
The junior posted a time of 2:09.70 as five-tenths of a second separated the first-through-fourth finishers. Princeton's Laura Simmons won in 2:09.20.
In the men's high jump, freshman Brian McCarthy cleared 6-8 to tie for eighth place.
Earlier in the meet, sophomore Mustafa Abdur-Rahim won the decathlon with a score of 7,171 points that included a personal best throw of 183-2 in the javelin.
Freshman Andrew Hall was sixth with 6,609 after two career best efforts, 11.5 in the 100 meters and 22-10 1/2 in the long jump.
Sunday, May 12, 2002
Heptagonal Results
ANNAPOLIS, Md. Dartmouth's Shaina Damm saved her best for last at the outdoor Heptagonal Track and Field Championship that concluded Sunday afternoon.
Competing in the heptathlon, the senior from Meredith, N.H. trailed Princeton's Susan Coltman by 88 points entering the final event, the 800 meters.
Damm held a two-second margin on Coltman with 200 meters to go and then pulled away on the final stretch, winning the event by 35 yards.
Her time of 2:12.93 gave Damm 922 points and moved her ahead of Coltman who had 795 with 2:22.09.
After a near disastrous start in the 100 hurdles -- where she struggled with back-to-back jumps -- Damm finished the seven-event competition with 5,245 points, while Coltman fell back with 5,196.
"I really needed that," said Damm, who finds out in a week if she will compete at the NCAA Championship at LSU. "If you don't give it your all, you're just throwing everything away that you've done for two days."
Three other Big Green athletes won, including junior Tom McArdle. The four-time All-America surprised no one by defending his title in the 5,000 meters.
McArdle finished in 14:23.51, 11 seconds ahead of Harvard's Nathan Shenk-Boright, on a hot, muggy afternoon at the U.S. Naval Academy.
"The plan was just to take it easy and win the race," said McArdle, who is an NCAA qualifier in two distance events. "It was a miserably hot afternoon, and not fun for running. It went smoothly, with no surprises."
Junior Jeff Guenette won the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 52.10. "The race went really well. I just took it out hard at the start. A lot of people were concerned about the weather, but I decided it was beautiful. It was a perfect day to run," said Guenette.
In the women's 3,000 meter steeplechase -- a race new to the Heps this year -- Dartmouth's Devon Haskell won by two seconds. The junior ran the event for only the third time, posting a time of 10:55.38.
Normally an 800 and 1,500 meter runner, Haskell says the best part of the race for her is the hurdles and water jump. "I guess it's my long legs," she added. "It's fun doing a new event."
Junior Cecily Garber ran to third-place in the 800 meters with a time of 2:08.15 before taking a leg of the Big Green's 4 x 800 relay that was fifth.
The Dartmouth men started the day with a school record in the 4 x 100 relay, despite losing a team member to injury. Normally, senior Taylor Smith would have run one leg, but he re-injured a hamstring in the long jump on Saturday.
With junior Bob O'Connor running in Smith's place, the Big Green posted a time of 41.50, ahead of the Dartmouth mark of 41.58 set in 1988. Also running were sophomore Mustafa Abdur-Rahim, his twin brother Ahmad and junior anchor Tyler Haney.
Haney picked up a fourth place finish in the 200 (21.47) and fifth in the 400 (48.19) meters, before anchoring the 4 x 400 relay to fifth in 3:14.57.
Mustafa Abdur-Rahim was fifth in the 110 hurdles with 14.60, while Ahmad was sixth in the 400 hurdles with 53.39.
In the high jump, freshman Brian McCarthy's third-place leap of 6-9 was pale in comparison to that of Penn's Tora Harris. Harris won with 7-7, the second highest jump in the world this year.
After taking second place in Saturday's hammer, junior Meagan Verdeyen scored more points on Sunday with runner-up honors in the shot (44-10 3/4) and fourth in the discus at 134-2.
Senior Marc Hermer was third in the shot at 54-8 1/4 and fourth in the discus with 157-4.
The women also had a trio of fifth-place efforts. Junior Jessie Allen-Young had a time of 4:29.40 in the 1,500 meters, senior Lara Niell turned in 9:59.11 in the 3,000 and junior Sarah Daoust cleared 5-5 in the high jump.
The Pennsylvania men, who were tied with Princeton going into the final event -- the 4 x 400 -- won the relay and the meet with 131 points. The Tigers were second with 129 and Dartmouth was fifth with 59.
Harvard's Chris Lambert, a member of the British World Team, was the outstanding male performer after winning the 100 and 200 meter dashes.
Cornell's Katy Jay won the same events and was the outstanding female performer as the Big Red women won the team title for the third straight year with 187 points. The Big Green was sixth with 57.
HEPS Day One
ANNAPOLIS, Md. Dartmouth's Bruce LaPierre took runner-up honors in the 10,000 meters, highlighting the first day of action at the annual Heptagonal Outdoor Track and Field Championship hosted by Navy.
The senior posted a time of 30:16.76, as Harvard's Matt Seidel won the race on the final lap in 30:09.14.
In the 10K for the Dartmouth women, senior Ryan Fagan was fourth in 35:35.62.
Those races were the only finals on the track as most of the running events were trials and semi-finals.
There were eight field events contested, and Dartmouth junior Meagan Verdeyen started the day with a third-place effort in the hammer. Verdeyen threw 168-0 as Harvard took the top two places.
In the men's hammer, senior Marc Hermer was seventh with 174-1.
Dartmouth picked up eighth place finishes in the javelin as senior Brooke Derham threw 131-1 for the women while freshman Andrew Hall was 180-6 for the men.
The Big Green had numerous successes in the trials. Junior Cecily Garber has the second-fastest qualifying time in the 800 meters with 2:08.43, while classmate Jessie Allen-Young was second in her heat of the 1,500 meters and fifth overall, advancing with 4:33.48.
Sophomore Colin Ingram moved from fifth to second in his heat of the 800 meters, qualifying in 1:51.69, and junior Jeff Guenette had the second-fastest time in the 400 hurdles with 53.87.
Sophomore Mustafa Abdur-Rahim advanced in the 110 hurdles with 14.60, and senior Jason Taylor will run in the finals of the 1,500 meters Sunday. His time of 3:52.97 was first in his heat and second overall.
Junior Tyler Haney will run in the finals of both the 200 and 400 meters. He posted a time of 48.04 in the 400 and 21.61 in the prelims of the 200.
The Dartmouth men suffered a blow when Taylor Smith aggravated his left hamstring on his third try at the long jump. The versatile senior, who was second in this event last year, fouled on his first two attempts and wasn't able to compete in the 200.
Senior heptathlete Shaina Damm had a tough start to her day. Competing in the 100 hurdles, she hit the eighth and ninth hurdles, and only picked up 722 points in the event, putting her in sixth place.
But Damm won the 200 meters and the shot and finished second in the high jump to improve to second place. With 3,044 points, she trails Princeton's Susan Coltman with 3,142, with the long jump, javelin and 800 to be contested on Sunday.
Dartmouth's men are sixth in the nine-team field after the first day while the Big Green women are eighth.
McArdle Runs 13:37.14 in 5K at Stanford
PALO ALTO, Calif. -- In the 5,000 meters late Friday night, Dartmouth's Tom McArdle ran the second fastest time in school history with 13:37.14.
The junior competed at the Cardinal Invitational hosted by Stanford, and finished seventh overall. Martin Keino of Puma International won the event in 13:22.91.
McArdle's time was a personal best by more than nine seconds, and is the fastest clocking among Heptagonal competitors this season. The Heps championship is scheduled at Navy on Saturday and Sunday, May 11-12.
McArdle also posted the fourth fastest time in the nation by a collegian this season.
In Big Green history, only seven-time All-America Jim Sapienza has a faster time in the 5,000 meters with 13:30.79.
Ryan Fagan Breaks Women's 10,000 meter mark
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. -- For the second time in a week, a long-standing Dartmouth distance record has been broken.
At the prestigious Penn Relays, Big Green senior Ryan Fagan broke the women's 10,000 meter mark, turning in an NCAA provisional qualifying time of 34:11.03.
The previous record of 34:11.16 was held by Pamela Crandall and set during the 1989 season.
Fagan finished fourth in the college division of the 10K and easily surpassed her previous best of 36:47.28.
Fagan joined junior Tom McArdle, who ran 28:18.21 in the 10,000 meters at the Mt. Sac Relays a week ago. His time broke the Dartmouth record and is also the fastest clocking by an American in the event this season.
In other Penn Relays action, the men's 4 x 400 relay combined for 3:13.97 to finish third in the heptagonal section, and the women's 4 x 800 was sixth in the college division in a time of 8:59.35.
Junior Jeff Guenette posted the second best time among Heps athletes this spring with 53.86 in the 400 hurdles.
Also competing for the Big Green were senior Marc Hermer who threw 158-5 in the discus and 52-6 3/4 in the shot along with junior Meagan Verdeyen who had a throw of 162-8 in the hammer.
Haney Named ECAC Athlete of the Week
HANOVER, N.H. -- Junior Tyler Haney of the Dartmouth College men's track and field team was named the ECAC Athlete of the Week for his performance on April 13.
Haney won the 400 meters and anchored two Big Green relays to victory at the UNC Invitational on April 1
Haney's time in the 400 meters was 47.56. Along with Mustafa Abdur-Rahim,
his twin brother Ahmad Abdur-Rahim and Taylor Smith, Haney helped Dartmouth
to first in the 4 x 100 in a time of 41.87. Ahmad Abdur-Rahim, Smith, Haney
and Jeff Guenette then turned in a winning time of 3:16.08 in the 4 x 400.
McArdle Sets Dartmouth Record in the 10,000
WALNUT, Calif. -- Dartmouth's Tom McArdle ran the fastest time by both an American and a collegian in the 10,000 meters late Friday night, clocking 28:18.21 at the Mt. Sac Relays.
Competing in the invitational section, the Big Green junior was second only to Pablo Olmedo of the Mexican National Team in 28:12.55. The third and fourth place finishers were from Mexico and Norway.
McArdle, a four-time All-America in cross country, indoor and outdoor track, broke the Dartmouth school record by 17 seconds and lowered his personal best by 52 seconds.
The Big Green mark of 28:35.68 had been held by seven-time All-America Jim Sapienza, who graduated in 1985.
Dartmouth athletes can lay claim to two impressive track and field performances this year. In addition to McArdle, Adam Nelson, who graduated in 1997 and has a silver Olympic medal, has the longest throw nationally in the shot put. Nelson threw 72-7 at the Sea Ray Relays.
In the men's open section of the 10,000 meters, senior Bryce LaPierre
was 11th in 30;13.15 and freshman Kevin Arnold was 17th in 30:38.91.
DEDHAM, Mass. -- The Dartmouth men's and women's track and field teams each picked up three victories at the Northeastern Invitational Saturday.
For the Big Green women, junior Devon Haskell won the 3,000 meter steeplechase with a time of 11:00.24. It was only the second time she ran the event, and her time bettered the ECAC qualifying standard.
Senior Shaina Damm won the 200 meters in 25.29, was third in the 400 in 56.57 and fourth in the long jump with 18-5.
Dartmouth's Cecily Garber was first in the 1,500 meters in 4:34.20, as teammates Megan Newton, Jenny Goransson and Nancy Unsworth were third, fourth and sixth, respectively.
Brooke Derham was second in the javelin at 119-1, and Caitlin Sherry third in the 400 hurdles with 1:07.24.
The Big Green's other finishers were Lauren Ho, fifth with 10-2 3/4 in the pole vault, Betsy Williamson, sixth in the 800 in 2:17.56 and Kristin Andrews, sixth in the 5,000 with 18:09.45.
On the men's side, John Welsh won the 10,000 meters in 32:08.23 and Marc Hermer was first in the shot put at 52-11 1/2. Dartmouth also won the 4 x 100 relay in 42.25.
Runner-up finishes went to Tyler Haney, 22.25 in the 200; Jason Taylor, 1:54.0 in the 800; Peter Keenan, 32:11.66 in the 10,000; and Andrew Hall, who threw 191-3 in the javelin. One inch behind Hall in third was Alex McClure at 191-2.
Also third were Jon Carlson who cleared 14-6 in the pole vault; Mustafa Abdur-Rahim with a mark of 22-4 1/4 in the long jump; and Jeff Guenette, 49.15 in the 400.
Some Big Green athletes will compete at the prestigious Penn Relays, April 25-27, before the Dartmouth Invitational takes place on Sunday, April 28.
HANOVER, N.H. -- Junior Meagan Verdeyen was a triple winner for the Dartmouth women's track and field team as the Big Green defeated Boston College and Plattsburgh State on Saturday.
Dartmouth won 15 of the 19 events and rolled up 107 points. The Eagles were second with 71 with Plattsburgh a distant third with 26.
Verdeyen won the discus with 138-8 3/4, the hammer in 168-6 1/2 and the shot with 43-5 3/4.
A pair of athletes who hail from New Hampshire, Marianne Hall and Shaina Damm, doubled up for the Big Green.
Hall, from Londonderry, won the long jump in 15-10 1/2 and the triple jump with 35-1 3/4.
From Meredith, Damm was first in the 200 meter dash in 25.40 and the 100 meter hurdles with 14.96. She also was second in the shot put and javelin.
Dartmouth had first-place finishes from Leslie Feingerts, 58.53 in the 400 dash; Megan Newton, 2:19.79 in the 800; Cecily Garber, 4:33.07 in the 1500 meters; Caitlin Sherry, 1:08.18 in the 400 hurdles; Megan Malgeri, 10:51.88 in the steeplechase; and Brooke Derham, 124-3 1/2 in the javelin.
The Big Green also won the 4 x 400 relay.
The Dartmouth squad will split up next weekend to complete in two invitational events, the Gator Twilight in Florida and the Northeastern Invitational.
HANOVER, N.H. -- Joe Kimpel and Justin Griggs each won a pair of events as the Dartmouth men's track and field team defeated Boston College and Plattsburgh State on Saturday.
Kimpel, a junior, won the 110 hurdles in 16.38 and the 400 hurdles in 1:03.69, while Griggs, a senior, doubled in the high jump at 6-2 and long jump with 20-10.
Dartmouth earned 111 1/2 points, while the Eagles were second with 74. Plattsburgh State had 12 1/2.
Also victorious for the Big Green were Colin Ingram, 1:55.18 in the 800 meters; Mark Nichol, 3:55.42 in the 1500; Joe Shaw, 15:02.05 in the 5000; Marcus Gregg, 41-1 in the triple jump; Matt Brown, 47-6 1/2; Mike Mozer in the discus, 140-7 1/2; and Alex McClure, 180-6 in the javelin.
Dartmouth also won the 4 x 400 relay.
The Dartmouth squad will split up next weekend to complete in two invitational events, the Gator Twilight in Florida and the Northeastern Invitational.
Saturday, April 13, 2002
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Dartmouth's Tyler Haney won the 400 meters and anchored two Big Green relays to victory at the UNC Invitational on Saturday.
Haney's time in the 400 meters was 47.56. Along with Mustafa Abdur-Rahim, his twin brother Ahmad Abdur-Rahim and Taylor Smith, Haney helped Dartmouth to first in the 4 x 100 in a time of 41.87.
Ahmad Abdur-Rahim, Smith, Haney and Jeff Guenette then turned in a winning time of 3:16.08 in the 4 x 400.
Jason Taylor won the 1,500 meters in 3:54.63, and Andrew Hall was first in the javelin with a throw of 182-3 1/2.
Picking up second-place finishes were Mustafa Abdur-Rahim, 15.02 in the
110 hurdles, Brian McCarthy, 6-8 in the high jump and Smith in the long
jump with 23-10 1/4.
Saturday, April 6, 2002
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The Dartmouth women's track and field team finished third to Harvard and Brown in a three-way meet hosted by the Crimson on Saturday.
Brown won with 77 points, Harvard was second with 73 and the Big Green trailed with 42.
Dartmouth had victories by Cecily Garber with a time of 2:13.78 in the 800 meters and Dagny Dingman, 9:56.92 in the 3000 meters.
Sarah Daoust cleared 5-3 in the high jump for second place and the 4 x 400 meter relay also earned runner-up honors in 3:58.36.
Meagan Verdeyen had a busy afternoon. She was second in the shot put at 41-7 1/4, third in the hammer at 167-8 and third in the discus with 125-0.
Shaina Damm was third in three events. She posted a time of 16.06 in the 100 meter hurdles, threw the javelin 109-2 and leaped 17-10 1/2 in the long jump.
Dartmouth resumes action on Saturday, April 13, hosting Boston College and Plattsburgh at Memorial Field.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- In men's track and field action on Saturday, Dartmouth edged host Harvard as Brown was third in a tri-meet hosted by the Crimson.
The Big Green earned 91 points, the Crimson had 85 and the Bears were well back with 27.
Dartmouth All-America Tom McArdle and Jason Taylor went 1-2 in the 1500 meters with time of 3:55.62 and 3:55.92, respectively.
Ahmad Abdur-Rahim won the 400 hurdles in 54.72 and his twin brother, Mustafa, was third in 56.71.
The Big Green also picked up five victories in the field events, including Marc Hermer's double in the discus at 153-2 and the hammer with 165-7.
Taylor Smith won the long jump with 23-8, Joe Marucheck was first in the triple jump at 46-9 1/2 and Andrew Hall won the javelin with a throw of 190-1.
Tyler Haney and Mark Nichol picked up points for second-place. Haney had a time of 48.80 in the 400 meters and Nichol went 14:33.97 in the 5000.
The Big Green earned five points in the steeplechase where Joe Shaw was second in 9:30.1, followed by Zack Strong in 9:45.5.
Dartmouth is home on Saturday, April 13, hosting Boston College and Plattsburgh
at Memorial Field.
March 30, 2002
Track and Field Teams Sweep Tri-Meet
HANOVER, N.H- The Dartmouth men's and women's track and field teams were impressive as the Big Green defeated Vermont and New Hampshire at Memorial Field on Saturday afternoon.
The men's team won its tri-meet with 114 points, while New Hampshire was second with 63 and Vermont was third with 23. On the women's side, Dartmouth won with 87 points, while UNH placed second with 64 and Vermont was third with 50 points.
The highlight of the meet came on the women's side as the 4x 400 relay team broke a 15-year old school record. The team of Shaina Damm, Leslie Feingerts, Lauren Sherry and Beth Smith crossed the line with a new school mark of 3:52.43.
The women's team took 10 first-place finishes on Saturday with Feingerts, Damm,Smith and Megan Verdeyen recording multiple wins. Feingerts won the 400-meter dash with a time of 57.68. Damm also won the 100-meter hurdles in 15.15, while Smith captured the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:01.45. Verdeyen won three events, capturing the shot put (36-9), discus (143-0) and hammer throw (173-5).
The men also had 10 first-place victories. Marc Hermer took three throwing events, winning the shot put (50-5 1/2), the discus (152-9) and the hammer (168-5). Justin Griggs won the high jump with a leap of 6-7 and the long jump with a mark of 21-11.
Sunday, March 24, 2002
TEMPE, Ariz. -- The Dartmouth women's track and field team enjoyed a trio of third-place finishes at the Baldy Castillo Invitational hosted by Arizona State University.
Senior Lara Niell was third in the 1500 meters in 4:36.74, and freshman Beth Smith took third place in the 400 intermediate hurdles in 1:02.36. Junior Meagan Verdeyen's throw of 162-9 was third in the hammer.
Freshman Kristen Ettensohn was sixth in the 5000 meters with a time of 17:25.58.
For the Dartmouth men, senior Justin Griggs was fourth in the high jump, clearing 6-6 3/4, and junior Tyler Haney seventh in the 400 meter dash in 47.97.
Dartmouth returns home to host New Hampshire and Vermont on Saturday,
March 30 at 12 noon.
March 22, 2002
Damm Sets School Record As Track and Field Teams Compete at ASU
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - Shaina Damm qualified for the NCAA Track and Field Championships and set a school record in the heptathlon as the Dartmouth men's and women's track and field teams competed at the Baldy Castillo Invitational on Friday.
Damm recorded a school-best 5,369 points overall, leaping 18-5 in the long jump, throwing the javelin 117-5 1/2 and running a 2:18.71 in the 800. The senior from Meredith, N.H. is the first female athlete to meet the NCAA qualifications in the heptathlon in school history.
For the men, Mustafa Abdur-Rahim finished second overall in the decathlon
and was an IC4A qualifier with 6,317 total points. Andrew Hall, competing
in his first decathlon, finished fourth and also was an IC4A qualifier,
recording 6,199 points, while Joe Kimpel was in fifth place with 5,998 points.
Friday, March 8, 2002
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- Dartmouth's Tom McArdle finished seventh in the 5,000 meters at the NCAA indoor track and field championship on Friday night.
The junior posted a time of 14:03.29, and earned All-America honors for the second straight year in indoor track and the fourth overall in his collegiate running career.
"It was a very tactical race and a very physical race as well," said Dartmouth coach Barry Harwick. "Tom competed extremely well and wrapped up another successful season."
Sophomore Alistair Cragg of Arkansas won the race in 13:49.80 as the
Razorbacks took three of the top five spots. Jorge Torres and Dathan Ritzenhein,
both of Colorado, were second and third, respectively, while senior Ryan
Shay of Notre Dame was sixth in 14:02.97.
Sunday, March 3, 2002
BOSTON, Mass. -- Dartmouth's Tyler Haney broke the school's indoor record in the 400 meters at the IC4A Championship on Sunday.
The junior turned in a time of 48.23 and finished sixth.
In women's ECAC championship action held concurrently with the IC4A's,
senior Lara Niell was 12th in the 3,000 meters with a time of 9:54.59.
Sunday, February 24, 2002
McArdle Named MVP As Men's Track and Field Posts Highest Finish In 10 Seasons
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Dartmouth's Tom McArdle was named the meet's outstanding male performer as the Big Green men's track and field team tied for second at the Heptagonal indoor track and field championship that concluded Sunday at Cornell.
The Big Green and Penn both totalled 81 points, while Princeton won its fifth straight indoor title (and eighth in the last nine years) with 127 points.
McArdle won the 3,000 and 5,000 meter runs to take home MVP accolades in a vote by the Ivy League coaches. On Sunday, he won the 5,000 with a time of 14:18.83 after winning the 3,000 on Saturday with a time of 8:19.57.
McArdle's winning margin in the 3,000 was five seconds, and in the 5,000, he was 13 seconds ahead of Columbia's Steve Sundell who finished in 14:31.44.
The last Dartmouth athlete to garner outstanding male performer honors was Sam Wilbur, who doubled in the 3,000 and 5,000 during the 1995 meet.
Senior Taylor Smith, from Sandown, N.H., was the only other multiple winner for the Big Green as he won the pentathlon and long jump on Saturday.
Sophomore Joe Marucheck placed second in the triple jump at 48-3 3/4, while junior Tyler Haney was the runner-up in the 400 meter dash with a time of 49.01.
Also second was freshman Brian McCarthy in the high jump. He cleared 6-10 1/4, while senior Justin Griggs was fifth at 6-5.
Dartmouth's 4 x 400 and 4 x 800 relays were both fourth.
Junior Meagan Verdeyen won the shot put by more than two feet as the Dartmouth women and Navy were tied for seventh with 32 points.
Verdeyen had a personal best of 46-3 1/2, while Shaina Damm, from Meredith, N.H., was seventh with 41-5 1/4. Damm won the pentathlon on Saturday with 3,862 points, the third highest total in Heps history and a school record.
In the mile run, junior Jessie Allen-Young was fourth in 4:57.28, while freshman Kristen Ettensohn was fifth in the 3,000 at 9:57.80.
In the 60 meter hurdles, freshman Beth Smith was sixth in a time of 9.27.
The 4 x 400 relay was sixth, and the 4 x 800 was seventh.
With 113 points, Cornell won the team title for the first time since 1995.
Saturday, February 23, 2002
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Dartmouth's dominance continued in the pentathlon as the first day of action at the Heptagonal track and field championship concluded on Saturday.
For the third straight year, senior Taylor Smith won the men's pentathlon title, scoring 3,858 points. The Big Green has claimed the last seven as Greg Johnston won the 1996, 1997, 1998 and 1999 titles before Smith took over in 2000.
Smith, from Sandown, New Hampshire, also won the long jump with 24-7.
Also scoring in the pentathlon were sophomore Mustafa Abdur-Rahim, third with 3,833 points, and junior Joe Kimpel, seventh with 3,487.
Junior Tom McArdle won the 3,000 meters for Dartmouth with a time of 8:19.57.
That was enough to vault the Big Green into second place in the team championship after five of 19 events. Host Cornell is first with 48 points, followed by Dartmouth with 38 and Princeton with 31.
Meanwhile, senior Shaina Damm, from Meredith, New Hampshire, won the women's pentathlon with a personal-best and school record 3,862 points.
Dartmouth is tied for fourth place in the women's field. Harvard leads with 43, Princeton is second with 30, Brown third with 28, while the Big Green and Penn are next with 14.
In the 5,000 meters, seniors Lara Niell and Dagny Dingman were fifth and sixth, respectively, with times of 17:28.14 and 17:30.77.
Junior Meagan Verdeyen was sixth in the 20 lb. weight with a throw of 50-0 3/4.
The meet, featuring the eight Ivy League schools plus Navy, concludes Sunday.
February 9, 2002
MEN'S TRACK AND FIELD HAS STRONG SHOWING AT THE VALENTINE'S INVITATIONAL
BOSTON, Mass. -- Tom McArdle won the 3,000 with a time of 8:03.59 to lead the Dartmouth track and field team at the Valentine Invitational. McArdle's time is an NCAA qualifier and is the fastest time in the Heps this year. He moved to fourth on the Big Green's all-time list follwoing the run.
The men's 1,600 relay team of Jeff Guenette, Taylor Smith, Ahmad Abdur-Rahim and Tyler Haney won their section of the relay. Their time of 3:15.97 is the best in the Heps this year.
Dartmouth had eight members of the team qualified for the IC4A with solid performances.
Colin Ingram ran the 1,000 in 2:29.59 while Mark Nichol ran the 3,000 in 8:21.54 followed by Bryce LaPierre at 8:22.15.
Guenette finished the 500 in 1:04.90 and Jason Taylor ran the mile in 4:12.75. Haney crossed the line 48.96 in the 400.
Finally Neal Graves and Kevin Arnold qualified in the 5,000 as Graves finished in 14:41.37 while Arnold had a time of 14:45.97.
The top performer in the field events was Jon Carlson, who was third in the pole vault at 15-1. It was his best jump of the season.
Saturday, February 9, 2002
DARTMOUTH WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD COMPETES AT VALENTINE INVITATIONAL
HANOVER, N.H. -- The Dartmouth women's track and field squad had a host of runners qualify for the ECAC championships at the Valentine Invitational in Boston on Saturday.
Lara Niell won the 3,000 meter run in a time of 9:48.62 and qualified for ECAC's, as did Kristen Ettensohn, who took second place in 9:54.60.
Dagny Dingman's time of 17:19.00 was good enough to qualify in the 5,000.
The Big Green had a strong showing in the relays.
The 4X400 relay team of Shaina Damm, Leslie Feingerts, Caitlin Sherry and Beth Smith emerged victorious in 3:55.93 and will go to the ECAC championships.
The distance medley relay team of Jessie Allen-Young, Laura Berzak, Megan Newton and Kersti Miller came in second, with an ECAC-qualifying time.
McArdle - Fastest Collegian in 2002
BOSTON, Mass. -- Dartmouth's Tom McArdle ran the nation's fastest 5,000 meters by a collegian, turning in a time of 13:46.87 at the Boston University Classic late Friday night.
McArdle broke the Big Green's indoor record and had a personal best by 15 seconds. His time was the second fastest, indoors or out, by a Dartmouth runner at that distance, and he also posted an NCAA automatic qualifying time.
The junior was second to Brent Hauser, who races professionally for the Nike Farm Team. Hauser, a former Stanford athlete who competes internationally for the United States, won in 13:44.86.
In Big Green history, only seven-time All-America Jim Sapienza '85 has run the 5,000 faster with a clocking of 13:30.79.
A year ago in the 5,000, McArdle earned indoor All-America honors at the NCAA's, and he followed that up with outdoor All-America recognition at the NCAA's in the 10,000 meters. During the fall, he won the Heptagonal cross country championship and was 16th at the NCAA's for a hat trick of All-America honors.
"At the beginning of the race, Tom was on the starting line with six Stanford runners and a host of collegiate athletes running for Nike," said Dartmouth coach Barry Harwick. "By the end of the race, the entire armory was cheering for Tom, as he took the lead with less than a mile to go, opened up a big gap and almost pulled it off.
"It was a fantastic time for Tom and we'll look forward to bigger and better things when he gets to the championships," added Harwick.
Other Dartmouth distance runners performed well at Boston University.
Senior Jason Taylor and sophomore Mark Nichol posted IC4A qualifying times in the 3,000 meters with 8:26.29 and 8:27.35, respectively. In the 5,000 meters, senior Bryce LaPierre beat the IC4A qualifying standard with 14:47.9.
For the Dartmouth women, senior Lara Niell qualified for the ECAC championship with a time of 17:08,61 in the 5,000.
Across town at the Northeastern Invitational, senior Kersti Miller won the 800 meter run in a time of 2:16.49, while junior Cecily Garber was second in the 1,000 meters with 2:57.68.
Senior Shaina Damm was sixth in the 200 meters with 25.78 and seventh in the 55 meter hurdles with 8.81. She also helped the 4 x 400 relay with Garber, Caitlin Sherry and Leslie Feingerts to fourth in 3:58.67.
Freshman Jenny Goransson was fifth in the mile with 5:11.35.
Also scoring were freshman Beth Smith, eighth in the 55 hurdles with 9.29, and freshman Tessa Clare, eighth in the high jump at 5-3.
Among the Big Green men, junior Jeff Guenette and sophomore Colin Ingram both had fourth place finishes. Guenette had a time of 22.44 in the 200 meters, while Ingram posted 1:57.19 in the 800.
Also placing in the 800 was senior Joe Hyland, eighth in 1:59.87.
In the mile, freshman Pat Martha was fifth in 4:22.58, while high jumper Brian McCarthy was sixth, clearing 6-6.
Women win, Men fall by One Point
HANOVER, N.H. -- One point kept Dartmouth from having a perfect day in a three-way track and field meet in Leverone Field House on Saturday.
With 77 points, the Big Green women defeated Yale with 51 and Columbia with 49. But on the men's side, the Bulldogs had 69 1/2, Dartmouth earned 68 1/2, while the Lions trailed with 40.
Shaina Damm, senior co-captain of the Dartmouth women's team, won the 60 meter hurdles in 9.11 and also took the long jump with 17-1 1/2.
Junior Megan Verdeyen doubled in the shot with 40-11 1/4 and the weight at 45-7.
For the Dartmouth men, junior Tyler Haney had an impressive afternoon, winning the 60 meter dash in 7.08 and the 400 meters in 49.04.
Haney also anchored the winning 4 x 400 relay to victory, combining with Jeff Guenette, Taylor Smith and Andy Hamilton for an IC4A qualifying time of 3:18.48. Yale was second in 3:18.86.
Smith also qualified for the IC4A's in the long jump with 23-0 3/4.
Both Dartmouth track and field teams are back in action next weekend, competing at the Northeastern Invitational and the Boston University Classic.
ADAM NELSON SETS MEET RECORD ON FINAL DAY OF DARTMOUTH RELAYS
HANOVER, N.H. -- Olympic silver medalist Adam Nelson broke his own meet record in the shot put with a throw of 67-9 3/4 at the Dartmouth Relays on Sunday.
Nelson, who graduated from Dartmouth in 1997, set the old record in 1999 at 65-1 1/4.
Michelle Hickman of Lemans Track Club also set a meet record, in the triple jump, with a distance of 41-9 3/4.
The Big Green had several other top finishers in the event's final day of competition.
Dartmouth swept the mile runs, as Tom McArdle, running in a race that is not his specialty, won in the men's event while Cecily Garber was victorious in the women's.
McArdle finished in 4:13.88, while Garber posted a time of 5:05.29.
Dartmouth's Jason Taylor finished first in the 3000 meter run in a time of 8:29.87.
Sunday's open events concluded three days of competition at the Relays. The Masters competition and open pentathlon were on Friday, while high schoolers competed yesterday.
Saturday, January 12, 2002
Girls Pole Vault Highlights Second Day Action at Dartmouth Relays
HANOVER, N.H. -- Samantha Shepard tied her own meet record of 12-6 in the girls pole vault, highlighting the second day of action at the 33rd annual Dartmouth Relays.
Shepard, representing Airtime Athletics of Weston, Mass., cleared 12-6 at last year's Dartmouth Relays.
In the girls mile, Megan Olds of Gloversville (N.Y.) High School posted the second fastest time in the nation this year, covering the distance in 4:57.25. Last weekend, Molly Huddle of Elmira, N.Y. turned in 4:57.0.
Olds will attend Dartmouth College in the fall as a member of the Class of 2006 and will be a candidate for the cross country/track and field teams.
When it concludes Sunday evening, the three-day track and field meet will have featured more than 2,000 competitors, beginning with Friday's master's events.
High school competitors took to Leverone Field House on Saturday, and on Sunday, college and open athletes will be in action.
On Friday, 45-year-old Bob Otrando set a master's world record in the 45-49 shot put with a mark of 53-11. From Sunderland, Mass., Otrando was competing unattached.
Dartmouth track and field coach Carl Wallin, 60, won the 60-64 master's shot with a put of 48-5 1/4, almost eight feet farther than the runner-up. He also won his age group in the 35 lb. weight by more than seven feet with a throw of 53-9 3/4.
Ken Withee of Hanover, 89-year-old, won the 85-89 age group of the shot
with 20-9.
Day One for Dartmouth Relays
HANOVER, N.H. -- Dartmouth's Taylor Smith and Shaina Damm each won their respective pentathlon competitions as the three-day Dartmouth Relays kicked off at Leverone Field House Friday afternoon.
Smith, a senior from Sandown, New Hampshire, won with 3,731 points. Smith is a captain of the 2001-02 Dartmouth track and field team.
Second place went to John Wallin, a two-time Division 2 track and field All-America who graduated Southern Connecticut in 1999. The son of Dartmouth track and field coach Carl Wallin, John earned 3,556 points, competing unattached.
The Big Green's Joe Kimpel was fifth with 3,272 points.
Damm, a captain for the Big Green squad from Meredith, New Hampshire, amassed 3,519 points, to outdistance Northeastern's Nicole Parker with 3,406.
In master's competition, Dartmouth track and field coach Barry Harwick won the 45-49 master's 1,500 meters in 4:15.86.
Andy Gamble of Lebanon was second in the 35-39 master's 55 meter dash with a time of 7.53.
The 33rd annual Relays continues Saturday with high school competition and Sunday with open events.
NEWLY-RESTORED LEVERONE HOSTS THE 33RD ANNUAL DARTMOUTH RELAYS
HANOVER, N.H. -- Upper Valley track fans have a number of reasons to be excited as the 33rd Dartmouth Relays, a three-day track and field extravaganza for all ages, kicks off on Friday, January 11.
One of the oldest running track and field events in the country, the Dartmouth Relays has showcased some of the area's best talent, and this year athletes will represent eight states as well as Canada. The meet is not only a competition for collegiate athletes but for high schoolers, masters, club teams and open event contenders as well.
The Dartmouth Relays will be held in the college's Leverone Field House, which recently underwent a $5 million renovation. Athletes and fans will enjoy a brand-new track as well as improved lighting.
Among the big-name athletes scheduled to appear at the event is one that the Upper Valley knows quite well -- Adam Nelson. Nelson, a silver medalist at the 2000 Olympics, returns to his alma mater to compete in the shot put. He was ranked No. 2 in the world last year and will face off against No. 9 Brad Snyder of Canada at 3:30 on Sunday.
"I am very excited to have Adam back in Hanover," said Carl Wallin, head coach of Dartmouth's field events. "He's so dynamic, and he has a style that's completely different than anyone else's. It will be a real treat for the fans."
The meet kicks off on Friday with the men's and women's collegiate and open pentathalons. Taylor Smith -- who won the Heptagonal championship -- and Shaina Damm, both senior captains for the Dartmouth team and New Hampshire natives, will represent the Big Green.
The pentathalons will be followed by the men's and women's masters events.
On Saturday, January 12, high school athletes will showcase their talents in Leverone.
The mile for the boys and girls is traditionally the featured event of the day. The top finishers in those competitions will have the opportunity to advance to the nationally televised Millrose Games in New York City's Madison Square Garden. Pablo Durana of Phillips Andover and Megan Olds of Gloversville, N.Y. have the fastest times coming in, but both races have a number of talented competitors.
The final day will feature the collegiate and open division athletes. Two members of the 2001 Heptagonal champion Dartmouth men's cross country team will take part in the 3,000 meter run. Kevin Arnold and Neal Graves, both freshmen for the Big Green, ran in the NCAA championship race this year.
Four Dartmouth runners will also compete in the women's event, led by junior Jessie Allen-Young and senior Lara Niell. Both were 2001 cross country All-Ivy/All-district team members.
The men's high jump will also feature some big names. Kwaku Boateng and Charles LeFrancois are both internationally ranked and have competed in the Olympics with the Canadian national team.
Dartmouth's Tyler Haney, the reigning indoor Heptagonal champion, will likely be a top finisher in the 400. The Big Green's Beth Smith, who finished fifth at the junior national championships, will compete in the 400 meter hurdles.
One of the crowd-pleasing events that takes place on Sunday is the Grafton County one-lapper. In this event, children ages nine and under can compete.
More than 2,000 athletes have entered the three-day Adidas-sponsored event.
Admission to Friday's competition is free. Tickets for
Saturday and Sunday can be purchased at the door.
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