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Lyons post pair of top five finishes at Tufts University Invitational III; Women earn silver and men place fifth overall
February 7, 2004
MEDFORD, MA- The Wheaton College men's and women's indoor track and field teams posted a pair of top five finishes Saturday afternoon at the Tufts University Invitational III. Competing at the Gantcher Family Sports & Convocation Center for the second time this season, the women took the silver with 118 points among the 16 teams while the men placed fifth overall with 64 points in the 14-team field. Host Tufts captured both team titles on the afternoon.
Sprints and jumps once again carried the Wheaton women to several impressive performances, led by sophomore Noelle Battista (Warwick, RI/Toll Gate) in the pole vault. Battista not only shattered her own school record by two inches and posted an NCAA Division III national meet automatic qualifying standard, but also tied two other athletes for the highest vault in the country at 12' 6". Freshman Hailey Gallant (Ashford, CT/E.O. Smith) finished fourth in the event.
Also solid on the field was Wheaton's high jump performances, as the Lyons captured three of the top four positions including the event title by junior Kathrine Wallace (Glenmoore, PA/The Hill School) with a provisional qualifying jump of 5' 5". First-year athletes Crystal Blamy (Walpole, NH/Fall Mountain View) and Jennifer Harlow (East Bridgewater, MA/East Bridgewater) tied for third with leaps of 5' 3". Harlow also placed third in the triple jump and fourth in the long jump.
Senior Amber James (Woodbury, MN/Woodbury) and sophomore Aspen James (Woodbury, MN/Woodbury) led the way in the sprinting events, as the sister tandem posted a pair of top two finishes in both the 55- and 200-meter dash events. Aspen topped the field in the 55M event in 7.25 while Amber was on her heals in second in 7.30, as both qualified provisionally for the national meet in the race. In the 200M event, Amber finished in 25.31 and Aspen at 26.08.
Amber also anchored the provisional qualifying 4x400-meter relay team to a second-place finish in 4:00.15. Joining James was Wallace, senior Kim Spence (Barrington, NH/Dover) and junior Jessica Allegra (East Hampton, CT/East Hampton). Spence placed second in her section in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:20.85 and sophomore Kendra Leith (Holden, MA/Wachusett Regional) was second in the 3,000-meter run in 10:29.16.
On the men's side, sophomore Ajay Sisodia (Andover, MA/Andover) placed second in the 55-meter dash in 6.60 and third in his section in the 200-meter event in 22.78, behind senior Erik Benson's (Southbury, CT/Pomperaug) second-place finish of 22.76. Junior Adam Walker (Westfield, NJ/Westfield) was fourth in the event with a time of 23.54 and third in the 400-meter dash in 50.72. Benson placed second in his section of the 600-meter run and senior Terry Panetta (Hicksville, NY/St. Anthony's) was third overall.
Junior Stan Pyle (South Portland, ME/South Portland) highlighted Wheaton's distance events by posting the day's fastest time in the 3,000-meter run in 8:45.85. Junior Jamaal Rawls-Payton (Stoughton, MA/Stoughton) advanced to the finals of the 55-meter hurdles, finishing seventh with a time of 8.19. He also helped lead the Lyons' 4x400-meter relay team to a runner-up finish with a time of 3:24.30. Joining Rawls-Payton was Walker, Sisodia and Benson. On the field, freshman Ryan Fitzgerald (Newport, RI/Rogers) placed third overall in the shot put with a throw of 45' 1".
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