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Harlow captures women's high jump crown at All New England Championship, Sisodia leads men with provisional mark in 400M dash
February 26, 2005
BOSTON, MA- Sophomore Jennifer Harlow (East Bridgewater, MA/East Bridgewater) captured the women's high jump title at this weekend's All New England Championship hosted by Boston University, as the All-America jumper topped the competition from NCAA Divisions I, II and II and in the process helped lead the Lyons to 16th place with 15.5 points. The men tied for 31st overall with a total of four points.
Harlow, who finished in a tie for second at last year's NCAA Division III Championship held at Millikin University, cleared a national meet provisional qualifying height of 5' 5 3/4" at BU's Track and Tennis Center. Harlow nearly reached her personal-best performance set back on January 9, when she posted a mark of 5' 6" at the Dartmouth College Relays.
Senior captain Kathrine Wallace (Glenmoore, PA/The Hill School), who currently has the nation's second-highest jump, placed in a tie for fourth overall at 5' 3". Wallace also anchored Wheaton's provisional qualifying 4x400-meter relay team, joining senior captain Jessica Allegra (East Hampton, CT/East Hampton) and freshmen Chelsea Nader (Ardmore, PA/Lower Menan) and Julie McLane (New Canaan, CT/New Canaan) for an eighth-place time of 3:55.89.
The Lyons put another relay in position to qualify for the upcoming national championship in mid-March, as Wheaton's distance medley team placed eighth overall with a provisional qualifying time of 12:16.67. On that squad was Allegra, senior Lindsay Whalen (Dedham, MA/Dedham), junior captain Kendra Leith (Holden, MA/Wachusett Regional) and first-year Megan Brousseau (Attleboro, MA/Attleboro).
Brousseau raised her position on the NCAA women's indoor performance list in the mile, finishing 11th overall with a provisional qualifying time of 5:03.65. Other strong performances came from McLane and Harlow in the 55-meter hurdles event, as each reached the semifinal heat with times of 8.71 and 8.80, respectively.
For the men, junior captain Ajay Sisodia (Andover, MA/Andover) improved his standing on the NCAA men's indoor performance list in the open 400-meter dash. Sisodia advanced to the finals, where he placed fifth overall with a season-best time of 48.72.
Senior captain Jamaal Rawls-Payton (Stoughton, MA/Stoughton) competed in the 55-meter hurdles event and advanced to the semifinals, taking 15th with a time of 8.15.
Wheaton will have one final crack at qualifying for the national championship meet next weekend, as the Lyons are set to attend the Last Chance Qualifier meet scheduled for Friday, March 4 at Yale University at 6:30 p.m.
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