Villanova, PA - The Big East Champs treated the 4x800 team much better then the Penn Relays did a week earlier. The foursome of Tyneka Greene, Pamela Petruski, Sarah Sudbury and Shakira Best improved their season best by more then 14 seconds by running 9:05.81 for a 7th place finish. The mark also extended the season of the young relay by earning them a trip to the ECAC Championships in two weeks.
Tyneka Greene ran an awesome lead off leg by taking the race out in 63-64 through 400m. Tyneka ran a very aggressive race and set the tone for the entire relay with a 2:12.8 split handing off in 3rd place. Pamela Petruski ran a tough leg and split 2:14.8 which is her fastest split of her St. John's career. After the 2nd exchange between Petruski and Sarah Sudbury, we were in 5th place. Sudbury split 2:17.8 and kept us right in the pack fighting for 2nd place as Marquette was way out in front. Kim Piard was slated to run the anchor but due to illness we had to add our alternate, Freshman Shakira Best, to the anchor 20 mins before the gun went off. Shakira ran a gusty race for a 2:19.9 split and just got nipped the last 20 meters by South Florida.
We are looking forward to the challenge at the ECAC's at Princeton in two weeks. We are excited to get Kim back healthy and have our complete team crack the 9:00 barrier.
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