The ECAC championships were held in Princeton on March 7th - March 8th. St John's again showed significant improvement over last season by scoring 15 points and finishing 20th out of 51 teams compared to 36th last season.
The Red Storm jumps squad led the way by scoring 2 athletes in the High Jump. Priscilla Frederick broke her month old school record with a 1.82m leap and is now a scant 1/4 of inch away from becoming the first St. John's women to break the 6 foot barrier. Additionally, Priscilla's jump ranks her joint 7th in the nation and so booked her ticket for the NCAA championships in College Station, Texas. Priscilla was supported by team mate Venisa Clarke-Lee who finished 5th with a 1.70m (5'-7") jump
Senior Phobay Kutu-Akoi also scored in her sprint specialties with a 7th place 7.61 second performance in the 60 meter dash and an 8th place 24.83 finish in the 200 meters.
A fuller recap can be found at the Red Storm site: Five Red Storm Athletes Earn All-East Honors At ECAC Championships. Full results of the meet can be found at: ECAC Indoor Track and Field Championship
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Sunday, March 15, 2009
Indoor Big East 2009 Roundup
For the second year in a row, the Indoor Big East was held at the Armory in Washington Heights, New York City.
Our young team showed significant improvement from last year when we finished in the basement - 16th out of 16 teams. This year we moved up to 11th scoring a total of 21 points. For a full break out of scoring you can visit the STJ RedStorm site: Big East Complete Results. The site also provides an excellent review of the meet: Big East Recap
The team was led by Graduate student Arina Gerasimova who racked up 10 points in taking the Triple Jump title while battling a sore achilles. Arina showed her consistency by jumping a season best of 12.36 m (40' 6 3/4") twice during the competition and had a marginal foul of a longer jump on her last attempt.
Sophomore Priscilla Frederick scored 8 points in 2 events. Competing in her 2nd Pentathlon, Frederick finished 7th scoring 3,557 points. The competition was stiff as evidenced by the fact that the first 6 finishers all achieved NCAA provisional qualifiers. Subsequently 3 of these athletes went on to compete in the NCAA Pentathlon. After a draining five event first day, the completion for Priscilla wasn't any easier in the High Jump where she finished third with a jump of 1.78m (5'-10"). The first 3 jumpers all achieved the same height, placement was decided on countback.
Senior Phobay Kutu-Akoi rounded out the team scoring by finishing 6th and scoring 3 points in the 60 meter dash with a time of 7.55 seconds. In addition Phobay also made the 200 meter final running a PR of 24.55 seconds in the prelims.
Our team also recorded season bests in both the 4 x 400 meters and 4 x 800 meters of 3:52.31 and 9:10.93 respectively.
Our young team showed significant improvement from last year when we finished in the basement - 16th out of 16 teams. This year we moved up to 11th scoring a total of 21 points. For a full break out of scoring you can visit the STJ RedStorm site: Big East Complete Results. The site also provides an excellent review of the meet: Big East Recap
The team was led by Graduate student Arina Gerasimova who racked up 10 points in taking the Triple Jump title while battling a sore achilles. Arina showed her consistency by jumping a season best of 12.36 m (40' 6 3/4") twice during the competition and had a marginal foul of a longer jump on her last attempt.
Sophomore Priscilla Frederick scored 8 points in 2 events. Competing in her 2nd Pentathlon, Frederick finished 7th scoring 3,557 points. The competition was stiff as evidenced by the fact that the first 6 finishers all achieved NCAA provisional qualifiers. Subsequently 3 of these athletes went on to compete in the NCAA Pentathlon. After a draining five event first day, the completion for Priscilla wasn't any easier in the High Jump where she finished third with a jump of 1.78m (5'-10"). The first 3 jumpers all achieved the same height, placement was decided on countback.
Senior Phobay Kutu-Akoi rounded out the team scoring by finishing 6th and scoring 3 points in the 60 meter dash with a time of 7.55 seconds. In addition Phobay also made the 200 meter final running a PR of 24.55 seconds in the prelims.
Our team also recorded season bests in both the 4 x 400 meters and 4 x 800 meters of 3:52.31 and 9:10.93 respectively.
Monday, February 9, 2009
Phobay Kutu-Akoy Burns Up the Track
Senior Phobay Kutu-Akoi has been burning up the track in the 60 meter dash. This past weekend at the New Balance meet in the Armory, Phobay had another PR of 7.47 in the Dash which ranks her 4th in the Big East rankings.
Recently Phobay was named Big East athlete of the week for her performances earlier in the year at the Penn state invitational.
Last week Phobay finished 2nd in the Mets in 200 meters with a new PR of 24.56.
Phobay is 3 hundreths of a second off the NCAA indoor provisional qualifer . Next week at the Big East could see her over the top in the Big East where the mettion will be stiff.
Recently Phobay was named Big East athlete of the week for her performances earlier in the year at the Penn state invitational.
Last week Phobay finished 2nd in the Mets in 200 meters with a new PR of 24.56.
Phobay is 3 hundreths of a second off the NCAA indoor provisional qualifer . Next week at the Big East could see her over the top in the Big East where the mettion will be stiff.
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