Stonehill Places Tenth Overall At The New Balance Boston Collegiate Indoor Games
Curit and Wilson post strong performances at the Reggie Lewis Center
Sarah Wilson
BOSTON, Mass. (January 27, 2012) – The Stonehill College women’s indoor track and field team placed tenth overall at the New Balance Boston Collegiate Indoor Games hosted by Northeastern University at the Reggie Lewis Center on Friday night.
Brown University won the meet scoring 118.33 points while Northeastern finished second (112.83) and Vermont placed third overall (83). Stonehill earned 21 points for tenth place out of 14 teams in the meet.
Freshman middle distance runner Sarah Wilson (West Suffield, Conn./Suffield) turned in the top individual performance for the Skyhawks finishing fifth overall in the 800 meter run with a time of 2:16.67, a new personal best, while falling just shy of the Division II Provisional Qualifying time (2:16.30). Wilson also ran the lead leg of the fourth place distance medley relay team with Maria Curit (Biddeford, Maine/Biddeford), Christen Carrier (Manchester, Conn./Manchester Central) and Maura Ferrarini (Springfield, Mass./Cathedral) in 12:31.40.
Carrier, Curit and Ferrarini also placed well in their respective individual events as Curit earned fifth place in the long jump with a career-best leap of 17-feet and 6.25-inches to highlight the group. Carrier finished sixth overall in the 800 meter run with a time of 2:17.09 while Ferrarini placed sixth in the one mile run in 5:08.61.
Maura Ferrarini
Sophomore Katie Polakowski (Essex Junction, Vt./Essex) claimed eighth place in the 55 meter hurdles in 8.68 seconds after qualifying for the event with a preliminary time of 8.63. In the 4×400 meter relay, Polakowski helped Stonehill finish eighth overall with teammates Lauren Hanlon (Georgetown, Mass./Georgetown), Melissa Ulcena (Billerica, Mass./Billerica) and Erin Reilly (Burlington, Mass./Burlington) compiling a time of 4:12.54.
Senior Jill Alves (Whitman, Mass./Whitman-Hanson) earned ninth place in the one mile run with a time of 5:14.94.
Other Stonehill highlights include:
Senior Kristen Mahoney (Weymouth, Mass./Weymouth) finished tenth overall in the 3,000 meter run in 10:21.94.
Reilly placed 11th overall in the 1,000 meter run with a time of 3:06.12.
Senior Vlada Shelkova (Newington, Conn./Newington) finished 13th overall in the triple jump with a mark of 34-feet and 2.25-inches and sophomore Angelina Comei (Bradford, Mass./Haverhill) placed 14th overall with a leap of 33-feet and 6.75-inches.
Stonehill returns to action on Friday, February 3 at the Tufts University Pentathlon at 5 p.m. The Skyhawks will also be competing on Saturday, February 4 at the Tufts University Stampede at 11:00 a.m. and the Charley Torpey Memorial Invitational hosted by the University of Rhode Island at noon.
Article source: http://www.stonehillskyhawks.com/sports/wtrack/2011-12/releases/2012012815tjvs