Division 3 Weekly Recap (Mar 25-27)
Division 3 Weekly Recap (Mar 25-27)
Most of this past weekend’s action came from out West, where a good mix of local teams and Spring Break squads put up some solid qualifiers.
The most impressive stuff from this weekend came at the Cal/Nevada Collegiate Championship, which featured most of the top D3 Californian squads squaring off against some of the higher division state schools. The top distance performance came from Cal Luthren’s Toccoa Kahovec, who improved on her provisional mark in the steeple from a couple weeks ago by running an automatic qualifier of 10:40.25. Anders Crabo of Pomona-Pitzer also improved on his steeplechase provisional mark, though only by a few seconds, as he clocked in at 9:18.54. Further, both the men’s and women’s 5k saw impressive performances from host Claremont-Mudd-Scripps. Kris Brown added a 14:40.88 provisional clocking to go along with his 10k provo, and he and teammate Rafer Dannenhauer are now 1-2 on the 5k performance lists. On the women’s side, Jennifer Tave, also of CMS, crossed the line in 17:15.37 to give her the division lead in both the 5k and the 10k (she hit the 10k automatic mark two weeks ago). The men’s sprints were also pretty impressive, with 2010 All-American Marcus Fortugno of La Verne improving his 400 provisional mark to an automatic one by winning over some solid competition in 47.53. Also notable in the race was freshman Kevin Curbelo of Whittier, who came in second at 47.93 and proved that he should be a force at this distance for a long time. Fortugno also threw in a 200 division-leading time of 21.43, and Jonathon Padron of Occidental put up a division-leading 10.65 in the 100, though it was with a 2.8 tailwind.
The Spring Break squads also came through in fine fashion this weekend, at least on the women’s side. Middlebury’s DMR anchor Margo Cramer and teammate Amanda Lee both hit provisional steeple marks with 11:02.99 and 11:06.66 clockings, and another Middlebury runner, Juliet Ryan-Davis, got the nation’s first (and so far only) provisional qualifier in the 800 with a time of 2:14.18. The women’s 1500 also saw its first provisional qualifier when Annie Dear of Williams, recent 5k All-American, powered to the finish in 4:32.57 at the Fullerton Twilight Meet. Continuing the East coast’s success on the West coast, Portia Jones of MIT squeaked under the automatic mark in the 200 with a 24.44 clocking at the Point Loma Collegiate Scoring Meet.
Back on the East coast, a pair of Rochester steeplers turned in fine performances at the VMI-Washinton and Lee Track and Field Carnival. Last week I mentioned that we should keep an eye out for 2010 All-American Brian Lang, and he didn’t disappoint, running 9:09.01 to take the division lead in the event. Teammate Daniel Lane wasn’t far behind, and he hit the provisional mark as well with a 9:19.57 clocking. At the same meet, Justine Jeroski of Case Western continued her solid improvement with a 17:25.87 personal best and provisional mark.
The Raleigh Relays also provided some distance excitement with sophomore Kirsten Keller of NYU and freshman Lara Shegoski of Johns Hopkins dipping under the 5k and 10k provisional marks with times of 17:32.93 and 37:20.56, respectively. However, the most exceptional performance from that meet (and my one and only shout-out for the week) belongs to Ashlynn Chavis of Methodist, who, in addition to establishing division leading marks in the 100 and 4x100, broke the D3 all-time record in the long jump. Her leadoff leap of 6.17 meters moves her ahead of Lindsay Mulder of Calvin, whose jump of 6.12 from the 2001 NCAA Championships was the previous record. Very impressive stuff.
As a side note, I know that the online performance lists do not include the results from the Fullerton Twilight Meet, so perhaps there are other results that have not been reported yet. In that case, I’ll be sure to update this as soon as I become aware of additional results. Anyway, good luck to everyone competing next weekend!
The most impressive stuff from this weekend came at the Cal/Nevada Collegiate Championship, which featured most of the top D3 Californian squads squaring off against some of the higher division state schools. The top distance performance came from Cal Luthren’s Toccoa Kahovec, who improved on her provisional mark in the steeple from a couple weeks ago by running an automatic qualifier of 10:40.25. Anders Crabo of Pomona-Pitzer also improved on his steeplechase provisional mark, though only by a few seconds, as he clocked in at 9:18.54. Further, both the men’s and women’s 5k saw impressive performances from host Claremont-Mudd-Scripps. Kris Brown added a 14:40.88 provisional clocking to go along with his 10k provo, and he and teammate Rafer Dannenhauer are now 1-2 on the 5k performance lists. On the women’s side, Jennifer Tave, also of CMS, crossed the line in 17:15.37 to give her the division lead in both the 5k and the 10k (she hit the 10k automatic mark two weeks ago). The men’s sprints were also pretty impressive, with 2010 All-American Marcus Fortugno of La Verne improving his 400 provisional mark to an automatic one by winning over some solid competition in 47.53. Also notable in the race was freshman Kevin Curbelo of Whittier, who came in second at 47.93 and proved that he should be a force at this distance for a long time. Fortugno also threw in a 200 division-leading time of 21.43, and Jonathon Padron of Occidental put up a division-leading 10.65 in the 100, though it was with a 2.8 tailwind.
The Spring Break squads also came through in fine fashion this weekend, at least on the women’s side. Middlebury’s DMR anchor Margo Cramer and teammate Amanda Lee both hit provisional steeple marks with 11:02.99 and 11:06.66 clockings, and another Middlebury runner, Juliet Ryan-Davis, got the nation’s first (and so far only) provisional qualifier in the 800 with a time of 2:14.18. The women’s 1500 also saw its first provisional qualifier when Annie Dear of Williams, recent 5k All-American, powered to the finish in 4:32.57 at the Fullerton Twilight Meet. Continuing the East coast’s success on the West coast, Portia Jones of MIT squeaked under the automatic mark in the 200 with a 24.44 clocking at the Point Loma Collegiate Scoring Meet.
Back on the East coast, a pair of Rochester steeplers turned in fine performances at the VMI-Washinton and Lee Track and Field Carnival. Last week I mentioned that we should keep an eye out for 2010 All-American Brian Lang, and he didn’t disappoint, running 9:09.01 to take the division lead in the event. Teammate Daniel Lane wasn’t far behind, and he hit the provisional mark as well with a 9:19.57 clocking. At the same meet, Justine Jeroski of Case Western continued her solid improvement with a 17:25.87 personal best and provisional mark.
The Raleigh Relays also provided some distance excitement with sophomore Kirsten Keller of NYU and freshman Lara Shegoski of Johns Hopkins dipping under the 5k and 10k provisional marks with times of 17:32.93 and 37:20.56, respectively. However, the most exceptional performance from that meet (and my one and only shout-out for the week) belongs to Ashlynn Chavis of Methodist, who, in addition to establishing division leading marks in the 100 and 4x100, broke the D3 all-time record in the long jump. Her leadoff leap of 6.17 meters moves her ahead of Lindsay Mulder of Calvin, whose jump of 6.12 from the 2001 NCAA Championships was the previous record. Very impressive stuff.
As a side note, I know that the online performance lists do not include the results from the Fullerton Twilight Meet, so perhaps there are other results that have not been reported yet. In that case, I’ll be sure to update this as soon as I become aware of additional results. Anyway, good luck to everyone competing next weekend!