Division 3 Weekly Recap (Apr 22-23, 2011)
Division 3 Weekly Recap (Apr 22-23, 2011)
Division 3 was alight with top marks this weekend, as many of the division's elite made their bids for national qualifying performances.
Many of these impressive times came from Princeton’s Larry Ellis Invitational, which featured a remarkable 32 provisional and automatic marks in the mid and long distance events. Amherst’s Ben Scheetz, indoor 800 meter champion, provided the best men’s performance on the day with his 1:48.71 automatic qualifier, beating D1 star Erik van Ingen in the process. His time is good for eighth on the all-time D3 lists. In the 1500, Haverford’s Ivo Milic-Strkalj posted a time of 3:50.83, placing him second on this year's performance lists behind teammate Tim Schoch, whose time 3:50.35 did not quite better his previous seasonal best. Close behind, 2010 All-American Brian Cole of Williams cruised to a 3:52.48 provisional mark. Haverford’s success continued in the 5k, when teammates Joseph Carpenter and Anders Hulleberg cruised to 14:25.25 and 14:26.64 provisional marks while Michael Schmidt of Middlebury ran 14:27.15, establishing themselves in second, third, and fourth place on the performance lists. Josephat Koima of Williams also broke into the current top ten with a 14:32.72 performance, and Eric Macknight of Keene State dipped under the provisional standard as well with a time of 14:44.52. In the steeplechase, Middlebury’s Jack Davies ran 9:01.28 to easily hit the automatic standard, while John McGrail of Amherst and teammates Paul Welle and Richard Prevost of MIT all hit the provisional mark, with Welle finishing first among those three in 9:12.93.
The women’s half of the meet was even more spectacular. Wellesley’s Leah Clement led the charge in the 800 with a time of 2:12.16, followed by Juliet Ryan-Davis of Middlebury, Elizabeth Danhakl of Williams, and Cynthia Adams of Lebanon Valley, who ran provisional marks of 2:12.99, 2:14.10, and 2:14.18, respectively. Wellesley had the top D3 performer in the 1500, too, as mile champion Randelle Boots ran to a 4:24.66 automatic qualifier, which is also the seventh fastest performance all-time in D3. Not far behind, Middlebury’s Margo Cramer notched a 4:27.85 auto, and Amherst’s Melissa Sullivan and Middlebury’s Erin Toner added provisional marks of 4:36.56 and 4:37.11, respectively. Middlebury’s women continued to impress in the steeplechase, where Amanda Lee just missed the automatic mark with a 10:44.56. Rowan’s Jenna Peacock also performed well with an 11:00.12 provisional qualifying mark. However, the best D3 field on the day was in the women’s 5k, which saw an astounding ten national marks. Indoor 5k All-American Annie Dear of Williams was the sole automatic qualifier with a 16:49.42 clocking, while teammates Jennifer Gossels and Tina Meade weren’t far behind in 16:57.29 and 17:15.39. The only D3 competitor separating the three was Anna Holt-Gosselin of MIT, whose 16:57.95 performance occupies third on the performance lists, behind both Dear and Gossels. Lebanon Valley’s Jennifer Cronin, Rowan’s Jen Rawls, TCNJ’s Claire Johnson, Keene State’s Amy Knoblock, Middlebury’s Addie Tousley, and Keene State’s Andrea Walsh rounded out the provisional qualifiers, in that order.
There were also a few conference championships this past weekend, with the UAA meet highlighting these. Alden Black of Wash U dominated the steeplechase en route to a 9:11.46 provisional mark, and he helped his squad to the team title. NYU’s Dan McKinney put up a 400 provisional mark of 47.85, and mile All-American Matt Turlip, also of NYU, cruised to a time of 3:52.71, winning the event from the slow heat. Despite a solid 36:28.39 10k victory from Taryn Surtees, the Wash U women were unable to defeat Emory’s squad, which was bolstered by ten points from Natalie Fenn’s 11:07.57 provisional mark in the steeple.
The SCAC and the Northwest Conference also had their championship meets, with Centre and Rhodes claiming the men’s and women’s SCAC titles while Whitworth and George Fox won the men’s and women’s Northwest Conference titles. The only distance provisional marks from these events came from Kelsey Dudziak of Rhodes, who dipped under the steeple provisional standard with a 11:09.82 clocking, and Kimber Mattox of Willamette, whose 1500 time of 4:35.14 adds to her growing collection of nationally qualifying marks.
Other results of note include a solid 14:30.26 runaway victory for Lee Berube of Geneseo, while Widener’s Mike Garrity 3:53.36 to dip under the 1500 provisional standard. In addition, indoor All-Americans Drew Clark of Principia and Tim Schoch of Haverford put up a pair of 800 provisional marks with times of 1:51.49 and 1:52.64. The Jesse Owens Track Classic also featured three men's distance provisional marks, with Denison’s Makorobondo Salukombo running 3:53.28 and Wasbash’s Kevin McCarthy leading Mount Union’s Dan Whisler across the line in the steeplechase with times of 9:11.68 and 9:22.06, respectively.
On the women’s side, Carleton’s Simone Childs-Walker raced her way to a 47 second victory and a time of 17:10.02, while Franklin’s Heather Waterman and Ohio Wesleyan’s Cara DeAngelis notched two more 5k provisional marks of 17:21.35 and 17:29.52, respectively. Kimberly Chinn of Baldwin-Wallace added a 10k provisional clocking of 37:15.78 to her collection of national marks. Also of note was Wartburg’s Nevada Morrison, who put up the first women’s 400 meter automatic qualifier with a time of 55.59 and anchored another 4x400 meter squad to an auto-qualifying 3:46.57.
Those are all of the mid and long distance marks that I am aware of, but I'll be sure to add in more results as they continue to pour in.
Finally, this week’s only shout-out goes to sophomore Jill Shaner of Stockton who threw the javelin an impressive 48.75 meters, placing her sixth on the D3 all-time lists. Honorable mention goes to UW-Oshkosh’s Holly Ozanich who notched a top-ten all-time toss in the hammer throw. However, it was not quite as far as her 58.30 personal best from last year, which has the four-time national champ at fifth on the all-time lists.
Keep an eye out next week for the Drake and Penn Relays, which will feature many of the division’s stars mixing it up with the D1 elite. Also, be sure to check back in on Thursday for a profile of three-time national champion Nick Guarino of Fredonia St., who will be assaulting the 4 minute barrier on Saturday at Penn.
Many of these impressive times came from Princeton’s Larry Ellis Invitational, which featured a remarkable 32 provisional and automatic marks in the mid and long distance events. Amherst’s Ben Scheetz, indoor 800 meter champion, provided the best men’s performance on the day with his 1:48.71 automatic qualifier, beating D1 star Erik van Ingen in the process. His time is good for eighth on the all-time D3 lists. In the 1500, Haverford’s Ivo Milic-Strkalj posted a time of 3:50.83, placing him second on this year's performance lists behind teammate Tim Schoch, whose time 3:50.35 did not quite better his previous seasonal best. Close behind, 2010 All-American Brian Cole of Williams cruised to a 3:52.48 provisional mark. Haverford’s success continued in the 5k, when teammates Joseph Carpenter and Anders Hulleberg cruised to 14:25.25 and 14:26.64 provisional marks while Michael Schmidt of Middlebury ran 14:27.15, establishing themselves in second, third, and fourth place on the performance lists. Josephat Koima of Williams also broke into the current top ten with a 14:32.72 performance, and Eric Macknight of Keene State dipped under the provisional standard as well with a time of 14:44.52. In the steeplechase, Middlebury’s Jack Davies ran 9:01.28 to easily hit the automatic standard, while John McGrail of Amherst and teammates Paul Welle and Richard Prevost of MIT all hit the provisional mark, with Welle finishing first among those three in 9:12.93.
The women’s half of the meet was even more spectacular. Wellesley’s Leah Clement led the charge in the 800 with a time of 2:12.16, followed by Juliet Ryan-Davis of Middlebury, Elizabeth Danhakl of Williams, and Cynthia Adams of Lebanon Valley, who ran provisional marks of 2:12.99, 2:14.10, and 2:14.18, respectively. Wellesley had the top D3 performer in the 1500, too, as mile champion Randelle Boots ran to a 4:24.66 automatic qualifier, which is also the seventh fastest performance all-time in D3. Not far behind, Middlebury’s Margo Cramer notched a 4:27.85 auto, and Amherst’s Melissa Sullivan and Middlebury’s Erin Toner added provisional marks of 4:36.56 and 4:37.11, respectively. Middlebury’s women continued to impress in the steeplechase, where Amanda Lee just missed the automatic mark with a 10:44.56. Rowan’s Jenna Peacock also performed well with an 11:00.12 provisional qualifying mark. However, the best D3 field on the day was in the women’s 5k, which saw an astounding ten national marks. Indoor 5k All-American Annie Dear of Williams was the sole automatic qualifier with a 16:49.42 clocking, while teammates Jennifer Gossels and Tina Meade weren’t far behind in 16:57.29 and 17:15.39. The only D3 competitor separating the three was Anna Holt-Gosselin of MIT, whose 16:57.95 performance occupies third on the performance lists, behind both Dear and Gossels. Lebanon Valley’s Jennifer Cronin, Rowan’s Jen Rawls, TCNJ’s Claire Johnson, Keene State’s Amy Knoblock, Middlebury’s Addie Tousley, and Keene State’s Andrea Walsh rounded out the provisional qualifiers, in that order.
There were also a few conference championships this past weekend, with the UAA meet highlighting these. Alden Black of Wash U dominated the steeplechase en route to a 9:11.46 provisional mark, and he helped his squad to the team title. NYU’s Dan McKinney put up a 400 provisional mark of 47.85, and mile All-American Matt Turlip, also of NYU, cruised to a time of 3:52.71, winning the event from the slow heat. Despite a solid 36:28.39 10k victory from Taryn Surtees, the Wash U women were unable to defeat Emory’s squad, which was bolstered by ten points from Natalie Fenn’s 11:07.57 provisional mark in the steeple.
The SCAC and the Northwest Conference also had their championship meets, with Centre and Rhodes claiming the men’s and women’s SCAC titles while Whitworth and George Fox won the men’s and women’s Northwest Conference titles. The only distance provisional marks from these events came from Kelsey Dudziak of Rhodes, who dipped under the steeple provisional standard with a 11:09.82 clocking, and Kimber Mattox of Willamette, whose 1500 time of 4:35.14 adds to her growing collection of nationally qualifying marks.
Other results of note include a solid 14:30.26 runaway victory for Lee Berube of Geneseo, while Widener’s Mike Garrity 3:53.36 to dip under the 1500 provisional standard. In addition, indoor All-Americans Drew Clark of Principia and Tim Schoch of Haverford put up a pair of 800 provisional marks with times of 1:51.49 and 1:52.64. The Jesse Owens Track Classic also featured three men's distance provisional marks, with Denison’s Makorobondo Salukombo running 3:53.28 and Wasbash’s Kevin McCarthy leading Mount Union’s Dan Whisler across the line in the steeplechase with times of 9:11.68 and 9:22.06, respectively.
On the women’s side, Carleton’s Simone Childs-Walker raced her way to a 47 second victory and a time of 17:10.02, while Franklin’s Heather Waterman and Ohio Wesleyan’s Cara DeAngelis notched two more 5k provisional marks of 17:21.35 and 17:29.52, respectively. Kimberly Chinn of Baldwin-Wallace added a 10k provisional clocking of 37:15.78 to her collection of national marks. Also of note was Wartburg’s Nevada Morrison, who put up the first women’s 400 meter automatic qualifier with a time of 55.59 and anchored another 4x400 meter squad to an auto-qualifying 3:46.57.
Those are all of the mid and long distance marks that I am aware of, but I'll be sure to add in more results as they continue to pour in.
Finally, this week’s only shout-out goes to sophomore Jill Shaner of Stockton who threw the javelin an impressive 48.75 meters, placing her sixth on the D3 all-time lists. Honorable mention goes to UW-Oshkosh’s Holly Ozanich who notched a top-ten all-time toss in the hammer throw. However, it was not quite as far as her 58.30 personal best from last year, which has the four-time national champ at fifth on the all-time lists.
Keep an eye out next week for the Drake and Penn Relays, which will feature many of the division’s stars mixing it up with the D1 elite. Also, be sure to check back in on Thursday for a profile of three-time national champion Nick Guarino of Fredonia St., who will be assaulting the 4 minute barrier on Saturday at Penn.