Monmouth results

In the "I'm too old for this stuff" department ...

We left campus yesterday morning at 5:30 a.m., and did not arrive back until 11 p.m. I drove the van both ways! I love driving the van, but the ride home toward the end got tough, despite the riveting "van talk" with Janzo and friends (last night's topic: Religion).

Thanks for Kyle Havard's family for the great post-meet feed, despite the bus driver's being none-too-pleased with the unplanned stop. Oh well. That's life. We offered to feed him but he refused.

Overall, this was our best season-opening outdoor meet in recent memory. Despite chilly and windy conditions that deteriorated as the day went on (by the time the 4x400 went off, it was downright nasty and getting dark), we had many PRs and PR-type efforts (PRs noted below).

Nestor's 5km was not a PR but was close and he was doubling back from the 1500. Fitz PRed by 30 seconds in the 5km despite doubling back from 1500. Janzo had his best first steeple of the season. Duggan ran tough and PRed by about a second.

Perhaps the biggest star of the day was Tom DeVaney in the javelin, with his personal-best launch despite a lack of practice. Nicely done!

I will post splits at a later date, but at least the results list is here.

Men’s results

100-meter dash
25. Darren Bushey 12.14
27. Mike McCloskey 12.18
32. Neal Viets 12.34

400-meter dash
20. Colin Frederickson 52.07
35. Dan Conklin 53.09
53. John Kristie 54.65

800-meter run
23. Tommy Lipari 2:02.10
53. Josh Lopez 2:07.08
56. Zak Smetana 2:07.51

1,500-meter run
17. Tommy Lipari 4:08.42
35. Billy Posch 4:13.57
38. Zak Smetana 4:14.10
46. Sean Nestor 4:15.88
62. Colin Johnson 4:22.31
67. Ryan Fitzsimons 4:25.92 (personal best)
89. Alex Cuesta 4:36.05

5,000-meter run
5. Pat Duggan 15:29.10 (personal best)
10. Sean Nestor 15:38.54
23. Mike Keegan 16:05.66 (personal best)
24. Ryan Fitzsimons 16:06.45 (personal best)
25. Colin Johnson 16:12.70 (personal best)
26. Ryan Brown 16:12.79
30. Will Schanz 16:20.12 (personal best)

10,000-meter run
5. Mike Nicoletti 33:21.75 (personal best)
6. Joel Moss 33:26.59 (personal best)
12. Brendan Green 35:58.43 (personal best)
13. Luke Shane 36:22.01 (personal best)

3,000-meter steeplechase
4. Matt Janczyk 9:50.32
11. Alex Ward 10:37.76
15. Greg Masto 11:01.20

400-meter hurdles
16. Mike Clifford 1:00.38

Sprint medley relay
10. Marist (Darren Bushey, Neal Viets, Colin Frederickson, Chris Vanzetta) 3:45.37

1,600-meter relay
3. Marist (Lopez, Conklin, Kristie, Clifford) 3:31.55


Javelin:
24. Tom DeVaney 46.23 meters (personal best)
36. Pasquale Magneri 23.61 meters

Shot put:
27. Keith Peterson 10.59 meters


Women’s results

200-meter dash
13. Holly Burns 27.46

400-meter dash
9. Holly Burns 1:01.00
22. Rachael Eichacker 1:04.42

800-meter run
15. Kara Lightowler 2:25.90
17. Briana Crowe 2:26.13
18. Nicole Weir 2:26.28 (personal best)
20. Kim Bartlett 2:26.77
24. Kelley Hanifin 2:27.34
32. Laura Lindsley 2:32.24
58. Emilie Cardone 2:40.65

1,500-meter run
4. Jackie Gamboli 4:47.96
13. Kara Lightowler 4:58.47 (personal best)
21. Julie Hudak 5:03.34
25. Katie Messina 5:05.97
29. Dayna McLaughlin 5:07.45
35. Rebecca Denise 5:09.90
41. Sarah Keating 5:12.37
44. Allyson O’Brien 5:13.87 (personal best)
67. Lauren Pica 5:30.14
68. Colleen Smith 5:32.22
89. Erin Quadros 5:57.46

5,000-meter run
25. Rachel Lichtenwalner 20:27.37 (personal best)
28. Ashley Jensen 20:40.86 (personal best)
32. Rachel Bremer 21:14.11

1,600-meter relay
4. Marist (Crowe, Gamboli, Bartlett, Hudak) 4:21.58

Long jump:
18. Brooke Kristensen 3.94 meters
Triple jump:
16. Brooke Kristensen 9.32 meters