BU Valentine Invitational women's results

What an unusual night at BU for the women’s portion of the Valentine Invitational.

Go ahead. Pick a cliché, any cliché: It was the best of times and the worst of times; feast or famine; really good or really bad.

Now, on paper – as you’ll see below – the meet seemed like a rousing success, with tons of season- and personal-best performances. But if you were there, you know better. Yes, there were some great efforts and great races. But there were also some disastrous nights for some of our ladies. It was certainly NOT due to lack of effort. On the contrary. All our athletes care deeply about what they are doing, and not having a good night bothers them (and us) deeply.

So yeah. Look below. It looks great. And in many cases, it was. But overall, it was the true definition of a mixed bag. There you go. Another cliché.

Because of a lengthy day and an unwanted detour through Waltham to get to the hotel – don’t even get me started on that – I am too weary to post splits at this time. I will do all the splits as soon as possible after the weekend.

Boston University
Valentine Invitational
Friday, February 11, 2011

Women’s results
60-meter dash
42. Meghann Cocca 8.42 (season best)
48. Kim Ladouceur 8.66

200-meter dash
53. Hayley Harnett 26.70 (season best)
85. Amanda Luccarelli 27.55 (season best)
86. Meghann Cocca 27.62 (season best)
94. Kim Ladouceur 27.81 (season best)
104. Christina Turigiano 28.01 (season best)

400-meter dash
76. Amanda Luccarelli 62.69 (season best)
86. Tara Nuccitelli 64.16 (season best)
90. Ailish Rowley 64.33 (season best)

800-meter run
51. Briana Crowe 2:19.27 (season best)
77. Nicole Weir 2:23.65 (season best)
89. Colleen Meenan 2:26.05 (season best)
90. Kelley Hanifin 2:26.08 (season best)
99. Laura Lindsley 2:27.48 (season best)
101. Jillian Corley 2:27.74 (season best)
103. Julie Hudak 2:28.46
114. Tara Nuccitelli 2:30.31 (season best)

1,000-meter run
40. Julie Hudak 3:08.32 (season best)
57. Rachael Peterson 3:22.18

Mile run
60. Jackie Gamboli 5:12.49 (season best)
93. Jillian Corley 5:24.38 (season best)
97. Dayna McLaughlin 5:25.77 (season best)
126. Allyson O’Brien 5:42.37 (season best)
136. Colleen Smith 5:57.63 (season best)

3,000-meter run
32. Brittany Burns 10:04.30 (season best, personal best)
67. Erin O’Reilly 10:36.02 (season best, personal best)
73. Kiersten Anderson 10:39.93

Long jump
32. Shannon Vogel 4.36 meters (14 feet, 3.75 inches)
39. Kristen Vogel 3.94 meters (12 feet, 11.25 inches)

Triple jump
22. Shannon Vogel 10.07 meters (33 feet, 0.5 inches)
30. Kristen Vogel 9.58 meters (31 feet, 5.25 inches)