Metro Holiday Opener: Women's results, splits, commentary

A few notes and highlights on the women’s results (UPDATED with official finishing places and times):

--Freshman Candhace Forrest burst onto the scene with a scintillating 60-meter dash, just 0.02 off the school record set by Danielle Asaro last season (earlier this calendar year). Nicely done, Candhace!

--Debbie Boerke’s first 60 hurdle race was 0.08 off the school record in that event. Very solid debut.

--Once again, we were thrilled to see our 4x400 relay break the school record. No one on the relay was fresh: Courtney Cartwright ran the open 400, Debbie Boerke ran the hurdles and her first-ever 500, Molly Weeks raced the 500, and Danisha Craig pulled off the extremely difficult 200-400 double with short recovery. We are extremely proud of these young ladies, and as mentioned previously, it’s just a matter of time before the team will dip under 4 minutes.

Metro Holiday Season Opener

Saturday, December 5, 2015

Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex, Staten Island

Women’s results and splits

60-meter dash

11. Candhace Forrest 7.97

22. Ashley Haynes 8.23

39. Lauren Adams 8.48

200-meter dash

13. Danisha Craig 26.67

23. Ericka Stewart 27.45

33. Emma Schweitzer 28.39

400-meter dash

21. Courtney Cartwright 1:01.62

36. Olivia Jaquith 1:03.50

500-meter dash

7. Debbie Boerke 1:17.41

11. Molly Weeks 1:19.30

800-meter run

8. Alyssa Hurlbut 2:28.55

32, 67 (35), 1:46 (39), 2:28.55 (42.55)

15. Katherine Mellitt 2:34.16

34, 71 (37), 1:52 (41), 2:34.16 (42.16)

60-meter hurdles

11. Debbie Boerke 9.11

37. Alexandra Hernandez 9.92

1,600-meter relay

8. Marist A (Courtney Cartwright 61.2, Debbie Boerke 59.6, Molly Weeks, 59.6, Danisha Craig 59.5) 4:00.20 *school record, old record 4:00.60 set by Cartwright, Craig, Horner, Weeks, in 2015.

25. Marist B (Ericka Stewart 64.1, Alexandra Hernandez 66.7, Emma Schweitzer 63.2, Alyssa Hurlbut 66.8) 4:20.89