ECAC Championships: 4x800 record SHATTERED!

Sometimes, it all comes together. Every team member in a relay clicks, and it’s like magic. That’s what happened with our women’s 4x800 on Saturday night at the ECAC Championships. We were in the second section of three, and the pace was blistering. Shea Bohan ran her fastest split to date, and yet handed off at the back of the sizzling hot race; she ran awesome, 2:17.95! Kerry Gaye broke 2:20 for a split for the first time, tremendous; same story, back of the race; Denise Grohn, same thing, awesome splits, awesome leg, back of the field; Emily Burns took charge like any great anchor, caught another team’s anchor, brought home the relay in a monstrous – and I mean HUGE – school record. The 5-year-old school record is now nearly eight seconds (8 seconds!) in the rearview mirror. That’s the true definition of shattering a record. Shattered. Nicely done!

ECAC Championships

Boston University

Saturday, March 4, 2017

3,200-meter relay

13. Marist (Shea Bohan 2:17.95, Kerry Gaye 2:19.19, Denise Grohn 2:19.12, Emily Burns 2:16.01) 9:12.60 *school record, old record 9:20.43 in 2012 by Bree Crowe, Christine Coughlin, Colleen Meenan, Jackie Gamboli; **ECAC outdoor track qualifier

Shea Bohan: 32, 67 (35), 1:42 (35), 2:17.95 (35.95)

Kerry Gaye: 32, 68 (36), 1:44 (36), 2:19.19 (35.19)

Denise Grohn: 32, 67 (35), 1:43 (36), 2:19.12 (36.12)

Emily Burns: 32, 67 (35), 1:42 (35), 2:16.01 (34.01)