2012 Outdoor Track Performance List: Women

100-meter dash
Amanda Luccarelli 13.11 MAAC

Nicole Scicolone 13.12 YALE

Nicole Scicolone 13.19 VASS
Amanda Luccarelli 13.23 VASS
Nicole Scicolone 13.26 RICH

Amanda Luccarelli 13.28 YALE

Nicole Scicolone 13.34 MAAC

Nicole Scicolone 13.54 MON
Danielle Asaro 13.66 MAAC

Danielle Asaro 13.72 VASS

Amanda Luccarelli 14.00 MON
Taylor Mead 14.15 YALE

Taylor Mead 14.18 MAAC

Taylor Mead 14.18 RICH

Taylor Mead 14.65 MON
Christina Turigiano 15.01 RICH

200-meter dash
Amanda Luccarelli 27.27 MAAC

Taylor Mead 28.67 MAAC

Alex McCahill 28.86 RICH
Taylor Mead 29.15 YALE

Taylor Mead 29.38 RICH
Taylor Mead 29.74 VASS
Taylor Mead 29.76 MON
Colleen Meenan 30.45 MON

Christina Turigiano 30.52 RICH
400-meter dash
Colleen Meenan 1:04.60 MON
Katie McEvoy 1:07.27 MAAC

Katie McEvoy 1:07.92 YALE

Katie McEvoy 1:08.25 VASS
Katie McEvoy 1:11.51 MON
800-meter run
Briana Crowe 2:15.94 MAAC

Briana Crowe 2:16.87 BUCK

Briana Crowe 2:17.52 PRI2

Briana Crowe 2:19.02 YALE

Briana Crowe 2:20.32 RICH
Christine Coughlin 2:20.58 RICH
Colleen Meenan 2:22.63 BUCK
Colleen Meenan 2:23.22 MAAC

Briana Crowe 2:23.51 MON
Colleen Meenan 2:25.80 RICH
Christine Coughlin 2:26.01 YALE

Erin O’Reilly 2:26.10 BUCK

Rachael Peterson 2:27.73 MAAC

Kara Lightowler 2:27.91 RICH
Kim Bartlett 2:28.07 MAAC

Kim Bartlett 2:28.08 RICH
Kara Lightowler 2:28.60 BUCK

Kim Bartlett 2:28.99 VASS

Laura Lindsley 2:29.38 RICH
Kara Lightowler 2:30.44 MON
Kara Lightowler 2:31.20 YALE

Laura Lindsley 2:31.82 VASS

Erin O’Reilly 2:31.94 YALE

Rachael Peterson 2:32.29 YALE
Rebecca Denise 2:32.34 RICH
Katie Messina 2:32.49 MON
Laura Lindsley 2:32.59 MAAC

Rachael Peterson 2:33.86 RICH

Rachael Peterson 2:34.22 VASS

Laura Lindsley 2:35.12 MON
1500-meter run
Michelle Gaye 4:45.10 PRI2

Christine Coughlin 4:45.77 MAAC

Christine Coughlin 4:46.93 PRI2

Christine Coughlin 4:47.82 BUCK
Kara Lightowler 4:48.26 MAAC

Christine Coughlin 4:49.37 RICH

Briana Crowe 4:49.93 RICH

Erin O’Reilly 4:51.84 MAAC

Briana Crowe 4:51.88 MON
Erin O’Reilly 4:52.31 YALE

Erin Thompson 4:53.68 MON
Kathryn Sheehan 4:53.87 YALE

Erin O’Reilly 4:54.28 PRI2

Christine Coughlin 4:54.68 MON
Rebecca Denise 4:54.70 MAAC

Erin O’Reilly 4:54.70 RICH

Erin O’Reilly 4:54.93 BUCK

Kara Lightowler 4:56.24 YALE

Kara Lightowler 4:57.58 PRI2

Rebecca Denise 4:58.23 VASS
Kara Lightowler 4:58.53 RICH
Katie Messina 5:00.54 MON
Kara Lightowler 5:00.72 BUCK
Erin Thompson 5:01.68 BUCK

Becca Denise 5:05.56 RICH
Kara Lightowler 5:06.56 MON
Brianna Freestone 5:10.71 MON
Dayna McLaughlin 5:11.64 MON
Rebecca Denise 5:12.07 MON
Elizabeth O’Brien 5:12.18 MAAC

Allyson O’Brien 5:17.19 MAAC

Allyson O’Brien 5:17.84 VASS
Elizabeth O’Brien 5:18.83 VASS

Elizabeth O’Brien 5:20.23 RICH
Allyson O’Brien 5:20.25 RICH
Allyson O’Brien 5:22.80 YALE

Allyson O’Brien 5:24.81 MON
Elizabeth O’Brien 5:25.99 MON
Colleen Smith 5:27.61 MON
3,000-meter run
Michelle Gaye 10:16.59 YALE

Erin Thompson 10:29.10 PRI2

Rebecca Denise 10:34.99 YALE

Erin Thompson 10:36.78 RICH
Brianna Freestone 10:43.23 YALE

Rachel Bremer 10:50.86 YALE

Katie Messina 10:51.20 PRI2

Dayna McLaughlin 10:52.66 VASS
Kathryn Sheehan 10:55.72 RICH
Kathryn Sheehan 10:57.06 SBU
Brianna Freestone 11:00.61 RICH
Rachel Bremer 11:11.12 VASS
Rachel Bremer 11:12.55 RICH
Kelley Gould 11:15.56 YALE

Rachel Lichtenwalner 11:25.30 YALE

Kelley Gould 11:27.89 RICH
Rachel Lichtenwalner 11:45.51 RICH
5000-meter run
Michelle Gaye 17:33.12 MAAC

Addie DiFrancesco 17:52.26 SAMH
Katie Messina 18:11.45 BUCK

Katie Messina 18:21.03 RICH

Erin Thompson 18:31.00 MAAC

Brianna Freestone 18:32.90 MAAC

Katie Messina 18:44.19 MAAC

Kathryn Sheehan 18:53.60 MON
Kelley Gould 19:02.43 MON
Kelley Gould 19:05.38 BUCK
Brianna Freestone 19:07.11 BUCK

Kelley Gould 19:16.58 MAAC

Rachel Bremer 19:30.13 MON
Rachel Lichtenwalner 19:37.09 MON
Rachel Lichtenwalner 19:47.67 MAAC

Rachel Lichtenwalner 20:54.65 VASS
10,000-meter run
Addie DiFrancesco 36:28.57 ECAC

Addie DiFrancesco 36:33.98 *ECAC qualifier MAAC

Addie DiFrancesco 37:02.53 *ECAC qualifier MSAC

Kathryn Sheehan 39:13.05 MAAC

Kathryn Sheehan 39:24.49 BUCK
100-meter hurdles
Alex McCahill 18.32 RICH
Alex McCahill 18.61 MON
3,000-meter steeplechase

Dayna McLaughlin 12:11.09 MAAC

Dayna McLaughlin 12:22.30 YALE

400-meter relay
Marist (Amanda Luccarelli,  Brooke Kristensen, Nicole Scicolone, Danielle Asaro) 51.21 MAAC

Marist (Amanda Luccarelli,  Brooke Kristensen, Nicole Scicolone, Danielle Asaro) 51.45 YALE
 Marist (Amanda Luccarelli, Alex McCahill, Nicole Scicolone, Danielle Asaro) 51.45 VASS

Marist (Amanda Luccarelli, Alex McCahill, Nicole Scicolone, Danielle Asaro) 51.72 RICH

1600-meter relay
Marist (Briana Crowe, Christine Coughlin, Colleen Meenan, Kara Lightowler) 4:11.94 MAAC

Marist (Briana Crowe, Christine Coughlin, Colleen Meenan, Katie McEvoy) 4:21.11 RICH
Marist (Briana Crowe, Christine Coughlin, Colleen Meenan, Katie McEvoy) 4:28.92 YALE

3,200-meter relay

Marist (Brianna Crowe, Christine Coughlin, Colleen Meenan, Erin O’Reilly) 9:22.15 MAAC

Long jump
Nicole Scicolone 5.30 meters VASS

Nicole Scicolone 5.21 meters MAAC

Nicole Scicolone 5.20 meters YALE

Nicole Scicolone 5.17 meters SBU

Nicole Scicolone 5.11 meters RICH

Nicole Scicolone 4.96 meters MON
Brooke Kristensen 4.59 meters YALE

Brooke Kristensen 4.31 meters MAAC

Brooke Kristensen 4.02 meters MON

Triple jump

Brooke Kristensen 10.02 meters MAAC

High jump

Siobhan Pokorney 1.43 meters VASS

KEY TO MEETS

MON = Monmouth Season Opener

RICH = Fred Hardy Invitational at Richmond

SBU = Stony Brook

SAMH = Sam Howell Invitation, Princeton

VASS = April Invitational, Vassar College

BUCK = Bison Invitational, Bucknell University

MSAC = Mt. SAC Relays

PRI2 = Larry Ellis Invitation, Princeton

YALE = Yale Springtime Invitational

MAAC = MAAC Championships

ECAC = ECAC Championships

What’s next: USA Juniors

The record-setting 3,200-meter relay team at IC4As in Princeton a little more than a week ago was a fitting end to our outdoor track season. But technically, it was not the “end” of the season.

That comes next month, when freshman (or “rising sophomore” as they say) Mark Valentino competes at the USA Junior Championships at the University of Indiana in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. Tino will race on Sunday, June 17 (Father’s Day!) out at IU, and his training has begun in earnest for that race.

Commencement today

It was the perfect day for the perfect graduating class.

I probably say it every year, but I’m really going to miss this group. This group of graduating seniors, the Class of 2012, will stick out clearly in my mind, for many reasons. The biggest reason is that, top to bottom, men and women, they were and are just the most wonderful human beings to be around on a daily basis. More than anything else, I will simply miss their smiling faces and pleasant dispositions every day. It makes me cry just to think about this.

The sun shone brightly, there was a nice breeze, and the ceremony moved along briskly. The commencement speaker and valedictorian addresses were remarkably wonderful, succinct and memorable. The ceremony ended in less than 2 hours, and it was splendid from start to finish.

Did I mention how much I’m going to miss this group of graduating seniors? Well, I am. Fortunately, a few will be around for fifth-year graduate studies. And all will be around in our hearts forever as lifelong friends, hopefully loyal alums … and now and always members of the Marist Running family.

A new look

The other day when I was doing the Alumni Racing posts, the fonts were coming out all screwy and I wasn't sure why. This led to an exploration of settings and templates and other things confusing to me. Which has led to the new-look blog. Let me know your thoughts on the new look.

To me, templates and what-not are all window dressing. My only concern is keeping the content going for the few regular followers. So, although it may look different, the mission of the blog -- such as it were -- remains the same.

The "long goodbye" to our seniors concludes on Saturday with Commencement. The weather looks to be perfect. Maybe a bit warm, but most who know me understand I won't be complaining about warm sunshine.

Again, let me know your thoughts, if any, on this new look.

Alumni Racing Update: Hicks runs 15:02.48

It has been a while since we checked in with an update on Marist Running Alum Steve Hicks and his quest for the sub-15:00 5km. For those of you that haven’t checked out his blog lately, get caught up on it. There’s great stuff there at sub15minutes.blogspot.com. I think he has developed sort of a cult following.

I saw Steve briefly on Monday as he passed through Poughkeepsie with his mom, en route to Swarthmore for the excellent Last Chance meet they have there. He raced late Monday night with his fellow sub-15:00 blogmate Sam and Marist Running Alum Sean Hopkins.

Steve just missed the goal, finishing in 15:02.48. He provided the following splits via text message:

70, 72, 71, 71 (4:44)

71, 72, 73, 74 (9:34)

76, 76, 73, 70

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Steve closed his last 800 in sub-2:20 (nicely done!) and said he was not too bummed about just missing the barrier. He “fell asleep” a little in the middle/late laps but otherwise ran an excellent effort and a PERSONAL-BEST time, of which we are very proud.

Sam struggled with stomach issues and DNFed (side note: Check out his insanely funny blog post about his race and post-race “lodging”). Hopkins “ate it” (not his exact words, but you get the idea) and had a subpar race.

Alumni Racing Update: Schab’s sick double

Marist Running Alum Mike Schab had a very varied racing weekend last Saturday and Sunday.

On Saturday, Schabby took fourth in the Greenbelt 50-kilometer run (yes, that’s 31 miles, for those keeping score at home) in 5:02:40. His race report, via email: “Was nowhere near ready for the hills on the northern 3 miles of the trail (was a double out-and-back). Training at Sunken Meadow was really no help. Went off course once and wiped out on the trail a few times. All part of the experience. I’m not a big eater, but food at the finish line – Fantastic!’’

On Sunday, Schab ran the 14^th annual Elizabeth McNamee 5K in his hometown of West Islip. He has only missed this race once, in 2005 due to a late MAAC Outdoor Championship date, and so despite a hard and long 31 miles he said he “figured I had to run it.” Here is his short race report, via email: “Hurting the first mile and ran a 6:30. Started feeling better and came back with two 5:47s. Finish time: 18:47 (17^th place). Overall, a successful weekend.”

I would say so! Nicely done!

Alumni Racing Update: Walsh’s Minnewaska Marathon

The idea was first posed as a blog post here, nearly four years ago.

On Monday, Marist Running Alum Matt Walsh made it a reality: The Minnewaska Marathon, a run from Marist’s McCann Center to Minnewaska State Park and Preserve in Ulster County.

Turns out, the run was a bit shy of a marathon (23.1 miles, to be exact). But it was a marathon effort nonetheless. Walsh did the run solo on a warm and muggy morning, with current Marist junior (and fellow Wantagh HS alum) Arquimedes DelaCruz providing support (and the photos that accompany this post) during the second half of the race.

This is one tough run, especially the latter stages with its relentless climbing up the Shawangunk Ridge. And then, once Walsh arrived at the park, the run up the park road is straight uphill. Again, relentless.

Walsh made it to the lake in just under 3 hours (2:59). He proudly wore his Marist Alumni Racing Team singlet. And he did it.