ECAC Championships, Day 2 results: DMR school record!

The magic continued (and concluded) on the Magic Carpet for our women’s team. The DMR team of Denise Grohn, Danisha Craig, Shea Bohan and Janelle Solviletti took down one of the older records on the books, obliterating the 2011 mark of 11:54.75 with a stellar 11:48.96, which finished us just out of the last scoring spot. We are so proud of Denise for bouncing back from a tough 1,000-meter race on Saturday afternoon to deliver the crucial opening 1,200-meter leg that sets the tone for the rest of the relay. Kudos to Danisha Craig, one of the toughest and best sprinters we’ve ever been around, for handling two incredibly difficult relay passes in traffic with the grace and poise we have come to expect from her. And oh, by the way, in between, she blitzed a 58.3-second leg. Shea Bohan ran aggressively from the very start after bobbling that delicate relay pass for a stellar 2:15.1 split (Coach Chuck had 2:14.9 on his watch!), and then Janelle Solviletti brought it home with her strongest anchor leg yet. Add it up, and it’s a school record by nearly four seconds and a mark that our young team will have to chase next winter and beyond. When a relay comes together like this, it is literally poetry in motion and a joy to watch.

Freshman Maria Smith capped off the afternoon – and the season – with a strong run in the 3,000, improving upon her earlier season performance with an excellent last lap. The early laps were a bit peppy, but Maria hung tough and broke 9:50 by staying tough over the final kilometer. Not bad for a girl who never ran indoor track in high school. The sky’s the limit as we head into outdoor track in a few weeks. Nicely done!

ECAC Championships

Sunday, March 4, 2018

Boston University

Women’s results and splits

3,000-meter run

13. Maria Smith 9:49.28

36.5, 75.0 (38.5), 1:53.5 (38.5), 2:32.8 (39.3), 3:12.2 (39.4)

3:51.7 (39.5), 4:31.8 (40.1), 5:11.9 (40.1), 5:51.3 (39.4), 6:30.9 (39.6)

7:11.3 (40.4), 7:51.6 (40.3), 8:32.0 (40.4), 9:12.0 (40.0), 9:49.28 (37.28)

Kilometer splits: 3:12.2, 3:18.7, 3:18.38

Distance medley relay

9. Marist (Denise Grohn, Danisha Craig, Shea Bohan, Janelle Solviletti) 11:48.96 *school record, old record, 11:54.75, Jackie Gamboli, Hayley Hartnett, Brianna Crowe, Brittany Burns, 2011

Denise Grohn: 34, 72 (38), 1:49 (37), 2:26 (37), 3:03 (37), 3:39.0 (36.0)

Danisha Craig: 26, 58.3

Shea Bohan: 32, 65 (33), 1:40 (35), 2:15.1 (35.1)

Janelle Solviletti: 35, 72 (37), 1:49 (37), 2:27 (38), 3:05 (38), 3:43 (38), 4:20 (37), 4:56.5 (36.5)