Feb. 1, 2003
Women Set Distance Medley Relay Record, Michaelis Fourth at
Penn State
State College, Penn. --
Lindsay Frontz, Aaliyah Gillespie,
Racheal Albert and Emily Schnitkey
combined to set the school record in
the distance medley relay while Kurt
Michaelis nearly provisionally
qualified for the NCAA Championships
in the 800-meter at the Penn State
National Open on Friday and
Saturday.
The distance medley relay ran a time of 12:13.69 to place
tenth and break the record that was
set last year. Michaelis' time
of 1:50.81 in the 800 and ust missed
the qualifying time of 1:50.20.
For the women, Frontz finished 11th in the 1,000 on a
personal-best time of 3:00.04 and
Racheal Albert finished three places
behind her with a 14th-place time of
3:04.31. Delores Gaines
finished 13th in the weight throw
with a 47-6 1/2. Emily
Schnitkey ran a personal-best time
in the 3,000 (10:15.65) and Lindsay
Wojciak bested her top career time
in the 5,000 (18:39.75).
On the men's side, Nick Smith and Jeremy Riehm set personal
bests in the 3,000 with a 8:42.77
and 8:54.14, respectively.
Chris Hine ran a personal-record
time in the 5,000 with a 15:57.08.
The Penguins will continue their season when travel to Kent
State on Feb. 8 to compete in the
Doug Raymond Invitational. |
