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(04/29/09 4:00pm)
The College of New Jersey track program hosted the annual Lions' Invitational on Saturday, April 25. The men's and women's track and field teams collected a number of ECAC qualifying marks and a few NCAA provisional marks.
Tim Blashford, sophomore pole vaulter, said, "Any meet at home is always fun. It is nice to compete on our home track, and the results show how much the team enjoys it. There were a lot of good things that happened this weekend: personal records and season bests along with some qualifiers. There are always more qualifiers to be met, and I think everyone is moving in that direction."
The men's 4x100 took first and the 4x400 placed second. Freshman Chris Medina, sophomore Jule Brooks, freshman Brandon Leftridge, and feshman Robert Jiggetts combined for a time of 42.73 seconds in the 4x100 and Brooks, freshman Justin Worthing, Leftridge, and sophomore Kyle Gilroy ran 3:57:19 in the 4x400, both ECAC qualifying times.
The women's 4x100 relay team also placed first with a team of juniorPriscilla Senyah, junior Meghan Miller, sophomore Tiffany Etheredge, and Miriam Khan combining for an ECAC time of 48.67 seconds. ?
Senior Al Wonesh won the 400 hurdles with a NCAA provisional mark of 53.61 seconds. In the 1,500, sophomore Dennie Waite placed second in 3:57.19 and sophomore TJ Bocchino followed in third with a time of 4:01.27, both ECAC marks. Sophomore Shawn Rembecky placed third in the high jump clearing a height of 1.85 meters and in the pole vault Blashford claimed fourth at 4.35 meters.
In the hammer throw, junior Steve Liccketto finished fourth with throw of 48.35 and teammate junior Zach Goldstein was fifth at 47.72. Both marks met ECAC standards.
Senior Kristen Tricocci placed second in long jump sailing a distance of 5.45 meters and freshman Emma Tucci was fourth with 5.28 meters, both ECAC qualifying marks. Tucci also placed second in the javelin with a distance of 37.70 meters, also qualifying her for the ECAC Championships. ?
In the hammer throw, sophomore Sarah Wehrhan placed second with an ECAC mark of 43.57 meters and sophomore Christina D'Amato took third in the shot put with a toss of 11.46 meters.
The Lady Lions earned a third-place finish in the 800 meters as junior Michelle Wallace boasted an ECAC time of 2:19.03.?
Senyah added a fourth-place effort in the 100-meter hurdles with a NCAA provisional cut of 14.81 seconds, andsophomore Alexandra Tomaselli finished fourth in the 400 hurdles with a clocking of 1:06.85.
Rembecky said, "Our overall team performance at the Lions Invitational proved that all of our hard work up to this point has been paying off. Everyone appears to be peaking at the right time, which puts us in a good position to make a run at another NJAC title."
Both the men's and women's teams also competed in the Penn Relays this past weekend. The women's 4x800 relay team consisting of junior Jianna Spadaccini, sophomore Meryl Wimberly, freshman Katie Nestor, and senior Stephanie Herrick set a school record with a time of 8:53.04. The time broke the previous mark by more than 15 seconds. They finished third overall, trailing NCAA Division I teams Purdue University and Duke University.
Nestor said, "It was the first time all season we had run in temperatures that high, and to still be able to break the school record was awesome."
The men's 4x400 team of senior Rob McGowan, senior Pasquale DiGioacchino, junior DeShard Stevens, and senior Steve Murray ran an ECAC qualifying time of 3:19.25.The mean's 4x100 also ran an ECAC mark of 42.52 seconds. The sprint medley relay finished second at 3:31:48 trailing Wake Forest University.
Etheredge said, "We had a good week with Penn Relays and the home meet, so I think we're ready for the competition that's headed our way... It towards the end of the year and were all just focusing on the championship part of the season. I really think we have a good shot at achieving the goals we planned."
Next weekend the men's and women's track and field teams are competing at NJAC Championships at Rowan University, and are hoping todefend their title as champions.
Katie Nestor, a freshman distance runner, said, "We're hopeful about winning NJACs next weekend and looking forward to sending a decent amount of girls out to Nationals. in May. Everyone has been working really hard all season and we're excited to see that hard work pay off in the upcoming meets."
The conference meet is a good opportunity for the Lions to qualify for nationals, break personal bests, and win All American honors.
For relays, junior DeShard Stevens, junior sprinter, said, "I'm looking to qualify for nationals as part of the 4x4 relay and garner an all American citation. I am hoping to finish this seasonal off strong and compete at nationals so that we can build for a solid final year of Track for next year."
Junior hurdler and sprinter Priscilla Senyah said the team is really excited about this weekend and next year. "We have some big goals for the end of the year, and next year. and I think we have the talent to make that happen."
(04/22/09 4:00pm)
Sophomore pitcher Alex Sietsma recorded a pair of shutout wins starting with an 8-0 win over Rutgers-Camden University last Friday. She posted 14 strikeouts and a 0.45 ERA in three appearances this past week.
(04/15/09 4:00pm)
The College proudly hosted the annual New Jersey Invitational on Saturday with competitors from more than a dozen colleges. The women's track and field team won the meet and the men's team claimed second place despite poor weather conditions.
The women won with 183 points, followed by Ithaca College. The men's team earned 142.50 points, tailing first-place Ithaca College by 11 points.
"It's always hard to come with a positive attitude when the conditions are so bad, but it was so great to see the whole team ready to come out and compete so well. I'm glad we could look past the weather and perform," freshman jumper Emma Tucci said.
Senior Kristen Tricocci won the 200 meters in 26.24 seconds, and junior Jianna Spadaccini took first place in the 400 meters with a time of 57.76 seconds, both ECAC-qualifying times. Sophomore Meryl Wimberley also ran an Eastern Conference Atlantic Conference (ECAC) qualifying time of 59.38 seconds to finish third in the 400 meters.
In distance events, senior Martine McGrath won the 3,000 meters in 10:25:09, Senior Stephanie Herrick took second in the 1,500 meters with 4:41:94 minutes, an ECAC-qualifying time.
Junior Priscilla Senyah won the 100-meter high hurdles in 15.02 seconds, an ECAC worthy time, and junior Meghan Miller took second in the 400 intermediate hurdles in 1:06:85.
The women's team also excelled in field events. Sophomore Cristina D'Amato won the shot put with a throw of 11.40 meters and claimed second in the discuss with a throw of 35.31 meters. Sophomore Sarah Wehrhan took second in the hammer throw at 40.70 meters, followed by teammate Ashley Krauss at 39.34 meters.
Tucci placed third in the long jump with a distance of 5.19 meters. The Lions also won the 4x400 relay and took second in the 4x100.
The men's team had three first-place finishes. Senior Rob McGowan won the 400 meters with an ECAC-qualifying mark of 50.04, and sophomore TJ Bocchino won the 3,000 meters in 8:42.23. The Lions' 4x400 relay also took first at 3:22:60 with a team of sophomore Jule Brooks, senior Pasquale DiGioacchino, junior DeShard Stevens and McGowan. Their time qualifies them for the ECAC Championships.
Senior Al Wonesh placed second in the 400 hurdles with an ECAC time of 56.06 seconds.
In the hammer throw, three Lions placed in the top five. Zach Golstein claimed second with 44.22 meters, Steve Liccketto followed with 42.33 meters and Martin Brown was fourth throwing 40.71 meters.
Sophomore Alexander Necovski had a third-place finish in the shot put with a distance of 13.67 meters, and freshman Tim White also finished third in the 110-high hurdles with a time of 16.46 seconds.
"The rain really played a major factor on Saturday and I didn't get the numbers I was looking for," Necovski said. "However, some of my teammates had excellent performances both on the track and in the field. Like always, we have all week to practice hard and look forward to our next meet."
Next up for the Lions' track and field teams is the Greyhound Invitational at Moravian College. This competitive meet will span the weekend of April 17-18. With the Lions coming off a strong perfomance, look for them to impress this week.
(04/08/09 4:00pm)
The men's and women's track and field teams had a busy weekend as both teams competed among Division I athletes at the University of Pennsylvania Invitational on Sunday. At the invitational, the Lions earned more than 15 Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC)-qualifying marks while three runners from the women's track team ran at the Sam Howell Invitational hosted by Princeton University on Saturday.
At the University of Pennsylvania Invitational, sophomore Alexander Necovski placed seventh in the discuss throw with a distance of 43.45 meters, an ECAC-qualifying mark.
Necovski said, "I had a better performance in the discus than last week and I know I have a lot more in me to keep on getting better. We had some solid performances from all of our athletes, especially considering the fact that we went up against a lot of Division I schools. The high level of competition really brings out the best in us."
Junior DeShard Stevens, 400-meter runner, said, "With the conference meet quickly approaching, everyone wants to get in solid times and we were able to do that at this meet."
The men's 4x100 team finished seventh with a relay of freshmen Chris Medina, Salvatore Colangelo and Brandon Leftridge and sophomore Jule Brooks who combined for an ECAC time of 43.21 seconds.
Sophomore Tim Blashford earned eighth in the pole vault, clearing a height of 4.30 meters, and DeShard Stevens narrowly missed an ECAC qualifying mark in the 400 meters with a time of 50.37 seconds.
In the women's 400 meters, junior Jianna Spadaccini took second place with an ECAC-worthy time of 57.81 seconds. Sophomore Sarah Wehrhan earned a fifth-place finish in the hammer throw, tossing 40.54 meters.
Junior Priscilla Senyah placed seventh in the 100-meter high hurdles with an ECAC time of 57.81, while senior Nicole Ullmeyer took eighth in the 5,000 meters at 19:08.24.
Three senior runners from the women's distance team ran at Princeton's Sam Howell Invitational. Stephanie Herrick said, "The night meet is an opportunity to run against great competition under the lights at the Princeton Stadium."
Herrick ran a time of 4:39.47 in the 1,500 meters, placing in the top 10 and being the first Division III runner to cross the finish line. "I was disappointed in my race, but it is still early in the season and will give me motivation to do better this upcoming week at the home meet," Herrick said.
Martine McGrath and Megan Donovan took 13th and 14th in the 5,000 meters, McGrath with a time of 17:43.06 and Donovan clocking 17:45.71, a personal best.
"After competing this weekend," Stevens said, "we are looking to go after national qualifying times at our home meet this Saturday."
(04/01/09 4:00pm)
Both the men's and women's track and field teams had solid performances at the Danny Curran Invitational at Widener University this past weekend.
Junior hurdler Al Woneshsaid, "Even though it was cold and pretty windy, we still managed to run awesome times. We opened the season up this year much better than we usually do."
Sophomore Alexander Necovski won the shot put event for the Lions with a throw of 13.52 meters and placed second in discus with a toss of 43.21 meters. He said, "I started off this season better than I had hoped, and I look forward to each of my upcoming meets so that I can push myself to build off of this past weekend."
Sophomore Tim Blashford cleared a height of 4.25 meters in pole vault, earning a second-place finish, while Wonesh placed third in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 56.90 seconds.
"I opened up the season two seconds faster than usual so I'm hoping this means that there are must faster times than usual to come as the season progresses," Wonesh said.
Two teams represented the College in the men's 4x400 meter relay, claiming second place with 3:20:63 and third with a time of 3:24:34. The women's team won the 4x400 relay with a time of 3:59:78.
In the 100-meter high hurdles, junior Priscilla Senyah finished second for the Lions at 15.24 seconds. Sophomore Alexandra Tomaselli placed third in the 400-meter hurdles in 66.64 seconds.
Tomaselli said, "I was very happy with my performance. I ran my best time ever in the 400 hurdles, so I have really high expectations for myself this season."
Senior Stephanie Herrick placed fourth in the 5,000 meter run at 17:56:88 while junior Jianna Spadaccini finished fourth in the 400 meters running a time of 58.03 seconds.
In the discus, sophomore Cristina D'Amato claimed fifth with a toss of 34.13 meters. Classmate Meryl Wimberley placed seventh for the Lions in the 800-meter run at 2:18.60.
"Like any meet we go to, we have athletes who do great, and some who wish they had done better," Blashford sad. "That's what next weekend is for, to do better than you did the previous meet. Overall we had some great performances from the team. I think there are big things happening, it is only a matter of time."
Next the Lions will compete in the Sam Howell Invitational, beginning on Friday.
The strong performances of Necovski, Blashford and Herrick will be instrumental if the Lions want to succeed at this challenging meet.
(03/18/09 4:00pm)
Both the men's and women's track and field distance medley relay teams earned All-American honors at the 2009 NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships, held March 13 and 14 at the Rose-Human Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Ind.
Sophomore Dennis Waite, senior Rob McGowan, senior Pasquale DiGioacchino and sophomore TJ Bocchino represented the men's team, which placed eighth with a time of 10:06.35.
On the women's side, senior Stephanie Herrick, sophomore Meryl Wimberley, junior Jianna Spadaccini and freshman Claire Johnson placed fourth overall, clocking in at11:49.71.
"To have eight people go and eight people be All-American was awesome," Waite said. "It hasn't exactly sunk in yet."
Earlier in the week, the men's team competed at the IC4A Championships at Boston University on March 7 and 8, where the distance medley relay team shined by winning their heat with a time of 9:59.76, an NCAA provisional mark.
"The DMR at IC4As went as well as we could have hoped. Everyone was really pumped, and we ran the whole thing by ourselves. We won our heat by 6 or 7 seconds," Waite said. "We spent the next 12 hours hoping our time would get us in to NCAA's. We ended up being seeded ninth of 10."
Waite led the race off with an impressive 3:02 split for the 1200 leg, followed by McGowan who dipped under 50 seconds on the 400 leg; DiGioacchino kept the Lions on pace with a 1:55.2 800 split before distance ace Bocchino flew through his 1600 anchor leg, touring the track in 4:12.9, a seven second personal best.
Freshman Ian Boyle placed eighth in the 1,000 meter run, with a time of 2:34.46, while fellow freshman Chris Medina took 11th in the long jump with a leap of 6.46 meters. Sophomore Thomas Conroy placed 13th in the weight throw with a toss of 14.76 meters.
On March 6 and 7 the women's team focused on the East Coast Athletic Conference (ECAC) Championships at Tufts University, placing third overall with 52 points.
The 4x400 meter relay team struck gold, as Wimberley, sophomore Alexandra Tomaselli, senior Stephanie Herrick and Spadaccini combined for a NCAA provisional mark of 3:58.31.
The women's distance medley team took second with 11:49.73, a time that automatically qualified them for the NCAA Division III Indoor Championships and set a new school record. The women's DMR split was the second fastest run in the country this season.
The 4x800 relay team also had a strong performance, finishing second with a time of 9:41.59.
Outstanding individual performances included senior Kirsten Gerbehy earning fourth in the pentathlon with 2,844 points and senior Martine McGrath finishing fourth in the 5,000 meter run with a time of 17:50.82
Noteworthy performances in the men's competition at the ECAC Championships included freshman Tim White's eighth place finish in the pentathlon with 3,164 points and the rookie Boyle taking eighth in the 1,000 meters with 2:34.46. In the field events freshman Chris Medina placed 11th in the long jump with 6.46 meters and sophomore Thomas Conroy took 13th in the weight throw with 14.76 meters.
(03/04/09 5:00pm)
Their busy schedule didn't slow the College's indoor men's and women's track and field teams. Both captured a 12th consecutive New Jersey Athletic Conference Indoor Track and Field Championship title at the 168th Street Armory on Feb. 23. The teams have won every indoor championship since the conference began conducting the meet in 1998.
The men's team took first in three of 18 events - the mile run, weight throw and distance medley, scoring 171.5 points, 38 above opponent Ramapo.
Thomas Conroy, sophomore weight thrower, said, "We won the meet for the 12th consecutive year, making the College the only school to have ever won the Indoor Conference Championship Meet."
Conroy placed first in the 35-pound weight throw with a ECAC-qualifying distance of 15.66 meters. Lions placed third and fourth in the event.
"My throw was a personal best by almost two meters and beat out Ramapo's top performer by almost two feet," Conroy said.
In total, the men's throwing team scored 31 points.
Sophomore Dennie Waite set the NJAC meet record for the mile run with a winning time of 4:18:11 minutes. He also won the event the previous year. Waite placed third in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 9:00:81 minutes.
The women's team scored 240 points, a 110-point margin over second place Ramapo. The lady Lions won nine out of 18 events, finishing first in the long jump, 55-meter hurdles, distance medley relay, mile run, 400-meter dash, 800-meter run, 3,000-meter run, 4x400 meter relay and 4x800 meter relay.
Sophomore Kristen Tricocci won long jump for her second straight year with a jump of 5.45 meters, a NCAA provisional mark. Tricocci also placed second in the high jump with a mark of 1.58 meters.
Senior Stephanie Herrick won the mile run with a time of 5:06:32 minutes and placed second in the 800-meter run tailing teammate Katie Nestor.
Junior Priscilla Senyah took first in the 55-meter hurdles with a time of 8.56 seconds and placed third in the 55-meter dash at 7.41 seconds.
Philip Jennings, head coach, was named the 2009 Women's Indoor Track and Field Coach of the Year by his peers at the NJAC Championship on Monday.
The College's men's and women's track and field teams also competed on Feb. 27 at the NYU Fast Track Invitational, also at the New York City Armory Track and Field Center.
A top Lion male performer was sophomore Dennie Waite, who placed first in the 1,000-meter run with an ECAC qualifying time of 2:28:0 minutes. Waite set the school record, winning by .46 of a second.
The men's 4x400 meter relay team placed fourth with an ECAC-qualifying mark of 3:19:34 minutes. Seniors Rob McGowan, Pasquale DiGioacchino, Steve Marray and freshman Justin Worthing comprised the team.
Senior Stephanie Herrick, a top female performer, placed fourth in the 800-meter run with a NCAA-qualifying time of 2:12:01 minutes. Herrick was the top NCAA Division II finisher in the event. Junior Jianna Spadaccini placed seventh in the event at 2:31:31 minutes, also making the NCAA provisional cut.
Senior Martine McGrath placed second overall in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 17:28:73 minutes, and teammate Megan Donovan placed eighth.
Senior Kristen Tricocci took fifth in the high jump, clearing 1.55 meters, and ninth in the long jump at 5.38 meters, an ECAC- worthy distance.
"Both our men's and women's teams rose to the challenge of our conference competition Monday and performed admirably," head coach Phillip Jennings said. "Our athletes and coaches take great pride in the winning tradition that the program has established over the last 11 years, and their performances indicate as such."
The male and female track and field teams are now preparing for Friday, the ECAC Championships at Tufts University in Medford, Mass.
Waite commented on the team's performance.
"It was a good week for the College. We put in a lot of work over winter break, and in our 6 a.m. workouts on Tuesdays and Thursdays all semester, and it was great to see people put together some stellar races," he said. "ECACs and IC4As are both next week in Boston, and everyone who qualified is ready to run some fast times. If everything goes according to plan, some of us will be punching our tickets to NCAAs after this weekend."
(02/25/09 12:00pm)
Upon entering the Visitation Home in Yardville, N.J., there is an immediate feeling of stepping into a caring and loving atmosphere. Those living inside are constantly smiling and laughing, grateful to see friendly faces. The Catholic shared-living residence houses people with developmental disabilities and several live-in staff members. It is a private, nonprofit organization that depends primarily on donations and the assistance of volunteers, like College students.
Denise Reil, founder and director, began the Visitation Home in 2000 when the State of New Jersey approached her about her future plans for her autistic son. In 2001, the New Jersey waiting list exceeded 6,300 people who were in need of community-based living. Today, that list includes more than 8,000 names.
Instead of waiting to see what the state could do for her family, Denise Reil asked herself, "What can I do to help?"
The Visitation Home first opened in 2003. In 2006, it was expanded to include the house next-door. The original home currently has five female residents, while the second home currently houses four males. A third home will open around the corner and be ready for residents in about a year.
Morgan Reil, Denise Reil's daughter and College alumna, is a member of the Visitation Home's live-in staff as well as an employee at the College's Bonner Center.
"I didn't know what I wanted to do after school and this gave me a way of continuing what I loved to do in school," Morgan Reil said.
Three years ago, the Bonner Center was looking for a new freshman Community Engaged Learning program and Reil, a Bonner scholar, connected the two organizations. Currently three Bonner students each volunteer 10 hours per week there.
Esther Brahmi, a junior history major and Bonner scholar, devotes 300 hours of service each year to the Visitation Home. Brahmi has an 18-year-old sister with Down Syndrome.
"After volunteering at the Visitation Home, I hope she gets to live there some day," Brahmi said.
Close with her sister, Brahmi also volunteers at various teen nights and day camps her sister is involved with for people with developmental disabilities.
"The residents kind of became like my siblings," she said. "I miss being with my sister and doing things with her. Being here makes me feel like I'm home."
Andrew Amadeo, junior finance major and Bonner scholar, lived at the boys' home at the Visitation Home for six weeks in the summer while taking summer classes at the College.
Jane Cincotta, a live-in staff member at the girls' home, has a degree in special education from Quincy College in Illinois.
"Since it is a family here, I've learned a lot of home skills. You really feel like a mom here. You feel responsibility and try your best to take care of them," Cincotta said. "It's interesting getting to know people and the gifts and talents they have. We're really fortunate overall."
On a typical day at the home, Cincotta plays bingo with Christine, 41, a four-year resident. When asked if she loves Cincotta, Christine responded, "I need Jane."
Christine, and other residents, participated in the Special Olympics. She won a gold medal for weight lifting - an amazing accomplishment for a tiny woman of barely 105 pounds.
Cincotta best described the loving spirit of the Visitation Home:
"(The residents) are so genuine and innocent. They teach us how to be better people, to be more caring and loving ... they live life, enjoy life. They have something to give. They have value in life even though society may say they don't."