4x100m Relay All-East on Final Day of Women’s Track and Field at ECACs

Whitehead, Mattos, Woody, Johnson Earn Honor

05/16/04 8:20PM

NEW HAVEN, CT - The Tribe’s 4x100m relay team of Mary Whitehead (Dulles, VA), junior Naomi Mattos (Woodbridge, VA), freshman Kathleen Woody (Oakton, VA) and sophomore Erica Johnson (Stephens Church, VA) raced to All-East acclaim as 2004 CAA Champion William and Mary women's track and field competed on the final day of the ECAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships. The College ended the Championship tied with Army and Albany in 23rd with 11 points as Pittsburgh took a convincing win in team scoring with 92.20 points, well ahead of runner-up Syracuse, which tallied 64. Points were awarded to the top-eight finishers in each event, who received All-East honors. The meet, hosted by Yale, attracted a large field of over 50 schools from across the Eastern U. S. and represented the last opportunity for athletes to set NCAA qualification marks.

Whitehead, Mattos, Woody and Johnson again impressed, falling just short of breaking the school record in the 4x100m yet again. Sunday the quartet combined to clock a 46.90, only .05 seconds from their school-record time set in yesterday’s prelims, to claim fourth place and All-East honors. It was the third All-East designation earned by the Tribe this weekend as three-time All-American Ali Henderson (Parkville, MO) and junior Charlotte LaRoche (Centreville, VA) both merited the distinction in earlier action.

Junior Cassidy Harris (Geneva, IL) just missed earning All-East accolades with her ninth-place throw of 45’11.75” in the shot, just .25” off the eighth-place distance. It was Harris’s best throw of the outdoor season by over nine inches and ranks second only to her 46’4.75” performance from the indoor season as her best throw of the entire year.

Qualified athletes with have two weeks to prepare for the NCAA East Regional Championships which will be hosted by Florida in Gainesville, FL May 28-29.

ECAC - Team Rankings - 23 Events Scored
1) University of Pittsburgh 92.20
2) Syracuse University 64
3) Duke University 54
4) Cornell University 48.20
5) Rutgers University 46.50
6) Georgetown University 43
7) Yale University 36
8) Seton Hall University 33
9) Northeastern University 32
10) Boston College 30.20
11) University of Connecticut 28
12) North Carolina 27
13) St. John's University 25
14) University of Maryland 23
15) Bucknell University 22
16) James Madison University 21
16) West Virginia University 21
18) Providence College 20
19) U.S. Naval Academy 19
20) New Hampshire 18
21) Rhode Island 16
22) Brown University 13.50
23) William and Mary 11
23) U.S. Military Academy 11
23) University at Albany 11
26) Liberty University 9.70
27) Princeton University 9
27) Iona College 9
27) Columbia University 9
30) American University 8
30) Duquesne University 8
32) Monmouth University 7
32) Villanova University 7
32) University of Vermont 7
35) Pennsylvania University 6.20
36) Saint Joseph's University 6
37) Fairleigh Dickinson 5
37) Dartmouth College 5
39) Virginia Commonwealth 4.50
40) Robert Morris University 4
40) Towson University 4
40) Sacred Heart University 4
43) Coppin State University 3
43) Binghamton University 3
45) Harvard University 2
45) Virginia Military Institute 2
47) Temple University 1