Women’s Track Finishes Second at CAA Championships

Team Captures Six Gold Medals

04/22/07 12:35PM

HARRISONBURG, VA - Six gold medals and a pair of conference records weren’t enough for the William and Mary women’s track team to claim its seventh-consecutive Colonial Athletic Association Championship, as the Tribe fell to Northeastern, 156-163. The Huskies won their first CAA crown in any sport. Northeastern senior Zara Northover was named Field Performer of the Meet after winning the shot put, discus, and hammer throw, and George Mason’s Murielle Ahoure and Northeastern’s Tramaine Shaw shared the award for Track Performer of the Meet. Ahoure won both the 100m and 200m and set three conference records, while Shaw won both the 100m and 400m hurdles, setting the conference record in the 100m hurdles.

Complete Results
First Day Multi-Event Results
Second Day Multi-Event Results

William and Mary senior Bonnie Meekins (Herndon, Va.) won the heptathlon with a meet-record and NCAA-provisional mark of 5,192 points, second-best in school history. Meekins won five of the seven events in the heptathlon, including qualifying for the NCAA Regional in the high jump by clearing 5’ 8.75”. Meekins also earned a pair of sixth-place performances in the high jump and javelin championships, throwing for a personal-best 129’ 2” in the javelin to rank fifth all-time at William and Mary.

Freshman Nicole Kazuba (Chantilly, Va.) cleared 12’ 1.5” to win the pole vault championship and earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Regional. Also an ECAC-qualifying height, Kazuba’s mark is the second-best in school history. The freshman class also had another title-winner, as Emily Anderson (Golf, Ill.) won the 1,500m run in 4:33.83, qualifying for the ECAC and USAT&F Junior Championships as well as earning an automatic berth to the NCAA Regional. W&M has now won four of the last five 1,500m titles, including three by freshmen.

Senior Meghan Bishop (Blue Bell, Pa.) added the 5,000m championship to her collection, winning in 17:27.33. Bishop was also the 1,500m champion in 2004 and 2005. Senior Kate Willever (Pennington, N.J.) earned her first title, and the accompanying bid to the NCAA Regional, taking the 3,000m steeplechase with a time of 11:14.94. Junior Emily Gousen (Arlington, Va.) gave W&M a sweep of the distance titles, taking the 10,000m crown in 36:04.05. Her time qualifies her for the ECAC Championships, and is the sixth-fastest in school history.

Also having a notable performance was sophomore Mallory Hogan (Hartford, Conn.), whose time of 12.60 seconds in the 100m dash is tied for 10th all-time at the College. Classmate Ashley Madonick (Seaside Park, N.J.) took seventh in the 400m dash with an ECAC-qualifying time of 56.23, fourth-fastest in school history.

A pair of Tribe athletes scored points in the 800m run. Junior Allie Lewis (Roanoke, Va.) was third with a time of 2:12.65, and sophomore Rebecca Ward (Midlothian, Va.) was fifth in 2:17.61. Ward also took fourth in the 1,500m with a time of 4:37.36. Sophomore Emily Schroeder (Midlothian, Va.) was second in the 1,500m, qualifying for the ECAC championships in 4:34.44. Freshman Meghan Burns (Coopersburg, Pa.) was sixth in the 1,500m in 4:39.01.

Junior Abby Booker (Haddonfield, N.J.) qualified for the ECAC Championships in the 10,000m, running 37:13.79 to place second. Redshirt-sophomore Katie Endres (Sterling, Va.) was sixth in the 10,000m with a time of 38:09.02, and freshman Ashley Davies (Whitehouse Station, N.J.) was eighth in a time of 38:47.23.

Junior Kait Hurley (Portland, Ore.) was third in the 5,000m with a time 17:34.26 to earn her first All-CAA award in track. Sophomore Lynn Morelli (Philadelphia, Pa.) was fourth in 17:43.59, and freshman Kayley Byrne (Oak Hill, Va.) was fifth in 18:05.22. Freshman Anna Brousell (Wilmington, Del.) was third in the 3,000m steeplechase, running 11:36.87. Sophomore Emily Arena (Manassas, Va.) was sixth in the steeplechase, crossing the finish line in 11:52.27. The 4x400m relay team of Madonick, Lewis, Dana Harvey (Mechanicsville, Va.), and Anderson finished sixth in 3:53.94.

William and Mary’s throwing corps was its customarily effective force as well. Sophomore Abby Lemon (Berryville, Va.) took second in the hammer throw, throwing for 157’ 2”. Freshman Ashley Williams (Williamsburg, Va.) was sixth in the hammer, throwing for a personal-best 142’ 7”, the eighth-best mark in school history. Senior Jen Showker (Harrisonburg, Va.) was eighth, throwing for 138’ 11”.

Showker also distinguished herself in the shot put and discus. In the discus, she was fifth with a throw of 134’ 11”, and in the shot put, Showker had a personal-best put of 45’ 0.5” to place third and qualify for the ECAC Championships. Her mark is the fourth-best in school history. Also in the shot, freshman Carly Morse (Sumerduck, Va.) was eighth with a put of 40’ 11.75”.

William and Mary is back in action next weekend, with the world-famous Penn Relay Carnival, April 26-28 in Philadelphia.

CAA Championships Final Standings
1. Northeastern 163
2. WILLIAM AND MARY 156
3. Georgia State 116
4. UNC Wilmington 102
5. James Madison 98
6. George Mason 64
7. Delaware 57
8. Towson 44
9. Va. Commonwealth 19