Emily Anderson Wins ECAC 3,000m Title

William and Mary Finishes Sixth at ECAC Championships

03/09/08 4:27PM

BOSTON, MASS - The William and Mary women’s track team had four athletes earn All-East honors Sunday on the final day of the ECAC Championships, following sophomore Emily Anderson’s (Golf, Ill.) title-winning turn in the 3,000m to leap up the team ladder and finish sixth with 31 points. Connecticut won the team championship 60.5-47 over Seton Hall.

Complete Results

Anderson ran a career-best 9:26.33 to win her first ECAC crown and improve her position on the NCAA qualifiers list for selection to the national championships next weekend. Her time ranks her fourth in school history, and qualifies Anderson also to the ECAC outdoor championships. Anderson becomes the first Tribe athlete to win an ECAC indoor title since Ali Henderson ’04 won the 3,000m in 2003.

Sophomore Nicole Kazuba (Chantilly, Va.) was runner-up in the pole vault, claiming All-East honors after tying her career-best with a vault of 12’ 7.5”. Her performance qualifies Kazuba for both the ECAC outdoor championships and the NCAA East Regional in May. Senior Allie Lewis (Roanoke, Va.), who set the school indoor record in the 800m preliminaries yesterday, finished fourth in today’s final heat with a time of 2:12.21 to be named All-East.

Sophomore Lynn Morelli (Philadelphia, Pa.) rounded out the Tribe’s All-East haul with her sixth-place performance in the 3,000m. Morelli ran a career-best 9:38.79 to earn the award and qualify for the ECAC outdoor meet, and now ranks as the eighth-fastest runner in school history.

Also competing on Sunday for the College was senior Erin Gnass (Brentwood, Tenn.), who tied for 11th in the pole vault after clearing the bar at 11’ 7.75”. The distance medley relay team of Meghan Burns (Coopersburg, Pa.), Ashley Madonick (Seaside Park, N.J.), Keely Murphy (Owings Mill, Md.), and Betsy Graney (Harper Woods, Mich.) ran 12:04.28 to place 13th.

Anderson, also a provisional qualifier in the mile, while await word on whether or not she will be invited to the NCAA Championships next weekend (March 14-15) in Fayetteville, Arkansas, while the rest of the Tribe will open the outdoor season on those same dates at the VCU Ram Invitational in Richmond, Virginia.

Team Standings
1. Connecticut 60.5
2. Seton Hall 49
3. Syracuse 47
4. Boston College 40
5. George Mason 36
6. WILLIAM AND MARY 31