Katie Guevel Qualifies for the ECAC Heptathlon

William and Mary Wins Season-Opening VCU Ram Invitational

03/15/08 10:41PM

RICHMOND, VA - William and Mary’s women’s track and field team concluded a very successful opening to the outdoor season Saturday at the VCU Ram Invitational, holding off the host team to win the five-squad meet.

Complete Results

Freshman Katie Guevel (Burlington, Kan.) added to her already-impressive resume, scoring 4,941 points in the heptathlon to qualify for the ECAC Championships. Her score is another freshman record for Guevel, and ranks her third all-time at the College. In Saturday’s events, Guevel set personal-best marks in the long jump, with a leap of 17’ 11.75”, and in the javelin with a throw of 120’ 2”, ninth-best all-time in school history. She concluded the event by timing 2:26.19 in the 800m. Classmate KB Brower (Downington, Pa.) also set a personal-best in the long jump, leaping 16’ 3.75”.

Sophomore Rebecca Mikulas (Troutville, Va.) also jumped to ninth on one of the College’s all-time top-performers lists, throwing the discus 129’ 8” to place third in the day’s competition. Carly Morse (Sumerduck, Va.) was fourth in the discus, throwing 127’ 4”, and was also third in the shot put with a put of 41’ 7.25”. Sophomore Ashley Williams (Williamsburg, Va.) took fifth with a put of 41’ 0.5”.

On the track, the Tribe had a pair of event winners. Junior Ashley Madonick (Seaside Park, N.J.) blazed to a season-fast 57.18 in the 400m dash, and classmate Lynn Morelli (Philadelphia, Pa.) took gold in the 1,500m run with a time of 4:40.60. Also in the 1,500m, junior Rebecca Ward (Midlothian, Va.) time 4:57.81 for fourth place.

The 4x100m relay of Dana Harvey (Mechanicsville, Va.), Madonick, Mallory Hogan (West Hartford, Conn.), and Sarah Rybarczyk (Snohomish, Wash.) was second in 50.07. Harvey and Rybarczyk also placed fifth in individual events, with Harvey timing 26.41 seconds in the 200m dash, and Rybarczyk running the 800m in 2:30.31.

W&M has two weeks off before the next meet, and it will need every day as four meets are scheduled for the weekend of March 28-29. The Alabama Relays kick things off in Tuscaloosa, March 27-28, and the Raleigh Relays (Raleigh, North Carolina), Fred Hardy Invitational (Richmond, Virginia), and Liberty Asics Invitational (Lynchburg, Virginia) are all on tap March 28-29.

Team Standings
1. WILLIAM AND MARY 149.5
2. Virginia Commonwealth 140
3. Wagner 114.5
4. Mount St. Mary’s 88
5. Richmond 55