2008 Woodie Awards
Outdoor track breaks more records, gears up for conference championships
By Jared Ursta
Rocket Assistant Sports Editor
Issue date: 5/4/07 Section: Sports
McDaniel was second in the 200-meter dash with a time of 25.29 and she also placed third in the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.29. Cochran finished second in the 400-meter dash with a time of 56.59.
Sophomore Katie Bork placed second in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 19:09.75. Sopher finished second in the in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:02.98. She also placed third in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 15.08.
Senior Katie Jones and junior Abby McKissick tied for second place in the pole vault with a height of 11 feet 6.25 inches. Sophomore Laura Mucho rounded out the Rock's top performances with a fourth place finish in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:46.78.
For the men at the Sparky Adams Invitational, junior Nate Shadeck garnered a second place finish in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 55.43. The 4x400 relay team, which consists of Shadeck, senior Shayne Cooper, freshman Gabe Fortunato and freshman Philip Rector, placed second with a time of 3:22.03.
Rector also finished third in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:55.47. Cooper finished fourth in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 15.19.
The Rock is competing in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Championships that started Thursday and will run through tomorrow.
Papa thinks that they are ready for the PSACs.
"We have many of our runners competing at their best and that is where we want to be for PSAC," Papa said. "For the ladies we are favored to win. We need to do what we have done all year and we will be fine. That will give us our best shot of winning."
Papa thinks that even though it is going to be a little harder, the men could also take top honors at the PSAC.
"On paper, we are third in the conference," Papa said. "We are going to need heroes, people to step up and we are looking for volunteers to be difference makers."
The season is over after the PSAC Championships, except for the ones that qualified for the NCAA Division II National Outdoor Championships, which take place May 24 to 26 in Charlotte, N.C.
The athletes that have qualified for nationals will stay at SRU until the meet.
"The kids will stay around here until the meet," Papa said. "We are competing in a meet at Allegheny next week. We are going to keep them busy and let them rest and recover from the PSACs, then get back at it after they have rested."
Papa said that they have one goal for the runners, and that is going to nationals.
"Our goal is for the runners to get in the top eight, which is All-American status at nationals," Papa said.
Sophomore Katie Bork placed second in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 19:09.75. Sopher finished second in the in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:02.98. She also placed third in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 15.08.
Senior Katie Jones and junior Abby McKissick tied for second place in the pole vault with a height of 11 feet 6.25 inches. Sophomore Laura Mucho rounded out the Rock's top performances with a fourth place finish in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:46.78.
For the men at the Sparky Adams Invitational, junior Nate Shadeck garnered a second place finish in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 55.43. The 4x400 relay team, which consists of Shadeck, senior Shayne Cooper, freshman Gabe Fortunato and freshman Philip Rector, placed second with a time of 3:22.03.
Rector also finished third in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:55.47. Cooper finished fourth in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 15.19.
The Rock is competing in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Championships that started Thursday and will run through tomorrow.
Papa thinks that they are ready for the PSACs.
"We have many of our runners competing at their best and that is where we want to be for PSAC," Papa said. "For the ladies we are favored to win. We need to do what we have done all year and we will be fine. That will give us our best shot of winning."
Papa thinks that even though it is going to be a little harder, the men could also take top honors at the PSAC.
"On paper, we are third in the conference," Papa said. "We are going to need heroes, people to step up and we are looking for volunteers to be difference makers."
The season is over after the PSAC Championships, except for the ones that qualified for the NCAA Division II National Outdoor Championships, which take place May 24 to 26 in Charlotte, N.C.
The athletes that have qualified for nationals will stay at SRU until the meet.
"The kids will stay around here until the meet," Papa said. "We are competing in a meet at Allegheny next week. We are going to keep them busy and let them rest and recover from the PSACs, then get back at it after they have rested."
Papa said that they have one goal for the runners, and that is going to nationals.
"Our goal is for the runners to get in the top eight, which is All-American status at nationals," Papa said.
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