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PTFCA Carnival - Girls |
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by Don Rich 2/12/00 at Lehigh University Pennsylvania Track and Field Coaches Association Girls Highlights and Detailed ResultsIn the girls 400, Tasha Staten of William Penn ran an 56.36 NSI qualifer and new US#2, along with Danielle Rodgers of Pennwood, with a 58.10 (too bad she's a sophomore and can't run NSI). Ebonye White of Simon Gratz ran a Nike qualifier of 59:00. Tasha had earlier won the 60 meter dash with a new US#4 7.75. In the relays, it was a clean sweep for the William Penn girls, all three with NSI qualifiers, including a new US#3 by the 4x800. In the 4 x 200, WP (Christina Smith, Tiffany Poole, Tina Carroll, Tasha Staton) nipped Simon Gratz with a new US#8 1:43.23 to .25. Both teams were just ahead of Harrisburg's 1:46.43. Penn Wood and Chester ran NIC times of 1:48.04 and 1:48.47. West Catholic followed with a DyeStat Elite of 1:49.47. The girls 4 x 800 Meter Relay, William Penn (Gorgeous Harper, Qusha Anthony, Meshia Thomas, Madonna Patterson) set a meet record with their NSI and new US#3 time of 9:29.74. They were chased aggressively the entire race by Nazareth Academy, which finished with a 9:34.28 NSI. NSI times were also run by Conestoga (9;38.02), Pennsbury (9:44.22), Upper Darby (9:45.32), and Pennridge (9:45.42). In the girls 4 x 400 Meter Relay, there were four NSI performances, including William Penn's (Madonna Patterson, Tyeshia Thomas, Tiffany Smith, Christina Smith) and new US#7 winning 3:57.14, Harrisburg's 3:59.20, Chester's 4:01.04, and a 4:02.24 from Simon Gratz. Nazareth (4:07.58) and Council Rock (4:10.31) both ran NIC times. In the girl's pole vault, five girls broke the meet record. The winner was Sara Dougherty of Springfield Delco, with a 10-6 vault. Dana Gioia of State College, and Anne Koller of Phoenixville, 9'6",NSI not NIC; Meghan Douglas-Snyder of Southern Lehigh and Michelle Fozzie of Upper Dublin, 9'0", NSI not NIC. In the 800, North Penn's Cheryl Smith hit on all cylinders with her NSI qualifer of 2:17.69 (new US#8). William Penn's Gorgeous Harper (2:19.66) and Upper Merion's Niya Adams (2:21.42). DyeStat Elite times were run by Upper Darby's Erin O'Doherty (2:21.43) and Pennsbury's Rebecca Powell (2:22.23). O'Doherty had led most of the way, until Harper made a move, gaining a 5 meter lead entering the final 100. That's when North Penn's Cheryl Smith powered the final two turns to a strong 2:17.69. Dana Early of Ridley, finished sixth with her 2:23.19. Josieanne Lauber missed Villanova freshman (and Archbishop Prendergast graduate) Shiela Klick's meet record in the 3000 by five seconds. Prepping for the 3000, Lauber said she was looking for "just a nice, fun race, and then I'll go out and see what happens." She and mile winner Julia Puldin broke away early and went through the half in 2:35 and the mile in 5:24. Lauber said her strategy was to run her own race, and push the pace. On the third quarter, Lauber was able to open about a 20 meter lead on Puldin. Julia closed the distance before Lauber pulled away to win in 10:22.14, four seconds off her PR. Puldin ran a 10:26.34 NSI and new US#7. Lauber plans to run the 3000 at Penn Relays in April. Erin Peiffer of Solanco ran a10:39.09 NIC qualifier. Lauber has run every day of this snowy winter, even during a blizzard, to try to stay in shape for the spring. Desperate for an interval workout, she even recently took a shovel to three foot drifts on the Oxford High School all-weather track. "I cleared about 100 meters, looked up, saw three foot drifts for the next 300 meters and decided to quit. Last year though, I shoveled the entire track of a couple inches of snow." In the girls 200, Dominique Darden of Harrisburg ran a fast 25.29 and new US#6(NSI), to beat Christina Smith of William Penn, who had a 25.93 NIC 200 Meter Dash. Central's Morgan Cephas ran an NIC 26.29. In the High Jump, Sarah Click of Penncrest hit 5'6" (NSI). DyeStat Elite jumps were performed by Tychelle Rudolph of William Tennent, and Hill School's Katherine Wallace, both with 5-4. In the shot put, Pam Kessler of William Tennent threw an NSI qualifer of 39'9". Arlinda Levy of West Philadelphia threw an NIC of 39-4. In the girls mile, William and Mary bound Katie Turner of Conestoga led a group of five through the half, setting the pace most of the way. Julia Puldin of Baldwin Academy passed Turner with about 100 meters to go, with in a meet record time of 5:12.92, bettering Phoenixville's Stacey Robinson's time of 5:12.97, set in 1992. Philly area girls next compete at the Meet of Champions, Friday, February 18 at Lehigh. All Times FAT * denotes a new meet record Shot Put Pole Vault Long Jump Mile Run 60 Meter Dash 60 Meter Hurdles 400 Meter Run 800 Meter Run 200 Meter Dash High Jump 3000 Meter Run 800 Meter Relay 3200 Meter Relay 1. William Penn 9:29.74 * NSI 1600 Meter Relay 1. William Penn 3:57.14 NSI |
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