2008 Woodie Awards
Track and field opens season at CTC Relay Carnival
Emily Gumbs
Issue date: 12/6/07 Section: Sports
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The Sacred Heart University Track team traveled to New Haven Sunday Dec. 2 to compete in the Collegiate Track Conference (CTC) Indoor Relay Carnival at Yale University.
The women won for the 11th consecutive year and the men for the 10th straight time.
The women finished first in 13 of 14 relays, finishing second in the other. While the men finished first in 12 of 15 relays and second in the other three. The men also won every single track relay and three of six field relays.
"This meet is a great meet for our team to go to because the freshman have their first experience of competing in a collegiate track meet and the team as whole can begin to come together as one cohesive unit," said men's team captain Ian Straughter.
"In virtually every event we've got a nice combination of experience, youth, talent and depth right now," said coach Christian Morrison. "It's that combination that allowed us to so thoroughly dominate this relay competition."
The women set six relay school records and three individual school records. Six athletes automatically qualified for the New England Championships and one athlete qualified for the ECAC Championships.
Freshman Angelica Johnson set a new school record in the 55-meter dash with a time of 7.27 seconds, and qualified for the New England Championships with that finish. Johnson and senior captain Melissa Kostan combined for a new record 55-meter dash relay record when Kostan ran a 7.59.
Junior Sarana Hyatt (8.59) and sophomore Brittany Dexter (8.99) combined for a new record in the 55-meter hurdle relay. Hyatt's time also set a new individual school record and qualified her for the New England's. Junior Ashley Stearns, Kostan, Johnson, and sophomore Sarah Tencsa set a new school record in the sprint medley relay with a time of 4:14.73. Johnson also set her second individual school record of the day by running the fastest 200 meter split in school history at 25.5 seconds.
Dexter and Kostan combined to win the high jump relay and tie the record. Dexter also qualified for the New England Championships. Senior captain Brianne Hudak and sophomore Kerry Ojeda tied their own school records in the pole vault relay while winning the event.
The women won for the 11th consecutive year and the men for the 10th straight time.
The women finished first in 13 of 14 relays, finishing second in the other. While the men finished first in 12 of 15 relays and second in the other three. The men also won every single track relay and three of six field relays.
"This meet is a great meet for our team to go to because the freshman have their first experience of competing in a collegiate track meet and the team as whole can begin to come together as one cohesive unit," said men's team captain Ian Straughter.
"In virtually every event we've got a nice combination of experience, youth, talent and depth right now," said coach Christian Morrison. "It's that combination that allowed us to so thoroughly dominate this relay competition."
The women set six relay school records and three individual school records. Six athletes automatically qualified for the New England Championships and one athlete qualified for the ECAC Championships.
Freshman Angelica Johnson set a new school record in the 55-meter dash with a time of 7.27 seconds, and qualified for the New England Championships with that finish. Johnson and senior captain Melissa Kostan combined for a new record 55-meter dash relay record when Kostan ran a 7.59.
Junior Sarana Hyatt (8.59) and sophomore Brittany Dexter (8.99) combined for a new record in the 55-meter hurdle relay. Hyatt's time also set a new individual school record and qualified her for the New England's. Junior Ashley Stearns, Kostan, Johnson, and sophomore Sarah Tencsa set a new school record in the sprint medley relay with a time of 4:14.73. Johnson also set her second individual school record of the day by running the fastest 200 meter split in school history at 25.5 seconds.
Dexter and Kostan combined to win the high jump relay and tie the record. Dexter also qualified for the New England Championships. Senior captain Brianne Hudak and sophomore Kerry Ojeda tied their own school records in the pole vault relay while winning the event.
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