Ephs 9th at Reebok Games at Northeastern
Jessica Clarke (l.) & Sara Wild
The competition included big name schools such as Boston
College, South Florida, and Northeastern so it was expected that
the Ephs top place finishes and points would be few and far
between. Not helping the Ephs chances -- half of the women’s
team was out due to illness making them unable to compete.
Although the Ephs did not take any first place finishes the key to
success was the top ten. Fielding only a few top competitors being
able to snag points the Ephs finished 9th overall at the Reebok
Classic Indoor Games scoring a total of 28 points.
On the fast paced banked track of the Reggie Lewis Center luck was
not on the side of the Ephs sprint squad as they only got top
finishes in the 200m, 800m and 4x400m relay. Coming hard off the
last turn was first year Hillary Higgs who ran to a time of 25.81,
which was good enough to take 5th place and grabbing four points
for the Ephs. Staying strong throughout was Sara Wild ‘11 in
the 800m with a time of 2:17:01. In a combined effort by Nora
Clarke ’10, Anne Kerth ’11, Kathie Nyholm ‘11,
and Sara Wild ‘11 the Ephs 4x400m relay team grabbed 5th with
a time 4:07:10 and four more points.
When speed isn’t the major factor and being the best is
determined on how long you can last it out on the track it was the
senior Lauren Philbrook who placed 3rd in the 3000m running
10:16:39, scoring the most points for the Ephs with six in a
standout performance. In the 1000m Williams took 5th and 6th with
times of 2:58:31 and 2:58:60 by Elizabeth Danhakl ‘11 and
Jessica Clarke ’10, totaling seven points for the Ephs. Ariel
Williams ’10 snuck in a 9th place finish in the mile with a
time of 5:08.75.
There was not much in the field events for the Ephs. Madeline
Watson ‘12 turned in the best performance for the Ephs in the
throws. While members of the jumping team were out due to sickness
in hopes to get better for next week at MIT, Karyn Moss ‘12
who was not 100% herself placed 7th in the triple jump to score two
points.
The goal this week for the Eph team as set forth by all of the
coaches is to get healthy for the always competitive MIT meet on
Friday.
