Collegian Venues - your weekend starts here
  Collegian Chronicles



Get a deal with Daily Collegian Coupon Corner
  The Digital Collegian - Published independently by students at Penn State
SPORTS
[ Monday, Jan. 26, 2004 ]

Without pair of seniors, Lions count on youth in order to come out on top

Collegian Staff Writer

The Penn State women's indoor track team marched up to West Point, N.Y., looking to showcase its depth as a team.

Without seniors Connie Moore and Chi Chi Aduba, the Nittany Lions relied on their younger athletes to get the job done on Saturday.

Penn State took first in its second meet of the season with an impressive 241-point showing.

Women’s Track

Penn State 241
Army 206

Finishing in second place, the home Black Knights couldn't match the depth of the Lions.

Freshman Kamilah Salaam dominated the 60-meter hurdles with a winning time of 9.11 seconds. Briene Simmons continued her impressive start with another win in the 400-meters. The bubbly freshman remains unbeaten in the event as a Lion.

Penn State women's track coach Beth Alford-Sullivan went into Saturday's Army Invitational hoping to work some new faces into the lineup.

"We used this meet to run some of the athletes in new events to really give them some experience for the season," she said.

Junior Jenny Stevens was very impressive in her first-ever 3,000-meters. Stevens won the race wire to wire, leading from the starting gun to the finish line.

Just like Stevens, senior Katy Hillard led the mile from start to finish.

"I was really impressed with Katy," Alford-Sullivan said. "When she gets out to a quick lead in the mile she's so tough to catch, that's her style."

Another key performer was junior Kate Johnston. Johnston's longest throws didn't count. One fouled attempt landed in the 62-foot range, a blown attempt at a personal best.

New faces continued to turn in standout performances for the Lions, faces like freshman Amber Strouse. She placed first in the high jump with a 5-foot 5-inch mark.

Senior Sara Dougherty took first in the pole vault for the first time this season while experimenting with some new techniques.

Dougherty took a longer sprint approach and used a longer pole, something vault coach Jim Sullivan wanted to test. The gamble paid off as Dougherty out-jumped the second-place finisher by a foot.

 

Send an Opinion Letter to the Editor about this article.


   





TOP  HOME
Blogs  About  Contact Us  Back Issues  Advertising 

Copyright © 2008 Collegian Inc.
Updated: Wednesday, January 05, 2005  10:42:39 AM  -4
Requested: Monday, October 13, 2008  9:05:48 PM  -4
Created: Wednesday, May 07, 2008  6:44:40 PM  -4