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CROSS COUNTRY The University of Connecticut women’s cross country team celebrated several team and individual accomplishments in the 2004 season, including an 11th place fi nish out of 32 teams at the NCAA Regional Championship. The Huskies began the 2004 season on a high note with a fi rst place fi nish at the Central Connecticut Blue Devil Invitational. Kristen Meyer (Hillsborough, N.J.) fi nished in fi rst, followed by Jillian Sullivan (Bristol, Conn.) in fi fth, Allison Croft (Ellington, Conn.) in sixth, Niamh Cunningham (Branford, Conn.) in seventh and Julie LaFrano (Loudonville, N.Y.) in ninth to round out the top-10 for Connecticut. In their second meet of the season, the Huskies took fourth place at the Wildcat Invitational. Meyer led the way once again, placing fi rst with a time of 18:06.66. Also fi nishing in the top-20 for the Huskies was Cunningham. Meyer led the team to a seventh place fi nish at the Iona Meet of Champions with an individual seventh place fi nish in the race. The Huskies’ trend continued throughout the season as they fi nished in the top-10 in every meet leading up to the NCAA Regionals. With another strong showing, the team placed fi fth out of 45 teams at the New England Championships. Meyer had a fi fth place individual fi nish, completing the course in 17:50. Following Meyer for the Huskies were Cunningham in 36th with a time of 18:49,LaFrano in 57th with a time of 19:08, Sullivan with a time of 19:08 in 58th and Croft with a time of 19:09 in 59th. Two weeks later, Connecticut took home a win at the CCSU Mini Meet. Meyer helped lead UConn to victory with a second place overall fi nish in 11:44. UConn won the meet with 31 points, just ahead of the University of Rhode Island with 32 points. Behind Meyer for the Huskies, were Sullivan in fourth with a time of 12:00, Cunningham in fi fth with a time of 12:01, Croft in ninth with a time of 12:10 and Maxine Davila (Staten Island, N.Y.) in 11th with a time of 12:12. The team placed eighth at the 2004 BIG EAST Championship with 217 points the following weekend. Meyer was the top fi nisher for the Huskies placing 16th out of 104 competitors with a time of 21:19. Cunningham followed in 34th with a time of 22:12 and sophomore Sullivan took 51st with a time of 22:55. In the fi nal meet of the season, the NCAA Regional Championship, Meyer was once again Connecticut’s top-fi nisher with a time of 22:08.9, coming in 35th out of 219 competitors. Cunningham followed in 57th with a time of 22:37.5. LaFrano placed 86th with a time of 23:10.3, Sullivan took 88th with a time of 23:12.5 and Croft came in 89th with a time of 23:12.8. INDOOR Connecticut began the indoor track season with a number of strong individual performances at the Alden Invitational, hosted by Brown University, with many fi nishing in the top three of their respective events. The Huskies swept the 20-lb. weight, with Cassie Buckwalter (New Wilmington, Pa.) taking home fi rst place with a throw of 16.52 meters (54-2.5). Freshman Erin Donnelly (Barrington, R.I.) was second in the event and set a new freshman record with a throw of 16.32m (53-6.5). Her throw eclipsed the previous mark set by sophomore Daisy VanRavenswaay (Canfi eld, Ontario), who rounded out the top-three UConn performance with a showing of 15.76m (51-8.5). VanRavenswaay also took home a fi rst-place performance in the shot put, putting 14.73m (48-4). Other notable individual performances included a fi rst-place fi nish in the 55 hurdles by senior co-captain April Garner (Temple Hills, Md.) with a time of 8.22, and a 1-2 sweep in the 400 by freshman Edwina Clark (Sydney, Australia) and sophomore Jennifer Rogers (Parksville, B.C.) with times of 59.82 and 59.91, respectively. In relay events, the Huskies’ 4x400 squad of Clark, Rogers, Tamara Highsmith (East Haven, Conn.) and Garner fl ew to a fi rst-place fi nish in 3:57.36. At the start of the new year, the women’s track and fi eld squad took home seven fi rst place fi nishes, including four 1-2 sweeps, at the University of Rhode Island New Year Classic. The Huskies dominated the fi eld events, taking fi rst and second in the pole vault, long jump and triple jump and also winning the high jump and shot put. Junior Leah Williams (Brookfi eld, Conn.) and sophomore Lisa Kachmarsky (Monroe, N.Y.) fi nished fi rst and second in the pole vault, each with a mark of 3.15m (10-4.0). Clark was the long jump champion with a mark of 5.53m (18-1.75). Rogers followed her in second with a 5.40m (17-8.75) jump. Rogers then won the triple jump with her mark of 10.83m (35-6.5) and Highsmith won the high jump with a showing of 1.60m (5-3.0) and also took second in the triple jump with a 10.77m (35-4.0) mark. Rounding out the fi eld winners, VanRavenswaay placed fi rst in the shot put, putting 14.19m (46-6.75) and was third in the weight throw with a 15.74m (51-7.75) throw. On the track, UConn won two events with freshman Sarah Fisher (Houston, Texas) taking fi rst in the 500 with a time of 1:17.45 and Garner winning the 55 hurdles in 8.20. With 195 points, the team won the Black Knight Invitational, hosted by the 20 05-06 UCONN WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD/CROSS COUNTRY 18 2004-05 Review United States Military Academy on January 21, 2005, fi nishing well ahead of second place Pennsylvania with 143 points. Army followed in third with 142 points and Manhattan was fourth with 126 points. The Huskies were led by Garner as she won three individual events, taking the 60 with a time of 7.67 seconds, the 60 hurdles in 8.63 seconds and the 200 in 25.41 seconds. She also anchored the 4x400 relay, which took fi rst with a time of 3:55.09. Other UConn individual winners were sophomore Marlene Priest (South Dennis, Mass) in the 500 (1:19.90 seconds), Clark in the long jump (5.73m), VanRavenswaay in the shot put (14.17m) and Rogers in the triple jump (11.73m). At the Boston University Invitational, Garner won the 55 hurdles with a personal best time of 7.88 seconds, breaking her own school record of 7.93 seconds. VanRavenswaay won the shot put with a mark of 14.44m (47-04.50). The Huskies swept the top three spots in the weight throw as VanRavenswaay won the event with a 17.21m (56-05.75) throw, Buckwalter came in second with a 16.01m (52-06.50) throw and Donnelly took third with a mark of 15.95m (52- 04.00). Kachmarsky placed third in the pole vault, clearing 3.20m (10-06.00) and Clark came in third in the long jump with a mark of 5.70m (18-08.50). At the Boston University St. Valentine Invitational, Garner led the Huskies as she won the 55-meter hurdles with a time of 7.92 seconds. She also ran in the 55-meter dash and fi nished fourth in 7.24 seconds. VanRavenswaay came in second in the shot put, putting 14.44m (47-04.50) and took third in the weight throw with a personal-best mark of 17.30m (56-09.25). Meyer, Sullivan and Croft all qualifi ed for the BIG EAST Championship in the mile with times of 5:01.93, 5:07.67 and 5:10.98, respectively. Williams also had a BIG EAST qualifying mark of 3.36m (11-00.25) in the pole vault. At the BIG EAST Championships, the Huskies came in 10th place. Garner broke her own school record in the 60 hurdles, fi nishing third in the preliminaries with a time of 8.38 seconds. Garner then went on to take second in the fi nals with a time of 8.44. In the shot put, VanRavenswaay captured third with a mark of 14.74m (48-04.50). She also placed fourth in the weight throw with a 17.09m (56-01.00) throw. Also scoring points for the Huskies were Meyer who ran an ECAC qualifying time of 17:09.85 to take sixth in the 5000 and Clark who also qualifi ed for the ECAC championship, fi nishing seventh in the long jump with a mark of 5.71m (18-09.00). Connecticut’s 4x400 relay squad of Garner, Clark, Rogers and Highsmith came in fourth with a time of 3:50.01. The distance medley relay team also took sixth The following weekend, with 116 points, the team fi nished second out of 33 teams at the New England Championships, hosted by Boston University. Garner was the individual champion in two events as she won the 200 in 24.38 seconds and took fi rst in the 55 hurdles with a time of 7.85 seconds. Right behind Garner in the 55 hurdles was Highsmith in second with a time of 8.15 seconds. Highsmith also earned an individual championship as she fi nished fi rst in the triple jump with personal-best mark of 12.28m (40-03.50). UConn posted a one-two-three sweep in the weight throw as VanRavenswaay won the event with a 16.80m (55-01.50) throw, Buckwalter took second with a mark of 16.09m (52-09.50) and Donnelly placed third with a 15.92m (52-02.75) throw. VanRavenswaay placed fi rst in the shot put as well, putting 14.52m (47-07.75). Clark was another individual champion for the Huskies as she captured fi rst in the long jump with a mark of 5.81m (19-00.75). The UConn 4x400 relay squad also turned in a successful showing with a second place time of 3:45.83. For her efforts at the New Englands, Garner earned the ECAC Athlete of the Week award. OUTDOOR Garner was the Huskies’ top fi nisher in the season-opening Hurricane Invitational, winning the 100 hurdles with a time of 13.93 seconds. The 4x400 relay squad of Garner, Rogers, Clark and Highsmith placed fourth with a time of 3:51.20. UConn also faired well in the fi eld events as co-captain Deirdre Mullen (Princeton, N.J.) took second in the high jump, clearing a height of 1.74m (5-08.5) while Highsmith came in second in the triple jump with a mark of 11.66m (38-03.25) and VanRavenswaay posted a 39.83m (130-08.00) throw in the javelin, good for second place in the event. Cunningham competed at the Raleigh Relays at Paul Derr Track on March 25, 2005. She ran in the 10,000 and fi nished 11th with a personal-best time of 37:17.18, which qualifi ed her for the BIG EAST, New England and ECAC Championships. The squad turned in 16 top-three fi nishes and had two individuals qualify for the NCAA regionals at the Dick Shea Open, hosted by the United States Military Academy. UConn posted a one-two sweep in the 800 as Erin Sales (Windsor Locks, Conn.) won the event with a time of 2:22.84 and Sullivan came in behind her with a time of 2:24.74. Sullivan also had a successful showing in the 1500, fi nishing third with a time of 4:50.45. Rogers took second in the 400 with a time
2004-05 Review of 58.49, freshman Daphne Desrosiers (Danielson, Conn.) was third in the 100 with a time of 13.32 and Highsmith fi nished third in the 100 hurdles with a time of 15.19 to round out Connecticut’s top track performers of the day. In the fi eld events, VanRavenswaay led the Huskies, winning three events, including the shot put with a mark of 14.14m (46-04.75), the javelin with a 41.78m (137-01) throw and the discus with a NCAA regional qualifying mark of 47.35m (155-04). Mullen won the high jump with a NCAA regional qualifying mark of 1.84m (6-00.5). Highsmith was the triple jump champion with a mark of 11.99m (39-04) and took third in the high jump, clearing 1.60m (5-03.00). UConn swept the top two spots in the long jump with Clark winning the event with a 5.60m (18- 4.50) jump and Rogers coming in second with a 5.46m (17-11.00) jump. Williams took second in the pole vault, clearing 3.20m (10-06.00). Kachmarsky came in behind her in third, clearing 3.04m (9-11.75). Mullen was an individual winner at the University of South Florida Invitational. Mullen beat out 25 competitors to win the high jump with a mark of 1.83m (6-00.00). VanRavenswaay also faired well, with second place fi nishes in the javelin (42.08m (138-01)) and the discus. Her mark of 49.75m (163-03) in the discus was the top collegiate performance in the event and ranks fi fth all-time in UConn history. She also recorded a fourth place fi nish in the shot put, putting 13.85m (45-05.25). Other top fi eld performances for the Huskies included Donnelly, who fi nished third in the hammer throw with a 51.24m (168-01) throw and Clark and Rogers, who each recorded season best marks in the long jump at 5.79m (19-00.00) and 5.52m (18-01.50), respectively. On the track, UConn was led by Garner, as she took second in the 100 hurdles with a time of 13.85. Freshman Sarah Fisher (Houston, Texas) fi nished fourth in the 800 with a time of 2:15.68 and the 4x400 relay squad placed fourth with a time of 3:52.86. UConn was led by, Garner, who won three events in the Huskies’ fi rst home invitational of the season. She placed fi rst in the 100 hurdles with a time of 14.00. Garner then won the 200 with a time of 24.89 before helping the Huskies to fi rst in the 4x400 relay at 3:46.09. Senior Mullen also took fi rst in the high jump. VanRavenswaay won three events to help lead the Husky squad to a second place fi nish out of ten teams at the Brown Invitational. VanRavenswaay took fi rst in the javelin and the shot put with marks of 43.74m (143-06), 14.17m (46- 06.00), respectively. In the discus, she won the event with a 51.46m (168-10) throw, the second-best discus mark in school history. She also performed well in the hammer throw, fi nishing fi fth with a 45.96m (150-09) throw. Clark was also an individual winner for UConn with a mark of 5.75m (18-10.50) in the long jump. Behind her, Rogers fi nished third with a 5.59m (18-04.25) jump. Rogers also took second in the 400 with a time of 57.03 and fi nished fourth in the triple jump, jumping 11.10m (36-05.00). On the track, junior Niamh Cunningham came in second in the 5000 with a time of 17:21.28 and Croft and Orlaith Cunningham both ran BIG EAST qualifying times in the 3000 steeplechase as the two fi nished fourth (11:24.52) and fi fth (11:30.14), respectively. UConn’s 4x400 relay squad also took home a fi rst place fi nish with a time of 3:49.36. Mullen and Garner competed in the highly competitive Mt. SAC Relays at Hilmer Lodge Stadium in Walnut Calif. on April 17, 2005. Mullen fi nished tied for third in the high jump, clearing 1.88m (6-02.00) to match her own school record while Garner took third in the 100 hurdles with a season-best time of 13.82 and ran a personal best time of 24.63 in the 200. For her weekend efforts, Mullen was named the ECAC Athlete of the Week. Garner helped lead the Huskies at the UConn Select home invitational, capturing fi rst in the 200 with a time of 25.29 and winning the 100 hurdles with a time of 14.85. Desrosiers took fi rst in the 100 and Highsmith won the 400 hurdles with a time of 1:03.64. Highsmith also turned in a second place fi nish in the triple jump with a mark of 11.99m (39-04.00). Distance runners Niamh Cunningham and Sullivan were individual winners for the Huskies as well; Cunningham in the 5000 run with a time of 17:41.17 and Sullivan in the 3000 steeplechase with a time of 11:14.01. In the fi eld events, Mullen took fi rst in the high jump, clearing 1.80m (5-10.75). Clark won the long jump with a mark of 6.04m (19-09.75) and Buckwalter captured the top spot in the discus with a 43.47m (142-07) throw. Connecticut also swept the two relay events in the meet, winning the 4x100 in 47.71 and taking the 4x400 in 3:54.56. Several members of the team competed at the Penn Relays, hosted by the University of Pennsylvania, on April 28 and 29, 2005 at Franklin Field. Mullen tied for the best mark in the high jump with an 1.86m (6-01.25) after competing in a jump off with Chaunte Howard of Georgia Tech, the future World Championships silver medalist in the high jump. Highsmith fi nished fi rst in her section of the 400 hurdles, and took 15th overall. Garner fi nished seventh in her heat of the 100 hurdles, 15th overall, with a time of 13.87 and VanRavenswaay posted a 47.87m (156-11) throw, good for eighth in the discus. UConn’s top performer of the day was Donnelly, who set a new personal best to win the hammer throw with a mark of 53.09m (174-02). Sullivan won the 800 in 2:19.43 and classmate Priest also took home a fi rst place fi nish, running the 400 hurdles in 1:03.64. Also having a solid outing was Buckwalter placing second in the shot put and the discus with marks of 11.94m (39-02.25) and 42.20m (138-05), respectively. Connecticut women’s track and fi eld squad competed at the BIG EAST Championships and turned in its second-best fi nish of seventh place at the BIG EAST Championship in 10 years. Cassie Buckwalter (New Wilmington, Pa.) qualifi ed for the NCAA Regional Championship in the discus with a personal best throw of 47.43m (155-07) to take second place, while Niamh Cunningham qualifi ed for the ECAC Championship by taking fi fth in the 10,000 with a time of 36:48.08. Other top UConn performers included Clark, who also qualifi ed for ECAC Championship competition as she fi nished fi fth in the long jump with a mark of 5.91m (19-04.75), and Rogers, who took sixth in the long jump with a 5.89m (19-04.00) jump. Also at the BIG EAST Championships, Mullen set a meet record in the high jump. She cleared 1.83m (6-00.00) to capture fi rst in the high jump and set a BIG EAST Championship record. Garner was also among UConn’s top fi nishers, taking second in the 100 hurdles with a time of 13.68. Highsmith had a successful outing, setting personal records in the 400 hurdles and in the triple jump. She qualifi ed for the NCAA Regional with a mark of 12.29m (40-04.00) to fi nish fourth in the triple jump. She also qualifi ed for ECAC Championship competition in the 400 hurdles with a time of 1:01.22, along with Priest who qualifi ed with a time of 1:01.55 as the pair fi nished third and fourth in the event, respectively. Donnelly was another ECAC qualifi er for the Huskies, taking fi fth in the hammer throw with a mark of 48.50m (159-01). Clark set a personal best mark in the long jump to qualify for NCAA Regional Championship competition at the ECAC Championships, in which the Huskies fi nished 13th out of 45 teams. She fi nished seventh in the long jump with a mark of 5.96m (19-06.75), while Buckwalter was UConn’s other top fi eld performer, fi nishing sixth in the discus with a mark of 44.96m (147-06). On the track, Highsmith qualifi ed for the fi nals in the 400 hurdles with a personal best time of 1:00.90 and was also part of the 4x400 relay team that qualifi ed for the fi nal with a time of 3:44.91. Mullen claimed the top spot in the high jump for a second-straight year at the ECAC Championships. She cleared a mark of 1.84m (6-00.50) to capture her second ECAC outdoor championship. Mullen fi nished third in the high jump as one of several Husky athletes to represent the team at the NCAA East Regional Championships hosted by Manhattan College at Ichan Stadium. Mullen cleared a height of 1.81m (5-11.25) for third in the high jump to qualify for her sixth national championship appearance of her collegiate career. Highsmith, one of just four freshmen to qualify for the triple jump, took 12th with a mark of 12.57m (41-03.00). Highsmith’s mark was a personal record which ranks as the second best outdoor jump in UConn history. Buckwalter fi nished 13th in the discus with a 45.79m (150-03) throw, while, Clark competed in the long jump and took 22nd out of 30 competitors with a mark of 5.65m (18-06.50). Clark was one of four freshmen to qualify in that event as well. Mullen earned her fi fth All-America honor with a fourth place fi nish in the high jump at the NCAA National Championships on June 11, 2005 at Sacramento State University. Mullen fi nished fourth, tying the third-best jump in the event with a mark of 1.83m (6-00.00). She became the fi rst athlete in UConn women’s track and fi eld history to earn All-America honors for the fi fth time in her career. Mullen was previously tied with high jumper Tamika Toppin who had garnered All-America accolades four times as a Husky. She also became the fi rst female fi ve-time All-American in any sport at UConn and only the second overall as 2002 men’s track and fi eld graduate Dan Wilson collected fi ve All-America honors from 2000-02. Mullen went on to compete in the USA Track and Field Championships held at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. Also competing in the juniors portion of the championship were Donnelly and Highsmith. Donnelly competed in the hammer throw where she fi nished eighth with a mark of 49.22m (161-06), while Highsmith ran in the fi rst round of the 400 hurdles competition and took 11th with a time of 1:09.90. Highsmith also competed in the triple jump where she fi nished eighth with a mark of 11.78m (38-07.75). - Five-time All-American Deirdre Mullen 19 UCONNHUSKIES.COM
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