The Colby Echo

Issue date: 4/30/08 Section: Sports

Media Credit: file photo The men's team, which lacked depth this season, finished 10th at NESCACs.

Anna King '08 surely is the queen of the 3000m steeplechase. Last weekend, King won the event at New England Small College Athletic Conference Championships for the second year in a row. Her time of 10:34.65 broke own meet and school record, rendering King the fastest steeplechaser in the history of Colby's program and the NESCAC Championships. Teammate Cassie Knight '10 was runner-up in the event, finishing with a time of 11:10.22.

Emma Linhard '11 continues her amazing college track debut, stunning the audience at Hamiliton College's Walter H. Pritchard Track by winning the Conference Title in the 1500 meters in a mere 4:34.43. Impressively, she also competed in the leg-sapping 800 meter race, placing fourth with a time of 2:17.12.
The Mules were also well represented in the distance events. Mandy Ivey '10 took sixth place in the grueling 10,000 meter race, grinding through the 6.2 miles in 39 minutes and 20 seconds. Classmate Katrina Gravel finished eighth in the same event, clocking in at 39:46.15. Lane Marder '08 placed seventh in the 5000 meters with a time of 18:29.32.

Brianna Kondrat '09 made her school proud with strong efforts in the throws, earning Colby a second place in the discus throw with a toss of 36.10 meters. She also took fifth in the hammer (41.80 meters), and seventh in the shot put (10.39 meters). In other field events, Danielle Sheppard '11 took fourth place in the high jump (1.50 meters) and Alyssa Marquez '11 was eighth in the pole vault (2.97 meters).

As a team, Colby placed fifth overall out of 11 teams with 71.50 points, besting Bowdoin College (6th place, 66 points) and Bates College (7th place, 62 points). Williams College won the meet with 160.50 points.

The men's team, which had noticeable gaps in its line-up, garnered 32.5 points, which placed Colby 10th out of 11 teams. Connecticut College (30 points) finished 11th. Despite the low Conference ranking, Colby had a NESCAC Champion.
First-year runner standout Chris Copeland '09 scooped the long-jump field of 17, leaping 6.70 meters to the Conference Title. Copeland also placed fifth in the 100-meters dash, blazing across the straightaway in 11.19 seconds.

Colby came up the strongest in the field events. Camden Bucsko '08 was second in the discus throw (42.05 meters) and placed fifth in the shot put (13.84 meters). Brian Ward '08 added a sixth in the hammer throw (46.60 meters) and Colby track veteran Madison Gouzie '08 was eighth in the high jump (1.81 meters).

Chris Deroo '08, the waify cross-country runner cum sprint ninja, was injured and unable to compete in the 400-meter dash.

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