Track & Field

Trinity Women Win Title; Men Second in SCAC

Sewanee, Tennessee - The Trinity women's track & field team secured its third SCAC Championship in the past four years on Saturday, while the men's team finished second for the second consecutive season.

Trinity's women won 11 individual SCAC titles overall, while the men's team won five individual events.

Stephanie Hankins was named the 2006 SCAC Female Athlete of the Year, earning that honor for the third time in four seasons.  Hankins missed out on last year's meet due to an injury, keeping her from having the chance to win the year four straight years.

Hankins won the 100 meter hurdles, long jump, and triple jump competitions; also finishing second in the 400 hurdles and seventh in the javelin, as well as being a part of Trinity's winning relay teams.

With her jump of 37-05.25 in the triple jump, Hankins qualified provisionally for the NCAA Championships.  The mark also broke the SCAC record and school record in the event.

On the men's side, Zach Byars became Trinity's first SCAC Male Athlete of the Year since Jerheme Urban won the award four straight years from 2000-03.  Though Byars didn't win any individual events, he had a very solid meet overall, finishing in the top five in five different events.  He was second in both the 400 hurdles, high jump, and triple, jump; finished third in the javelin, and fourth in the 100 hurdles. 

RESULTS

Amy Stoy won both the 200 and 400 meter races, as well as finishing second in the 100.  Stoy's times in the 200 and 400 were her best of the season, and the time of 59.04 in the 400 was the second-best in school history.  Her 25.61 in the 200 broke the school record - a record set in the 1996 season.

Emily Loeffler won the 1500 meter run, finished fourth in both the 800 and 5K races - running her best time of 2006 in the 800.  Jennifer Burn finished fourth in the 3000 meter steeplechase - with a season-best time of 11:55.19.  Holly Frindell also had her best time of the year in the steeplechase, finishing fifth - right behind Burn.  Kate Dawson was fourth in the 100 meter dash and won the 400 hurdles, posting season-best times in both.

Christyn Schumann, the two-time defending NCAA champion, won her fourth straight SCAC high jump title, as well as finishing third in the 100 hurdles and 10th in the long jump.  Schumann also anchored the SCAC Championship 4x100 relay.

Hankins, Stoy, and Dawson joined Schumann for the 4x100 relay, while Hankins, Story, Dawson, and Adrienne Lichliter won the 4x400 meter relay for the Tigers.

Julie Lowstetter's win in the pole vault was her third straight win in the event, and the Tigers had four of the top five performances - including Sada Goodwin's third place finish after learning the event just two short weeks ago.

Anthony Hicks took the title in the 100 meter dash, while Joe MacRini finished fifth in the 200.  MacRini's time of 50.02 in the 400 meter dash was his best of the 2006 season.  Matt Kovacs took the 800 meter run title, as well as earning an eighth place finish in the 400 hurdles.  Josh Aldana won the 110 hurdles event, and finished seventh in the 400 hurdles. 

Zach Byars jumped 6-04.00 in the high jump for second place, tying his best jump of the season.  Adam Crouch took the title in the pole vault yesterday, and finished fourth in the javelin.  Casey Pikla earned All-SCAC honors in the pole vault, finishing third overall.  John Brumby finished fourth in the discus with his second best mark of the season, also finishing in the top 15 in both the shot put and the javelin.  Adam Hicks finished ninth in the discus with his best distance of the season.

In the 4x100 relay, Hicks, Tyler Kee, Phillip Burrell, and Aldana all earned All-SCAC honors with a third place finish.  Burrell, Bill Keith, MacRini, and Matt Kovacs also earned All-SCAC honors in the 4x400 relay.

The Tiger teams will have two more meets to qualify for the NCAA Championships Meet on May 26-28.