PA Distance Classic, Lindsay Prettyman Runs 2:15.4!!!
Linday Prettyman finished 3rd female and ran the #2 time in St. Mark's history at the PA Distance Classic at West Chester Henderson on Friday evening. Her time of 2:15.49 was .6 off the school record. Lindsay will be running for University of Delaware in the fall. Coach DiGennaro ran the mile, and finished in a blistering 3:57.4, oh wait, 4:45.5. He brought up many pre- and post-race excuses. His time was 2 seconds slower than the prediction of Coach Lannutti, and 5 seconds slower than his 2010 PR.
Video of Prettyman's 800M run Zhang and Frydyrch Receive Top Recognition
Senior Pamela Zhang and Junior Emily Frydrych earn very high distinctions at the 2010 St. Mark's Award Assembly. Pam was chosen as one of only 1,200 in the country to join the United State Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, CO. Emily was given a prestigious award from the United States Naval Academy. Emily was also nominated for Junior Student of the Year. Congratulations girls.
Syracuse Sophomore Cassie White ran 10:40 and finished 19th at the East Regional Qualifiers in the steeplechase on Saturday morning in Greensboro NC. She qualified for the meet after finishing 6th place at the ECAC Championship in 10:26.29. Meet of Champions Makes History!!!
9:14.42!!
Girls Finish 3rd in Div I!!!!!!!
May 14/15th- The girls fought and clawed their way up to 3rd place overall on Saturday at the state meet. We picked up critical points everywhere from all teammates to solidify our rank as #3 in the state!!! | Cope in 100M Hurdles | Cope in 300 Hurdles | K. Prettyman in 400M | Allen in 400M | L. Prettyman and Frydrych in 800M | Frydrych, L. Prettyman, and Steenkamer in 1600M | Sowden, Frydrych, and Trofa in 3200M | 4x100 | 4x200 | 4x400
More to come, including info on Meet of Champions on Wednesday!! In meet of champs definitely are Bennett, Sowden, Pollock, King, Prettyman, Prettyman, Frydrych.
Emalee Bennett finishes 5th in the discus, throws 93-8. Lifetime best throw!!! Emalee Bennett was out of the top 6 after 2 throws, and left it all in the circle in her final throw to set a lifetime best in the discus at 93-8. She picked 2 HUGE points for us in the event. Way to go Bennett!!! Her performance is the perfect example of fighting for every single point!!
4x800 CRUSHES STATE MEET RECORD- RUNS 9:21.61!! Breaks Own School Record! The 4x800 team of Lindsay Prettyman, Emily Frydrych, Kasey Prettyman, and Izzy King set a STATE MEET RECORD and a new school record with their run of 9:21.61. Great job pushing the pace to get the time!! Merrissa Cope sets PR in 100H (17.34) seeded 6th in the finals on Saturday!! Merissa Cope is continuing her 2010 state meet impressiveness again with a trip to the finals on Saturday. In indoor Cope finished 4th in the 55 Hurdles. Great PR!! Ellie Pollock and Katie Gangloff competed in the long jump on Friday, with Ellie reaching 15'3" and Gangloff reaching 13'7". Great season in the LJ girls!! Girls Finish 6th at Counties!!!
May 7th-8th- : The 4x400 team of Lindsay Prettyman, Kasey Prettyman, Emily Frydrych, and Ellie Pollock finished 3rd in 4:00.72 (just 1 second shy of the school record). They earned all-county!! 3rd fastest time in Delaware all year!! Lindsay and Emily finished 2nd and 3rd in the 800M run, earning them both all-county. Beth Sowden finished 5th in the 3200M in 11:57, breaking 12:00 for the first time in her career. Emily Frydrych finished 5th in the 1600M in 5:12, and Adrienne Newton finished 6th in the triple jump in 32'0.75" for her life-time best. Katrina Steenkamer crushed her PR by 8 seconds in the 1600M, running 5:23! Erica Trofa also had an 11-second PR in the 3200M, running 12:55 for 10th. The 4x200 team of Emma Grey, Amanda Farrell, Izzy King, and Kasey Prettyman ran the top time of the season in 1:49. Haley Jones and Emalee Bennett threw 22'10 and 20'3 in the shot!!! Izzy King and Merissa Cope both ran 51.4 and 51.5 in the 300 hurdles. Amanda Farrell finished 7th in the high jump, marking 4'8". Grey jumped 4'6"!! The 4x100 had really fast splits, but a bobbled hand-off moved them back to 55 seconds. They were on pace for Olive Garden!!!! : 4x800 of Frydrych, Kasey Prettyman, Izzy King, and Lindsay Prettyman finished 2nd in 9:23, earns All-County!!! Cope finished 9th overall and ran a lifetime best in 100H in 17.39, Pollock finishes 7th in Long Jump in 15'11", also a lifetime best!! Bennett finished 7th in 87' in the discus!!! Great job!!! Newton and Gangloff BOTH ran exactly 13.99 in the 100!!! Pollock finished in 27.66 and Murphy finished in 28.65. Taylor threw a life-time best 67'1" in the discus. Gangloff jumped 14' 1" in the long jump. The sprint medley team of Zhang, Tunis, Goode, and Wegrzyn finished 4th overall in 4:48!!!
NCC County 4x800M run (Video Courtesy of Mr. Wegrzyn)
Team sets 41 Personal Bests at 1st State!!! May 1st- This was a total team effort on Saturday at the 1st State Invitational. From throws, to jumps, to running, the team competed very well, and there was definitely a 'Spartan" presense at Caravel. Great job everyone!!!! Write-up soon!!!
Caravel 200M run (video courtesy of Mr. Wegrzyn)
Caravel Dual
Sophomore Merissa Cope clearing 100 hurdles (pic courtesy of Mr. DelNegro) April 26th- The girls continued to impress at the Caravel dual meet on Wednesday. Overall there were 28 lifetime personal best performances (and on a windy day). From top to bottom we saw tremendous improvements!!! Congratulations to Emalee Bennett for throwing over 90 feet in the discus. That was a major breakthrough!!! Congratulations to Beth Sowden and Jill Allen for breaking 2:30 in the 800M, and congratulations to Merissa Cope for coming back from injuries and running 18.09 and qualifying for the state meet!!! I will write more, because there were many great improvements on Wednesday!!
4x800 Runs 9:22.29!!!!
Click HERE for team Pics Page from Penn Relays April 22nd -The St. Mark's 4x800 team of Lindsay, Emily, Izzy, and Kasey SHATTERED it's own school record by 11 seconds on Thursday at the Penn Relays, running 9:22.29 for 4th place in the 2nd small schools race. They eclipsed their previous time of 9:33 set 2 weeks ago at the Caravel Invite. The splits were Emily (2:18.5), Lindsay (2:14.8), Izzy (2:24.2) and Kasey (2:24.7). Their time is 8th fastest in state history, and the 3rd fastest in Penn Relays history. Lindsay's 2:14.8 is the fastest recorded 800 in Delaware Penn Relays History!!! The 4x100 team of Adrienne Newton, Ellie Pollock, Amanda Farrell, and Katie Gangloff ran their fastest time in years, coming in 2nd in their race in 52.44. The four girls had clean handoffs on all 3 exchanges. The 4x400 team (same as the 4x800 team) ran their fastest time of the season, clipping 4:08!! Great job everyone!!!! 'SPARTANS SOAR" Article by Kevin Tresolini of the News Journal!! RESULTS 4x800 and video | 4x100M (video soon) | 4x400M and Video Season Best times through Penn Relays
from Caravel Invite and ALL dual meets. Cassie White Qualifies for NCAA Regionals at Larry Ellis Invite |
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Girls finish 5th overall at Chichester Relays!! |
Results The girls finished 5th place overall with 53 points at the Chichester Relays on Saturday. They took 1st in the 4x800M, 2nd in the 4x1600, 3rd in the 4x400, 3rd in the 4x200, and 3rd in the distance Medley. Farrell also had the top mark in the high jump. Congratulations!!Amanda Farrell jumped 4-10 in the high jumped and ran her 400M PR in 1:04.9. Izzy King PR in 800 (2:29) and 400 (1:03.2) The 4x200M team of Grey, Farrell, Newton, and Pollock all ran competitive for a 3rd place medal!! Beth Sowden ran the 800 in 2:33, then came back to run the 1600 in 5:41. Erica Trofa ran her St. Mark’s PR in 2:42.8 Kasey Prettyman ran her debut 800 in 2:29. Ellie Pollock ran her 400M PR in 1:05.5 Danielle Wegrzyn ran the elusive 1200M in a very competitive 4:13, then returned to run a 7 second PR in the 1600 (5:52) Jill Allen ran her 400M PR in 1:06.5, then returned to run her 1600M PR in 5:46!! That’s a big day!! Emily Frydrych ran really fast and consistent in the 800 and 400, running 2:21 and 62 respectively. Natalie Pesetsky ran her 1600M PR by 17 seconds (6:09) Katrina Steenkamer ran the 1600 in 5:49, then ran another 1600 in 5:48 2 hours later!! Pam Zhang ran her 800M PR in 2:48.58 Alex Kaminski matched her PR in the 400M. The 4x100M team of Newton, Gangloff, Ferguson, and Grey all ran strong splits for 4th our division. |
St. George's Dual
*****Updated photos by Donna Gerst
The girls beat St. George's on Thurdsay at St. Mark's by a score of 73-30. Congratulations!!! Seniors Emalee Bennett and Katie Gangloff led the way with State qualifying wins. Bennett took first overall in the discus, throwing 84'5 1/2", bettering her personal best from last year by 10 feet. Katie Gangloff took first in the long jump and triple jump, but qualified automatically in the long with a jump of 15-5.
Senior Amanda Farrell took first in the high jump, again reaching 4-8. Freshman Ellie Pollock ran the 200M in 27.25 to qualify automatically for the state meet. Izzy King ran 1:04.0 to also qualifying automatically. Junior Katrina Steenkamer Pr'd by 17 seconds in the 800 to run a provisional qualifying mark in the 800M.
The team had 9 girls go sub 3:00 today in the 800M, 12 girls go sub 1:15 in the 400M, and 8 girls run sub 31 in the 200M. That’s depth!!!!
We competed against a very good team, and it was a fun first meet. I ran track in college with Pat Riley,the Archmere head coach, so it was a lot of fun to go head-to-head with him as coaches. Oh, and he also graduated from St. Mark's.
There were many, many outstanding performances. We led off the meet with a fast 9:46 in the 4x800. Last year at the state meet we took 1st overall in this event in 9:45, and this year we started off our season just 1 second slower. The splits were L. Prettyman (2:20), Emily Frydrych (2:19), Beth Sowden (2:34), and Izzy King (2:31). Great job!!!
Amanda Farrell took first place in the high jump and qualified automatically for the State Meet in May with a jump of 4'8". That is 2 inches off her personal best. Ellie Pollock took 2nd in the 200M and qualified provisionally for the state meet with time of 27.3. Kasey Prettyman qualified automatically in the 400M with a fast opening season time of 1:02.60. Emily Frydrych and Lindsay Prettyman took 1st and 2nd in the 800M, and ran automatic qualifying times of 2:22.0 and 2:22.7. In the 1600M Katrina Steenkamer took 3rd place and qualified for the state meet with a 20 second personal best time of 5:42. Danielle Wegrzyn also qualified with a time of 5:59.
There were many other great performances!! Well done everyone!!!
2010 Outdoor Track and Field Captains, voted by their peers (left to right) Pam Zhang, Katie Gangloff, Emily Frydrych, Emalee Bennett. Congratulations girls!!!
