The girls finished with 6 points at the Indoor state meet on Saturday at the Field House. The 4x800 team finished 3rd overall, running 10:17. The team had many events where they came close to scoring, including an 8th place finish in the 4x200, a 7th place finish in the 4x400, and a 7th place finish by Katrina Steenkamer in the 1600M.
The 2011 Spartan Athletic Club Auction will take place on Saturday, April 2nd at 6PM at St. Mark's. Please see attached PDF files to learn how to donate or sign up for this great event!! All proceeds go towards the St. Mark's Athletic teams, and what we earn as a team goes towards funding XC and track and field!!
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The 4x800 Team of Danielle Wegrzyn, Izzy King, Erica Trofa, and Katrina Steenkamer set a new school record on Saturday at the New Balance Games at Armory in NY City. The splits were Danielle (2:32.6), Izzy (2:27.5), Erica (2:32.7), and Katrina (2:30.1). The girls ran the #27 time in state history!! They finished 28th overall in the race. The B team of Jill Allen (2:47), Joelle Prettyman (2:36.9), Marisa Chamness (2:53), and Danielle Trofa (2:43) finished 55th in 11:00.97.
The 4x200M relay team of Shelby Adams, Alana Taylor, Merissa Cope, and Lindsey Hertsenberg ran the fastest relay time in years, finishing in 1:54.56, good for 46th overall!
The 4x400 team of Taryn Schweizer,Taylor, Hertsenberg, and Adams came back to run 69th in 4:42.81. They split Schweizer (1:12.6), Taylor (1:07.3), Hertsenberg (1:11.9), and Adams (1:10.5).
At Glen Mills, the freshman 4x400 team of Carin Prechtl, Alex DeWhitt, Lexi O'Neal, and Maren Fasy ran 4:56. They splits Prechtl (1:10.7), DeWhitt (1:16.2) O'Neal (1:14.6), Fasy (1:14.7). Glen Mills team results
Alison Zukowski Runs Huge PR in the 5000M (17:31)!!!!!
St. Mark's graduate Alison Zukowski, now competing for University of Cincincitti, dropped a 17:31 on Saturday at the All-Ohio Championships!! She ran over 1 minute faster than her 5000M PR. Her high school PRs at St. Mark's were 12:03 for 3200M and 19:33 for XC.
St. Marks traveled to Haverford on Saturday for the Haverford N5CTA Meet.
The 4x400 team of Taryn Schweizer,Jill Allen, Erica Trofa, and Danielle Wegrzyn finished 1st in an exciting race, bringing it down to the final straight-away for the win. Katrina Steenkamer also had a great race, finishing 2nd in the 1600, but just missing an epic comeback for the win. She closed her last last in 36 seconds!! Overall it was a great day for St. Mark's at Haverford, with the girls picking up 18 total points!!
Congratulations on a great team effort at the UD Invite on Saturday. Even though the meet lasted longer than expected, we still had a great time and everyone was prepared to race Emily Frydrych set a new school record in the 800M, winning the race in 2:18.34. Her record was 1 second faster than the old record set in 1999 by Sarah Conway at 2:19.2. She also won the race, and now has the #8 fastest 800M in state history!
The team had a great opening meet to the season at the Christmas City relays at Lehigh University. Emily finished with 2 first place wins in the 1 mile (5:12), and the 800 (2:23). Merisa Cope took 10th in the 60M hurdles in 10.51, and Izzy King took 9th in the 400m in 1:06.82. There were many other great early season results.
Frydrych Sets New School Record at the Armory!!!
Emily Frydrych set a new school record in the 1600M on Saturday at the Armory in New York City!! She finished the race in 3rd place overall in the elite field. Her time of 5:07.03 for 1 full mile converts to 5:05.26 for 1600M. That time is #7 all-time in Delaware for 1600M.
Vote For Danielle Trofa and the St. Mark's concert choir, and spread the word!!
VOTE for the St. Mark's concert choir, featuring SMXC's Danielle Trofa, at the WSTW website. YOu only have a fwe more days to vote, so please spread the word!!
Emily opened our St. Mark's season at Kutztown with wins in the 1600 and 800M. She started out with a 5:17 1600, and came back an hour later with 2:29 for 800M. Congrats!!!!
Katie McGovern, just thrilled because her Christmas tree pick was shot down for being too tall. We later found out that the tree was a perfect height and was just up on the curb. It was a lovely tree Katie!!
The girls were on their way to the Christmas tree lot to pick out the perfect tree.
At the Reindeer Run and Romp on Friday evening in Newark, Sophomore Marisa Chamness set a new personal best for 5K in running 21:58. That eclipses the 22:28 PR she set in XC. Erica Trofa finished 1st in her age group in 21:18, and Dani Ciolek ran just off her PR in 22:40. Tom Steenkamer, father of Katrina and Chris Steenkamer, finished 4th overall and first in his age group in a blistering 17:36. Coach Frydrych also set a season best in running 18:55 for 15th overall. Great job everyone!!
Congratulations on a great team effort at the UD Invite on Saturday. Even though the meet lasted longer than expected, we still had a great time and everyone was prepared to race Emily Frydrych set a new school record in the 800M, winning the race in 2:18.34. Her record was 1 second faster than the old record set in 1999 by Sarah Conway at 2:19.2. She also won the race, and now has the #8 fastest 800M in state history!
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