Lawrenceville, N.J. (May 6, 2006)-With five events in the books at the 2006 MAAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships, the Manhattan men sit atop the leader board, while the Lady Jaspers are in second. A significant amount of the men's 54 points on the first day came from the Jaspers' domination of the hammer throw with a 1-2-3-4-6 finish. On the women's side a trio of seniors stepped up to help the Lady Jaspers to 51 opening day points.
Click Here for Day One ResultsZoran Loncar, the defending 2005 IC4A Hammer Champ, was at the head of the Jaspers' hammer throw dominance by claiming the MAAC title with a throw of 63.32m.
Anders Constantin recorded a second-place finish with a throw of 60.18m, while
Michael Freeman (59.06m), and
Paul Peulich (58.64m) rounded out the top four. Sophomore Rich Reuter's throw of 47.22m was enough to earn the sixth spot.
Senior Marina Liander kept the women's hammer throw title at Manhattan as she captured her second straight MAAC crown in the event. Liander's road to repeating was not an easy one, but the senior dug deep and pulled out the title under pressure. After fouling on her first two attempts in the preliminaries, Liander found her way into the finals on her third attempt. Still trailing Rider's Jazmine Fenlator, who was the field's top seed, with only two attempts remaining, the pressure was mounting, but Liander rose to the occasion. On her fifth attempt of the event, Liander produced the best throw of the day at 50.64m.
In the women's 10000m run two other seniors rose to the occasion to earn valuable points for the Lady Jaspers. Caryn Capalbo and Ginine Lucarello took second and third in the event, respectively, and will both look to pick up more points tomorrow. After running 10K on the first day, Capalbo will display her stamina and durability less than 24 hours later by competing in the 5000m run. Lucarello will transition from long distance to the mile on Sunday.
The day also saw Tiina Magi do what Tiina Magi does best, score points at the MAAC Championships. Magi, who scored in all four jumping events at the conference's indoor meet en route to being named an outstanding performer back in February, scored in the javelin and long jump. Magi took fourth in the javelin at 34.46m, while her long jump mark of 5.33m was just a centimeter short of the winning leap.
Like Magi, Newman finished a close second in the long jump on the men's side. His mark of 6.96m was six short of the winning jump.
Dexter Jules (6.92m) finished in a tie for fourth place, while Dennis Street (6.51m) took sixth.
The men's point total also benefited from a pair of third-place finishes coming from
Matt Krauss (48.76m) in the javelin and
Todd Raymond in the steeple chase (9:43.10).
Joe McElhoney picked up sixth place in the men's 10000m wit a time of 34:04.71.
Also scoring for the women was a pair of freshmen, Jaimee-Lee Campbell and Jess Hamm. The two finished fifth and seventh, respectively, in the steeple chase.
