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Women's Outdoor Track & Field

Newman-Blount Comes In First in 400 Hurdles

Cooney Turns in Pair of Second-Place Performances

May 2, 2009

YORK, Pa. – Goucher's Sheba Newman-Blount (Lanham, Md./Bishop Ireton) was the first athlete to cross the finish line in the 400-meter hurdles today at the York Charity Open.

Newman-Blount's winning time in the 400 hurdles was 1:08.31. She was also the runner-up in the 100-meter dash, which she completed in :13.46.

Abby Cooney (Holden, Mass./Wachusett Regional) registered distances of 26-feet, 11-inches in the shot put and 113-feet, 4-inches in the hammer throw to place second in both events. Kanika Staten (Columbia, Md./Long Reach) took third place in the 400-meter run (1:08.10).