Gophers Place Fifth at CAC Championships
SALISBURY, MD — Goucher had an individual place as high as fourth and a relay finish as high as third today at the 2007 Capital Athletic Conference Championships.
Gophers Place Fifth at CAC Championships
Martin Completes Steeplechase in 10:26, Fourth PlaceApril 21, 2007
SALISBURY, MD — Goucher had an individual place as
high as fourth and a relay finish as high as third today at the
2007 Capital Athletic Conference Championships.
The fourth-place finish came from Zach Martin (Victor,
NY/Victor Central) in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. The
freshman completed the event in 10:26.49, which is a new school
record.
The only other individual event in which the Gophers secured team
points was the 400-meter hurdles where Harrison Tucker
(Clarksville, MD/Cairo American College) placed fifth in a
time of :59.82.
Brent Stanford (Columbia, MD/Long Reach) just
missed earning points for Goucher with his seventh-place
performance in the 200-meter dash, but his time of :23.06 is a new
school record.
Goucher, which finished in fifth place in the team scoring with 16
points, captured third place in the 4 x 100-meter relay and fifth
in the 4 x 400. In the shorter of the two events, the unit of
Jeffery Whitaker (Prince Georges County, MD/The Barrie
School), Travis Boland (Athol, MA/Ralph C.
Mahar), Tucker and Stanford posted a time of :44.40; in
the 4 x 400, Sean Mack (Albany, NY/Albany),
Boland, Whitaker and Tucker collectively completed the event in
3:40.38.
Salisbury captured the team title with 262.33 points. York (154.66)
was second and Mary Washington (97) third.