Host School Places Fifth at Landmark Championships
TOWSON, Md. – Three school records were broken and another was tied by athletes who represented Goucher at the 2009 Landmark Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships which were conducted this weekend at Gopher Stadium.
Host School Places Fifth at Landmark Championships
Tenure, Litz Set New School Records in 400 Hurdles, Pole Vault
April 26, 2009
TOWSON, Md. – Three school records were broken and another
was tied by athletes who represented Goucher at the 2009 Landmark
Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships which were
conducted this weekend at Gopher Stadium.
Steven Tenure (Sudbury, Mass./Lincoln-Sudbury) set a new record in the 400-meter hurdles with his time of :57.84 and Chris Litz (Bel Air, Md./John Carroll) did the same in the pole vault by successfully clearing 13-feet, 11.25-inches. Both finished in third place in those events and, as a result, secured six points apiece toward Goucher's team total.
Charlie Rooney (Sea Bright, N.J./Christian Brothers Academy) turned in the fastest time in the history of Goucher's track and field program in the 400-meter dash when he completed the event in :51.52 during the trials on Saturday. In Sunday's finals, he placed eighth overall with his time of :52.83, giving the Gophers another point in the team scoring.
Scott Wenzler (Larchmont, N.Y./Mamaroneck) tied the school record in the high jump by clearing 5-feet, 6-inches, which landed him in a three-way tie for seventh place. He also took sixth place in the long jump (19-feet, 6.25-inches) and contributed a total of four points to Goucher's total.
Tade Ade-Turton (Ocean City, Md./Parkside) scored points for the Gophers in a pair of individual events, picking up six for his third-place performance in the 100-meter dash (:11.19) and five for finishing in fourth place in the 200-meter dash (:23.08).
By placing sixth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 10:37.04, Zachary Martin (Victor, N.Y./Victor Central) earned three points.
Goucher's also gained three points from its entry of Tenure, Adam Scipione (Walpole, Mass./Walpole), Ade-Turton and Rooney in the 4 x 400-meter relay. The foursome took sixth place with its time of 3:37.31.
The Gophers, who finished in sixth place at the inaugural Landmark meet in 2008, moved up a spot this year to fifth place with a team score of 34 points.