Cooney, Meade Score 24 Points in Four Events

Gophers Place Fifth in Team Scoring, Two Points Back of Hood

ANNVILLE, Pa. — Abby Cooney (Holden, Mass./Wachusett Regional) and Sarah Meade (Santa Fe, N.M./Monte Del Sol Charter School) secured a combined total of 24 points in four separate events, helping Goucher finish in fifth place today at the Lebanon Valley Invitational.

Cooney picked up eight points off her second-place performance in the weight throw and another six points for placing third in the shot put. Her distances: 35-feet, 5.75-inches in the weight throw and 31-feet, 11.5-inches in the shot put.

Meade completed the 300-meter dash in :47.80, good for third place and six points. Her time was the second-fastest in that event by a female in the history of Goucher's indoor track and field program. The freshman also earned another four points for the Gophers by placing fourth in the 55-meter dash (:08.09).

Also contributing to Goucher's final team score of 37 points were: Dana Macaluso (Huntington, N.Y./Huntington) for placing third in the long jump (14-feet, 3.75-inches), Caitlin Biggers (Cortlandt Manor, N.Y./Lakeland) for placing fourth in the 500-meter run (1:33.93), Kate Clarke (Hendersonville, Tenn./Pope John Paul II) for placing fifth in the 55-meter dash (:08.10), and Kanika Staten (Columbia, Md./Long Reach) for placing sixth in the 500-meter run (1:47.44).

With 37 points, Goucher placed fifth overall in the team scoring behind Lebanon Valley (163 points), Catholic (126), King's (63) and Hood (39).