Goucher Produces CAC Champion in 800
SALISBURY, MD Goucher's Rachel Boss (Keene, NH/Keene) placed first in the 800-meter run and Sheba Newman-Blount (Lanham, MD/Bishop Ireton) secured points for the Gophers in four individual events today at the 2007 Capital Athletic Conference championships.
Goucher Produces CAC Champion in 800
Boss Sets School Record with Winning Time of 2:22.10April 21, 2007
SALISBURY, MD — Goucher's Rachel Boss
(Keene, NH/Keene) placed first in the 800-meter run and
Sheba Newman-Blount (Lanham, MD/Bishop Ireton)
secured points for the Gophers in four individual events today at
the 2007 Capital Athletic Conference championships.
As a team, Goucher finished in fifth place with 54 points, one
point behind York. Mary Washington captured its 14th straight CAC
team title, accumulating 200 points for a four-point edge over
Salisbury.
Boss became Goucher's first CAC champion in the 800 when she
crossed the finish line one-tenth of a second ahead of Salisbury's
Casey McInerny. The senior's winning time of 2:22.10 is a new
school record.
Goucher also produced the fourth-place finisher in the 800 in
Marisa Long (Hampton Bays, NY/Sachem), who turned
in a time of 2:27.56.
Newman-Blount's top finish was second place in the 100-meter dash
(:13.19), but she also placed third in the long jump (15-feet,
11-inches), fourth in the triple jump (31-feet, 7.25-inches) and
fifth in the 400-meter hurdles (:70.92). She tied her own school
record in the triple jump.
Amy McLellan (Brewster, MA/Nauset Regional)
crossed the finish line in third place in the 400-meter run,
completing the event in 1:02.20, while Fraley Coles (The
Plains, VA/Highland School) placed fourth in the
1,500-meter run and fifth in the 5,000-meter run. Coles posted
times of 5:04.83 in the 1500 and 19:11.43 (school record) in the
5000.
Goucher had one relay place as high as third and another finish in
fifth place. The 4 x 400-meter unit of McLellan, Long,
Newman-Blount and Boss captured third place and set a new school
record with its time of 4:13.39, while in the 4 x 100,
Kanika Staten (Columbia, MD/Long Reach),
Chelsea Hauck (Stonington, CT/Stonington),
Catherine Abbondanza (Yarmouth, ME/North Yarmouth
Academy) collectively finished in :56.13 for fifth
place.
