The Georgetown University women's track & field team opened the indoor portion of the 2000-2001 schedule at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., on Saturday, December 9. The meet was based on individual finishes rather than team scoring.
Marni Kruppa (So., Dublin, Ohio, Dublin Coffman) and Emily Enstice (Sr., Potomac, Md./Georgetown Visitation) both qualified provisionally for the NCAAs in the 5000-meter run. Kruppa's time of 16:37.90 was good for second place, with Enstice close behind in third place in 16:49.30. Ann McGranahan of Villanova won the 5000 in 16:30.10. Winners at the meet included Nickay Penado (Sr., Brooklyn, N.Y./John Jay), Kristen Gordon (Sr., Alamo, Calif./Carondelet), Heather Blackard (Sr., Kirkland, Wash./Juanita) and Erin Sicher (So., College Park, Md./Good Counsel). Penado won the 200-meter dash with a mark of 25.00, while Blackard took the top spot in the 1000-meter run in 2:55.50. Sicher crossed the finish line in 9:43.60 to win the 3000-meter run, and Gordon was victorious in the mile run with a time of 5:01.89. Penado, Blackard and Sicher all qualified for ECAC competition. Also earning first-place finishes at the meet were the Hoyas' 4 x 400 and 4 x 800-meter relay teams. The 4 x 400 squad of Nekeshia Woods (Jr., Orlando, Fla./Dr. Phillips), Sasha Spencer (Sr., Salem, Ore./North Salem), Tyrona Heath (Jr., Endicott, N.Y./Union-Endicott) and Penado posted time of 3:50.50, while the 4 x 800 team of Enstice, Treniere Clement (Fr., Stow, Ohio/Stow-Monroe Falls), Blackard and Gordon clocked 9:21.20 to claim first place. Both times were ECAC-qualifying marks. Georgetown's 4 x 400-meter "B" squad of Monica Hargrove (Fr., New Haven, Conn./James Hillhouse), Kori Hamilton (Fr., Glendora, Calif./St. Lucy's Priory), Jill Laurendeau (So., Manchester, N.H./Manchester Central) and Jamillah Bowman (So., Ann Arbor, Mich./Ann Arbor Pioneer) took third place in 3:51.60 (also an ECAC qualifying time).
Several Hoyas also tallied second-place finishes on the day. Penado was second in the 55-meter dash with an ECAC qualifying time of 7.21, and Colleen Kelly (Fr., Maple Glen, Pa./Mt. St. Joseph's) clocked 9:56.00 in the 3000-meters to take second place and qualify for ECAC competition. Emile Mitescu (So., Claremont, Calif./Carlemont) finished second in the pole vault with a mark of 9' 10", while Woods ran 25.50 to garner runner-up honors in the 200-meter dash.
Top five finishes went to Brionne Dawson (Jr., Walnut Creek, Calif./Carondelet), Spencer and Clement. Dawson's mark of 38' 11" was good for third place and a chance to compete at the ECAC Championship. She also recorded 18' 1-1/2" in the long jump to take fifth place. Hargrove also qualified for the ECACs with a third-place finish in the 55-meter dash (7.24). Spencer crossed the finish line in third place in the 1000-meter run (2:58.20), and Clement was fifth in the mile run (5:13.41).
