Volume CXXXIII, Number 15 February 20, 2004

Bowdoin runners sink Coast Guard, Bates
ALLIE YANIKOSKI
STAFF WRITER

In the final meet of the pre-championship season, the women's track team defeated Coast Guard Academy 159-153.

Sophomore Emily Hackert contributed the most points to Bowdoin's team score, winning two individual events as well as running on the winning 4x400-meter relay team and placing second in her fourth event.

The only Bowdoin competitor in the event, Hackert won the long jump in 15'05.5." She also won the 200-meter in 27.53, followed by teammates Erin Prifogle '07 (29.46) and Katherine Lohotsky '06 (30.33) in third and fourth, respectively.

Prifogle and Hackert teamed up again in the 55-meter hurdles, where Prifogle (9.25) edged Hackert (9.26) by one hundredth of a second, followed by teammate Allison Cherry '04 (9.78). Prifogle, the only female competitor aside from Hackert to win two events last Saturday, also won the high jump, clearing 4'11."

Gessy LePage '07 won the 1500-meter in a very close race with teammate Livy "Thriller" Lewis '07. Lewis led the 1500 until the final straightaway, when LePage moved past her to finish in 4:58.48. Lewis crossed the line in 4:59.05, followed by teammate Chelsea Spector '04 in fourth place with a time of 5:13.93.

Bowdoin claimed first, second, fourth, and sixth place in the 55-meter dash with Kate Halloran '07 (7.50), Ruth Jacobson '06 (7.82), Ellie Benard '06 (8.25), and Lohotsky (8.88).

Back on the track, led by co-captain Kala Hardacker '04, Bowdoin swept the 1000-meter. Hardacker finished in 3:06.60, followed by teammates Allie Yanikoski '06 in 3:10.32 and co-captain Lynne Davies '04 in 3:10.72.

Katie Walker '05 and co-captain Jane Cullina '04 teamed up in the 800-meter to finish first and second, respectively. Cullina took the race out hard, passing the 400-meter mark in approximately 67 seconds. Walker took over on the third lap to win in 2:20.11. Cullina maintained her lead on Coast Guard runner Jayna McCarron to finish in 2:23.19.

Bowdoin also claimed the top two finishes in the 3000-meter run. Ellen Beth '05 won the race in 10:38.36, followed by Kristen Brownell '07 in 11:10.10. Beth and Brownell have proven themselves a dangerous pair in the distance events.

The final individual champion of the meet, Louise Duffus won the shot put with her throw of 30'09.25." Teammate Laura Perovich '05 placed third with a distance of 34'09.5." Duffus and Perovich also finished third and fourth in the weight throw, with respective throws of 45'10.5" and 45'0.25," respectively.

Perovich also competed in the pole vault, where she tied for third with Becca Perry '07. Both women cleared 8'01." Jonelle Walsh '05 finished fifth with the height of 7'07."

Alix Roy '07 moved to a shorter distance than usual at the meet to represent Bowdoin in the 600-meter, where she finished second in 1:49.10 in her first attempt at the event this season.

The 4x200-meter relay team also finished second last weekend. Natasha Camilo '06, Lohotsky, Davies, and Yanikoski came together to run 1:56.99.

The powerful 4x400-meter relay team of Hackert, Kat Martens '04, Gina Campelia '07, and Walker ended the meet with a bang, defeating the Coast Guard women by 13 seconds, to finish in 4:08.70.

At the end of their regular indoor season, the Bowdoin women look for a strong finish in the New England Division III championships tomorrow at MIT.

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