PROVIDENCE, R.I.- Connecticut senior Victoria Flowers and sophomore Cory Duggan led the Huskies to a sweep of the BIG EAST Field weekly awards thanks to several impressive performances at the Great Dane Classic on Jan. 18. Notre Dame sophomore Chris Giestling was named BIG EAST Men’s Track Athlete of the Week and Villanova senior Emily Lipari earned BIG EAST Women’s Track Athlete of the Week honors.
Flowers took victories in the weight throw and shot put for the second consecutive week to earn BIG EAST Women’s Field Athlete of the Week honors. On Jan. 18, the senior threw 20.52m in the weight throw and 16.20m in the shot put at the Great Dane Classic at the Armory in New York, N.Y. Flowers currently ranks first in the league and sixth nationally in the weight throw. She ranks second in the league and 11th nationally in the shot put.
Also at the Great Dane Classic, Villanova’s Emily Lipari won the 3,000-meter run in 9:20.07 to be named BIG EAST Women’s Track Athlete of the Week. The 2012 BIG EAST cross country individual champion registered a career-best time, and beat the competition by nearly nine seconds. Her time was also a Great Dane Classic record. Lipari’s time ranks first in the league and fifth in the nation.
Notre Dame’s Chris Giestling was named BIG EAST Men’s Track Athlete of the Week after finishing first in three events at the Notre Dame Invitational. The sophomore won the 200m (21.69), 500m (1:03.17) and ran the second leg of the winning 4x400m relay. Giestling’s time in the 500m ranks first in the league, while the 4x400m ranks 15th in the nation. The sophomore is also ranked first in the 200m and second in the 400m in the BIG EAST.
Connecticut’s Cory Duggan pole vaulted to a third-place finish at the Great Dane Classic to earn BIG EAST Men’s Field Athlete of the Week honors. The junior recorded a mark of 4.95m, which ranks fourth in the league.
According to the NCAA, “qualification to the [NCAA] championships is based on the descending-order list for the season…for each individual event contested, the top 16 declared student-athletes will be accepted into the competition. For each relay contested, the top 12 relay teams will be accepted into the competition…There are no qualifying standards for the championships season.”
The BIG EAST Indoor Track & Field Championships will take place Feb. 16-17 at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio.
BIG EAST Track & Field News and Notes
- Villanova dominated at the Great Dane Classic at the Armory on Jan. 18.
o Sophomore Tom Trainer won the 5,000-meter run in 14:33.16
o Sophomore Rob Denault won the 3,000m run in 8:15.73
o Senior Emily Lipari won the 3,000m run in 9:20.07
o Sophomore Alexandra Wasik won the pole vault with a mark of 3.95m
- Cincinnati freshmen register wins
o Bearcats freshmen Erika Hurd and Kenya Woodall racked up two first-place finishes at the Gladstein Invitational at Indiana University
o Woodall won the 400m in 56.70
o Hurd won the high jump with a mark of 1.76m
- DePaul sophomore Jazmyne Durrah set a school record in the weight throw at the Notre Dame Invitational
o Durrah threw 18.65m to finish second
o Her toss beat the previous DePaul record of 18.49m
Below is a list of the top marks in BIG EAST Indoor Track & Field:
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Men
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Women
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60m
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Jihaad Howard, SU – 6.83
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Margret Harris, UofL – 7.38
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60h
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Tashaun Hill, Pitt – 7.96
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Kaila Barber, ND –8.32
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200m
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Chris Giestling, ND – 21.69
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Arieonna Bailey, USF – 24.34
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400m
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Patrick Feeney, ND –46.96
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Michelle Brown, ND –54.59
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500m
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Chris Giestling, ND – 1:03.17
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Claire Mooney, STJ – 1:13.26
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800m
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Otniel Teixeira, USF – 1:53.54
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Angel Piccirillo, VU – 2:09.44
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1000m
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Billy Ledder, GU – 2:25.21
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Kelsey Margey, VU – 2:43.89
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Mile
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Bobby Peavey, GU – 4:07.91
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Rachel Schneider, GU – 4:44.37
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3,000m
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Robert Denault, VU – 8:15.73
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Emily Lipari, VU – 9:20.07
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5,000m
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Bobby Peavey, GU – 14:23.30
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4x400m Relay
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Pittsburgh – 3:11.00
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Pittsburgh – 3:40.10
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4x800m Relay
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Connecticut – 7:41.59
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Villanova – 8:49.07
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Distance Medley Relay
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Connecticut – 9:59.06
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Rutgers – 12:05.38
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High Jump
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Noel James, UConn – 2.14m
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Michelle Kinsella, UofL –1.85m
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Pole Vault
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Chris Wyckoff, RU – 5.12m
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MacKenzie Fields, UC – 4.10m
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Long Jump
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Corey Crawford, RU –7.60m
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Kaila Barber, ND – 6.12m
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Triple Jump
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Kevin Bostick, RU – 15.25m
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Marqueshia Stallworth, USF – 12.45m
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Shot Put
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Eric Masington, UConn – 17.87
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Khadija Abdullah, UofL – 16.80m
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Weight Throw
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Jared Thomas, USF – 19.75m
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Victoria Flowers, UConn – 20.84m
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Pentathlon
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Kaitlyn Good, UC – 3,907 pts.
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Heptathlon
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Jesse Chapman, UConn – 5,228 pts.
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The Week Ahead:
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Thu.
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24
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Rutgers
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Metropolitan Champs
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New York, N.Y.
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M/W
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Fri.
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25
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Cincinnati
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Rod McCravy Invite
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Lexington, Ky.
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M/W
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DePaul
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Spire Open
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Geneva, Ohio
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M/W
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Louisville
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M/W
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Connecticut
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Terrier Invite
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Boston, Mass.
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M/W
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Providence
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M/W
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Syracuse
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M/W
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Louisville
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IU Relays
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Bloomington, Ind.
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M/W
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Notre Dame
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M/W
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Marquette
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Bill Gergan Invite
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Ames, Iowa
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M/W
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Georgetown
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Penn State Invite
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State College, Pa.
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M/W
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Pittsburgh
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M/W
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Syracuse
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M/W
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Villanova
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M/W
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