Thursday, April 28, 2011

Villanova Women are Mere "Also Rans" in Penn Relays DMR || Dropped Baton and Slow Start Doom Women's DMR Bid


The Villanova women were beaten thoroughly in today's Penn Relays DMR. Talk of breaking the DMR world record proved to be foolish, as the Villanova quartet of Emily Lipari, Christie Verdier, Ariann Neutts, and Sheila Reid were out of the race early and never threatened. Burdened with high expectations and running what was at bottom a home meet, Villanova was 8+ seconds back and in 11th place after the opening leg, and were dead last after the 400 meter second leg as Christie Verdier dropped the baton early in her leg. At that point the air was out of the balloon. Villanova ultimately finished 13th of 14 teams, a full 34 seconds slower than the 10:52.52 that won this year's NCAA indoor title. Georgetown ran a superlative race and won by almost 5 seconds over Tennessee.

1 Georgetown 10:51.49
Renee Tomlin (3:19.81), Amanda Kimbers (54.54), Chelsea Cox (2:05.58), Emily Infeld (4:31.56) AE

2 Tennessee 10:56.20
Liz Costello (3:24.20), Ellen Wortham (51.64), Chanelle Price (2:04.27), Brittany Sheffey (4:36.09) AA

3 Virginia 10:57.13
Morgane Gay (3:21.68), Ayla Smith (53.64), Lyndsay Harper (2:07.58), Stephanie Garcia (4:34.23) AC

4 Duke 11:02.01
Esther Vermeer (3:26.14), Cydney Ross (54.13), Devotia Moore (2:07.66), Kate Van Buskirk (4:34.08) AG

5 BYU 11:07.22
Katie Palmer (3:23.27), Porshe Giddings (52.59), Lacey Bleazard (2:06.50), Kari Hardt (4:44.86) AF

6 Michigan 11:07.76
Danielle Tauro (3:27.70), Alisha Cole (55.20), Rebecca Addison (2:04.19), Jillian Smith (4:40.67) AD

7 Yale 11:12.08
Kate Grace (3:19.53), Gabriella Kelly (56.34), Annalies Gamble (2:09.45), Nihal Kayali (4:46.76) AJ

8 Dartmouth 11:16.02
Christina Supino (3:25.37), Alexandra Tanner (54.82), Monica Adler (2:14.63), Abbey D'Agostino (4:41.20) AI

9 Indiana 11:17.09
Breanne Ehrman (3:27.09), Ann-Marie Clarke (54.80), Jordan Gray (2:09.27), Chelsea Blanchard (4:45.94) AO

10 LSU 11:20.15
Charlene Lipsey (3:26.78), Siedda Herbert (55.11), Brittany Hall (2:08.65), Laura Carleton (4:49.61) AN

11 Texas 11:20.93
Julie Amthor (3:33.42), Kendra Chambers (54.18), Marielle Hall (2:10.63), Betzy Jimenez (4:42.70) AH

12 Cornell 11:22.15
Alyssa O'Connor (3:27.62), Bryony Bonavita (56.68), Kim Standridge (2:07.97), Janel Parker (4:49.88) AL

13 Villanova 11:26.49
Emily Lipari (3:27.18), Christie Verdier (64.73), Ariann Neutts (2:10.76), Sheila Reid (4:43.83) AB

14 Stony Brook 11:31.92
Lucy Van Dalen (3:19.87), Laquasha Hall (57.65), Page Price (2:13.40), Annie Keown (5:01.00)

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