Delaware Invitational Nets 5 Big East Auto Qualifiers

Several Villanova track and field athletes competed Friday night at the Delaware Invitational in Newark, DE. Highlighting the results were Big East automatic qualifiers for frosh Matthew Sidney (high jump), soph Chris Dougherty (pole vault), soph Samantha Yeats (high jump), frosh Alexandra (Alex) Wasik (pole vault), and frosh Kathleen McPhillips (pole vault). Here are the complete Villanova results from the meet.

Men's High Jump
1.  Matthew Sidney      FR   6' 7"    BIG EAST QUAL
2.  Elbert Maxwell      FR   6' 4 1/4"

Men's Pole Vault
1.  Chris Dougherty     SO   14' 9"   BIG EAST QUAL
-.  Charles Kido        FR   NH

Men's Long Jump
2.  Lazaro Tiant   SO   21' 1 1/2"

Women's 400 meters
3.  Katherine Petruzzelis   FR   1:01.60

Women's 60 meter hurdles
5.  Katherine Petruzellis   FR   9.77

Women's High Jump
1.  Samantha Yeats         SO   5'7"   BIG EAST QUAL
10. Katherine Petruzellis  FR   4'11"

Women's Pole Vault
1.  Alex Wasik            FR   11' 9 3/4"   BIG EAST QUAL
2.  Kathleen McPhillips   FR   11' 7 3/4"   BIG EAST QUAL
3.  Melissa Meggiolaro    JR   11' 3 3/4"

Women's Long Jump
4.  Samantha Yeats        SO   17' 10 3/4"
8.  Kathleen McPhillips   FR   17'  3 1/4"

Women's Shot
8.  Kathleen Petruzellis  FR   31' 9 1/4"