Emily Lipari Anchors NCAA Leading DMR Victory at the Armory

Emily Lipari ran a 4:34 1600-meter anchor tonight at the Armory Collegiate Invitational at the Armory, to finish off a 10:56.74 NCAA-leading DMR victory for the Villanova women. Thanks to a great 800 leg by Nicky Akande to close the gap, Lipari took the baton in second place, but was able to open up a 8.19 second gap over second-place Arkansas at the tape. In other results of note from Friday action, (1) Sam Ellison won the 500 meters in 1:01.31, the NCAA #2 time so far this season; (2) Rob Denault ran 2:24.61 to finish second in the 1000 meters, with an NCAA top-15 time in that event; (3) Alex Wasik cleared 4.00 meters in the pole vault, a new PR; and (4) Stephanie Schappert ran a very nice 2:45.65 over 1000 meters, putting her at NCAA #7 in the event, pending the results of other weekend action. Finally, (5) Villanova signee Ben Malone (NJ) won the prep 1000 meters in 2:25.82 to take over the US prep lead at that distance. Overall, a great start to the weekend.

Distance Medley Championship
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Friday (6:49 pm)
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Records
National — 10:50.98, Tennessee (2009)
Armory — 10:56.12, Villanova (2011)
Meet — 10:56.40, Tennessee (2009)                                                   
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Final
  1 Villanova  'A'                                     10:56.74  
     1) Piccirillo, Angel               2) Wilkins, Michaela                 
     3) Akande, Nicky                   4) Lipari, Emily                  
  2 Arkansas  'A'                                      11:04.93  
     1) Heymsfield, Grace               2) George, Regina                 
     3) Borge, Martine                  4) Scott, Dominique               
  3 Georgetown  'A'                                    11:05.66  
     1) Keklak, Andrea                  2) King, Deseree                  
     3) Cox, Chelsea                    4) Schneider, Rachel              
  4 Stanford  'A'                                      11:06.46  
     1) Weissenbach, Amy                2) Carter, Kori                   
     3) O'Hare, Joy                     4) Tonn, Jessica                  
  5 Connecticut  'A'                                   11:06.69  
     1) Mania, Brigitte                 2) Emerson, Celina                
     3) Groff, Ana                      4) Crevoiserat, Lindsay           
  6 Duke  'A'                                          11:10.51  
     1) Farley, Abby                    2) Kerpon, Elizabeth              
     3) Ross, Cydney                    4) Banks, Anima                   
  7 L S U  'A'                                         11:22.74  
     1) Lipsey, Charlene                2) Tracey, Nikita                 
     3) Goule, Natoya                   4) Carleton, Laura                
  8 Tennessee  'A'                                     11:24.34  
     1) Panisse, Alexis                 2) Octave, Martinique             
     3) Jackson, Brittney               4) Davidson, Hannah               
  9 Princeton  'A'                                     11:32.00  
     1) Mikaelian, Alexis               2) Barowski, Cecilia              
     3) Smoot, Kristin                  4) Feldman, Greta                 
 -- Georgetown  'B'                                         DNF