Hugo Beamish & Bogdana Mimic Win Big East 5000 Crowns

In day 1 results from the Big East Indoor Championships at the Armory in New York, Villanova's Hugo Beamish led a 1-2 Villanova finish in the men's 5000 meters, winning in 14:06.40. In winning, Beamish defended his 2011 5000 meter conference title. It was Beamish's first race of the season and, as the video shows, he owed teammate Ryan Sheridan a debt for doing much of the work from the front. Sheridan and Beamish separated themselves from the chase pack earlier on and methodically went about their business. Sheridan towed Beamish all the way past the 4000 meter mark before Beamish went by at with 520 meters to go to win his second consecutive Big East Indoor 5000 title (he won last year in 14:16.11). Ryan Sheridan was second in 14:10.73. Matt Kane added another team point, in finishing eighth. On the women's side, Bogdana Mimic won a duel to the tape with Providence's Laura Nagel, winning 16:25.53 to 16:25.81. In other noteworthy developments, the women's DMR squad of Courtney Chapman (3:30.4), Faith Dismuke (57.2), Emily Lipari (2:05.8), and Nicky Akande (4:39.9) took second, while the men's DMR -- Chris O'Sullivan (3:01), Bryan Murphy (48.6), Brian Tetreault (1:53.1), and Mathew Mildenhall (4:06.4) -- took third. Women's pole vaulter Alex Wasik (3.95 m) took second place, with Mel Meggiolaro (3.60 m) and Kathleen McPhillips (3.60 m) tied for 7th. Kathleen Petruzzelis finished 8th in the pentathlon, providing a team point for the women's squad. Finally, senior Frank Anuszewski finished third in the weight throw after his 61' 6.75" throw.

Villanova is set up quite nicely for tomorrow's finals, after some nice performances today in the preliminary rounds. The men qualified 4 finalists in the 12-man mile finals: Sam McEntee (4:10.9), Alex Tully (4:12.14), Joe LoRusso (4:13.11), and Danny Harris (4:13.14). For the women, Nicky Akande (4:47.54 PR) and Stephanie Schappert (4:54.50) also advanced to the finals of the mile. Both Ariann Neutts (2:51.39) and Emily Lipari (2:53.47) ran well and advanced to the finals in the 1000 meters. In the men's 1000, Brian Tetreault won his heat in 2:29.61 and advanced. He'll be joined there by Dusty Solis, who ran 2:27.22 in the prelims. Sam Ellison ran a PR 1:01.81 in the 500 meters and easily advanced to the final. Christie Verdier advanced to the 400 meter final and Shericka Ward qualified for both the 60 meter hurdle and 200 meter finals. In the 800 meters, Chris FitzSimons won his heat in 1:54.12 and will run in tomorrow's final. In the women's 800, Leann Tucker and Erin Ryan both advanced to the finals. Here are the results of the two events that crowned Big East titles for Beamish and Mimic.

Finals • Sat., 4:55 pm
  1  1258 Hugo Beamish        JR Villanova             14:06.40  10   
  2  1292 Ryan Sheridan       SR Villanova             14:10.73   8   
  3  1252 Jace Lowry          FR Syracuse              14:13.09   6   
  4  1219 Martin Hehir        FR Syracuse              14:13.49   5   
  5   911 Alexander Lundy     SR Georgetown            14:14.57   4   
  6   870 Matthew Graham      SR DePaul                14:17.12   3   
  7  1236 Andrew Palmer       FR Syracuse              14:21.57   2   
  8  1274 Matthew Kane        JR Villanova             14:22.73   1   
  9   910 TC Lumbar           SR Georgetown            14:26.98 
 10   899 Mark Dennin         JR Georgetown            14:28.39 
 11  1212 Pat Dupont          JR Syracuse              14:28.94 
 12  1121 Lee Carey           JR Providence            14:31.45 
 13   907 Brian King          FR Georgetown            14:37.69 
 14   980 Blake Johnson       SR Marquette             14:39.76 
 15   971 Connor Callahan     JR Marquette             14:46.68 
 16  1041 Jake Kildoo         FR Notre Dame            14:49.42  
 17  1047 Jeff MacMillan      JR Notre Dame            14:50.57  
 18   846 Ryan McGuire        SO UConn                 14:57.30  
 19   941 Gordon Dooley       JR Louisville            15:08.02  
 20  1283 Greg Morrin         SO Villanova             15:12.79  
 21   977 Bob Guthrie         SO Marquette             15:13.33  
 22  1046 Kelly Lynch         SR Notre Dame            15:17.11  

Finals • Sat., 4:30 pm
  1   591 Bogdana Mimic       JR Villanova             16:25.53  10   
  2   397 Laura Nagel         SO Providence            16:25.81   8   
  3   547 Lauren Penney       JR Syracuse              16:38.31   6   
  4   195 Holly Knight        SR Louisville            16:38.54   5   
  5   153 Emily Jones         SO Georgetown            16:39.25   4   
  6   623 Katie Gillespie     SO West Virginia         16:42.41   3   
  7   311 Rachel Velarde      SR Notre Dame            16:50.49   2   
  8   641 Jessica O'Connell   SR West Virginia         16:59.25   1   
  9   521 Natalie Busby       SR Syracuse              17:03.70 
 10   529 Katie Hursey        SR Syracuse              17:06.18 
 11   503 Allie Prendergast   SR South Florida         17:10.64 
 12   402 Samantha Roecker    JR Providence            17:11.88 
 13   632 Ahna Lewis          SR West Virginia         17:14.43 
 14   303 Jessica Rydberg     JR Notre Dame            17:21.98 
 15   532 Lauren Kersjes      SO Syracuse              17:27.43 
 16   602 Megan Venables      FR Villanova             17:32.29 
 17   425 Brianna Deming      SO Rutgers               17:39.16