Emily Lipari Wins Big East Title in 1000 Meters

Sophomore Emily Lipari won her first individual conference title this morning, winning the 1000 meters handily in 2:46.94. Lipari crushed her previous 1000 PR (2:49.06) by over two seconds, coming from 3rd or 4th place through 800 meters Her teammate Ariann Neutts ran from the front for much of the race and finished fourth, two seconds back. Combined they scored 15 team points for the women.

1000m Run

Meet Record: 2:43.70, Sheila Reid, Villanova (2011)
Armory Collegiate Record: 2:44.34, Charlene Lipsey, LSU (2012)
Qualifiers: ECAC — 2:56.24.

Finals • Sun., 11:20 am
  1   585 Emily Lipari        SO Villanova             2:46.94  10   
  2   539 Molly Malone        FR Syracuse              2:48.58   8   
  3   162 Rachel Schneider    JR Georgetown            2:48.63   6   
  4   593 Ariann Neutts       JR Villanova             2:48.82   5   
  5   275 Emily Frydrych      FR Notre Dame            2:49.21   4   
  6   160 Hannah Neczypor     FR Georgetown            2:50.45   3   
  7   140 Lauren Borduin      SR Georgetown            2:50.49   2   
  8    78 Meghan Cunningham   SR UConn                 2:52.44   1   
  9    83 Stephanie Ellis     SO UConn                 3:02.44