Track & Field

Stinson Captures 400 Hurdles Title to Highlight ESU Effort at PSAC Championships

May 10, 2003

LOCK HAVEN - East Stroudsburg University's Mark Stinson, a senior competing in his last conference competition, earned a gold medal Saturday in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Track and Field Championships.

Stinson, who had placed individually in the PSAC meets eight times without winning, finally climbed to the top of the awards stand after jumping and sprinting to victory in the 400-meter hurdles in a time of 53.19.

ESU had three other top-three finishers, two expected and one a surprise. Defending champion Brad Fees placed second in the high jump at 6-8 ¾, losing a jump-off for the title to Shawn Landis of Kutztown. Sprinter Tawny Youtz was third in the 200-meter dash in 25.75 and also placed fourth in the 100 dash in 12.54.

Freshman Amy Donovan provided the Warriors with the stunner. Coming in as only the sixth seed in the triple jump with a season best 37-0, the freshman from Birdsboro soared to a third-place finish with a hop, skip and jump of 39-4 ½.

Donovan's performance surpassed the NCAA Division II provisional qualifying standard of 38-0 ½ and should put her in the national championships May 22-24 in Edwardsville, Ill. It also was only an inch and a quarter short of the ESU school record held by at Quanette Jester at 39-5 ¾, set in 2001.

Stinson also may make the NCAA championships as a provisional qualifier and that was the reason he was competing in the 400 hurdles. He had concentrated on the 200-meter dash and long jump until this season.

"Mark went to the NCAA championships last year to watch his brother Matt (a senior at Lock Haven) compete in the decathlon and he decided that he really wanted to make the nationals," said ESU coach Joe Koch.

"He realized that he probably would never make it in the 200 as he was a little short of speed and he didn't have the distance in the long jump. He sat down with (assistant coach) Chris Merli and they thought the 400 hurdles would be his best chance not only to make the nationals but also to win a conference title. Obviously, it was a good decision."

Shippensburg, which won its first title since 1997, scored 121 points to Lock Haven's 116. Slippery Rock was third with 83. ESU placed eighth with 35 points.
Slippery Rock recaptured the women's crown which it last won in 2001 with 122.16 points. Lock Haven was second with 97 followed by Shippensburg with 95. The Warrior women also were eighth with 33.16 points.

Eight other ESU athletes placed Saturday. Mike Newhard was a double place-winner with sixths in both the 100 hurdles in 15.62 and the high jump at 6-4 ¾. He had previously won three PSAC high jump titles, but was hampered by an ankle injury suffered in the qualifying heats for the hurdles Friday.

Barry Krammes placed fourth in the javelin throw with a toss of 208-6 and Steve Denninger was fifth in the 400 dash in 49.79. Both the men's relay teams finished fourth with the 4 x 100 quartet of Stinson, Newhard, Mike Glover and Doug Joseph timed in 42.56 and the 4 x 400 combo of Denninger (50.2), Brad Treadway (51.3), Matt Bevan (49.2) and Stinson (48.6) finishing in 3:19.60.

On the women's side, Jillian Koscielecki was fifth in the 400 hurdles in 63.66 with Jayme Ferraro sixth in the same event in 63.70. Both bettered the NCAA Division II provisional qualifying standard. Alyssa Thompson was fifth in the discus with a career-best 123-2 while taking sixths were Becky Fitz in the triple jump, 37-2, and Christa Sandvig in the javelin, 134-4.

The women's 4 x 400-meter relay of Ferraro (60.8), Koscielecki (59.8) and Kristin Mullin (58.8) and Youtz (55.9 the fastest split in school history) was fourth in 3:55.52. Mullin finished seventh in the 800-meter run in 2:21.99.

Kutztown swept the individual men's honors with Landis, who also won the triple jump, named the outstanding track and field athlete and Scott Eisenhart, first in the 400-meter dash in a stadium record 47.54, chosen as the top track athlete.

On the women's side, IUP's Becky Bullard, champion in the hepthatlon, high jump and 1,500-meter run, was named the outstanding field athlete and Lock Haven's Jennifer Farrow, who swept the 200 and 400-meter dashes, was named the leading track athlete.

Men's Team Scoring - 1. Shippensburg (Sh) 121, 2. Lock Haven (LH) 116, 3. Slippery Rock (SR) 82, 4. Kutztown (K) 74, 5. Millersville (Mi) 70, 6. Edinboro (Ed) 42, 7. Indiana (I) 40, 8. East Stroudsburg (ES) 35, 9. West Chester (WC) 17, 10. Cheyney (Ch), Mansfield (M) 8, 12. California (Ca) 4, 13. Clarion (Cl) 2, 14. Bloomsburg (B) 1.

100 - 1. Jermaine Clayton (I) 10.90, 2. Alton Richards (Sh) 10.97, 3. Anesu Mushonga (LH) 11.00, 4. Orlando Payton (Ch) 11.12, 5. Will Perry (Sh) 11.14, 6. Gregory McGhee (B) 11.15.

200 - 1. Richards (Sh) 21.65, 2. Joe Webster (LH) 21.72, 3. Mushonga (LH) 21.76, 4. Payton (Ch) 21.94, 5. Clayton (I) 22.00, 6. Ben Steingrabe (SR) 22.15

400 - 1. Scott Eisenhart (K) 47.54, 2. Webster (LH) 47.75, 3. Mark Piccolo (Sh) 48.58, 4. Dave Bartolomucci (K) 49.12, 5. Steve Denninger (ES) 49.79, 6. Tim Hite (LH) 49.94

800 - 1. Ryan Waltermyer (WC) 1:54.97, 2. Casey Pratt (SR) 1:55.44, 3. Gerard Liebsch (I) 1:55.67, 4. Dan Nalesnik (Mi) 1:56.35, 5. Justin Gavazzi (SR) 1:56.82, 6. Neale McPheron (Mi) 1:56.96

1500 - 1. John Somers (Sh) 3:59.76, 2. Christopher Cowan (LH) 3:59.96, 3. Paul Hallman (LH) 4:01.58, 4. Stephen Teeter (Ca) 4:04.11, 5. Mark Prezioso (I) 4:04.93, 6. Adam Shinsky (I) 4:05.12

5000 - 1. Aaron Rowe (Ed) 14:25.92, 2. Mark Stallings (Mi) 14:34.89, 3. Kimmo Lassila (Ed) 15:12.37, 4. Aaron Rich (Sh) 15:13.65, 5. James Ansberry (Ed) 15:24.84, 6. J.W. Stehle (Sh) 15:34.45

110 Hurdles - 1. Steingrabe (SR) 14.79, 2. Derrell McBroom (SR) 15.22, 3. Andrew Tessena (SR) 15.34, 4. Will Perry (Sh) 15.42, 5. Dan Over (Mi) 15.46, 6. Mike Newhard (ES) 15.62

400 Hurdles - 1. Mark Stinson (ES) 53.19, 2. McBroom (SR) 53.31, 3. Mike Brito (LH) 53.38, 4. Piccolo (Sh) 53.60, 5. Tessena (SR) 54.02, 6. Jacob Merrill (LH) 54.36

3000 Steeplechase - 1. Chris Trill (Mi) 9:23.12, 2. Josh Wooten (Ma) 9:29.58, 3. Greg Yerkes (K) 9:30. 16, 4. Matthew Houseman (Mi) 9:31.44, 5. David Duriancik (Cl) 9:.31.67, 6. Stehle (Sh) 9:39.91

4 x 100 Relay - 1. Lock Haven (Webster, Matt Stinson, Keith Veldhuis, Mushonga) 41.85, 2. Kutztown 42.16, 3. Shippensburg 42.37, 4. East Stroudsburg 42.55, 5. Indiana 42.76, 6. Slippery Rock 43.03

4 x 400 Relay - 1. Kutztown (Bartolomucci, Dan Patton, Matt Carroll, Eisenhard) 3:12.15, 2. Lock Haven 3:12.35, 3. Shippensburg 3:14.87, 4. East Stroudsburg 3:19.60, 5. Slippery Rock 3:19.95, 6. West Chester 3:20.67

High Jump - 1. Shaun Landis (K) 6-8 ¾, 2. Brad Fees (ES) 6-8 ¾, 3. Ross Rogers (Sh) 6-6 ¾, 4. Ober (Mi) 6-4 ¾, 5. Jake D'Arcangelo (Sh) 6-4 ¾, 6. Newhard (ES) 6-4 ¾

Pole Vault - 1. Andy Pollison (LH) 15-8, 2. Nick Wilpula (SR) 15-2, 3. Dave Sargent (SR) 14-8, 4. Bradi Rhoades (SR) 14-8, 5. Kurt Thompson (SR) 14-8, 6. Chris Reynolds (SR) 14-2

Triple Jump - 1. Landis (K) 49-2 ½, 2. Brian Good (Mi) 45-7 ½, 3. Clayton (I) 45-5, 4. Cornel Crawford (K) 45-0, 5. Brian Lennex )LH) 44-3 ½, 6. Merrill (LH) 42-11 ¾

Shot Put - 1. Matthew Peters (Sh) 52-4 ½, 2. Adam Escamilla (Sh) 52-0 ½, 3. Nick Price (Ed) 50-7 ¾, 4. Eric Price (SR) 50-7 ½, 5. Fieldon Daubert (LH) 50-3, 6. Brian Haupt (Sh) 49-0

Javelin - 1. Nick Slotterback (LH) 220-5, 2. Daniel Maha (Sh) 212-4, 3. John Pacovsky (Sh) 210-0, 4. Barry Krammes (ES) 208-6, 5. Daubert (LH) 207-2, 6. Noah Christian (I) 205-0

Women's Team Scoring - 1. Slippery Rock (SR) 122.16, 2. Lock Haven (LH) 97, 3. Shippensburg (Sh) 95, 4. Kutztown (K) 71.33, 5. Indiana (I) 63.16, 6. Clarion (Cl) 43, 7. Millersville (Mi) 36.16, 8. East Stroudsburg (ES) 33.16, 9. Edinboro (Ed) 33, 10. West Chester (WC) 24, 11. Bloomsburg (B) 20, 12. Mansfield (Ma) 13. California (Ca), Cheyney (Ch)

100 - 1. Christina Carpenter (Mi) 12.29, 2. Funmiliola Yerokum (Sh) 12.31, 3. Sandy Ritz (LH) 12.50, 4. Tawny Youtz (ES) 12.56, 5. Kristen Jones (SR) 12.57, 6. Alison Gardner (SR) 12.97

200 - 1. Jennifer Farrow (LH) 25.09, 2. Carpenter (Mi) 25.41, 3. Youtz (ES) 25.75, 4. Jennifer Baney (K) 25.88, 5. Dana Glaviano (WC) 26.29, 6. Melissa Namey (LH) 26.34

400 - 1. Farrow (LH) 55.41, 2. Stefani Hauze (Sh) 57.94, 3. Namey (LH) 58.08, 4. Lisa Lushbaugh (Sh) 58.39, 5. Latisha Johnson (K) 58.59, 6. Faith Seymour (Mi) 59.04

800 - 1. Niya Adams (K) 2:11.13, 2. Lauren Maxwell (K) 2:16.53, 3. Lindsey Incorvati (Sh) 2:17.91, 4. Cherise Mercer (B) 2:18.70, 5. Stephanie Cadwell (Ma) 2:20.13, 6. Meredith Hubbard (SR) 2:21.26

1500 - 1. Rebecca Bullard (I) 4:44.38, 2. Hubbard (SR) 4:49.02, 3. Jeffiner Boerner (Cl) 4:50.25, 4. Theresa Mazurek (Mi) 4:50.41, 5. Julie Nemergut (Ed) 4:52.60, 6. Jessica Spence (Sh) 4:52.81

3000 - 1. Mindy Sawtelle (I) 10:16.77, 2. Kelly Stewart (Sh) 10:21.10, 3. Melissa Terwilliger (Cl) 10:24.15, 4. Brianne MacNamara (K) 10:50.85, 5. Erin Peiffer (K) 10:55.43, No Sixth

5000 - 1. Sawtelle (I) 17:27.47, 2. Danielle Kramer (B) 17:36.85, 3. Terwilliger (Cl) 17:46.42, 4. Valerie Westphal (WC) 18:25.89, 5. Amanda Pisano (B) 18:50.26, 6. Lindsay Roberts (Ed) 19:01.17

100 Hurdles - 1. Linsey Westerman (SR) 14.21, 2. Tunisia Lacy (Sh) 14.44, 3. Andrea Rose (SR) 14.64, 4. Brooke Rangi (LH) 14.79, 5. Jaclyn Pfeiffer (K) 15.23, 6. Jill Rekich (SR) 15.56

400 Hurdles - 1. Westerman (SR) 1:02.01, 2. Tara Witmer (Sh) 1:02.79, 3. Melissa Sopher (SR) 1:03.50, 4. Jill Rekich (SR) 1:03.66, 5. Jillian Koscielecki (ES) 1:03.66, 6. Jayme Ferraro (ES) 1:03.70

3000 Steeplechase - 1. Charity Learn (Ma) 11;09.26, 2. Kelly Richards (Ed) 11:14.79, 3. Jennifer Locke (I) 11:39.61, 4. Shannon Loewke (Ed) 11:45.83, 5. Mary Bacher (B) 11:53.05, 6. Bridget Sardo (Cl) 11:57.23

4 x 100 Relay - 1. Lock Haven (Melissa Namey, Justina Hollenbach, Ritz, Farrow) 47.81, 2. Slippery Rock 48.03, 3. Shippensburg 48.55, 4. Kutztown 48.79, 5. West Chester 49.86, 6. Indiana 51.04

4 x 400 Relay - 1. Kutztown (Lauren Maxwell, Sara Otis, Latisha Johnson, Adams) 3:52.25, 2. Slippery Rock 3:53.82, 3. Shippensburg 3:54.68, 4. East Stroudsburg 3:55.52, 5. Lock Haven 3:56.96, 6. Indiana 3:57.24

Triple Jump - 1. Lacy (Sh) 42-5, 2. Bri Palazzi (LH) 40-10 ½, 3. Amy Donovan (ES) 39-4 ½, 4. Ritz (LH) 39-3, 5. Diamond Jones (WC) 39-1, 6. Becky Fitz (ES) 37-2

Discus - 1. Elizabeth Lord (Mi) 142-1, 2. Mackenzie Guzcak (SR) 140-2, 3. Nicole James (WC) 132-11, 4. Colleen Wells (I) 124-10, 5. Alyssa Thompson (ES) 123-2, 6. Melissa Miller (LH) 121-7

Javelin - 1. Karyn McCready (SR) 151-10, 2. Julie Evenoski (Cl) 143-10, 3. Carrie Bullman (Cl) 143-2, 4. Cassandra Leopold (Ed) 140-6, 5. Calista Shoaff (SR) 137-5, 6. Christa Sandvig (ES) 134-4