Track starts outdoor season impressively

Women’s Track Senior co-captain Lee-Jay Henry logged the performance of the week, capturing first in the long jump and second in both the triple jump and the 100-meter hurdles. “Henry had a great day in the jumps and hurdles and seems to be over her knee problems of the past two years,” said Head Coach Erick Nedeau. “She should be able to qualify for Nationals in either the jumps or the hurdles later on this season.” The other co-captain, senior Carter Hamill, earned the opportunity to defend

Hamill seizes her third indoor National crown

Women’s Track Senior co-captain Carter Hamill was again victorious in the 5,000-meter run. She posted a time of 17:20.40, a blistering 12 seconds ahead of second-place Caroline Cretti of Williams College. Amazingly, this was the third time Hamill was crowned National Champion in the event, as she defended her 2002 and 2004 titles. “I was very nervous going into it because my main competition, Cretti of Williams, has had a very good season,” said Hamill. “The strategy of sitting [back] and kick

Track teams run well in familiar surroundings

Women’s Track Sophomore Shauneen Garrahan and senior co-captain Carter Hamill dominated Saturday’s competition at Smith. Garrahan broke the finish line first in both the 1000- and 1500-meter runs, setting a new College record in the 1500. Hamill took home another pair of first-place finishes, narrowly beating Caroline Creti from archrival Williams College in the 3000-meter run before speeding to another victorious ending in the 5000-meter run, which she finished in 17:28.02. In the latter race,

Indoor track and field runs wild in weekend performances

Women’s Track At the St. Valentine Invitational on Friday and Saturday, senior co-captain Carter Hamill, juniors Ginger Polich and Lyndsey Scott and sophomore Shauneen Garrahan set the Div. III leading time in the distance medley relay with a time of 11:53.03. The time qualified the relay team provisionally for the NCAA Championships, where the Jeffs finished second in the same event last year. Garrahan and Hamill also performed outstandingly in the one-mile run, recording times of 4:57.41 and

Men's, women's indoor track score fourth-place showing at Tufts Invite

Women’s Track The women’s team had a dominant showing, taking home several first-place individual awards and a victory in a pair of relays. “Everything really has started to come together for us and it was apparent at Tufts,” said senior co-captain Carter Hamill. Shauneen Garrahan ’07 set a school record and earned a provisional qualification for the NCAA Championships for her winning time of 2:16:25 in the 800-meter run. Ginger Polich ’06 also had a school record-setting run, winning the 600-