Navy Field Events Perform Well at Greyhound Invite

April 19, 2008

BETHLEHEM, Pa. -- The Navy women's track and field team had strong performances in the field events to lift the Mids to a strong showing at the Greyhound Invitational on Saturday afternoon. The meet featured 16 teams and there was no team scoring.

"We had a pretty good day, especially in our field events," said Navy head coach Carla Criste. "I was happy with the way our underclassmen stepped up today and competed. Janet Voneiff had a strong performance in the shot up and we had four of the top five in the discus. It was a strong showing."

Voneiff was Navy's lone event winner, coming in the shot put. Voneiff led a 1-2-6-7 Navy finish with a heave of 40-6.25. Joy Nameth was second at 39-7.25, and Cassie Considine and LeShay Bernstein were sixth and seventh at 37-5.75 and 36-3.5.

The Mids then went 2-3-4-5 in the discus, led by Carolynn Hine's toss of 128-8. Sienna Brown was third at 127-3, Voneiff was fourth with a throw of 122-1 and Nameth was fifth with a heave of 119-8.

Navy also posted strong performances in the hammer throw as Mia Blundetto was second with a throw of 151-2 and Meaghan Joyce was third at 151-0.

Navy's last runner-up finish in the field events came from Jackie Charnigo in the pole vault at 11-11.75. Jessica Shlaegel was also sixth at 10-11.75.

The Mids also pieced together a 3-4 finish in the triple jump, led by Gloria Hill's leap of 36-8.25. Katie Berkey was fourth with a jump of 36-5.75. Berkey also finished sixth in the high jump at 5-1.75.

Navy had five top-six performances on the track led by the 4x400-meter relay team of Joanna Clark, Chelsea Chlebo, Abigail Gesecki and Jessica Orr. The quartet finished second with a time of 4:01.60. Navy's "B" team of Angelique Martin of Ashley Waddle, Gloria Hill and Lauren Burmeister was fifth in 4:07.60.

Navy's distance runners also had moderate success, as Nicole Kauzlarich was second in the 3000-meter steeplechase in 11:59.59 and Betheny Rahall was third in the 5000-meter run in 19:19.27.

Jessica Orr was also fourth in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:05.04.

The Mids will compete in the prestigious Penn Relays next weekend in Philadelphia, beginning on Thursday.

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