Swarthmore Opens Season at Jack Pyrah Invitational
HAVERFORD, Pa. - Garnet freshman Nyika Corbett barely missed breaking a school record and sophomore Caitlin Mullarkey won the 800 meters as the Swarthmore indoor track & field teams opened the 2006-07 season at the Jack Pyrah Invitational hosted by Villanova University at Haverford College Field House on Friday night.
Corbett bested two other competitors in the mile run, posting a time of 5:17.16 - just a half second shy of the school record (5:16.67) set by Sarah Hobbs '05. In the next event, Mullarkey (2:23.88) and Swarthmore frosh Erin Ronhovde (2:24.19) ran 1-2 in the next 800 meter run with first-year Lauren Deluca running fourth with a time of 2:28.28. Emma Stanley '09 posted a time of 11:00.46 in the 3,000 meters, beaten only by three runners from Villanova.
On the men's side, senior Vernon Chaplin was fifth in the 800 meters with a time of 2:03.69. Erik Saka '09, an All-Region performer in cross country, was second in the 5000 meters with a time of 16:01.28. Senior Nat Erb-Satullo also competed in the 5000, finishing third with a time of 16:42.58.
The Garnet resume competition on January 12, 2007 in New York City, taking part in the annual NYU Invite at 2:00 p.m.