Ross Is Boss at Danny Curran Invitational
CHESTER, Pa. -- Garnet junior Ross Weller ran a Swarthmore top-ten time while winning the men's 5,000 meter race at the annual Danny Curran Invitational Saturday afternoon at Widener University.
Three Swarthmore men found themselves in the top-five. Weller beat out 27 other runners from Division I, II and III, clocking in with a time of 15:16.61. Teammate Vernon Chaplin '07 was fourth in 15:31.57 and Jon Shoop '08 followed in fifth at 15:32. 51. Two other Garnet runners, Andrew Van Buren '10 (10th, 15:42.18) and Nat Erb-Satullo '07 (14th, 16:07.45) climbed into the top-15 of the same event.
Swarthmore freshman Matt Turner made an impressive collegiate debut in the long jump, posting a distance of 20'9" to finish sixth out of 35 leapers.
Seniors Dillon McGrew and Matt Schiller hit the top-20 in the 800 meter run, with McGrew running ninth in a time of 2:00.15 and Schiller finishing 17th in 2:02.99. Junior Michael Bonesteel ran strong in the 400, taking 22nd out of 39 runners with a time of 53.95.
In women's action, senior Sam Graffeo made the finals in shot put, posting a distance of 10.5 meters to finish eighth out of 43 competitiors.
Mullarkey ran 13th in the 1,500 (5:09.07), picked up fifth place in the 400 intermediate hurdles (1:08.44), and helped the Garnet women take eighth in the 4x400 relay (4:32.22). Two other Garnet women ran strong in the 1,500—sophomore Kathy Feeney was 16th (5:11.40) followed closely by classmate Faith Pampel in 17th (5:11.53). Freshmen Nyika Corbett and Erin Ronhovde made the top-15 at 800 meters—Corbett was fifth (2:23.63) while Ronhovde was 15th (2:29.50).
The Garnet look to continue competition on Saturday, April 7 at Richard Stockton.