Mullarkey, Ronhovde 1-2 at Osprey Open
POMONA, N.J. -- Swarthmore women Cait Mullarkey '09 and Erin Ronhovde '10 took the top two spots in the 800 meters as the Garnet track and field team competed at the Osprey Open hosted by Richard Stockton College on a chilly Saturday morning at the Jersey Shore.
Mullarkey, the gold medal winner in the indoor 800 at the Centennial Indoor Championships in February, took top honors over 22 runners with a time of 2:21.55. Ronhovde posted the next-fastest time (2:27.68) to capture second place. Sophomores Kathy Feeney (seventh, 2:33.36) and Bess Ritter (11th, 2:41.14) also ran in the 800 event.
Swarthmore freshman Matt Turner completed his first collegiate triple jump, soaring 41' 7 ΒΌ" to finish eighth (second in his flight) out of 19 entrants. Sophomore Rory Stackpole also competed in the field events, tossing the javlin 132' 1" to place 15th in some very windy conditions.
Dan Hodson was the lone Garnet entrant in the 5,000 - the sophomore did well, running third with a time of 15:54.92. Faith Pampel '09 circled the course for the Garnet women, also running third with a time of 19:46.85 while teammate Chloe Noonan finished ninth in 21:52.91.
Bess Ritter '08 was the top Garnet finisher in the women's 1,500, running second with a time of 5:13.25. Freshman Lauren DeLuca (5:32.71) and Liz Lopez (6:18.14) also ran in the event for Swathmore. Three Garnet men ran at 1,500 meters: sophomore Connor Darby was seventh with a time of 4:16.88, freshman Andrew Van Buren ran 11th in 4:29.63, while senior Nat Erb-Satullo took second in the #2 heat with a time of 4:31.10.
Swarthmore senior Matt Schiller ran in the men's 800, finishing sixth with a time of 2:03.45
The Garnet will run at the TCNJ Invite hosted by the College of New Jersey on Saturday, April 14 at 10:00 a.m.