Swarthmore Fills It Up at Last Chance
MEET RESULTS
SWARTHMORE, Pa. -- Garnet junior Ross Weller continued to lower his 3,000-meter steeplechase time while sophomore Cait Mullarkey just missed a NCAA provisional mark in the 800-meter race at the 2007 Last Chance Meet hosted by Swarthmore College at Clothier Stadium Monday evening.
Weller cruised around his home track, taking second place with a personal-best time of 9:32.60 (fifth-fastest time in school history).
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| Caitlin Mullarkey '09 just missed the NCAA provisional time in the 800 meters. |
Mullarkey found herself in fast heat of the 800 and kept up with the blistering pace, running her fastest 400 split of the season. The sophomore posted the seventh-fastest time out of 16 entrants (the field included three Division-I runners and 2007 Centennial champ Annick Lamar, who posted a new Conference record at 2:10.05), rolling home in 2:15.16. That time is fourth-fastest in school history, a personal-best for Mullarkey and just shy of the NCAA provisional qualifier (2:14.70).
Senior Vernon Chaplin made his final race at Clothier Stadium a memorable one, clocking in with the fastest 1,500-meter time (4:00.39) in six years. His time is a personal-best, ranks seventh-best all-time at Swarthmore and was good for 22nd place out of 50 competitors.
The women's 1,500-meter race also produced two personal-best times; sophomores Kathy Feeney (5:03.62) and Faith Pampel (5:05.14) both ran strong to cap the 2007 season. Freshman Lauren DeLuca also clocked in with her fastest time ever in the 800, finishing 14th with a time of 2:26.34.
The Last Chance Meet concludes the 2007 season for many of the Garnet runners--a couple of harriers may travel to Edison, N.J. to the TCNJ Invitational for a final chance at qualifying for the National Championships.