Mullarkey Runs Off To NCAA Championships
SWARTHMORE, Pa. -- Swarthmore senior Cait Mullarkey earned a spot in the 2009 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships. The meet will take place on May 21-23 at Don Drumm Stadium on the campus of Marietta College in Ohio.
Mullarkey (Wilmington, Del. / Ursuline Academy) qualified for the women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase event lowering her school-record time to 10:47.00 at the Bison Outdoor Classic at Bucknell University on May 14. Mullarkey’s time is the 11th fastest in Division III this season and she will be one of 18 participants to get to the starting line on Friday, May 22 for a 5:35 p.m. start time.
Mullarkey is making her second appearance at an NCAA Championship Track Meet, having earned All-America honors in the indoor mile this past March with a fifth-place finish. The senior holds four program records at Swarthmore (outdoor 5,000, outdoor 1,500, indoor mile, 3,000 steeplechase) and recently collected a gold medal at the Centennial Conference Championships by running the anchor leg of the 4x800 relay.
Her final race at Clothier Stadium on May 11 saw Mullarkey set a program record at 1,500 meters at the Swat Last Chance Meet, posting her second NCAA provisional time of the season in the process.
OFFICIAL 2009 DIVISION III OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIP SITE