Diplomats Take Sixth at Centennial Championships

May 6, 2007

Complete Results

HAVERFORD, Pa. - Franklin & Marshall's track teams each took sixth place at the Centennial Conference Championships. The women finished in sixth amongst nine competing teams, while the women competed in a ten-team field. Haverford won the Conference Championship on both the men's and women's sides.

Leading the charge for the women, Karen Ziga took gold in the 10,000-meter and silver in the 5,000-meter. She won the 10,000-meter run with NCAA provisional qualifying time of 37:34.52 giving her 12 seconds on the field. She finished 30 seconds off of the pace set by Dickinson's Caitlin Bradley in the 5,000.

Erin Gleason took the silver medal in the shot put wih a 38' 5" hurl. She came up 2.5 inches short of Muhlenberg's gold medalist, Debra Crockett. Gleason also finished fifth in the discus and sixth in the javelin.

Libby Haas took second place in the high jump, clearing the bar at 4' 11.75 inches. She came up two inches short of the championship height, cleared by Muhlenberg's Katie Hicks.

Vanessa Pabon earned the bronze medal in the triple jump, landing 34' 10.5 inches. Gettysburg jumpers took the top two places.

Jon Brallier won the men's outdoor pole vault for the third consecutive year clearing at 15' 6.25".

Kwaku Anno won the long jump by a 11.5 inches. He leapt 23'2", an NCAA provisional qualifying mark. Lucas Burbank also posted an NCAA provisional qualifier in winning the javelin competition. He threw 192' 3", besting the field by more than six feet.

Jake Gomolinski-Ekel and Steven Tracy took the gold and silver, respectively, in the 200-meter dash. Gomolinski-Ekel clocked a 21.94, followed by Tracy at 21.96. Gomolinski-Ekel grabbed silver in the 400 running a 49.50. Gettysburg's Ryan Keane won the race in 48.78. Tracy also picked up a silver medal in the 100. He logged a 10.89, finishing behind Ursinus' Brandon Evans, who won with a meet record time of 10.81.

Tracy, Anno, Brallier, and Gomolinski-Ekel combined for the gold medal in the 4x100 relay with a 42.41.

Meet Highlights

100
Steve Tracy 10.89 2nd
Kwaku Anno 11.31 6th

200
Jake Gomolinski 21.94 1st
Steve Tracy 21.96 2nd
Libby Haas 27.31 8th

400
Jake Gomolinski 49.50 2nd
Megan Hunter 60.14 4th

800
Megan Hunter 2:35.69 8th

Steeple
Pavel Marssine 10:00.93 8th

5K
Karen Ziga 18:10.07 2nd

10K
Karen Ziga 37:34.52 (NCAA Provisional Mark) 1st

4X100
Steve Tracy 42.41 1st
Kwaku Anno
Jon Brallier
Jake Gomolinski

4X400
Shannon Weir 4:17.76 7th
Vanessa Pabon
Megan Hunter
Libby Haas

PV
Jon Brallier 15',6 1/4" (NCAA Provisional Mark) 1st - Third year in a row, Meet record.
Laura Lautenbacher 8',6 ¼" 6th

LJ
Kwaku Anno 23'2" NCAA Provisional Mark 1st
Steve Tracy 20'7" 8th
Vanessa Pabon 15'11 ¾" 5th

TJ
Vanessa Pabon 34'10 ½" 3rd
Freddy Martino 41'6" 6th
Adrian Wilson 40'10 ¼" 8th

HJ
Libby Haas 4'11 ¾" 2nd

Jav
Lucas Burbank 192'3" NCAA Provisional Mark 1st
Erin Gleason 103'2" 6th

Shot
Erin Gleason 38'5" 2nd

Discus
Erin Gleason 111' 5th

Heptathalon
Vanessa Pabon pts. 3005 8th First time ever in the multies, Freshman

Decathalon
Zach Barninger pts. 4885 6th On 9 events, DQ from hurdles (Protested)