Sunday, February 19
Akron, Ohio
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Syracuse University
Women - 5th
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Men - 10th
BIG EAST Championships
Johvonne Hernandez won her fourth Most Outstanding Field Performer award at the indoor championships.
Women's Fifth Place Finish At BIG EAST Championships Best In Over A Decade
2/19/2006 5:19:14 PM | Track and Field
AKRON, Ohio – Senior Johvonne Hernandez (Port Isabel, Texas) was named the BIG EAST Most Outstanding Field Performer at the conference’s indoor championship, completed on Feb. 19. Hernandez won the shot put with a toss of 15.00m and the weight throw with a mark of 19.52m. The women finished fifth with 53 points and the men placed 10th with 30 points. SU won five individual events over the course of the weekend.
This is Hernandez’s third Most Outstanding Field Performer honor of her indoor career. She also won the award in 2003 and 2004. She was also named the Most Outstanding Performer at the outdoor championship in 2004.
The fifth place finish for the women is the best showing for the Orange since 1993. SU finished in third that year.
Junior Sheron Mark (Port of Spain, Trinidad) set a new Athletics Field House record as she won the triple jump with a mark of 12.62m. Sophomore Jillian Drouin (Corunna, Ontario) won the high jump with a leap of 1.75m. She also placed sixth in the pentathlon with a new school record 3,627 points. She topped Mark's old record of 3,377 points that she set last year. of Junior Aulton Kohn (Beaufort, S.C.) won his second-consecutive BIG EAST 60m dash title with a time of 6.76 seconds.
Notre Dame won the women’s championship with 109.50 points. Georgetown edged Pittsburgh by one point to take second place, and Villanova finished fourth with 67 points to place ahead of the Orange.
In the men’s field, Connecticut totaled 135 points to take the title. Rutgers scored 124 points and Notre Dame rounded out the top three with 94.50 points.
The 4x800m relay team of junior Amana Hicks (Uxbridge, Mass.), junior Kelly Pimm (North Tonawanda, N.Y.), sophomore Kathleen Sanborn (Rutland, Vt.), and freshman Nana Sang-Bender (Syracuse, N.Y.) finished seventh with a time of 9:16.46.
Sanborn, who finished ninth in the 1000m, broke a 22-year old SU record in the event. In the prelims, she clocked in at 2:52.55, which broke Dee-Dee Gallimore's previous mark of 2:54 that she set in 1984.
Along with his win in the 60m dash, Kohn took fifth in the 200m dash, clocking in at 21.67. In the 3000m, sophomore Kyle Heath (Farmington, N.Y.) placed sixth at 8:19.44. Sophomore Marcus Vaughn (North Attleboro, Mass.) finished seventh in the 60m hurdles with a time of 8.25 seconds.
In the first day of action on Saturday, Mark took fifth in the long jump with a leap of 5.60m. The women’s distance medley relay team placed fifth with a time of 12:02.11. Freshman Bernard Bush (Tacoma, Wash.) finished fifth in the long jump with a mark of 6.97m.
Syracuse will continue its indoor season when it heads to Boston on March 4 and 5 to compete in the ECAC/IC4A Championships.
Final Team Standings - Men
Team (Points)
1. Connecticut (135), 2. Rutgers (124), 3. Notre Dame (94.5), 4. Louisville (77.5), 5. Villanova (74), 6. Pittsburgh (69), 7. Georgetown (61), 8. Seton Hall (48), 9. Providence (36), 10. Syracuse (30), 11. Marquette (28), 12. DePaul (3).
Coaching Staff of the Year
Connecticut, Rutgers
Most Outstanding Track Performer
Martin Fagan, Providence
Most Outstanding Field Performer
Justin Clickett, Pittsburgh
Final Team Standings - Women
Team (Points)
1. Notre Dame (109.50), 2. Georgetown (86), 3. Pittsburgh (85), 4. Villanova (67), 5. Syracuse (53), 6. St. John's (52), 7. Rutgers (51), 8. Connecticut (50), 9. West Virginia (45.75), 10. Louisville (39), 11. Providence (35), 12. Marquette (34), 13. Seton Hall (31), 14. Cincinnati (25) 15. USF (15.75), 16. DePaul (1).
Coaching Staff of the Year
Notre Dame
Most Outstanding Track Performer
Mary Cullen, Providence
Most Outstanding Field Performer
Johvonne Hernandez, Syracuse
Women's
| Event | Champion(Mark) |
| 60m | JessicaForeman, Connecticut (7.43) |
| 60m hurdles | Shameka Marshall, Rutgers (8.25) |
| 200m | Maryann Erigha, Notre Dame (23.96) |
| 400m | Heather Trimview, Louisville(55.29) |
| 500m | Kaydain Reid, St. John's (1:11.04) |
| 800m | Nana Hanson-Hall, Georgetown (2:08.89) |
| 1,000m | Marina Muncan, Villanova (2:46.79) |
| Mile run | Marina Muncan, Villanova (4:45.59) |
| 3,000m | Mary Cullen, Providence (9:06.26) |
| 5,000m | Mary Cullen, Providence (15:58.78) |
| DMR | Georgetown(11:31.22) |
| 4x400m Relay | St. John's(3:41.42) |
| 4x800m Relay | Georgetown(8:57.58) |
| 20 lb. Weight throw | Johvonne Hernandez, Syracuse(19.52m) |
| Pole Vault | Marissa Dudek, Pittsburgh(4.10m) |
| Long Jump | Shameka Marshall, Rutgers(6.33m) |
| Triple Jump | Sheron Mark, Syracuse(12.62m) |
| Shot Put | Johvonne Hernandez, Syracuse(15.00m) |
| High Jump | Jillian Drouin, Syracuse(1.75m) |
| Pentathalon | Abbie Stechschulte, West Virginia(3,972 points) |
Men's
| Event | Champion(Mark) | |
| 60m | Aulton Kohn, Syracuse(6.76) | |
| 60m hurdles | Mike Wray, Pittsburgh(7.96) | |
| 200m | Joe Porter, Rutgers(21.35) | |
| 400m | Chris Bonner, Georgetown(47.56) | |
| 500m | Bryan Burney, Seton Hall(1:02.47) | |
| 800m | Thomas Chamney, Notre Dame(1:49.88) | |
| 1,000m | Joel Legare, Connecticut(2:25.74) | |
| Mile run | Max Smith, Providence(4:03.47) | |
| 3,000m | Martin Fagan, Providence(8:14.16) | |
| 5,000m | Martin Fagan, Providence(14:09.44) | |
| DMR | Notre Dame(9:51.47) | |
| 4x400m Relay | Villanova(3:11.58) | |
| 4x800m Relay | Notre Dame(7:28.84) | |
| 35 lb. Weight throw | Arthur Turland, Louisville(20.23m) | |
| Pole Vault | Keith Higham, Pittsburgh(5.25m) | |
| Long Jump | Tone Belt, Louisville(7.37m) | |
| Triple Jump | Andre Black, Louisville(15.02m) | |
| Shot Put | Justin Clickett, Pittsburgh(18.33m) | |
| Hig Jump | Ellis Gaulden, Connecticut(2.12m) | |
| Heptathalon | Trevor O'Grady, Rutgers(5,417 | points) |
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