Sophomore Jon Buice's back-to-back school-record performances in the heptathlon were just two of many highlights during the Syracuse indoor season.
Change of Season: Indoor in the Books, Outdoor on the Horizon for the Orange
3/20/2008 10:47:32 AM | Track and Field
Men's Indoor Results
Women's Indoor Results
Meet-By-Meet Results
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – The 2007-08 indoor track & field season concluded Saturday, March 15 at the Division I Indoor NCAA Championship at the University of Arkansas’ Randal Tyson Track Center. Graduate Sheron Mark, senior Jillian Drouin and senior Ramon Sosa donned the Orange in the national finale.
Women's Indoor Results
Meet-By-Meet Results
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – The 2007-08 indoor track & field season concluded Saturday, March 15 at the Division I Indoor NCAA Championship at the University of Arkansas’ Randal Tyson Track Center. Graduate Sheron Mark, senior Jillian Drouin and senior Ramon Sosa donned the Orange in the national finale.
The Syracuse indoor campaign was highlighted by seven school-record performances, including Drouin’s top mark in the pentathlon at the BIG EAST Championship, and 51 first-place performances.
“We had some great performances during the indoor season with Jillian Drouin, Ramon Sosa and Kyle Heath,” said third-year Syracuse head coach Chris Fox. “Maegan Krifchin’s performance at the ECAC Championship was spectacular and Jeff Scull ended his season on a high note at Washington. We look forward to using the indoor season as a stepping-stone towards a successful outdoor campaign.”
School-Record Performances
Drouin’s first-place finish in the pentathlon at the BIG EAST Championship eclipsed the Orange school record in the event and set a new Armory Track (New York, N.Y.) Open standard. She tallied a program-best and an NCAA-qualifying total of 4,099 points, surpassing her previous mark of 3,627 points.
Sosa earned all-conference honors after a school-record and second-place performance of 7.78 seconds in the 60m dash at the BIG EAST Championship. He eclipsed Adrian Woodley’s time of 7.81 seconds, established in 1999.
“Ramon came to Syracuse as a walk-on his freshman season,” said assistant coach Dave Hegland. “Adrian Woodley was a phenomenal athlete as a multi-year All-American and an Olympian for Canada. To be a mentioned in the same breath with him, it’s an outstanding accomplishment for Ramon.”
Mark qualified for the NCAA Championship with an all-conference and third-place tally of 13.04m in the triple jump at the BIG EAST Championship. She surpassed her previous mark of 12.94m, collected in 2005.
Sophomore Maegan Krifchin totaled a school-record time of 2:50.54 and finished fourth in the 1,000m run at the ECAC Championship. In addition to bettering her qualifying time by more than three seconds in the finals, Krifchin toppled Kathleen Sanborn’s 2006 performance of 2:52.55.
Senior Kyle Heath matched Bruce Fisher’s school record in the one-mile run, established in 1972, with a time of 4:04.30 at the Giegengack Invitational. However, in the same meet, teammate Jordan Davis finished second with a school-record time of 4:02.79. Heath did Davis one better at the University of Washington Last Chance Meet, finishing with a program-best time of 4:01.68.
Sophomore Jon Buice bettered Craig Stivala’s school-record mark, set in 2004, with a total of 4,971 points and a seventh-place finish at the BIG EAST Championship. Two weeks following, Buice improved his mark with a total of 5,068 points and seventh-place finish at the IC4A Championship.
"Jon really just started competing in all heptathlon events," said assistant coach Enoch Borozinski. "He's already broke the school-record total twice and had a solid performance at the IC4A Championship. The experience he's gained in the last year bodes well for the next few years."
Freshman Flings Owusu-Agyapong tallied a school-record performance of 7.52 seconds in the 60m dash semifinal heat at the ECAC Championship. Owusu-Agyapong surpassed Alison Culley’s time of 7.53 seconds, established in 2003.
The distance medley relay team of Heath, sophomore Curtis Bixler, sophomore Jay Koloseus and freshman Da’Mon Merkerson posted a school-record time of 9:54.90 at the BIG EAST Championship.
| Record | Athlete | Time/Mark |
| Pentathlon | Jillian Drouin | 4,099 points |
| 60m Hurdles | Ramon Sosa | 7.78 |
| Triple Jump | Sheron Mark | 13.04m |
| 1,000m Run | Maegan Krifchin | 2:50.54 |
| One-Mile Run | Kyle Heath | 4:01.68 |
| Heptathlon | Jon Buice | 5,068 points |
| 60m Dash | Flings Owusu-Agyapong | 7.52 |
| DMR | Heath/Bixler/Koloseus/Merkerson | 9:54.90 |
First-Place Finishes
In addition to Drouin’s first-place performance in the pentathlon at the BIG EAST Championship, Drouin posted the top mark in the same event at the Syracuse Invitational on February 1 at Manley Field House. She led the field with an NCAA-qualifying total of 3,862 points.
Sosa earned three first-place titles this season, including one at the nationally acclaimed Millrose Games on February 1. Sosa tallied a time of 7.84 seconds on the grandest of stages at Madison Square Garden. He finished first in the 60m hurdles at the Penn State National Open (7.82) and first in the 55m hurdles at the SU Welcome Back (7.43).
Mark totaled eight overall first-place finishes in the long jump and triple jump combined. She swept both events at the SU Welcome Back, Syracuse Invitational, Cornell Upstate Challenge and the Binghamton Triangular.
In his last indoor appearance, junior Jeff Scull posted the top time in the 3,000m run at the University of Washington Last Chance Meet. Scull tallied a time of 8:04.95.
Junior Skyy Simmons posted a first-place performance at the elite Penn State National Open on January 25 and 26. Simmons finished first in the 500m dash with a time of 1:03.71.
Freshman Lareea Chisholm introduced herself to the Orange indoor track & field scene with a first-place performance in the 55m dash at the SU Welcome Back meet on January 12. Chisholm tallied a top time of 7.19 seconds, an ECAC Championship qualifying mark in her first collegiate meet. Classmate Samantha Haughton also tallied a top-time finish, totaling a mark of 1:00.01 in the 400m dash in her SU debut.
Rookie Da’Mon Merkerson, also a member of the Orange football team, collected two 400m dash crowns at the SU Welcome Back and the Syracuse Invitational. Merkerson posted a career-best 48.99 at the invitational before a 51.44 at the Welcome Back.
For a complete list of all first-place finishes from the 2007-08 indoor season, please see the results’ links above.
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