Syracuse University
Valentine's Invitational
Krifchin Captures 1,000-Meter Crown
2/13/2009 11:33:19 PM | Track and Field
Day One of the BU Valentine's Invitational
BOSTON, Mass. – Five Orange women of the Syracuse indoor track & field distance team competed at day one of the Boston University Valentine's Invitational on Friday as junior harrier Maegan Krifchin ran away from the 41-man pack for first place in the 1,000-meter race. Four members of the squad chalked up ECAC-qualifying times at BU's Track and Tennis Center.
Krifchin, the current 1,000-meter record holder, bolted away from 40 other runners for a first-place, ECAC-qualifying run of 2:55.00. Krifchin edged out Providence's Katie Elliott by eight-tenths of a second.
Sophomore Katie Hursey finished ahead of 119 other competitors in the mile run for a bronze-showing with an ECAC-qualifying tie of 4:51.08. Hursey was just four and a half seconds away from capturing another Syracuse first-place finish.
The remaining three runners took part in the 3,000-meter run as sophomore Rebekah Mackay turned in the best SU mark with a 15th-place, ECAC-qualifying clip of 9:50.52. First-year harrier Heather Stephens qualified for the ECAC Championship with 33-hundreths of a second to spare in 19th place with a time of 9:58.61. Freshman Natalie Busby claimed 22nd out of 120 to the tune of 10:01.13.
The men will take their turn at BU's Track and Tennis Center tomorrow, Friday, Feb. 14 before turning their focus to the BIG EAST Indoor Championship starting next Saturday, Feb. 21 in at the Armory in Manhattan.
