Track and Field Orange Spotlight
December 8, 2008
The Syracuse women collected four first-place finishes in the 2008-09 indoor track & field season opener at the Cornell Relays on Saturday afternoon. Freshman Natalie Busby posted the best time in the 5K run by navigating the track in 17:53.67. Juniors Uhunoma Osazuwa and Annabelle Pellerin were each awarded top-billing in the 60m hurdles and high jump competitions, respectively. Osazuwa dusted the competition in 9.00 seconds flat while Pellerin, also a member of the Orange volleyball team, cleared 5'6 (1.68m) in the high jump. Sophomore Kelsey Rubeor represented SU in the field, picking up first place in the shot put with a heave of 38'10.5 (11.85 m).
On the men's side, five members of the Syracuse track & field team generated top 10 finishes in the 5K event. Junior Erin Schirm emerged first for SU in 15:08.33 for second place. Senior Robert Cary turned out a time of 15:33.57 for third place while second-year member Mike Brocks finished directly behind Cary in 15:41.92. Sophomore Brady Becker and freshman Roman Agosta rounded out the top positions with times of 15:43.69 and 15:44.79, in that order, for sixth and seventh place.
Senior Mike Chitro leaped 6'6.25 (1.99m) for second place in the high jump cleared the 60m hurdles race in 8.62 for eighth. Also in the field, sophomore Victor Nwosu placed third in the long jump with a mark of 22'1.5 (6.74m) while sophomore Kwaku Boah, also a member of the Syracuse football team, turned out a seventh place finish with a launch of 53'2.75 (16.22m) in the weight throw event.
Sophomore Lareea Chisolm sprinted well for the Orange and Chisolm tallied a fourth place mark of 7.81 in the 60 meter dash while sophomore Samantha Haughton posted a 10th place finish in the 300 meter run with a clip of 43.41.
Sophomore Liz McCarter registered a third-place finish with a time of 18:05.40 while juniors Lynne Mundy and Lisa Giacometti closed out their day in fifth and sixth, respectively with marks of 18:33.45 and 18:44.90 in the 5K. Sophomore Tricia Wardwell and senior Emily Goncalves supplemented the Orange with runs of 19:25.03 and 19:47.08 for eighth and 11th place finishes.
In the field, junior Melissa Romero claimed second in the high jump with a spring of 5'5 (1.65m) whereas sophomore Priscilla Ilarrasa completed the event two spots behind Romero in fourth with a 5'1 (1.55m) jump.
Osazuwa also obtained second place in the long jump with a vault of 18'.0.25 (5.49m). Senior Kayla Carter finished in fifth in the same event with a leap of 17'6 (5.33m) and concluded the triple jump in fourth place with a measure of 36'10.5 (11.24m).
The Orange track & field team will return to competition in 2009 at the Southern Tier Collegiate Invitational in the same location of Ithaca, N.Y. The event is scheduled for Saturday, January 10.
