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Ram Invitational
Spiders Win Eight Events At Ram Invitational
04/17/2010 | Women's Track & Field
April 17, 2010
RICHMOND - The Richmond track & field team capped a busy weekend battling VCU in what amounted to a dual meet between the city rivals at Sports Backers Stadium downtown. The Spiders walked away with eight wins Saturday afternoon.
The Penn Relays next weekend will serve as Richmond's final tune-up before the Atlantic 10 Championship May 1 in Amherst, Mass.
Meaghan McGovern won the hammer throw, Heather Roush and Chris Eccleston each took the javelin events, Monica Howard won the discus, Chris York was victorious in the 5,000m, Beth Kelly won the 1,500m, Alyssa Mankin won the 800m and the women took the 4x800m relay.
McGovern posted a mark of 52.43m in winning the hammer, followed by Howard in second (44.67m). Howard later won the discus (43.37m) and was second in the javelin (33.76). Roush was the victor in the javelin (43.49m) and was second in the discus (42.04m).
Richmond continued strong showings in the field events as Eccleston took the men's javelin with his toss of 58.66m. In the pole vault, Devin Cassels was second with his mark of 4.15m.
In the women's long jump, X'auntasia Johnson was second (5.56m) and Amanda Caporelli was third (5.33m). Johnson followed that with a third-place finish in the triple jump (11.76m) and Megan Ney was second in the same event (11.86m).
Molly McGrath was second in the high jump with her leap of 1.50m.
Moving to the track, Chris York trailed the leaders for much of the race, but closed hard to win the 5,000m in a time of 15:40.67. Also for the men, Mike Petrakis was third in the 1,500m (4:09.76), Adam Spatacco was fourth in the 1,500m (4:10.64) and Matt Mello took fifth in the 400m (51.69).
A pair of football players ran sprit events as Tremayne Graham was third in the 100m (10.93), followed by Jon Thompson in fourth (11.20). The men's 4x100m relay finished second in 43.12.
For the women, Kelly led the way as the Spiders swept the top eight spots in the 1,500m with her winning time of 4:45.16. Rachel Sykes was second (4:48.39) and Stephanie Paradis was third (4:45.47).
Mankin took the 800m in 2:26.00, followed by Chelsea Babcock in third (2:37.09). Andi Defonce was second in the 400m hurdles (1:08.88), McGrath was third in the 200m (27.19) and JoAnna Ubiwa was fourth (27.48).
The women's 4x100m relay placed second (48.65) and the 4x800m relay finished first (9:42.91).
