University of Richmond Athletics
Spiders Frolic at Christopher Newport University
Feb. 11, 2001
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Different venue, same result. The University of Richmond men's and women's track and field teams continued their record-setting ways at the Christopher Newport University Winter Frolic Feb. 9 and 10. Senior Tamika Williams (Southampton, Bermuda) lowered her school standard in the 400 meters by winning the event by more than a second in 57.78 seconds. Ryan Tolhurst, a junior from Pittsburgh, trimmed the school 200 record for the third time this season by placing second in 22.70. Sherry Sikora ran with the leaders through much of the 5,000 and took 11 seconds off a five-year-old Richmond best. Sikora, a sophomore from Succasunna, N.J., placed third in 17:55.65, displacing the record of 18:06.83 set by Anderson Screws in 1996. Freshman Diane Schreiber (Johnsonburg, Pa.) added another foot to her school 20-pound weight throw record to place sixth in 42-10. Junior Jeff Wilburn (Hingham, Mass.) and freshman Cortney Henschke (Rye, N.H.) tied their own school records to lead the Spiders in the field events. Wilburn cleared 6 feet, 6 inches in the high jump to place third and Henschke cleared 8-6 in the pole vault to tie for eighth place. Sophomore Cathleen Campbell, junior Justin McElfish and three Richmond relay teams scored runner-up finishes. Campbell (Bala Cynwyd, Pa.) took second in the high jump with a leap of 5-4 and McElfish (Woodbridge, Va.) threw 48-6 to place second in the shot put. The men's 3,200-meter relay took second in 8:07.21. Junior David Blanchard (Richmond, Va.) and freshmen Zach Davis (Midlothian, Va.), Paul Miguel (Hopewell, N.J.) and Tim Caramore (East Greenbush, N.Y.) made up the team. The women's 1,600 and 3,200 relay teams also placed second. Andrea Tomforde (East Northport, N.Y.), Maria Jusseaume (Canton, Ohio), Williams and Bridget Keenan (Newport News, Va.) made up the shorter relay that ran 4:06.33. Erin Brandt (Fanwood, N.J.), Amy Hahn (Pittsburgh, Pa.), Lauren Manero (Wilton, Conn.) and Lyndsey Webber (Sayville, N.Y.) ran the 3,200 relay in 10:08.73. A slew of Richmond athletes took home third-place awards from Newport News. Williams split 2:12 unofficially on the 800 leg of the distance medley relay team to ensure the top-three finish in 12:17.10. Senior Andrea Tomforde and sophomores Keenan and Sarah Taylor (Orono, Maine) joined Williams on the relay. Freshman Julee Wilson (Chester Springs, Pa.) took third in the long jump with a leap of 18-3. Freshman Webber and sophomore Sarah Dill (Ashland, Ky.) lowered their indoor collegiate-best times by more than 10 seconds to place third and fourth in the 3,000. Webber ran 10:34.26 and Dill followed close behind in 10:35.30. Both squads head north to Fairfax, Va. Feb. 17 to compete in the George Mason Collegiate Invitational.
Other Richmond performances at Christopher Newport: Men's 60 - 2nd in heat: Tyronne Turner (Clinton, Md.) 7.15 Men's 200 - 3rd in heat: Mike Finn (Corona del Mar, Calif.) 24.10 Men's 400 - 6th: Matt Beck (Duluth, Ga.) 52.76, 4th in heat: Chris Albanese (Centereach, N.Y.) 55.76 Men's 800 - 7th in heat: Matt Hannay (Princeton, N.J.) 2:04.66 Men's 1,500 - 9th: Peter Jennings (Fort Washington, Pa.) 4:14.70 Men's 3,000 - 10th in heat: Seann Mulcahy (Wyantskill, N.Y.) 9:35.14 Men's 5,000 - 12th: Jeff Watson (Darien, Conn.) 16:50.62 Men's shot put - 2nd in flight: Chris Martin (Austin, Texas) 40-9 Women's 800 - 5th: Maria Jusseaume 2:24.58, 8th in heat: Amy Hahn 2:33.52 Women's 1,500 - 6th: Lauren Manero 5:05.84, 7th in heat: Katie Sloan (Severna Park, Md.) 5:08.03 Women's 3000 - 13th: Emily Walton (Chicago, Ill.) 11:14.08 Women's 5,000 - 8th: Emily Ward (Woodbury, N.J.) 19:01.63 Women's high jump - 9th: Cortney Henschke 5-0 Women's long jump - 4th in flight: Amber Evans (Coopersburg, Pa.) 13-11 Women's triple jump - 5th in flight: Julee Wilson 33-10.5, 4th in flight: Amber Evans 31-6 Women's 20-pound weight throw - 8th: Rachel Shrewsbury (Dearborn, Mi.) 40-1.5, 2nd in flight: Lauren Trout (Goose Creek, S.C.) 38-3.5 Women's shot put - 5th: Diane Schreiber 39-9.25, 3rd in flight: Lauren Trout 37-6.25