Boston College
New England Championships
Women Runners Take New Englands By Storm
May 16, 2007 | Women's Track & Field
May 16, 2007
Manchester, NH. - The Boston College women's outdoor track team had a successful showing over the weekend competing in the New England Championships at the University of New Hampshire. The Eagles rode five individual first-place finishes to a second-place team score.
The Eagles sent three runners into the finals for the 100 meter dash: freshman Meaghan Callahan, freshman Miriam Kahn, and freshman Teyahnie Boone. Callahan had the fastest qualifying time of the three, but Kahn took first place in the final heat with a time of 12.37 seconds. Callahan finished fourth (12.44s) and Boone came in eighth (12.83s).
Callahan also punched through qualifying in the 200 meter dash, ultimately finishing fifth in the finals (25.49s).
Freshman Caitlin Bailey had the fastest qualifying time in the 400 meter race (56.93s) and was joined in the finals by junior teammate Alison Fogarty (57.42s). In the finals, Bailey came in first, more than a half-second ahead of the crowd (56.68s). Fogarty finished in fifth (57.85).
Bailey was also victorious in her best event, the 800 meter run, pacing the field with a time of 2:08.99.
Junior Nikki Tufts took first place in the 5000 meter run. Tufts came home with a winning time of 17:11.82. Her teammate, sophomore Nichole Lister finished sixth with a time of 17:26.72.
Junior Tiana Riel was also a winner for the Eagles, blowing away the competition in the heptathlon. Riel amassed a total score of 5027 points competing in the heptathlon's seven events (100m hurdles, high jump, shot put, 200m, long jump, javelin, 800m). For comparison every other competitor scored with a total between 3400 and 4560 points, meaning no one finished within 450 points of the dominant Riel.
Freshman Jessica Driscoll finished fourth in the 1500 meter run (4:32.96). Freshman Kelly Gross took fifth in the 10000 meter run (38:28.41). Senior Kristen Coon came in third in the 3000 meter steeplechase (10:40.06) one place ahead of junior teammate Jennifer Heyde (11:05.90). Junior Carolyn Rayburn placed sixth in the pole vault with a height of 3.50 meters. Freshman Melissa Hadfield also earned team points with her seventh-place finish in the long jump, reaching 5.30 meters.
In the end, the Eagles' 103 total score was just behind the meet winners from Williams College who totaled 108. The Eagles finished second out of 34 teams.
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