Dec. 8, 2007

Two Sprinters Claim Individual Victories in Season Opener

    Kent, Ohio -- Youngstown State sprinters Scott Streiner and Breanne Romeo both captured victories as the Penguins opened the 2007-08 indoor track and field season at the Golden Flash Gala on Friday and Saturday.
    Streiner, a senior from Poland, Ohio, won the 200m dash with a time of 22.21 to edge an unattached runner by .01 seconds. Romeo, a freshman from Boardman, Ohio, took the top spot in the 400m with a time of 56.06 in her first collegiate race.
    Romeo's 400m time ranks her second in school history while her fifth-place time of 25.54 in the 200m ranks her fifth on YSU's charts. Streiner's time was a personal-best and ranks him seventh in school history. The senior also placed eighth in the 60m with a time of 7.10, and his 7.09 in the preliminary heat ties him for seventh on the record chart.
    Kari Kreutzfeld was fifth in the 400m and 10th in the 200m, and Jennifer Roman was eighth in the 800m.  Yandeh Joh added a 10th-place finish in the 60m hurdles.
    In the field, freshman Danielle Curry placed fifth in the shot put and Stephanie Jarvis was seventh in the pole vault.
    On the men's side, J.D. Sheppard was eighth in the 800m, and freshman Nick Clowes placed 10th in the 60m hurdles. Freshman Jerrill Hall was fifth in the long jump, and fellow newcomer Bryin Ehrhardt finished sixth in the high jump.
    In addition to the top-10 finishes, a total of 12 new entries were made to the women's top-10 all-time best performers list and six were added to the men's list:

Women's Top-10 Additions

• Amanda Carpin - third in the pole vault

• Danielle Curry - eighth in shot put, ninth in weight throw

• Darcelle Formby - sixth in the 60m

• Kristen Hill - second in the pole vault

• Kari Kreutzfeld - seventh in the 400m

• Breanne Romeo - second in the 400m, fifth in the 200m

• Tyshaune Toney - 10th in the shot put

• Katy Wells - sixth in the 60m hurdles

• Darla Wilson - third in the pole vault

Men's Additions

• Nick Clowes - fifth in the 60m hurdles

• Johny Copley - sixth in the pole vault

• Bryin Ehrhardt - third in the high jump

• Jerrill Hall - 10th in the long jump

• Scott Streiner - seventh in the 60m, seventh in the 200m