Feb. 7, 2009

Penguins Have Dominant Showing as Women Win Baldwin-Wallace Meet

    Berea, Ohio. -- The Youngstown State track team had an all-around solid performance as the women took first place out of 12 teams with a score of 144, while the men finished in fifth with 94 points. 
    On the women's side, the Penguins claimed the top spot in six events. 

    Junior Lisa Lee finished in first in the 1,000m with a personal-best time of 3:07.61.  Lee was also part of the winning 4x400m team along with senior Darcelle Formby, Katie Betts, and Kari Kreutzfeld, who finished with a time of 4:12.64.

    Junior Stephanie Jarvis tied for first in the pole vault, clearing a distance of 3.20m. Freshman Laura Kosiorek had a personal- best distance 11.29m in the triple jump to take the top spot.

    Freshman Kaitlyn Grifith took first in the shot put with a throw of 12.64m. One spot behind her in second was teammate and fellow freshman Leah Love with a distance of 12.13m.

    The Penguins took the top-four spots in the weight throw, highlighted by junior Alexis Hall's first place throw of 16.66m.  Behind Hall was sophomore Danielle Curry (15.55m), sophomore Marissa Opper (14.94m), and Griffith (14.38m).

     For the men, the Penguins won four events and had eight top-5 finishes.

    Sophomore Scott Denham claimed first in the 1,000m with a time of 2:39.32. Fellow sophomore Jake Dialesandro ran a first-place and personal-best time of 15:40.75 in the 5,000m.

    Johnny Copley was another sophomore who had a first-place finish. Copley took first in the pole vault, clearing a distance of 4.40m. Senior Joe Lahmon took first in the weight throw with a distance of 17.19m.

    The squad will return to action Friday when they take part in the two-day Akron Invitational.