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Jan. 17, 2009
Seven Penguins
Have Record-Setting Days at Doug
Raymond Invitational
Kent, Ohio -- Seniors R.D. Goodright, Micahel Perri,
and Shayne York, junior Lauren Blase, sophomores Jerrill Hall and Kayla Witmer,
and freshman Kiplingat Tisia all had personal-best days, setting new school
records in the indoor circuit on Saturday at the Doug Raymond Invitational.
Blase, who
competed in the 3,000-meter run, ran
a time of 10:24.41, improving her
personal-best time by 11 seconds. Blase finished first in the event
and now is ranked seventh all-time
in school history.
Witmer
finished in second place in the
5,000-meter run with a time of
18:15.45. Witmer improved her
previous best time by six seconds
and is now ranked sixth in school
history in the event.
Perri took
second place in the 400 meter dash
with a time of 48.69, which tied the
school record with teammate Adam
Kagarise for second place.
York finished
second in the long jump with a
distance of 6.87m and third in the
triple-jump with a distance of
13.95m. With the jumps York improves
his previous bests and now holds the
second longest distances in school
history for both jumps.
Both Tisia and
Goodright set record marks in the
mile. Tisia finished second in the
event with a time of 4:14.46, while
Goodright took fifth with his time
of 4:15.99. With the times, Tisia is
now ranked third all-time and
Goodright is sixth improving his
previous best by a second.
Tisia also
finished in second place in the
3,000-meter run with a time of
8:32.8, good for fourth on the
school's all-time list.
Hall broke his
own school record in the 60-meter
hurdles with a time 8.29, good for
fifth place at the event.
In addition
the Guins also finished in the top
10 in 20 other events, including
five top 5 finishers.
On the men's
side, junior Adam Kagarise took
third place in the 400-meter dash
with a time of 49:02. Junior Justin
Dickman finished in third place in
the 5,000-meter run after a time of
15:28.75.
The 4x400m
team of Kagarise, Perri, Goodright,
and sophomore Rick Lape took third
place with a time of 3:20.67.
For the women
senior Jen Grayson cleared 1.60m in
the high jump and finished in fifth.
Junior Alisha Anthony took third in
the long jump with a distance of
5.45m.
The Guins
return to action on Friday when they
take head to Moon Township, Pa. to
take part in the Robert Morris Six
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