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May 13, 2005
Women's Track Wins Fourth Consecutive Horizon League Title
Indianapolis -- Emily Schnitkey won two
events and Bethany Anderson was
named
outstanding field newcomer of the meet to lead the
Youngstown State women's track and
field team to its fourth straight
Horizon League Championship.
Schnitkey won the 3,000-meter steeplechase with at time of 11
minutes, 1.20 seconds and the 5,000
in 17:13.50 while Anderson set two
school records and won the shot put
with a mark of 46 feet, 3 1/2
inches.
Head Coach Brian Gorby accepted the Women's Coach of the Year
Award on behalf of the entire staff,
earning his 13th coaching award in
his 12 years at YSU.
But this championship took something extra from the team.
After winning the indoor title by 62
points, the team began the campaign
expecting to win. It didn't expect
plaguing injuries to its top
sprinters and bad weather all season
long that even forced a three-hour
rain delay Friday.
"We had to overcome tons of adversity all year - probably the
most we've ever had to overcome as a
team," Gorby said. "With meets being
rained out and injuries, every girl
had to step up and they did that."
"You can't say enough about these girls. They just know how
to win."
The Penguins entered the final day in third place 23 points
behind Detroit, but they felt they
were well within striking distance
because of fast preliminary times in
the sprints. But after the Titans
and UW-Milwauee came out strong in
the second day, Gorby said it looked
like the Penguins were going to fall
short before Marielle Glanz and
Schnitkey got the momentum going.
Glanz, who came into the meet ranked 10th in the 800, came up
with a clutch fourth-place time of
2:16.60 that started to turn the
meet in YSU's favor. Schnitkey then
stepped up with her win in the 5,000
and it was YSU's meet.
YSU finished with 180 points while Detroit finished in second
with 151. UW-Milwaukee finished in
third with 150.
Aaliyah Gillespie qualified for the NCAA Mideast Regional and
broke the YSU and Horizon League
records in the 100-meter hurdles
with a time of 13.88 while Satara
Freeman finished second in the
hurdles in 14.54. Gillespie added a
second-place finish in the 100 dash
with a time of 12.15 while Jeanna
Cunningham and Danielle Bolt
finished third and fourth in the
event. Cunningham added a
second-place finish in the 200 with
a time of 24.81 while Bolt placed
third and Emily Wollet was fifth.
Wollet, a freshman, also finished
second in the 400 in 57.33 and
Leslie Johnson placed third.
Carly Youlton broke two school records in the jumps, placing
second in the triple jump with a
mark of 38-6 and third in the long
jump with a mark of 18-6. Yandeh Joh
added a fourth-place finish in the
long jump with a mark of 18-4 while
Laura Schatz ended her career with a
second-place mark of 5-3 1/4.
In the throws, Anderson placed third in the hammer with a
school-record mark of 171-10 1/2
while Katy Williams finished second
in the discus with a mark of 142-2.
Amy Hill and Lindsay Cobey finished
third and fourth in the discus while
Hill added a fifth-place finish in
the hammer. Schatz finished fifth in
the javelin with a mark of 112-6.
On the men's side, Joe Lahmon, Kyle Dalton and Jason
Greenamyer all earned second-team
honors. Lahmon finished second in
the discus with a mark of 136-8,
third in the discus (162-0) and
fourth in the hammer (147-0) while
Dalton finished second in the high
jump with a mark of 6-2 3/4.
Greenamyer added a second-place
score of 5,722 points in the
decathlon.
Also for the men, Scott Streiner placed fourth in the 200 in
22.08 and sixth in the 100 while
R.D. Goodright placed sixth in the
1,500 (3:57.05) and seventh in the
800. Nick Smith placed fifth in the
steeplechase (9:36.80) and seventh
in the 5,000 while Dave Mealy was
fifth in the 10,000 (31:34.92).
Greenamyer finished fifth in the
high jump (5-7) and the long jump.
Nick Rodland added a fourth-place
mark of 45-8 3/4 and Donny Hull was
sixth (44-10 1/4).
Dating back to the 2002-03 season, Youngstown State has
claimed five Horizon League Track
and Field Championships. The men's
team claimed the indoor title in
2003, and the women began their
streak of four-straight
championships during the 2004 indoor
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