YSUsports.com - Schnitkey Wins Steeplechase; Women in Third After Day One

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May 12, 2005
Schnitkey Wins Steeplechase; Women in Third After Day One
    Indianapolis -- Youngstown State junior Emily Schnitkey won the 3,000-meter steeplechase with at time of 11:01.20 to highlight YSU's performances in the first day of competition at the Horizon League Championship.
    Schnitkey added a fourth-place finish in the 10,000 with a time of 38:01.57 while Aaliyah Gillespie broke her own league record in the 100 hurdles with a time of 14.32 second in the prelims.
    The women's team is currently in third place with 36 points behind Detroit (59) and UW-Milwaukee (50). The men's team is in fourth place with 16 points.
    The women's squad is well within striking distance as many sprinters qualified for finals after high preliminary marks. Danielle Bolt, Gillespie, Jeanna Cunningham and Ashley Oliver all qualified for tomorrow's finals in the 100 while Cunningham, Bolt and Emily Wollet qualified in the 200. Leslie Johnson and Wollet qualified in the 400, and Marielle Glanz qualified in the 800. Satara Freeman and Cassandra Smith will join Gillespie to compete in tomorrow's final heat in the 100 hurdles.
    Also scoring for the Penguins in day one, Carly Youlton placed third in the long jump with a mark of 5.65m and Yandeh Joh finished fourth in the event with a mark of 5.59m. Bethany Anderson placed third in the hammer with a mark of 52.39m while Amy Hill and Katy Williams placed fifth and sixth in the event. Laura Schatz finished fifth in the javelin with a mark of 34.36m while Hill added a sixth-place distance of 34.31m.
    On the men's side, Joe Lahmon turned in a third-place showing in the javelin with a mark of 49.38m and added a fourth-place finish in the hammer with a mark of 44.81m. Dave Mealy finished fifth in the 10,000 with a mark of 31:34.92 while Nick Smith placed fifth in the steeplechase in 9:36.80. Jason Greenamyer added a fifth-place finish in the long jump with a mark of 6.49m and currently sits in first place in the decathlon. Scott Streiner qualified for the finals in the 100 and 200 while R.D. Goodright qualified in the 800.
    Day two of the championship will get underway Friday at 10 a.m. EST with the running of the decathlon's 110 hurdles and will conclude at approximately 6:10 p.m. EST with the running of the women's 4x400-meter relay.