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May 26, 2005
Gillespie, Schnitkey, Anderson, Relay Team Head to
Regionals
Youngstown --
Three individuals and a relay team
will represent the Youngstown State
women's track and field team at the
2005 NCAA Mideast Outdoor Track and
Field Regional, which is being held
on Friday and Saturday at the Robert
C. Haugh Track and Field Complex in
Bloomington, Ind.
Freshman Bethany Anderson and juniors Aaliyah Gillespie and
Emily Schnitkey will compete in
individual events for the Penguins
while YSU will also be represented
in the 4x400-meter relay.
Anderson (Jamestown, N.Y.) will compete in the shot put on
Saturday night at 7. She earned the
right to become one of the 31
competitors to advance to the
Regional by winning the shot at the
Horizon League Championships. At the
league meet, Anderson set a school
record to win the event with a mark
of 46 feet, 3 1/2 inches.
Schnitkey (Napoleon, Ohio) actually qualified in both the
5,000-meter run and the 3,000-meter
steeplechase after winning both
events at the league meet. However,
she will only participate in the
steeplechase on Saturday at 8 p.m.
She is one of 33 competitors who are
involved in the race, which is
broken down to two heats. Schnitkey
will run in the first heat where she
had the third-fastest qualifying
time of that group. He career-best
time of 10:44.75 was at the Peen
Relays and also broke the YSU record
which she previously held.
Gillespie (Cleveland, Ohio) takes part in the 100-meter
hurdles on Friday at 6 p.m. She is
the only Penguin who will see action
the first day of the two-day event.
She is one of 31 competitors that
are broken down into four heats.
Gillespie will run in the third
heat. She is coming off an
impressive performance at the
conference championships where she
won the 100 in a school and
meet-record time of 13.88 seconds.
The 4x400 relay is set to start at 9 p.m. on Saturday
featuring a total 18 teams. Three
heats will be run, with YSU running
in the first heat.
The format is set up so the top five individuals and top
three relay teams in regional
competition will automatically
qualify for the 2005 NCAA Outdoor
Championships in Sacramento, Calif. |
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