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Saturday, March 11, 2006
Bellemore Earns All-American Honors
GORHAM, Maine -- Junior Melissa Bellemore (Manchester, N.H./West) of the
University of Southern Maine Huskies women's indoor track and field team earned
Division III All-American honors in the pole vault Saturday at the 2006 NCAA
Division III Men's and Women's Indoor Track and Field National Championships
being held at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn.
Bellemore cleared 3.55 meters (11-7 3/4) on her second attempt to finish
seventh among the 15 competitors that made the championship field. Bellemore is
the first USM women's indoor track and field athlete to earn All-American
honors.
Senior Stephanie Barnes of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire won the
event by clearing 3.85 meters (12-7 1/2).
In competition Friday night, USM senior Sara Marzouk (Wilder, Vt./Hartford)
finished eighth in her trials heat of the mile run. Marzouk finished with a
time of 5:14.05. She did not advance to Saturday's finals.
The Huskies will open their 2006 outdoor track and field season March 29
when they compete at the USAT Invitational in Clermont, Fla.
For complete results, go to:
http://www.usm.maine.edu/athl/Women's_Indoor_Track/witresults.html
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Friday, March 10, 2006
Marzouk Eighth in Prelim Race, Does Not Advance to Final
For complete results, go to:
http://www.usm.maine.edu/athl/Women's_Indoor_Track/witresults.html
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Monday, March 6, 2006
USM Sends Three to NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships
GORHAM, Maine -- Three student-athletes from the University of Southern
Maine men's and women's indoor track and field teams have made the field for
this weekend's 22nd Annual NCAA Division III Men's and Women's Indoor Track and
Field Championships being hosted at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn.
According to the list of qualifiers released Monday morning, making the
field from the women's team are junior Melissa Bellemore (Manchester, N.H./West)
in the pole vault and senior Sara Marzouk (Wilder, Vt./Hartford) in the mile
run. Getting into the field on the men's side is senior Mike Bunker (Bucksport,
Maine) in the 5,000 meters.
Bellemore, who is ranked sixth among the 15 entrants in the pole vault,
qualified for the championships on the strength of her performance February 24
at the NEIcAAA New England Indoor Track Championships where she cleared 3.60
meters (11-9 3/4).
Marzouk, who is the final entrant to make the field of 16 in the mile,
qualified based upon her converted time of 5:04.22 at the NEIcAAA New England
Championships.
Bunker, an All-American last spring outdoors in the 3,000-meter
steeplechase, is ranked 11th among the 13 entrants in the 5K based upon his
converted time of 14:42.88 run January 27 at the Terrier Classic meet held at
Boston University.
Bellemore and Marzouk are the first USM women's track athletes to go to the
NCAA Indoor championships since Amy Swanberg participated in the pole vault in
2000. Marzouk will run in a preliminary race Friday evening. The championship
race for the mile is Saturday afternoon. Bellemore competes in the pole vault
Saturday morning.
Bunker is the first athlete from the men's team to go to the championships
since Wil Snyder in 2004. The men's 5,000-meter race is scheduled for Saturday
evening.
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Saturday, March 4, 2006
Southern Maine Finishes Sixth at ECAC Championships
Bellemore Wins Pole Vault; DMR Provisionally Qualifies for NCAA's
GORHAM, Maine -- Junior Melissa Bellemore (Manchester, N.H./Manchester
West) won the pole vault and placed fifth in the 55-meter hurdles to lead the
University of Southern Maine Huskies women's indoor track and field team to a
sixth place finish at the 2006 Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Indoor
Track and Field Championships held this weekend at Ursinus College in
Collegeville, Penn.
The Huskies accumulated 51 points to finish sixth among the 38 teams that
scored points in the meet. College at Oneonta won the team title with 101.50
points, followed by SUNY Brockport with 77 points. Rounding out the top five
teams were Lincoln University with 76 points, The College of New Jersey with
73.50 points and Dickinson College with 62 points.
Bellemore won the pole vault by clearing 3.52 meters (11-6 1/2) and took
fifth place in the 55-meter hurdles with a personal best time of 8.81 seconds in
the finals. For finishing among the top eight in each event, Bellemore earns
All-ECAC honors.
Two school records were set during the meet. Freshman Stephanie Jette
(Lovell, Maine/Fryeburg Academy) lowered her mark in the 1,000 meters by three
tenths of a second with a time of 3:03.25 to finish third. The distance medley
relay team of Jette, sophomores Pam Yomoah (Auburn, Maine/Edward Little) and
Sara Cannon (Sanford, Maine), and senior Sara Marzouk (Wilder, Vt./Hartford) set
a school record in Friday night's competition with its third place time of
12:18.44. That time also provisionally qualified the relay for the NCAA
Division III championships.
Others earning All-ECAC honors included Marzouk who placed second in the
mile with a time of 5:10.66 and seventh in the 800 meters with a time of
2:25.35. Sophomore Christa Hutchinson (Gorham, Maine/Falmouth) earned a fourth
place finish in the 500 meters with a time of 1:20.75. Cannon took seventh place
in the 1,000 meters with a time of 3:06.50.
The 4 x 800-meter relay team of Marzouk, Cannon, Hutchinson and Jette
finished second with its time of 9:44.24.
The field for next weekend's NCAA championships will be announced Monday.
USM has three provisional qualifiers (Bellemore - pole vault; Marzouk - mile;
distance medley relay).
For complete results, go to:
http://www.usm.maine.edu/athl/Women's_Indoor_Track/witresults.html
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Friday, March 3, 2006
DMR Sets School Record, Provisionally Qualifies for NCAA Championships
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Saturday, February 25, 2006
Huskies Set Three School Records at NEIcAAA Championships
GORHAM, Maine -- Three school records fell Friday evening as the
University of Southern Maine women's indoor track and field team competed at the
NEIcAAA (New England Intercollegiate Amateur Athletic Association) Men's and
Women's Indoor Track and Field Championships being held at the Track and Tennis
Center on the campus of Boston University.
Junior standout Melissa Bellemore (Manchester, N.H./West) raised her record
in the pole vault to 3.60 meters (11-9 3/4) to finish fifth in the event. The
height bettered her old standard by two centimeters (three-quarters of an inch)
and improved her NCAA Division III provisional qualifying status. By finishing
in the top eight, Bellemore earned All-New England honors.
Senior Sara Marzouk (Wilder, Vt./Hartford) lowered her school record in the
mile with her NCAA provisional qualifying time of 5:03.72. Marzouk carved 5.12
seconds off her old record set on the same track two weeks earlier at the
Valentine's Invitational meet.
The distance medley relay quartet of freshman Stephanie Jette (Lovell,
Maine/Fryeburg Academy), sophomores Pam Yomoah (Auburn, Maine/Edward Little) and
Sara Cannon (Sanford, Maine), and Marzouk shattered their seven-week old record
by more than 13 seconds with their time of 12:24.09. That time is less than two
seconds off the NCAA provisional qualifying standard.
Others competing at the meet included sophomore Christa Hutchinson (Gorham,
Maine/Falmouth) who turned in a time of 1:20.89 in her trials heat of the 500
meters, and sophomore Hattie Landry (Acton, Maine/Wells) who competed in the 55-
meter hurdles. Landry came in with a time of 9.23 seconds in her trial heat.
Neither advanced to Saturday's finals.
The Huskies hit the road next weekend (March 3-4) traveling to Ursinus
College (Collegeville, Pa.) for the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC)
Division III Championships.
For complete results, go to:
http://www.usm.maine.edu/athl/Women's_Indoor_Track/witresults.html
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Monday, February 20, 2006
Bellemore and Haggerty Earn Little East Conference Weekly Honors
GORHAM, Maine -- Junior Melissa Bellemore (Manchester, N.H./West) and
sophomore Adam Haggerty (Hermon, Maine/Hermon) of the University of Southern
Maine Huskies women's and men's indoor track and field teams have each been
named the Little East Conference Field Athlete of the Week for their respective
sports for the week of February 13-19.
It is the first such honor for Haggerty this season, while Bellemore is
earning LEC weekly accolades for the fourth time. Bellemore was named the LEC
Field Athlete of the Week previously on December 12, January 17 and January 30.
Competing at the New England Alliance/Little East Conference and New
England Division III Championships, Bellemore continued to perform well in her
trio of events. At the Alliance/LEC meet, Bellemore swept the pole vault and
long jump events as she has marks of 11-7 (3.53 meters) and 17-4 (5.28 meters)
respectively. She also competed in the 55-meter hurdles, placing second in a
time of 8.93 seconds. Her efforts helped lead the Huskies to their sixth
consecutive sweep of the Alliance and LEC titles.
At the New England Division III Championships, Bellemore earned Division
III All-New England honors by placing in the same three events. She finished
third in the pole vault and sixth in the long jump and 55-meter hurdles. In the
pole vault, Bellemore earned her third place finish with a mark of 3.37 meters
(11-0 3/4). In the long jump, Bellemore landed a leap of 5.05 meters (16-7)
while running the 55-meter hurdles in a time of 8.95 meters.
Haggerty competed in the pole vault at the New England Alliance/Little East
Conference and the New England Division III Championships last week. At the
Alliance/LEC meet, Haggerty captured his second consecutive title with a height
of 14-0 (4.26 meters) to help the Huskies to a third place finish. Later in the
week, Haggerty won the pole vault at the New England Division III Championships
with a mark of 13-6 (4.11 meters).
Both the USM men's and women's indoor track and field teams return to
action Friday and Saturday (February 24-25) at the NEIcAAA Indoor Championships
hosted by Boston University. Events are scheduled begin at 5:00 p.m. on Friday
and 10:00 a.m. on Saturday.
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Saturday, February 18, 2006
Bellemore Leads USM to 11th Place Finish at N.E. Division III Championships
Jette, 4 x 800-Meter Relay Set School Records
MEDFORD, Mass. -- Junior multi-event standout Melissa Bellemore
(Manchester, N.H./West) placed in three events to lead the University of
Southern Maine Huskies to an 11th place finish at the 2006 New England Division
III Women's Indoor Track and Field Championships at Tufts University on
Saturday.
The Huskies scored 33 points to place 11th among the 22 teams that scored
in the event. Williams College placed first with 154 points, while Tufts placed
second with 122.33 points and Amherst College grabbed the third spot with 66
points.
Bellemore placed third in the pole vault and placed sixth in both the long
jump and 55-meter hurdles to account for 12 of the Huskies' 33 points.
Bellemore cleared 11-0 3/4 (3.37 meters) in the pole vault to earn the third
spot. She claimed sixth place in the long jump with a leap of 16-7 (5.05
meters). Earlier in the meet, Bellemore finished sixth in the 55-meter hurdles
with a time of 8.95 seconds.
Freshman Kasey Connor (Kittery, Maine/Traip Academy) scored 3026 points in
the five-event pentathlon to take third place. Connor is the fourth competitor
in the history of the USM women's indoor program to break the 3,000-point
barrier in the pentathlon.
Classmate Steph Jette (Lovell, Maine/Fryeburg Academy) placed fifth in the
1,000-meter run with a school record time of 3:03.55. Jette broke the mark of
3:03.63 set by senior Sara Marzouk (Wilder, Vt./Hartford) at the Alliance
Championships this past Monday.
Also scoring for the Huskies were sophomore Pam Yomoah (Auburn,
Maine/Edward Little) and freshman Caitlin Handcock (Cumberland, Maine/Greely).
Yomoah placed eighth in the 400 meters with a time of 1:01.11. Handcock earned
a seventh place finish in the high jump by clearing 5-1 3/4 (1.57 meters).
Southern Maine's 4 x 200-meter relay and 4 x 800-meter relay teams each
placed for the Huskies. The 4 x 200 team comprised of freshman Lora Bonsaint
(Kittery, Maine/Traip Academy) and sophomores Mindy Mondoux (Berwick,
Maine/Noble), Hattie Landry (Acton, Maine/Wells) and Yomoah placed fourth with a
time of 1:49.82.
The 4 x 800 team of Jette, sophomores Sara Cannon (Sanford, Maine) and
Christa Hutchinson (Gorham, Maine/Falmouth), and Marzouk placed sixth with a
school record time of 9:42.78, breaking the old mark set two years ago by more
than 12 seconds.
USM returns to action Friday and Saturday (February 24-25) at the NEIcAAA
Indoor Track and Field Championships hosted by Boston University. Events on
Friday begin at 5:00 p.m. while events for Saturday will begin at 10:00 a.m.
For complete results, go to:
http://www.usm.maine.edu/athl/Women's_Indoor_Track/witresults.html
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Monday, February 13, 2006
Huskies Sweep Alliance and LEC Titles for the Sixth Consecutive Year
GORHAM, Maine -- The University of Southern Maine Huskies women's indoor
track and field team used its superior depth and three school records to sweep
the New England Alliance and Little East Conference Indoor Track and Field
Championships for the sixth straight year Monday evening at the USM Field House.
The Huskies ran away in the eight-team Alliance field, amassing 258 points
to outdistance second place Keene State College which earned 154 points.
Westfield State College finished third with 102 points.
In the five-team Little East Conference scoring, the Huskies earned 262.50
points. Keene State took second with 156 points, and Eastern Connecticut State
University was third with 42 points.
Junior Melissa Bellemore (Manchester, N.H./West) won two individual titles
in the Alliance meet, earning the top spot in the pole vault and the long jump.
She also took second place in the 55-meter hurdles. Bellemore won the pole
vault by clearing 11-7 and the long jump with a personal best leap of 17-4. She
had a time of 8.93 seconds in the finals of the 55-meter hurdles.
Other Alliance meet winners included sophomore Christa Hutchinson (Gorham,
Maine/Falmouth) in the triple jump with an effort of 35-3 and senior Abbey
Ahearn (Paxton, Mass./St. Peter Marian) in the 20-lb. weight throw with a throw
of 43-7 1/2. The Huskies also took the top spot in the 4 x 200-meter relay.
Setting school records during the meet were sophomore Josie Marshall [South
Portland, Maine/Washington Irving (WV)] in the 55-meter dash with her time of
7.55 seconds, good for second place, senior Sara Marzouk (Wilder, Vt./Hartford)
in the 1,000 meters with her second place time of 3:03.63, and freshman Caitlin
Handcock (Cumberland, Maine/Greely) who cleared 5-4 in the high jump to place
third.
Southern Maine gets back into action this Saturday at the New England
Division III Championships.
For complete results, go to:
http://www.usm.maine.edu/athl/Women's_Indoor_Track/witresults.html
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Saturday, February 11, 2006
Men's and Women's College Indoor Track and Field
Little East Conference/Alliance Championships Rescheduled
GORHAM, Maine -- The Little East Conference and New England Alliance Men's
and Women's Indoor Track and Field Championships, originally scheduled for
Sunday (February 12) at 12:00 p.m. at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston, have
been postponed due to the impending inclement weather.
The championship meet has been rescheduled for Monday (February 13) at 4:00
p.m. The meet venue has also changed and will now be hosted by the University
of Southern Maine at the Costello Sports Complex on Gorham campus.
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Monday, February 6, 2006
Landry Named Little East Conference Track Athlete of the Week
GORHAM, Maine -- Sophomore Hattie Landry (Acton, Maine/Wells) of the
University of Southern Maine Huskies women's indoor track and field team has
been named the Little East Conference Track Athlete of the week for the week of
January 30 through February 5.
It is the first time this season, and the first time in her career, that
Landry, a 2005 All-Little East and All-New England Alliance selection, has
earned the honor.
Landry competed in three events Friday night (February 3) at the State of
Maine Championships hosted by Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. She helped the
Huskies to a first place finish in the four-team meet with a total of 178
points. Bowdoin College was second with 147 points, third place went to Bates
with 130 points, and Colby College placed fourth with 121 points.
Landry won the 55-meter dash with a time of 7.58 and placed second in both
the 55-meter hurdles with a time of 9.02 and the 200-meters with a time of
27.45. Landry's efforts yielded 26 points for Southern Maine. Her time in the
55-meter dash was just 0.01 second shy of the school record.
Southern Maine returns to action Sunday, February 12, when it travels to
the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston for the annual New England Alliance and Little
East Conference Championships. USM has won the Alliance and LEC titles for the
past five years.
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Friday, February 3, 2006
Southern Maine Win State Title For Second Straight Year
LEWISTON, Maine -- Junior Melissa Bellemore (Manchester, N.H./West) and
sophomore Pam Yomoah (Auburn, Maine/Edward Little) each won a pair of events to
help the University of Southern Maine Huskies women's indoor track and field
team successfully defend its title at the 2006 State of Maine Championships held
Friday night at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine.
The Huskies took the team title earning 178 points to edge out Bowdoin
College which finished with 147 points. Bates took third with 130 points and
Colby College was fourth with 121 points.
Bellemore won the pole vault for the second straight year by clearing 11-9
(3.58 meters) to break her old school record (11-1 3/4) set six days ago by more
than seven inches, and significantly improved upon her NCAA provisional
qualifying mark. She also won the 55-meter hurdles with a personal best time of
8.88 seconds in the finals. Bellemore took second place finishes in the long
jump with a leap of 16-8 1/2 (5.09 meters) and the triple jump with a personal
best effort of 35-1 (10.69 meters). In the four events, Bellemore earned 36
points for the Huskies.
Yomoah took first place finishes in the 200 meters with a time of 27.11
seconds and the 400 meters with a time of 1:02.25. She also ran a leg on the
Huskies’ 4 x 400-meter relay unit that finished third.
Other individual winners for the Huskies included freshman Caitlin Handcock
(Cumberland, Maine/Greely) who set a school record with a jump of 5-2 1/4 (1.58
meters) to win the high jump, sophomore Christa Hutchinson (Gorham,
Maine/Falmouth) in the triple jump with a leap of 35-5 1/4 (10.80 meters),
sophomore Hattie Landry (Acton, Maine/Wells) in the 55-meter dash with a time of
7.58 seconds, and freshman Stephanie Jette (Lovell, Maine/Fryeburg Academy) in
the 1,000 meters with a time of 3:08.87. The Huskies’ 4 x 200-meter quartet
also won its event with a time of 1:53.03.
Landry earned a pair of second place finishes, taking second behind
Bellemore in the 55-meter hurdles with a time of 9.02 seconds, and second behind
Yomoah in the 200 meters with a time of 27.45 seconds.
Sophomore Josie Marshall [South Portland, Maine/Washington Irving (WV)]
gave the Huskies a one-two finish in the 55-meter dash taking second place
behind Landry with her time of 7.66 seconds.
Southern Maine returns to action on Sunday, February 12, when it travels to
the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston for the annual New England Alliance and Little
East Conference Championships. USM has won the Alliance and LEC titles the past
five years.
For complete results, go to:
http://www.usm.maine.edu/athl/Women's_Indoor_Track/witresults.html
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Monday, January 30, 2006
Bellemore Tabbed Little East Conference Field Athlete of the Week
GORHAM, Maine -- Junior Melissa Bellemore (Manchester, N.H./West) of the
University of Southern Maine Huskies women's indoor track and field team has
been named the Little East Conference Field Athlete of the week for the week of
January 23-29. The announcement was made Monday afternoon by the conference
office.
The accolade marks the third time this season that Bellemore, a multi-event
standout for the Huskies, has been named the LEC Field Athlete of the week.
Bellemore also picked up the honor on December 12 and January 17.
Bellemore aided the Huskies' first-place finish at the USM Coed
Invitational on Saturday (January 28), competing in four events and earning a
first place finish in two of them. Southern Maine claimed the top spot in the
meet with a score of 216 points, outdistancing second-place Bates College that
followed with 164 points.
Bellemore, the 2005 Division III New England champion in the pole vault,
placed first in the event with a school-record mark of 3.39 meters (11-1 3/4),
besting the previous mark of 3.37 meters (11-1) set by Nikki Freeman in January
2005. The vault also provisionally qualified Bellemore for the NCAA Division
III National Championships in March.
Last season, Bellemore, earned numerous honors in the pole vault, including
All-Little East, All-New England Alliance, Division III All-New England, and
All-ECAC awards.
Bellemore also placed first in the 55-meter hurdles for the Huskies with
her time of 9.00 seconds. In her other two events, Bellemore placed third in
the triple jump with a distance of 10.08 meters (33-1) and fourth in the long
jump with a mark of 4.80 meters (15-9).
Bellemore and the Huskies return to action Friday (February 3) at Bates
College for the State of Maine Championships. Events are scheduled to begin at
6:00 p.m.
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Saturday, January 28, 2006
Southern Maine Takes First Place at USM Coed Invitational
GORHAM, Maine -- Junior Melissa Bellemore (Manchester, N.H./West) won both
the 55-meter hurdles and pole vault events, and took third in the triple jump
and fourth in the long jump, to lead the University of Southern Maine Huskies
women's indoor track and field team to a first place finish at the USM Coed
Invitational Saturday at the Costello Sports Complex on the Gorham campus.
Southern Maine took the top spot with 216 points. USM was followed by
Bates College in second place with 164 points. Smith College placed third in
the six-team field with 81 points, and was followed by Emmanuel College (58
points), UMass Dartmouth (48 points) and Rhode Island College (40 points) in
fourth, fifth and sixth place respectively.
Bellemore, a multi-event standout, won the 55-meter hurdles in a time of
9.00 seconds. In the pole vault, she cleared a height of 11-1 3/4 (3.39 meters)
to earn the win. Bellemore's vault set a new school record, besting the
previous record of 11-1 set by Nikki Freeman at Tufts in January 2003. The
vault also provisionally qualified Bellemore for the NCAA Division III National
Championships in March.
In the triple jump, Bellemore completed a 1-2-3 sweep for the Huskies with
a leap of 33-1. Southern Maine sophomore Christa Hutchinson (Gorham,
Maine/Gorham) won the event with a leap of 33-7 3/4 and sophomore Mindy Mondoux
(Berwick, Maine/Noble) placed second with a distance of 33-2 1/2.
In the long jump, Bellemore was one of seven USM athletes to score a point,
placing fourth with a jump of 15-9. Rhode Island College senior Dana Skorupa
(Cumberland, R.I./Cumberland) won the event with a leap of 17-0 1/2, and was
followed by USM freshman Kasey Connor (Kittery, Maine/Traip Academy) in second
place with a jump of 16-1 1/2.
Hutchinson also earned a first place finish for USM in the 600-meter run,
clocking a time of 1:44.12, while senior Lindsay Kuhn (South Burlington,
Vt./South Burlington) and sophomore Sarah Cannon (Sanford, Maine/Sanford) each
were event winners for Southern Maine. Kuhn won the 400 meters in a time of
1:05.04, while Cannon placed first in the mile with a time of 5:30.55.
Southern Maine returns to action Friday (February 3) at Bates College for
the State of Maine Championships. Events are scheduled to begin at 6:00 p.m.
For complete results, go to:
http://www.usm.maine.edu/athl/Women's_Indoor_Track/witresults.html
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Saturday, January 21, 2006
Huskies Third at USCGA Indoor Invitational
Marzouk Sets School Record in the 3,000 Meters
NEW LONDON, Conn. -- Senior Sara Marzouk (Wilder, Vt./Hartford) set a
school record in the 3,000 meters Saturday afternoon to help the University of
Southern Maine Huskies womenís indoor track and field team to a third place
finish at the United States Coast Guard Academy Indoor Invitational in New
London, Conn.
Marzouk covered the 3,000-meter distance in a time of 10:29.67 to win the
event and break the school record of 10:36.94 set by Kristy Wechter in February
2003. Marzoukís time was more than 19 seconds better than her previous personal
best.
The only other individual event winner for the Huskies was freshman Caitlin
Handcock (Cumberland, Maine/Greely) who took the top spot in the high jump after
clearing 1.52 meters (4-11 3/4).
Sophomore Mindy Mondoux (Berwick, Maine/Noble) had a good day taking a
second place finish in the long jump with an effort of 4.67 meters (15-4) and
thirds in the 55-meter dash (7.92 seconds) and the triple jump (9.73 meters, 31-
11 1/4).
Others earning second place finishes were sophomore Sara Cannon (Sanford,
Maine) in the 800 meters with a time of 2:27.76, senior Lindsay Kuhn (South
Burlington, Vt.) in the 55-meter hurdles with a time of 9.52 seconds, and
sophomore Christa Hutchinson (Gorham, Maine/Falmouth) in the triple jump with a
leap of 9.85 meters (32-2 3/4). Hutchinson also was fourth in the 200 meters
(29.06 seconds).
Earning third place finishes were freshman Stephanie Jette (Lovell,
Maine/Fryeburg Academy) in the mile with a time of 5:25.33, freshman Kasey
Connor (Kittery, Maine/Traip Academy) in the long jump with a jump of 4.57
meters (15-0) and shot put with a throw of 10.19 meters (33-5 1/4), and senior
Abbey Ahearn (Paxton, Mass./St. Peter Marian) in the weight throw with a toss of
12.70 meters (41-8).
Springfield College took the team title with 194.5 points, followed by the
Coast Guard Academy with 136.5 points, Southern Maine with 110 points,
Connecticut College with 79 points and Eastern Connecticut State University with
18 points.
The Huskies return to action next Saturday (January 28) when they host the
USM Coed Invitational at the USM Field House. First events are scheduled to get
underway at 1:00 p.m.
For complete results, go to:
http://www.usm.maine.edu/athl/Women's_Indoor_Track/witresults.html
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Tuesday, January 17, 2006
Bellemore Named LEC Women's Track and Field Athlete of the Week
GORHAM, Maine -- Junior Melissa Bellemore (Manchester, N.H./West) of the
University of Southern Maine Huskies women's indoor track and field team has
been named the Little East Conference Field Athlete of the Week.
Bellemore aided the Huskies to a first-place finish at the USM Women's
Invitational. Southern Maine claimed the top spot in the meet with a score of
196.5 points outdistancing second-place Bates College that followed with 107
points.
Bellemore, a 2005 All-New England performer, competed in three events for
Southern Maine, placing first in each of them to pace the Huskies. She set a
personal record in the long jump with a leap of 17-3 1/2. Bellemore then won
the pole vault with a mark of 10-7. She took to the track and placed first in
the 55-meter hurdles with a time of 9.20 in the finals.
Last season, Bellemore earned Division III All-New England honors in honors
in the long jump and pole vault. She also earned all-conference honors in four
events, including the pole vault, long jump, triple jump and 55-meter hurdles.
"Melissa continues to show steady improvement in her events," noted veteran
USM head coach George Towle. "Her performance in the long jump was a
significant personal record and bodes well for her continued success this
season. She had an outstanding meet, also setting a personal best in the triple
jump (33-6 1/2) and had several quality attempts in the pole vault (trying to
meet the NCAA provisional qualifying standard of 11-2)."
Southern Maine returns to action Saturday (January 21) at the United States
Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn. The Huskies will participate in the
five-team meet along with the host school, Connecticut College, Eastern
Connecticut State University and Kings Point.
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Saturday, January 14, 2006
Huskies Win USM Women's Invitational
GORHAM, Maine -- Junior Melissa Bellemore (Manchester, N.H./West) won
three events and sophomore Christa Hutchinson (Gorham, Maine) won a pair to lead
the University of Southern Maine Huskies women's indoor track and field team to
the team title at the 2006 USM Women's Invitational held Saturday afternoon at
the USM Field House.
The Huskies took the team title by garnering 196.5 points to outdistance
second place Bates College which earned 107 points. Colby College, with 94.5
points, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with 90 points, the U.S. Coast
Guard Academy, with 88 points, and Mount Holyoke College with 55 points round
out the six-team field.
Bellemore won the long jump with a career best leap of 17-3, the pole vault
by clearing 10-7, and the 55-meter hurdles with a time of 9.20 seconds in the
finals. Bellemore lead a USM sweep of the first five places in the long jump.
Hutchinson won the 600 meters with her time of 1:43.45 and the triple jump
with an effort of 34-2.
Other individual winners for Southern Maine included sophomore Pam Yomoah
(Auburn, Maine/Edward Little HS) in the 200 meters with a time of 27.49 seconds,
and freshman Caitlin Handcock (Cumberland, Maine) in the high jump by clearing
5-0. USM also won the 4 x 200-meter and 4 x 400-meter relays with times of
1:52.37 and 4:16.14 respectively.
Freshman Stephanie Jette (Lovell, Maine/Fryeburg Academy) set the only
school record on the day by taking second place in the 1,000 meters with a time
of 3:07.84. Her time broke the old mark of 3:08.17 set by Kristy Wechter in
February 2002.
Other second place finishers included Yomoah in the 55-meter dash with a
time of 7.91 seconds, sophomore Mindy Mondoux (Berwick, Maine/Noble HS) in the
long jump with a leap of 16-4 1/2, and senior Abbey Ahearn (Paxton, Mass./St.
Peter Marian HS) in the weight throw with a personal best throw of 44-9.
Bringing home third place results were sophomore Hattie Landry (Acton,
Maine/Wells HS) in the 200 meters with a time of 28.43 seconds, senior Sara
Marzouk (Wilder, Vt./Hartford HS) in the 1500 meters with a time of 4:53.25,
freshman Emily Poliquin (Lisbon Falls, Maine/Lisbon HS) in the long jump with a
jump of 16-4, Mondoux in the triple jump with an effort of 33-6 1/2, freshman
Kasey Connor (Kittery, Maine/Traip Academy) with a throw of 35-3 1/2 in the shot
put, and senior Lindsay Kuhn (South Burlington, Vt.) who tied for third in the
high jump by clearing 4-10.
The Huskies travel to the U.S. Coast Guard Academy next Saturday (January
21) for a meet that gets underway at 12:00 p.m.
For complete results, go to:
http://www.usm.maine.edu/athl/Women's_Indoor_Track/witresults.html
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Sunday, January 8, 2006
Southern Maine Finishes Eighth at 2006 Dartmouth Relays
HANOVER, N.H. -- Junior Melissa Bellemore (Manchester, N.H./West),
sophomore Mindy Mondoux (Berwick, Maine/Noble) and freshmen Stephanie Jette
(Lovell, Maine/Fryeburg Academy) and Emily Poliquin (Lisbon Falls, Maine/Lisbon)
each placed in the top ten of their respective events to lead the University of
Southern Maine Huskies women's indoor track and field team to an eighth place
finish at the 37th Annual Dartmouth College Relays Sunday held at the Leverone
Field House.
Southern Maine finished eighth in the 16-team event with 19 points. Host
Dartmouth College placed first overall scoring 85 points. The Big Green were
followed by Williams College (77 points), the University of Maine (63 points),
and the University of Massachusetts Lowell (60 points).
Bellemore, a 2005 All-ECAC and Division III All-New England selection,
placed seventh in the pole vault for the Huskies with a vault of 10 feet six
inches. Bellemore also competed in the long jump placing 16th with a leap of 15
feet 4 1/4 inches.
In the triple jump, both Mondoux and Poliquin fared well for the Huskies
placing sixth and eighth respectively. Mondoux took a sixth place finish with a
jump of 33 feet 11 1/2 inches, while Poliquin placed eighth with a jump of 33
feet 7 1/4 inches.
Jette, a standout for the Huskies during the 2005 cross country season,
placed ninth in the 800-meter run with a solid time of 2:24.90.
The distance medley relay quartet of Jette, sophomore Pam Yomoah (Auburn,
Maine/Edward Little), sophomore Sara Cannon (Sanford, Maine) and senior Sara
Marzouk (Wilder, VT/Hartford) finished third in the event with a school record
time of 12:37.17, breaking the old mark set in March 2003 by nearly two seconds.
Southern Maine returns to action Saturday (Jan. 10) at home when it hosts
its annual USM Women's Invitational. Events are scheduled to begin at 1 p.m.
Team Scoring: 1. Dartmouth College, 85 points; 2. Williams College, 77 points;
3. University of Maine, 63 points; 4. UMass Lowell, 60 points; 5. UniversitÈ de
Sherbrooke, 51 points; 6. Wheaton College, 32 points; 7. Tufts University, 28
points; 8. University of Southern Maine, 19 points; 9. Keene State College, 16
points; 10. Sacred Heart University, 13 points; 11. Northeastern University, 10
points; 11. Miami University (Ohio), 10 points; 13. Lehman College, 7 points;
14. Bryan University, 6 points; 15. Middlebury College, 1 point; 15. Springfield
College, 1 point.
For complete results, go to:
http://www.usm.maine.edu/athl/Women's_Indoor_Track/witresults.html
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Monday, December 12, 2005
Southern Maine's Bellemore and Bunker
Earn Little East Conference Weekly Honors
GORHAM, Maine -- Junior Melissa Bellemore (Manchester, N.H./West) of the
University of Southern Maine Huskies' women's indoor track and field team and
senior Michael Bunker (Bucksport, Maine/Bucksport) of the Huskies' men's indoor
track and field team each earned Little East Conference weekly honors for
competition the week of December 5-11.
Bellemore earned the women's Field Athlete of the Week honors. In her
team's season-opening USM Preseason Invitational, Bellemore competed in two
field events, placing first in each. She set a personal best in the pole vault
competition with a mark of 11-0, and then followed with another first place
finish capturing the long jump with a leap of 16-4 1/4. Bellemore, an All-ECAC
and Division III All-New England performer last season in the pole vault, also
competed in the 55-meter hurdles, placing second in the event with a time of
9.46 seconds.
Bunker took men's Track Athlete of the Week honors for the Huskies by
setting a school-record in the 5000 meters at the USM Preseason Invitational.
Bunker, a 2005 NCAA Division III Outdoor All-American in the steeplechase, took
first place in the event covering the 5000-meter distance in a time of 15:10.04.
He broke the previous record of 15:11.75 set by Darryl Whitney in February 2003.
Both teams are off for end-of-the-semester exams and the holiday break.
The women's team returns to action January 8 at the Dartmouth Relays. The men's
squad competes January 14 at the Bowdoin College Invitational with events
starting at 1:00 p.m.
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Saturday, December 10, 2005
Huskies Open Season with USM Preseason Invitational
GORHAM, Maine -- Sophomore Hattie Landry (Acton, Maine/Wells) won the 55-
meter dash and the 200-meter dash as the University of Southern Maine Huskies
women's indoor track and field team opened its 2005-2006 season Saturday
afternoon at the USM Preseason Invitational - a non-team scoring event - held at
the USM Field House.
Landry placed first in the 55-meter dash in a time of 7.76 while taking the
top spot in the 200-meter dash in a time of 27.89.
Senior captain Sara Marzouk (Wilder, Vermont/Hartford) cruised to a first
place finish in the 3000-meter run in 10:48.69, besting second place finisher
Annie Monjar of Bowdoin College (11:09.46) by nearly 13 seconds. Marzouk also
anchored the Huskies first place 4 x 800 meter relay team that finished the race
in a time of 10:12.59.
Junior Melissa Bellemore (Manchester, N.H./West) fared well in her season-
opening field events, narrowly missing a NCAA provisional qualifying height
(3.38 meters), placing first in the pole vault with a vault of 11-0 (3.35
meters). Bellemore also earned a first-place finish in the long jump, jumping
16-4 1/4.
Southern Maine returns to action following exams and the holiday break when
it travels to New Hampshire for the Dartmouth Relays on January 8.
For complete results, go to:
http://www.usm.maine.edu/athl/Women's_Indoor_Track/witresults.html
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Monday, December 5, 2005
Ahearn, Kuhn and Marzouk
Picked as USM Women's Indoor Track and Field Captains
GORHAM, Maine -- Seniors Abbey Ahearn (Paxton, Mass./St. Peter Marian),
Lindsay Kuhn (South Burlington, Vt./South Burlington) and Sara Marzouk (Wilder,
Vt./Hartford) have been named the tri-captains for the 2005-06 University of
Southern Maine Huskies women's indoor track and field team.
Each of the three brings a wealth of talent to the program which will be
looking to earn its seventh straight Little East Conference and New England
Alliance Championships in February. USM has claimed the LEC annual championship
dating back to the 1999-2000 season.
"Each of these three are talented athletes," noted veteran head coach George
Towle. "This season, it is essential to the team's success that these three
seniors take their roles as captains seriously. We are asking that they be more
than role models through their actions and work ethic and to take an active role
in the team's development."
Ahearn, who competes in the throwing events for the Huskies, earned All-New
England Alliance honors in the 20-lb. weight throw during the 2004-2005 season.
At the LEC/Alliance championship, Ahearn placed fourth in the event with a throw
of 41-5 1/2.
A multi-event standout, Kuhn garnered numerous honors last season as a
junior, including All-ECAC, Division III All-New England, All-New England
Alliance and All-Little East Conference accolades. Kuhn earned All-ECAC honors
in the pentathlon finishing sixth at the 2005 ECAC Division III Championships
with 2908 points.
Marzouk, who is coming off of a solid cross-country season, returns for the
Huskies to compete in the distance events. Last season, Marzouk earned All-
ECAC, All-New England Alliance and All-Little East Conference honors. At the
ECAC Championships, Marzouk placed eighth in the 800-meter event in a time of
2:22.39 and finished fourth in the 1500-meters clocking a time of 4:47.97. At
the LEC/Alliance championships, Marzouk placed in the top three in three events,
including a first place finish in the 3000-meters with a time of 11:11.05.
Southern Maine opens its 2005-2006 indoor track and field season Saturday
(December 10) at home in the USM Preseason Invitational. Events are scheduled
to begin at 1:00 p.m.
Following the holiday break, the Huskies will be in full swing, opening the
month of January on the road at the Dartmouth Relays (January 6; 1:00 p.m.).
The Huskies will host the USM Women's Invitational (January 14; 1:00 p.m.), then
travel to Connecticut for the Coast Guard Invitational (January 21; 12:00 p.m.).
The Huskies close out the month returning home for the USM Co-Ed Invitational
(January 28; 1:00 p.m.).
In February, Southern Maine will compete in the State of Maine
Championships (February 3; 6:00 p.m.) hosted by Bates College in Lewiston. The
Huskies will defend their string of six consecutive Little East Conference and
New England Alliance Championships at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston
(February 12; tba).
Following the LEC/Alliance meet the Huskies will compete in the New England
Division III Championships at MIT (February 17-18; tba), the New England Open
Championships at Boston University (February 24-25; 5:00 p.m./10:00 a.m.) and
the ECAC Division III Championships (March 3-4; tba).
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