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Varner sets new pole vault record and men record four firsts

(Posted March 22, 2008)

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TOWSON, Md. -- Juniata College freshman Stephanie Varner (Huntingdon, Pa./Huntingdon) set a school record while the men's team claimed four first-place finishes, to highlight Juniata's results at the Towson University Invitational, Saturday afternoon in Towson, Md.

Varner set a new Juniata mark in the pole vault, finishing third in the event at Towson after clearing the bar at 9 ¼. She broke the previous mark of 8-6 ¼, set in 2003 by Stephanie Wasylyk.

The Eagle men captured first place in four events at the Towson meet, led by TJ Breya's (McClure, Pa./East Juniata) individual titles in the 110m hurdles, with a personal best time of 15.85, and the 400m hurdles, where he posted a time of 55.80. Breya's effort in the 110m hurdles was good enough for third on the Juniata all-time performance list.

Senior Matt Booth (Allentown, Pa./Allentown Catholic Central) won the long jump with a leap of 21-11 ¾. Juniata's final first-place finish of the day came in the steeplechase, where Jason Hoover (Wilmington, Del./Brandywine) won in a time of 10:09.63.

Several Eagles posted performances that made the top five in school history. Eric Hoover (Wilmington, Del./Brandywine) finished fifth in the 1500m run with a time of 4:05.80, and moved into fourth on the all-time rankings. Sam Williams' (Roaring Spring, Pa./Central-Martinsburg) fourth-place time of 15:39.60 in the 5000m was the second-best time in the event in Juniata history. Ryan Baird (North Huntingdon, Pa./Norwin) placed fourth in the pole vault, and moved into fourth place in the all-time performance rankings, by clearing the height of 12-4 ¾, and Matt Bailey (East Petersburg, Pa./Hempfield-Landisville) posted the fourth fastest time in the 5000m run with a time of 15:45.77

In the women's events, sophomore Melissa Johnson (Colonia, N.J./John F. Kennedy) finished sixth in the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:07.23, good enough for fourth on the Juniata all-time list, and Megan McQuillan (Severna Park, Md./Seton Keough) moved into third on Juniata's all-time list in the 1500m run with a time of 5:04.39.

Complete Juniata results are listed below:


Towson University Invitational - 3/22/08
JUNIATA COLLEGE PERFORMANCE LIST


WOMEN

100 Meter Dash
5. Hinson, Caitlin, 13.36

200 Meter Dash
7. Hinson, Caitlin, 27.50
15. Burton, Andrea, 34.04

400 Meter Dash
4. Reynolds, Amy, 1:02.96
5. DeGemmis, Courtney, 1:04.14
11. Burton, Andrea, 1:18.38

800 Meter Run
25. Magerowski, Kerri, 2:55.17
27. Fox, Jessica, 3:14.70

1500 Meter Run
18. McQuillan, Megan, 5:04.39
37. Magerowski, Kerri, 5:46.20
41. Stormont, Caitlin, 6:26.07

5000 Meter Run
10. Linde, Elizabeth, 22:24.29
11. Wakabayashi, Anne, 22:34.85
12. Fricke, Joanna, 23:24.89

100 Meter Hurdles
13. Johnson, Melissa, 17.40

400 Meter Hurdles
6. Johnson, Melissa, 1:07.23

4x100 Meter Relay
3. Buffenmyer, Johnson, Reynolds, Hinson, 51.26

4x400 Meter Relay
5. Johnson, Reynolds, DeGemmis, McQuillan, 4:19.24

Long Jump
4. Buffenmyer, Kelsey, 17-1 ¼
11. Hinson, Caitlin, 15-4

High Jump
2. Buffenmyer, Kelsey, 5-1

Pole Vault
3. Varner, Stephanie, 9 ¼



MEN

100 Meter Dash
4. Booth, Matthew, 11.47
9. Filamor, Patrick, 11.86

200 Meter Dash
5. Booth, Matthew, 23.24
11. Filamor, Patrick, 23.88

800 Meter Run
19. Rumery, Shawn, 2:05.95
23. Hoover, Eric, 2:10.56
25. Pfadenhauer, Jon, 2:13.39

1500 Meter Run
5. Hoover, Eric, 4:05.80
8. Rudolph, Tripp, 4:07.33
18. Rumery, Shawn, 4:17.73
32. Pfadenhauer, Jon, 4:38.46

5000 Meter Run
4. Williams, Sam, 15:39.60
6. Bailey, Matthew, 15:45.77
10. Goodfellow, Kenny, 17:13.29
11. Donahue, Kevin, 17:16.86
12. Wagner, Matthew, 17:22.48

110 Meter Hurdles
1. Breya, TJ, 15.85

400 Meter Hurdles
1. Breya, TJ, 55.80

3000 Meter Steeplechase
1. Hoover, Jason, 10:09.63

4x400 Meter Relay
6. Breya, E Hoover, Rumery, J Hoover, 3:41.05

Shot Put
15. Cavender, Josh, 34-1 ¼
16. Boback, Jeremy, 32-9 ½

Discus Throw
13. Boback, Jeremy, 101-10
14. Cavender, Josh, 93-8
15. Johnson, Ryan, 93-5
16. Beideman, Tommy, 91-9

Javelin Throw
6. Johnson, Ryan, 161-2
9. Beideman, Tommy, 147-02

Men Hammer Throw
9. Beideman, Tommy, 108-2
10. Johnson, Ryan, 105-2
11. Boback, Jeremy, 99-4
12. Cavender, Josh, 91-00

Long Jump
1. Booth, Matthew, 21-11 ¾
4. Filamor, Patrick, 20-6 ¼

Pole Vault
4. Baird, Ryan, 12-4 ¾

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