University of Southern Maine Invitational
at Gorham, Maine

BOBCATS TAKE THIRD AT SEASON'S FIRST SCORING MEET
Wanless breaks school shot put record, qualifies for nationals

GORHAM, Maine —The Bates College women's track and field team placed third of four teams at their first meet of 2002. The Bobcats had two indivudal event winners and one relay winner, but it was an event runner-up who had the team's most significant performance

Sophomore Liz Wanless (Belleville, Ill.) placed second in the shot put with a heave of 42 feet, 11 inches. The toss broke her own school record in the event, set last year, by two full feet. The performance earned her a provisional berth in the NCAA Division III championships and was one foot shy of an automatic spot.

The Bobcats got individual wins in the 1,500-meter run from junior Kelley Puglisi (Scotia, N.Y.) and in the 3,000-meters from sophomore Julie Dutton (Londonderry, N.H.). Their respective times of 4:55.63 and 10:43.36 qualified them for the New England Division III and the ECAC Division III championships. They were also instrumental in Bates' victorious distance-medley relay team, along with rookie Penny Christo (Forestdale, Mass.) and sophomore Catherine Crosby (Lincoln, Mass.), with a winning time of 13:32.37.

Senior captain Anya Belanger (Milbridge, Maine) took fourth in the high jump with a leap of 4-10, also qualifying her for the New England championships.

Team Scores:  1. Southern Maine  196.5;  2. Colby  140;  3. Bates  106.5;
4. Coast Guard 104.

55 meters:  1. Marvoureen Dolor (CG) 7.79;  2. Deedra Beveridge (SM) 7.93;
3. Sahri Fife (CG) 7.93;  4. Lauren McPartlin (SM) 7.98;  5. Angela Cote
(SM) 8.19; 6. Christina Rivard (B) 8.26.

200 meters:  1. Kim Brewer (SM) 27.82;  2. Miranda Derenburger (SM) 28.40;
3. Sahri Fife (CG) 28.56;  4. Lauren McPartlin (SM) 28.93;  5. Kristen
Ingalls (SM) 29.18;  6. Laura David (B) 29.19.

400 meters:  1. Heather French (SM) 1:04.29;  2. Kendall Guyette (SM)
1:04.63;  3. Catherine Crosby (B) 1:04.70;  4. Laura David (Bates) 1:04.70;
5. Kristen Ingalls (SM) 1:06.21;  6. Aspen Foreman (C) 1:07.14.

800 meters:  1. Carrie Lam (CG) 2:29.87;  2. Kristy Wechter (SM) 2:30.26;
3. Rachel Starr (B) 2:32.73;  4. Teresa Leyro (C) 2:35.31;  5. Rebecca
Evans (C) 2:35.91;  6. Catherine Carroll (B) 2:36.42.

1500 meters: 1. Kelley Puglisi (B) 4:55.63;  2. Dorothy Bienhoff (CG)
4:56.72;  3. Lauren Lohmeyer (SM) 5:02.88;  4. Colleen McCusker (CG)
5:04.29;  5. Kristy Wechter (SM) 5:05.41;  6. Katie MacDonald (C) 5:11.22.

3,000 meters:  1. Julie Dutton (B) 10:43.36;  2. Laurne Lohmeyer (SM)
10:56.35;  3. Elizabeth Pagnotta (B) 10:58.55;  4. Gayle Pageau (C)
10:58.90;  5. Colleen McCusker (CG) 11:07.10;  6. Karina Johnson (C)
11:09.31.

55-Meter Hurdles:  1. Miranda Derenburger (SM) 9.30; 2. Heidi Heydorn (CG)
9.57; 3. Chyann Oliver (C) 9.62; 4. Katie Ghelli (C) 9.77; 5. CoryMerrill
(SM) 10.09; 6. Steph Dubois (SM) 10.24.

4X200 Meter Relay:  1. C 1:57.34; 2. CG 1:58.82; 3. B 2:02.21; 4. SM DQ.

4X400 Meter Relay:  1. CG 4:24.73; 2. B "A-Team" 4:32.65; 3. SM 4:39.56; 4.
B "B-Team" DNF.

Distance Medley:  1. B 13:32.37; C 14:00.43; 3. CG 15:32.95

High Jump:  1. SM, Kim Brewer (SM) 5-0; 2. Karima Ummah (S) 4-10; 3.
Miranda Derenburger (SM) 4-10; 4. Anya Belanger (B) 4-10; 5. Sarah Tressel
(B) 4-08; 6. Lauren McPartlin (SM) 4-08.

Pole Vault:  1. Nikki Freeman (SM) 10-07.25; 2. Amy Swanberg (SM) 9-06; 3.
Steph Dubois (SM) 9-06; 4. Sara Monaco (CG) 9-0; 5. Elizabeth Fredrick (C)
9-0; 6. Mary Hill (C) 8-0.

Long Jump:  1. Miranda Derenburger (SM) 16-05; 2. Elizabeth Fredrick (C)
16-0; 3. Kim Brewer (SM) 15-11.50; 4. Heather French (SM) 15-08.75; 5.
Shannon Corliss (C) 14-09.50; 6. Maggie Johnson (C) 14-06.

Triple Jump:  1. Kim Brewer (SM) 35-10.50; 2. Karima Ummah (C) 33-00.50; 3.
Anya Belanger (B) 32-04.50; 4. Keidi Neimann (CG) 31-04.50; 5. Maggie
Johnson (C) 31-02.50; 6. Karen Appel (CG) 30-06.50.

Shot Put:  1. Connie Beal (C) 44-02; 2. Elizabeth Wanless (B) 42-11; 3.
Carrie Kilroy (CG) 35-03. 4. Kelly Busby (SM) 34-00.75; 5. Michelle Keady
(C) 33-01; 6. Jessica Appleby (C) 33-00.75.

Weight Throw:  1. Connie Beal (C) 46-08; 2. Kelly Busby (SM) 45-10.25; 3.
Michelle Keady (C) 45-06.75; 4. Meg McCusker (C) 41-03.75;  5. Jen Strahle
(B) 40-00 1/4;  6. Jenn Westcott (CG) 38-08.