Assumption : Greyhounds Caitlyn Clark runs at NCAA track nationals

Greyhounds Caitlyn Clark runs at NCAA track nationals

February 28, 2007

WORCESTER, Mass. --- Post-graduate miler CAITLYN CLARK (Worcester, MA/St. Peter-Marian) will represent Assumption College in the N.C.A.A. Division II nationals.

Clark is the first female athlete to represent the Greyhounds at the national level in track and field and the first to represent the school in indoor competition. Rick Ouellette '78 ran 10th in the 1,500-meter event at the 1978 national outdoor championships.

UPDATE: Assumption College post-graduate miler CAITLYN CLARK (Worcester, MA/St. Peter-Marian) ran a 5:09.86 and finished 14th in the N.C.A.A. Division II national mile prelim event FRIDAY at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston. She did not qualify for the final.

Clark is the first female athlete to represent the Greyhounds at the national level in track and field and the first to represent the school in indoor competition.

She is also the first female athlete to participate in two sports at the N.C.A.A. national level as an individual having run at the N.C.A.A. Division II Cross Country championship in 2005. She ran 68th (23:35.9) at Cal Poly Poma. The Greyhounds open their outdoor season on March 24 at the Northeastern University Invitational---as she begins the quest for a third sport N.C.A.A. appearance.

She is also the first female athlete to participate in two sports at the N.C.A.A. national level having run at the N.C.A.A. Division II Cross Country championship in 2005. She ran 68th (23:35.9) at Cal Poly Poma.

Only Katie Kerr '01, who played in the N.C.A.A. basketball and softball regional tournament, has participated (as a female student-athlete) in more than one sport in N.C.A.A. competition---doing both in 2000.

Clark, who received her undergraduate degree in Visual Arts with a concentration in Education in May 2006, is an outstanding student as well---having earned Student-Athlete Honor Roll status six times.

She has served as the cross country captain (2005), and track captain (2004-05, 05-06, 06-07).

CAITLYN CLARK'S MILE HISTORY

New Englands, 2-24-06, 5:01.24

Boston University Invitational, 2-10-07, 5:03.33

New Englands, 2-24-07, 5:03.33 (prelim)

Boston University Invitational, 2-11-06, 5:07.56

New England, 2-24-07, 5:07.87 (final)

Smith Invitational, 2-3-07, 5:08.28

Smith Invitational, 2-4-06, 5:08.99

N.C.A.A. Division II Nationals, Reggie Lewis Center, 3-9-07, 5:08.86 (prelim)

Northeast-10 Championships, 2-18-06, 5:11.89

Greater Boston Track Club, Harvard University, 1-22-06, 5:13.70

Yale Shootout, 2-27-05, 5:14.68

Tufts Invitational, 1-20-07, 5:16.37

Wesleyan Invitational, 1-28-06, 5:20.19

Northeast-10 Championships, 2-18-05, 5:40.18



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