Women's track team third at Worcester championships

March 28, 2009

WORCESTER, Mass. --- Assumption College track teams finished third in both the men and women's championships of the Worcester City Meet SATURDAY at WPI.

Junior CHRIS O'DAY (Braintree, MA/Braintree) won the 1,500 meter event in a career-best 4:06.62 and also won the 800-meter event (1:59.69). Sophomore ANTHONY DOWD (Somerset, MA/Somerset) won the 110-meter hurdles in a career-best 16.32 time. The men ended with 4 points, behind WPI (293) and Fitchburg State (188) and ahead of Worcester State (37) and Clark (25).

On the women's side freshman KIRSTEN CHIRICHETTI (Billerica, MA/Billerica) won the 400-meter event (1:04.34), senior HEATHER GOSTYLA (Bloomfield, CT/Northwest Catholic) won the 1,500-meters in a career best 5:10.51 and senior MOLLY O'CONNELL (Sandy, UT/Juan Diego Catholic) won the shot put (37-03.00) and was second in the discus (106-03.00)

The women finished with 103 points behind WPI (155) and Worcester State (161) and ahead of Fitchburg State (46), Clark (27) and Nichols (6).

The Greyhounds compete in the Stonehill College Invitational next Saturday.

WORCESTER CHAMPIONSHIP

hosted by WPI, Saturday, March 29, 2009

MEN'S TEAM RESULTS

1, WPI (293); 2, Fitchburg State (188); 3, Assumption (45); 4, Worcester State (37); 5, Clark (25)

MEN'S INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

JOE CURNANE (Fr., Wakefield, MA/Wakefield): 16, javelin (112;02/34.19m) (CAREER BEST)

KEVIN DABREIO (Jr., Billerica, MA/Billerica): 10, javelin (133 11/40.82m); 9, discus (94-02/28.70); 7, shot put (37-10.00/11.53m)

BRENDAN DANAHER (1 point) (Jr., West Hartford, CT/NW Catholic): 6, 1,500-meters (4:31.58) (1 point); 15, 800-meters (2:12.44) (CAREER BEST)

ANTHONY DOWD (10 points) (So., Somerset, MA/Somerset): 1, 110-meter hurdles (16.32) (10 points) (CAREER BEST)

PATRICK ERBAN (Fr., Attleboro, MA/LaSalle Academy): 7, 5,000-meters (16:54.51)

CORRY FARRAND (2 points) (Jr., Westford, MA/Westford Academy): 5 javelin (157-04/47.96m) (2 points) (CAREER BEST)

KYLE HIGGINS (4 points) (Fr., Braintree, MA/Braintree): 4, 5,000-meters (16:18.62) (4 points)

PETER JUSSEAUME (8 points) (Fr., Marshfield, MA/Marshfield): 9, javelin (134-11/41.12) (CAREER BEST); 2, 800-meters (1:59.69) (8 points) (CAREER BEST)

CHRIS MC DERMOTT (So., Natick, MA/Marian): 8, 5,000 meters (16:56.03)

DANA OERTEL (Jr., Center Harbor, NH/Notre Dame): 8, javelin (140-01/42.71m) (CAREER BEST)

CHRIS O'DAY (20 points) (Jr., Braintree, MA/Braintree): 1, 1,500-meters (4:06.62) (10 points) (CAREER BEST); 1, 800-meters (1:59.32) (10 points)

ALEX POLANIK (Jr., Raynham, MA/Coyle & Cassidy): 17, javelin (96-02/29.31m) (CAREER BEST); 19, shot put (27-01.00/8.25m)

NICK SAINT JEAN (Fr., East Killingly, CT/Killingly): 9, 100 meters (12.13); 8, 200-meters (24.62) (CAREER BEST)

NICHOLAS STORELLI (South Dennis, MA/Dennis-Yarmouth): 13, javelin (116-02/35.42) (CAREER BEST); 18, shot put (28-05.75/8.68m) (CAREER BEST)

CHRIS TRAJKOVSKI (Fr., Wilbraham, MA/Minnechaug): 9, 5,000-meters (17:04.90)

WOMEN'S TEAM RESULTS

1, WPI (185); 2, Worcester State (161); 3, Assumption (103); 4, Fitchburg State (46); 5, Clark (27); 6, Nichols (6)

WOMEN'S INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

EMILY CARR (4 points) (Fr., Drexel Hill, PA/Archbishop Prendergast): 4, shot put (32-06.50/9.92m) (4 points)

KIRSTEN CHIRICHETTI (14 points) (Fr., Billerica, MA/Billerica): 1, 400-meters (1:04.34) (10 points); 4, 200-meters (28.96) (4 points) (CAREER BEST)

JESSICA CHMIELEWSKI (So., Newington, CT/Newington): 7, 1,500-meters (5:40.96)

ERIN COAKLEY (1 point) (Jr., Duxbury, MA/Sacred Heart): 6, 100-meters (14.10) (1 point) (CAREER BEST); 12, 200-meters (30.23)

SHAUNA DI CECCA (Sr., Chelmsford, MA/Chelmsford): 8, shot put (30-03.50/9.22m)

TRISHA DOMINGS (8 points) (Sr., Lexington, MA/Lexington): 3, long jump (15-07.50/4.76m) (6 points); 5, 200-meters (29.29) (2 points) (CAREER BEST)

MEGHAN DUCHARME (1 point) (Fr., Dudley, MA/Notre Dame): 6, 1,500-meters (5:40.70) (1 point); 11, 800-meters (2:57.49) (CAREER BEST)

ALYSSA GAGLIONE (Sr., Cranston, RI/LaSalle): 10, 1,500 meters (5:54.53)

JEN GONET (9 points) (Sr., Attleboro, MA/Bishop Feehan): 3, javelin (93-09/28.57m) (6 points); 5, shot put (32-03.50/9.84m) (2 points); 6, discus (90-00/27.43m) (1 point)

HEATHER GOSTYLA (16 points) (Sr., Bloomfield, CT/NW Catholic): 1, 1,500-meters (5:10.51) (10 points) (CAREER BEST); 3, 800 meters (2:36.98) (6 points) (CAREER BEST)

MELISSA HAMBLEY (Fr., Canton, CT/Canton): 9, 800-meters (2:43.38)

JENNA HUBACZ (Jr., North Brookfield, MA/North Brookfield): 13, 100-meters (14.91); 17, 200-meters (31.35)

ALICIA KING (Jr., Stoughton, MA/Stoughton): 9, 100-meters (14.21) (CAREER BEST); 8, 200-meters (29.68)

CHRISTINE LESIEUR (Fr., Oxford, MA/Oxford): 13, 800 meters (3:06.82)

JENNA MURPHY (Fr., Auburn, MA/Auburn): 16, shot put (24 01.00/7.34m)

MOLLY O'CONNELL (18 points) (Sr., Sandy, UT/Juan Diego Catholic): 1, shot put (37-03.00/11.35m) (10 points); 2, discus (106-03/32.38m) (8 points)

ERYNN SWEENEY (8 points) (Fr., Braintree, MA/Braintree): 3, 1,500-meters (5:20.04) (6 points) (CAREER BEST); 5, 800-meters (2:37.69) (2 points) (CAREER BEST)

THERESA TAYLOR (8 points) (So., Weymouth, MA/Weymouth): 7, long jump (13-07.00/4.14m); 4, javelin (77-11, 23.74m) (4 points) (CAREER BEST); 4, triple jump (31-01.00/9.47m) (4 points); 17, 100 meters (15.79)

KATIE WIRZBICKI (Fr., Gardner, MA/Gardner): 11, 1,500 meters (6:04.01) (CAREER BEST)

4x100 RELAY: 2, (54:06) (8 points)

4x400 RELAY: 2, 4:35.58 (8 points)