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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Doug Roorbach, Sports Information
Director 585.567.9556
Track and
Field Records Fall at "Class of 32" Invitational
Hamilton, NY-
Houghton College’s indoor track and field athletes won two races and
finished second in five others at the
20th Annual Colgate University Class of 1932" Indoor Track
and Field Invitational. The afternoon produced two record breaking
performances from the Women's 4x400m relay and Men's Distance Medley relay
(DMR).
For the women Naomi Christensen (Houghton, NY/ Houghton Academy) won the
400m race with a time of 1:00.19. Darby Emerson (Windsor, CO/ Windsor)
finished second in the 800m with a time of 2:20.60. Kaitlin Fadden (Hyde
Park, NY/ FDR High School) finished second in the 3000m with a time of
10:38.40. The
women’s DMR team finished second with a time of
12:57.13. The women’s DMR team consists of Heather Sayre
(Wellsboro, PA/ Wellsboro High School), Naomi Christensen, Darby Emerson and Kaitlin
Fadden.
All the above women's
track and field finisher's achieved provisional qualification status for
the National
Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) 2008 national indoor
championship meet.
The women's 4x400m relay did not qualify
for Nationals but rewrote the Houghton College records books
finishing in
second place with a time of 4:11.84. The women's 4x400m relay team
consists of Darby Emerson,
Kaitlin Smith (Woodhull, NY/ Jasper-Troupsburg),
Carolynn Tomlinson (Victor, NY /Home School) and Lydia Parsons
(Jamestown, NY/ Jamestown High School)
The
Highlanders’ men’s DMR team won their race with a time of 10:25.60,
achieving provisional qualification status for
the NAIA 2008 national indoor
championship meet and breaking the a Houghton College record.
The men's DMR
team consists of Johnny Kimani (Nairobi, Kenya / Rosslyn Academy),
Stephen Scott (Gouverneur, NY/ Gouverneur), Josiah Snelgrove
(Coldstream, Canada/ Hartland), and Dan Ballard (Syracuse, NY/ Faith
Heritage Academy).
The Houghton track
and field team will compete next at the Cornel University Invitational
on February 2.
Houghton College
has deep
and
solid
roots in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, where our
teams use their commitment to excellence, both on the field-of-play
and
in the classroom, as a platform for their strong and
unique emphasis on Sports Ministry. Their goal is to make a difference
for the Kingdom
on campus, in Allegany County,
in the Northeast and
around
the world.
Houghton is one of only 13 institutions who have been hand-selected
by the NAIA to serve as "Champions of Character" Program Centers, opening the door
for Houghton to be a leader,
both in the Northeast and
nationally, in character education.
Through hands-on,
innovative community outreach initiatives, Houghton coaches and
student-athletes
are working together to change the culture of sport and
to change our culture through sport.
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