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CONTACT: Doug Roorbach, Sports Information
Director 585.567.9556
More Highlanders Headed to Nationals
 
Darby Emerson
Kaitlin Fadden
(Ithaca, N.Y.)—The Houghton College Track and Field team secured
two more automatic qualifications to the National Association of
Intercollegiate Athletics’ national indoor meet at the Deneault
Invitational hosted by Cornell University over the weekend.
Highlanders Darby Emerson (Windsor, Colo./Windsor) and Kaitlin
Fadden (Hyde Park, N.Y./FDR High School) qualified in the 1000m and
in the 3000m. Emerson won the 1000m with a time of 3:03.32,
qualifying for nationals in a second event after having met the mark
for nationals in the 800m the previous week.
Fadden finished in sixth place in the 3000m, but her time of
10:23.08 was well within the NAIA qualifying mark. Fadden had
earlier qualified in the 5000m.
Naomi Christensen (Houghton, N.Y./ Houghton Academy) won the 400m
with a time of 59.70 joining the women’s 4x400m relay team of
Emerson, Kaitlin Smith (Woodhull, N.Y./Jasper-Troupsburg), Carolynn
Tomlinson (Victor, N.Y./Home School) and Lydia Parsons (Jamestown,
N.Y./Jamestown) in earning provisional qualification marks for
nationals. The relay team took third place with a time of 4:07.08.
For the men, Dan Ballard (Syracuse, N.Y./Faith Heritage Academy)
finished fifth in the mile with a time of 4:24.43. Steve Scott (Gouverneur,
N.Y./Gouverneur) finished in third place in the 600m at 1:23.72 and
Josiah Snelgrove (Coldstream, Canada/ Hartland) finished fifth in
the 800m.
The Houghton indoor track and field teams will compete next at the
2007 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Indoor
Track and Field Championships at East Tennessee State University in
Johnson City, Tenn. on March 6-8.
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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