Virginia Women and Men Finish Sixth in ACC Outdoor Championships

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April 20, 2002

The Virginia women’s and men’s team finished sixth at the ACC Outdoor Championships. Curtrell Frye (Columbia, SC, Irmo) led the women’s team with a third place finish and All-ACC honors in the heptathlon. Frye’s performance of 4706 points is a personal best and betters her 2000 All-ACC performance in the heptathlon. She also finished seventh in the triple jump (12.17m). Jarrett Hagwood (Martinsville, VA, Laurel) ran a 14.13 in the 110m HH, which is a season best and a third place All-ACC finish. Hagwood, a multi-event athlete, also scored in the long jump (4th, 7.39m), and the 400m IH (5th, 53.27). He was All-ACC in the 2002 indoor season in the long jump and 60m HH.

Kiamesha Otey (Quinton, VA, New Kent) scored in the 100m and 200m today after winning and setting an ACC meet record yesterday in the long jump. Otey placed sixth in the 100m (11.85) and eighth in the 200m (24.10). She has automatically qualified for NCAA in the long jump with an outstanding jump of 21’5.50″. Kimberlee Turko (Edison, NJ, John P. Stevens) finished seventh in the 100m HH with a season best time of 14.10.

Megan Schwartz (Morristown, NJ, Morristown) placed with season best times in the 800m and 1500m. She ran a time of 2:09.92 in the 800m which earned seventh, and a 4:25.32 in the 1500m for seventh place.

Jane Maxwell (Charlotte, NC, Providence Day) earned fourth in the 10000m with a season best time of 35:22.82. Teammates Sarah Folse (Fredericksburg, VA, Chancellor) and Meghan McGarvey finished sixth (35:48.14) and eighth (36:51.67) respectively. Dawn Cleary (Woodbridge, VA, Woodbridge) and Ellen Dwyer (Walpole, MA, Walpole) took fifth and sixth in the 5000m with times of 16:48.16 and 16:49.66 respectively. Cleary just missed provisionally qualifying for NCAA by 0.16 of a second. Cleary has provisionally qualified for the steeplechase with a school record time of 10:03.13, which was good enough for second at ACCs and All-ACC honors yesterday.

Naccole Guinn (Alexandria, VA, Thomas Jefferson) jumped for 12.24m which earned fifth in the triple jump. Guinn leads the team with a 12.51m. Eliese Mitchell (Narvon, PA, Garden Spot) placed seventh in the shot put (13.90m). Mitchell is the ACC Champion in the discus and finished fourth in the hammer. Annica White (Weston, MA, Weston) placed eighth in the pole vault (3.54m). White leads the team in the vault with a 3.50m.

On the men’s side, the 4x100m relay placed third with a 40.46, the best time this season. In the sprints, Shay Clark (Big Stone Gap, VA, Powell Valley) finished fifth in the 100m with a season best time of 10.59. Teammate Scott Kimball ran for sixth in the 200m (21.57). Matt Antunes (Lansdale, PA, North Penn) led the middle distance team with a fourth place finish in the 800m (1:51.02). First year Pat Slattery finished seventh in the steeplechase, with teammate Jeff Binggeli taking eighth (9:19.15). Slattery’s time of 9:18.81 is a season best. First year Gemayel Hazard (Hampton, VA, Bethel) placed fourth in the 110m HH with a personal season best of 14.47.

Tim Bilmanis (Hughesville, MD, Thomas Stone) finished fourth in the discus with a throw of 50.75, a best for the season. Mike Riso (Charlottesville, VA, Monticello), a first year, took eighth in the high jump with a season best jump of 2.10m.

Team Scores:Men: Women:1. Florida State- 201.50 1. North Carolina- 176.502. Clemson- 158 2. Florida State- 1283. North Carolina- 118 3. Georgia Tech- 1274. NC State- 103 4. NC State- 99.505. Georgia Tech- 81 5. Clemson- 996. Virginia- 67.50 6. Virginia- 927. Wake Forest- 63 7. Maryland- 498. Maryland- 17 8. Wake Forest- 299. Duke- 10 9. Duke- 18

Virginia Results:

Men: 100m: Clark, Shay, 10.59, 5th, 200m: Kimball, Scott, 21.57, 6th, 800m: Antunes, Matt, 1:51.02, 4th, 1500m: Gross, Stephen, 3:51.08, 10th, Kingsbery, Walton, 3:52.62, 5000m: Kingsbery, Walton, 14:49.63, 10th, Christian, Will, 14:57.31, Binggeli, Jeff, 14:57.50, Filachek, Andy, 15:16.09, Catano, James, 15:19.19, Glynn, David, 15:23.89, 110m HH: Hagwood, Jarrett, 14.13, 3rd, Hazard, Gemayel, 14.47, 4th, Reid, Herb, 14.73, 9th, 400m IH: Hagwood, Jarrett, 53.27, 5th, Reid, Herb, 54.24, 8th, Steeplechase: Slattery, Pat, 9:18.81, 7th, Binggeli, Jeff, 9:19.15, 8th, Wood, Brian, 9:40.10, 10th, 4x100m: 40.46, 3rd, 4x400m: 3:13.02, 5th, HJ: Riso, Mike, 2.10m, 8th, Clementson, Chris, 2.10m, 10th, LJ: Hagwood, Jarrett, 7.39m, 4th, TJ: Pendleton, Trumaine, 13.76m, Discus: Bilmanis, Tim, 50.75m, 4th, Javelin: Welch, John, 72.18m, 1st

Women: 100m: Otey, Kiamesha, 11.85, 6th, 200m: Otey, Kiamesha, 24.10, 8th, 800m: Schwartz, Megan, 2:09.92, 7th, 1500m: Schwartz, Megan, 4:25.32, 5th, 5000m: Cleary, Dawn, 16:48.16, 5th, Dwyer, Ellen, 16:49.66, 6th, Matthews, Melanie, 16:54.67, 9th, Maxwell, Jane, 17:20.88, 11th, Seaton, Ashely, 17:26.09, 12th, 10000m: Maxwell, Jane, 35:22.82, 4th, Folse, Sarah, 35:48.14, 6th, McGarvey, Meghan, 36:51.67, 8th, 100m HH: Turko, Kimberlee, 14.10, 7th, Steeplechase: Cleary, Dawn, 10:03.13, 2nd, Matthews, Melanie, 10:13.31, 5th, 4x100m: 46.54, 6th, 4x400m: 3:49.39, 8th, HJ: White, Annica, 1.57m, 10th, Randolph, Jessica, 1.52m, PV: White, Annica, 3.45m, 8th, Osipenko, Vika, 3.30m, Taggart, Lauren, 3.30m, LJ: Otey, Kiamesha, 6.54m, 1st, Marable, Ingrid, 5.73m, 10th, Harvey, Caroline, 5.70m, Frye, Curtrell, 5.69m, Miler, Calandra, 4.99m, TJ: Guinn, Naccole, 12.24m, 5th, Frye, Curtrell, 12.17m, 7th, Marable, Ingrid, 12.09m, 9th, Harvey, Caroline, 11.29m, 12th, SP: Mitchell, Eliese, 13.90m, 7th, Discus: Mitchell, Eliese, 52.19m, 1st, Chong, Inhar, 44.48m, 5th, Hammer: Mitchell, Eliese, 54.03m, 4th, Bobiak, Annie, 39.75m, 15th, Javelin: Bobiak, Annie, 42.25m, 3rd, Heptathlon: Frye, Curtrell, 4706, 3rd