2007 News Archive
Jumbos run well in rainy and cold MIT Last-Chance Qualifier
Catherine Beck (1st, 2:13.05) and Sarah Crispin (3rd, 2:14.00) ran personal bests in the 800m and became the #2 and #5 performers, respectively, on Tufts all-time list. Logan Crane won the 100m in 12.37, placing her second to the great Vera Stenhouse on Tufts' all-time list. Jenna Weir picked up a win in the long jump (17-5.5), which was held indoors due to the weather. Results
Jumbos finish eighth with great weekend at All-New England Championships
Catherine Beck (2nd, 4:31.28) and Sarah Crispin (3rd, 4:31.77) earned NCAA auto qualifiers in the 1,500, securing their trip to Oshkosh, Wisconsin in two weeks. The 4x100 relay team of Logan Crane, Kaleigh Fitzpatrick, Andrea Ferri, and Jess Mactas finished fourth in 48.78 and provisionally qualified for nationals. The 4x800 relay team of Jackie Ferry, Sarah Crispin, Kate Makai, and Catherine Beck finished third in 9:14.99 and established a new school record. Jenna Weir (5th in long jump, 17-9; 9th in triple jump, 35-8.75) also had a big weekend for Tufts. Results | Photos
Cross country runner Julia Goldberg '07 named to USA Today's 2007 All-USA College Academic Second Team
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Tufts records a handful of top finishes at New England DIII Championships
Jenna Weir, Logan Crane, Maggie Clary, Jess Mactas, Andrea Ferri, Anna Shih, Jackie Ferry, Sarah Crispin, Kaleigh Fitzpatrick, Aubrey Wasser, Joyce Uang, Kate Makai, Kerry Virgien, and Paula Dormon all recorded top-eight finishes for the Jumbos. Results | Photos
Jumbos finish third at NESCAC Championships
Catherine Beck (1,500) and the 4x100 relay team of Logan Crane, Kaleigh Fitzpatrick, Andrea Ferri, and Jessica Mactas won their events, helping Tufts to a third-place finish. Aubrey Wasser, Sarah Crispin, Kathleen Rutecki, Maggie Clary, Joyce Uang, Kate Makai, Katy O'Brien, Jenna Weir, Paula Dormon, Andrea Ferri, and Julia Feltus also contributed to the scoring. Results | Photos | Tufts Daily article | 12 Jumbos named to All-NESCAC team; Logan Crane named Rookie of the Year
Jumbos record many season bests at MIT Coed Invitational
Paula Dormon (shot put), Sarah Crispin (800), and the 4x100 relay team (Logan Crane, Kaleigh Fitzpatrick, Andrea Ferri, and Jessica Mactas) earned victories, and the weather finally cooperated at the MIT Coed Invitational April 21. Kaleigh Fitzpatrick had a banner day for the team, running 25.92 for third in the 200, and contributing to Tufts' winning 4x100 and runner-up 4x400. Katy O'Brien competed in her first outdoor meet of the season and finished third in the 1,500 in 4:47.98. Results | Photos | Tufts Daily article
Kaleigh Fitzpatrick leads Tufts with two victories at the George Davis Invitational
Kaleigh Fitzpatrick (200, 400), Catherine Beck (800), Sarah Crispin (1,500), and Sarah Martin (hammer) won their events at the George Davis Invitational on April 14 at UMass Lowell. Beck's 800 time of 2:14.46 provisionally qualified her for nationals and Crispin's race was her first of the season. Paula Dormon (shot put, hammer), Logan Crane (long jump, 100), Jenna Weir (triple jump), Andrea Ferri (200), and the 4x100 and 4x400 relays also earned top-three finishes. Results | Photos | Tufts Daily article
Jumbos win Coast Guard Invitational
Paula Dormon (shot put), Kaleigh Fitzpatrick (triple jump), Susan Allegretti (steeplechase), Sarah Martin (hammer), and Catherine Beck (800, 1,500) won individual events, and Tufts 4x100 and 4x400 relays were also first across the finish line, helping Tufts to a convincing win on a chilly day. Results | Photos (Due to the cold weather and our attempts to stay warm, we only photographed a few events this weekend.) | Tufts Daily article
Strong season opener for Tufts at Snowflake Classic
Catherine Beck (5,000m, 17:03.03) and Anna Shih (steeplechase, 11:51.06 debut) claimed wins in their first outing of the outdoor season, and Tufts' 4x100m relay team comprised of Jessica Mactas, Andrea Ferri, Kaleigh Fitzpatrick, and Logan Crane placed third in 50.01, behind two Division I schools. Results | Photos | Tufts Daily article
Tufts' DMR breaks meet record, finishes second at nationals
Sarah Crispin, Kaleigh Fitzpatrick, Katy O'Brien, and Catherine Beck bettered the previous meet record and set a school record in the Distance Medley Relay at the 2007 NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships. Running 11:35.54, a time that would have won the championship any other year, the group finished second in a close battle with UW Platteville. The team members earned All-American status for their performance. On the second day of the meet, Beck doubled back to take fifth in the 5,000 and earn her second All-America honor of the weekend. Results | Photos | DMR video highlights | TribStar.com: Records fall on first day
Jumbos' 4x200m relay wins ECAC
title
Tufts' 4x200m quartet of Aubrey Wasser, Jessica Mactas,
Halsey Stebbins, and Andrea Ferri won the ECAC title on Friday, March 2nd with a time of 1:46.84. Their
time was .8 of a second off of the school record, which
was set in 1984. The following day, Sarah Crispin (800m, 2:15.66) and Tufts' 4x400m relay team of
Jackie Ferry, Andrea Ferri, Sarah Crispin, and Kaleigh Fitzpatrick earned runner-up finishes.
Complete
results (PDF) | Photos | 4x200 relay team members named Athletes of the Week | Tufts Daily article
Catherine Beck earns USTFCCCA Award
Catherine Beck was honored as the 2007 New England region Women's Track Athlete of the Year on March 7. Complete list of regional honorees
Katy O'Brien featured in the Boston Globe
Unfazed by first injury, Katy O'Brien gamely rolls on (Free registration required for access.)
Tufts' Distance Medley Relay
sets meet record of 11:39.08 at New England Championships;
Catherine Beck destroys school record in 3,000m
Sarah Crispin, Kaleigh Fitzpatrick, Katy O'Brien, and
Catherine Beck combined forces to win the DMR at the
Open New England Championships on February 24 in a new
meet and school record (and automatic nationals qualifier)
of 11:39.08. One day later, Catherine Beck finished
second in the 3,000m in 9:31.90, a time which bettered
the old meet record and broke Tufts' school record by
15 seconds. Katy O'Brien won her heat of the mile in
5:03.76, which provisionally qualified her for nationals.
Friday
results | Saturday
results | Photos
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Tufts Daily article
Tufts finishes second at New
England DIII Indoor T&F Championships, wins six
events
Catherine Beck (mile, 3,000m), Sarah Crispin (1,000m),
Katy O'Brien (800m), as well as Tufts' 4x200m and 4x400m
relays grabbed victories with Crispin and Beck both
setting meet records in their events. Others contributed
valuable points with top-eight finishes, and the Jumbos
finished second among the 19 scoring teams.
New
England DIII Indoor T&F results | Photos
| Tufts
Daily article
Cross country runner Julia Goldberg
earns national academic recognition
Tufts
Daily
article
Katy O'Brien sets 1,000m school
record, Sarah Crispin jumps to #3 on Tufts' all-time
list in mile
Katy O'Brien ran a solo 2:55.73 1,000m at the Valentine
Invitational to establish a new school record, while
Sarah Crispin ran a 4:57.34 mile, which places her third
on Tufts' all-time performers list in that event. Many
other athletes set personal bests at both the BU Valentine
Invitational and the MIT Invitational.
Valentine
Invitational Results | MIT
Invitational Results | Tufts
Daily article about the weekend's meets | Sarah
Crispin named Athlete of the Week
Sarah Martin, Catherine Beck
break school records in the weight throw and mile, respectively
With a toss of 46-04.75, Sarah Martin broke her own
school record in the weight throw at this weekend's
Tufts Invitational #3. Catherine Beck also broke her
own school record in the mile, running 4:53.45.
Tufts
Invitational #3 results | Photos
Catherine Beck destroys her
own school record at Terrier Invitational, others run
well at weekend meets
Catherine Beck improved her own 5,000m school record
by 28 seconds with her seventh-place, 16:42.23 PR at
the Terrier Invitational on January 26. Tufts' DMR provisionally
qualified for nationals, the 4x400m relay runners came
close, and many others set personal and season bests
at both the Terrier Invitational and the Bowdoin quad
meet.
Terrier
Invitational results | Bowdoin
quad meet results | Terrier photos coming soon |
Tufts
Daily
article about the weekend's meets | Catherine
Beck named Athlete of the Week
Tufts wins second home invitational
Tufts
Invitational #2 results | Photos
| Tufts
places first of 15 teams in home meet
Tufts resumes indoor season
with solid performances at first home invitational
Tufts
Invitational #1 results | Photos