New Balance Invitational

If you were following Coach Walsh's Tweets yesterday, they were at the New Balance Invite.  You can see all the events above.  It does not take long to load so if you drag the cursor you can find the race you might want to watch. 

New Balance Invitational

Elizabeth Crafford and Nicole Dory had big days at the New Balance Invite in NYC both qualifying for the ECAC meet in PRs of 12'6 and 12'4 as you can see above.  Here are the results for all the performances and here are some other meet videos.

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If you were to look at this site today, you would see instant results from Coach Walsh via Twitter.  Sign up for his feed today at wmxctf. 

Balouris Runs 5th Fastest NCAA 5K

Elaina Balouris ran the 5th fastest NCAA time this year notching the 4th fastest all-time W&M time in 16:26.  All three in front of her were multi All-Americans for W&M. 

Ben Malone Runs #2 All-Time

If memory serves Sam Mattis (son of Marlon Mattis '85) threw the javelin to a #3 all-time US last year as a junior and now Ben Malone (son of John Malone '82) ran a 2:23. 56 tonight in the 1000 meters which is #2 all-time US behind Robby Andrews (now at UVA and a NCAA champ) and ahead of Alan Webb. Go to 4:42 in the video above to see the race.  While we are at it the most successful recent offspring is Mike Morrison, son of Val Roeder Morrison '85, who won the NCAA decathlon last spring.  It is nice to see the next generation doing so well.

Videso

Assistant coach Emil Davis (and one of my former teammates) is back helping this site with his great videos from the W&M meets.  Above for example is a long jumper at the recent CNU meet.  Here is Emil's Youtube page. 

ECAC & IC4A Qualifications Led Meet At Navy

Some things never change.  Way back in the 80s when I was in school we too went to the Navy (back then it was a tri meet) and all these years later the team is still traveling to it.  Leading the way for the women was Elaina Balouris who finished second in the mile in 4:55 and is now #10 on the all time list. Frosh Sarah Katz finished second in the 400 m. in 59.27 good enough for 5th all-time.  At the GMU meet Natalie Baird through 50-8 to finish 2nd and move to 10th all-time for W&M. More

On the men's side, six athletes and the DMR qualified for the IC4A meet. Leading the way was Ben Katz who long jumped 23-8.75 for 4th all-time indoors. Also qualifying for the IC4A meet was Josh Hardin, Alex McGrath and Rad Gunzenhauser in 14:25, 31 and 34 in the 5K.  Also earning the IC4A trip in the 3K were John Muller and Joshua Mercado in 8:20 and 24 respectively.  The DMR team qualified in 10:17 and rounding out the fine performances was Matt Clark who noted a 7th all-time effort in 8.38 in the 60 m hurdles. More

Volunteer Coach Kepler Finished 2nd at US Open

Janice Keppler, who is a volunteer coach at W&M, finished second in the pole vault at the US Open juming 14'6".  That mark gets her in the US Indoor Championships and provisionally qualifies her for the Olympic Trials where former W&M athletes Christo Landry and Ed Moran have already qualified in the distrance races.  More. 

CNU Invitational

The women's 4x400 meter team qualified for the ECAC and placed first while Nicole Dory (triple jump tying for 5th all time W&M), Olivia Harding (1000 meters) also claimed victories at the CNU Invitational.  More


The William and Mary men's track and field team competed Friday and Saturday at the CNU Captain's Invitational, coming away with two wins, five all-time performances, and one IC4A qualification over the 36 hours of competition. Matt Clark moved to #4 all time in the 60 hurdles, while  Ben Katz tied the career-high he set one week ago in the high jump, clearing the bar at an IC4A-qualifying height of 2.05 meters (6-8.75) on Friday night to finish in a tie for first place. 
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Next week the team will be at Navy

Grey Runs 1:02.25

Jon Grey '11 is continuing his great last couple of months with a 1:02.25 half marathon in Houston.