Spring Break
Rogers, UConn Look To Invade Yellow Jacket Invitational
Women's Track
Marc Gauthier
Issue date: 3/30/07 Section: Sports
The women's track team is set to compete in sunny Atlanta, at the Yellow Jacket Invitational on Friday and Saturday at the George C. Griffin track, which should be different from the harsh conditions the Huskies were facing last week.
After snow and icy conditions cancelled the Army Invitational, the team's runners caught up on quality training over the weekend while the field athletes were invited to compete at the Connecticut College Invitational in New London.
Despite the suddenness of the meet, the women who competed at Connecticut College showed no signs of last-minute stress; as they went on to grab seven first-place finishes.
"We decided to work through that weekend with our runners," said head Coach Bill Morgan. "With the throwers, they needed to get in some work; they just need to throw each week in a competitive situation and even though [Conn. College] was laid back, it was a great meet as far as preparation goes. We were able to work on the technical aspects and I believe that this set up those individuals very well for the rest of the season."
Even though the Huskies did compete as a team, there was no accumulated team score for the women, as the invite was a NCAA Division III scoring meet only.
At Conn. College, co-captain Jen Rogers took home two individual titles in the long jump and triple jump with distances of 18-10 1/2 and 39-1 1/2, respectively.
Tynisha McMillian continued her successful inaugural season as a multiple event winner taking both the shot put and the discus. She won the shot put with a distance of 43-5 while winning the discus with a throw of 149-10 1/2.
Other first place finishes for the Huskies included Carin Knight in the high jump, Erin Donnelly in the hammer throw and Amanda Martin in the javelin. Marin also placed second behind McMillian in the shot put.
With the bad weather behind them, the women have been focusing their efforts on this weekend's meet at Georgia Tech, in which they will face competition the unlike any they have seen so far this season.
After snow and icy conditions cancelled the Army Invitational, the team's runners caught up on quality training over the weekend while the field athletes were invited to compete at the Connecticut College Invitational in New London.
Despite the suddenness of the meet, the women who competed at Connecticut College showed no signs of last-minute stress; as they went on to grab seven first-place finishes.
"We decided to work through that weekend with our runners," said head Coach Bill Morgan. "With the throwers, they needed to get in some work; they just need to throw each week in a competitive situation and even though [Conn. College] was laid back, it was a great meet as far as preparation goes. We were able to work on the technical aspects and I believe that this set up those individuals very well for the rest of the season."
Even though the Huskies did compete as a team, there was no accumulated team score for the women, as the invite was a NCAA Division III scoring meet only.
At Conn. College, co-captain Jen Rogers took home two individual titles in the long jump and triple jump with distances of 18-10 1/2 and 39-1 1/2, respectively.
Tynisha McMillian continued her successful inaugural season as a multiple event winner taking both the shot put and the discus. She won the shot put with a distance of 43-5 while winning the discus with a throw of 149-10 1/2.
Other first place finishes for the Huskies included Carin Knight in the high jump, Erin Donnelly in the hammer throw and Amanda Martin in the javelin. Marin also placed second behind McMillian in the shot put.
With the bad weather behind them, the women have been focusing their efforts on this weekend's meet at Georgia Tech, in which they will face competition the unlike any they have seen so far this season.
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