Led by four individual victories by Erin Brooks, Seton Keough won its much anticipated battle with McDonogh for the team title at last night's IAAM Indoor Track Championships, at Prince Georges Sports & Learning Complex in Laurel.
Here is an event-by-event summary from our DigitalSports' staff at RunningMaryland.com.
See video below...
3200 Relay 3:50PM SPLITS
McDonogh
breaks in front of Seton Keough with JC moving into third. More
screaming at this meet during a race than anything I've heard all year.
McD going into big lead at the first handoff, Spalding moves into the
picture, but SK and MdSales leading the chase pack. MdS taking control
of 2nd, but McD still with big lead. SK closing in on MdS for second.
Both girls are closing on McD with one lap to go. Last lap is going to
be a race. MdS and SK have McD in their sites and five meters down with
100 left on the third leg. SK passes MdS after the 200 and closes on
McD. SK catches McD and the 400 and passes on the backstretch. McD
grabs onto her shoulder. One lap left and two teams together. SK
pulling away on backstretch, McD trying to come back, but SK holds her
off for win in 10:08.
55 Hurdles 4:30PM
Heat Winners 1st Duren, Seton Keough 10.4; 2nd Rakosky, Maryvale 10.3; 3rd Wittstad, MdS 9.9; 4th Paterakis, McD 9.6
55 Dash 4:52PM
Heat Winners 1st Butler, IND 7.5; 2nd Brown, McDonogh 7.2; 3rd Thornton, IND 7.4; 4th Brook, Seton Keough 7.2
800 Relay 5:25PM
Heat Winners 1st Notre Dame Prep 1:57.4; 2nd Lap Leaders 200 IND 26.2; 400 IND 27.8; 600 McDonogh 26.9; 800 McDonogh 27.0 1:47.8
1600 5:45PM SPLITS
Stasakova
right out in front in 38 for the 200 with Laschinger of NDP and
Rybczynski of IND falling into 2nd and 3rd. At the 600, IND moves into
second with JC still leading (we'll abbreviate the names with their
school letters). Top 3 girls are pulling away from the field. 800 is
passedin 2:43 and JC starts to quicken the pace, but isn't dropping
anyone. Stasakova still leading at the 1200 in 4:01 and IND goes for
the lead, but Stas grabs it back quickly. The three girls are still
altogether with 200 to go. Stas breaks and NDP moves into second. NDP
still trying to catch JC, but no luck as Stasakova wins in 5:13.5
500 6:10PM
200 Childs, Catholic 29.1; 400 Boulay, MDS 1:01.2; 500 Boulay, MdS 1:18.8
800 6:22PM
Heat 1 200 Vinton, JC 34.2; 400 Vinton, JC 1:13.2; 600 Vinton, JC 1:54.6; 800 Vinton, JC 2:34.0
Heat 2 400 McDonogh 1:14.9; 600 Shea, Seton Keough 1:53.1; 800 Laschinger, NDP 2:34.6
300 6:43PM
Heat Winners 1st Davis, IND 43.6; 2nd Kimbers, McDonogh 41.6
3200 6:55PM SPLITS
Stasakova
goes out to a 15 meter lead after the first 200 over Claire Patterson
and Katie Sacker. She hits the 400 in 78 with a 5 second lead over
second place. Patterson, Sacker and Neremberg of Maryvale are fighting
for second after the 800, 7 seconds behind Stasakova. At the 1200,
Stasakova increases her lead to nine seconds over second place Sacker
and Patterson is sitting right on her tail. Stasakova hits the 1600 in
5:42. Tauber of JC goes into second right after the 1600 mark and
Sacker, Patterson is trying to stay with her. Dulac of McDonogh is
moving into third. Tauber and Dulac now fighting for second as
Patterson is back about two meters and Sacker has fallen off the back
of the chase pack. Stasakova has a 100 meter lead with an 800 to go.
Sacker moving past Patterson, but third place is still 10 meters in
front. Stasakova picking up the pace the last 400 and looking to lap
the field. Sacker getting a second wind and making a move toward
second. Stasakova laps the field at the line and wins in 11:20. Dulac
moving up on Tauber on the front straightaway and Tauber holds her off.
1600 Relay 7:30PM SPLITS
Complete Results
Audio Interviews
Erika Stasakova - John Carroll
Erin Brooks 1 - Seton Keough
Erin Brooks 2 - Seton Keough
Erin Lasinchger - Notre Dame Prep
Seton Keough 3200 Relay
Lacy Schuman - Maryvale Prep
Becky Boulay - Mount de Sales
