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Issue date: 4/30/09
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Junior Laura Paulsen takes 10th place at Penn Relays

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Rachel Hogen took home 10th place in the 1,500 meter run with a time of 4:57.54. Teammate Christina Valerio ran a 5:03.04 to place 13th in the same race.

Sophomore Anita Mikkilineni placed seventh in the prelims in the 100 hurdles at 16.55 before eventually finishing eighth in the finals with her time of 16.91. Mikkilineni and freshman Stephanie Amalfe tied in the high jump, both with 1.40 meter jumps. Amalfe would also go on to throw 10.70 meters in the shot put for ninth place, and seventh in the discus at 33.82 meters.

Freshman Kat Baselice placed fifth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, finishing at 12:50.93, and sophomore Logan Ashcraft tied for seventh place in the pole vault after her 2.89 meter vault.

The Lady Jays had six athletes representing at the Penn Relays. The 4x400-meter relay team finished second in the Centennial Conference/MAC division of the event.

The team clocked in at 4:01.88 to place second. Paula Osborn, Jackie Ferguson, Stephanie Chung and Jordan Ireton made up a team that came within .68 seconds of the school record.

Senior Emma Hiza finished 22nd in the college women's division of the 10,000-meter run. Hiza ran the 10,000-meter in a time of 37:58.93.

Junior Laura Paulsen broke the school record in the 5,000-meter run. Paulsen competed in the Olympic developmental division of the 5,000-meter run, placing 10th in a time of 16:50.75, which shattered the previous school record of 17:15.88, which Paulsen set in 2007. Paulsen also broke Katie Doherty's 5,000-meter record from 2003. Doherty set the Centennial Conference record at 16:54 in 2003. Paulsen's time tops the NCAA Division III rankings.
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