April 13, 2008

Amherst, Mass. - With many athletes taking the weekend off to prepare for this upcoming weekend's ACC Championships, the Boston College women's outdoor track team still performed its best at the UMass Spring Meet on Saturday, registering 95 points and placing third out of eight teams.

Highlighting the afternoon were top individual performances by sophomores Melissa Hadfield (long jump) and Meghan Callahan (400). Hadfield placed first with a jump of 18' 1". Callahan won the 400 in a time of 57.84

Other top five performers from the meet included senior Carly Rayburn (second, 10'11.75") and freshman Danielle DePalo (fourth, 10'6") in the pole vault, sophomores Caitlin McCann in the triple jump (fifth, 34' 02.75") and high jump (fifth, 5'0.5") and Gretchen Andrus in the steeplechase (third, 11:10.53). Sophomores Teyahnie Boone (12.54) and Hadfield (12.92) respectively took third and fourth in the 100 meter dash. Junior Alicia Henry clocked a 2:14.90 in the 800, placing third. Boone (25.29) and Callahan (25.71) registered additional top-five performances in the 200 meter dash. The women's 4x100 relay ran for a second place finish in 49.50, wrapping up the Eagles' top outings at the meet

Albany took the overall team title with 223 points. Meet host Massachusetts came in second with 137 points.

BC will spend the week preparing for the ACC Championships held April 17-19 in Atlanta, Ga. Events will begin at 9 a.m. on April 17 at the George C. Griffin Track & Field Facility. For more information on the Championships please visit http://www.theacc.com/sports/c-track/08-otf-championship.html.