Feb. 23, 2003
Complete Results
FAIRFAX, VA ... The George Mason University women's track & field team won nine events and the men's team won four at the GMU Winter Open on Sunday afternoon in the George Mason Recreation Sports Complex.
Freshman Jessica Cross (Marathon, NY/Marathon Central) and junior Ameca Williams (Kingston, Jamaica/Immaculate Conception) led the women's team with two individual wins apiece. Cross swept the throwing events, winning the weight throw with a season-best mark of 51 feet, 11 inches and winning the shot put with a 43-foot, 3?-inch performance. Williams won the 200 meters in a season-best 24.87 seconds to qualify for the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Indoor Championships, and was also the top finishing collegian in the 55-meter hurdles in 8.36 seconds.
The women's 4x400-meter relay "A" team of freshman Alycia Williams (Palm Coast, FL/Flagler Palm Coast), sophomore Tysha Colon (Washington, DC/HD Woodson), freshman Alyce Williams (Palm Coast, FL/Flagler Palm Coast) and sophomore Sheena Davidson (Rochester, NY/Edison Tech) won in a season-best and ECAC-qualifying 3:43.54.
Colon and Alycia Williams also won individual events for George Mason. Colon won the 55 meters in a season-best and ECAC-qualifying 7.04 seconds, while Williams also qualified for the ECAC Championships, winning the 400 meters in 55.64 seconds.
Other individual winners for the women's team were junior Kim Morgan (Houston, TX/Alief Hastings) in the long jump (18-7?) and sophomore Sara Hines (Strasburg, VA/Strasburg) in the 1000 meters (3:00.36).
The men's team picked up wins from freshman Randle Logan (Alexandria, VA/Hayfield) in the 200 meters in 23.08 seconds, junior Ricardo Cunningham in the 800 meters in a season-best 1:52.54, freshman Josh Cole (Spartanburg, SC/Paul M. Dorman) in the weight throw with a 40-foot, 3?-inch mark and junior Wayne Wright (Roanoke, VA/Cave Spring) in the high jump with a personal-best leap of 6 feet, 10? inches. Both Cunningham and Wright qualified for the Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America (IC4A) Indoor Championships.
Competition included athletes from approximately seven schools, including George Mason, James Madison and Virginia Commonwealth. Among the other athletes competing was South Lakes High School graduate Alan Webb (Nike), winning the 1000 meters in 2:23.61.
The Patriots return to action on Saturday, March 1, at the Virginia Tech Last Chance Meet in Blacksburg, VA.
George Mason W Results (placement among collegians only)
55 M: Tysha Colon (1) 7.04, 7.10 (p); Kim Morgan (2) 7.05, 7.13 (p); NamTasha Joyner (4) 7.19, 7.19 (p)
55 H: Ameca Williams (1) 8.36, 8.48 (p); Aisha Williams (2) 9.05, 9.07 (p)
200 M: Ameca Williams (1) 24.87
400 M: Alycia Williams (1) 55.64; Sheena Davidson (2) 55.68; Paula Bailey (7) 1:01.26
800 M: Dana Early (2) 2:17.19; Kathy Williams (3) 2:20.22; Zulei Thomas (7) 2:31.05
1000 M: Sara Hines (1) 3:00.36; Ryann Holmes (2) 3:00.42; Rose Moeser (6) 3:12.66; Nicole Holifield (7) 3:19.00
Mile: Michelle DiPenti (2) 5:06.08; Sheena Goss (5) 5:11.87
4x4: "A" Alycia Williams, Tysha Colon, Alyce Williams, Sheena Davidson (1) 3:43.54; "B" Kim Morgan, NamTasha Joyner, Kathy Williams, Paula Bailey (2) 3:54.37; "C" Michelle DiPenti, Dana Early, Sara Hines, Ryann Holmes (5) 4:07.58
High Jump: Alyce Williams (3) 4-11; Mamuna Oyofo (4) 4-9
Long Jump: Kim Morgan (1) 18-7?
Triple Jump: Aisha Williams (2) 36-7
Shot Put: Jessica Cross (1) 43-3?; Mamuna Oyofo (3) 31-2?
Weight Throw: Jessica Cross (1) 51-11
George Mason M Results (placement among collegians only)
55 M: Sam Sesay (3) 6.47, 6.45 (p); Randle Logan (5) 6.69, 6.72 (p); Justin Hernandez (6) 6.80, 6.75 (p); Jason Kott (10) 6.93
55 H: Richard Phillips 7.42 (p)
200 M: Randle Logan (1) 23.08; Jason Kott (3) 23.76; Justin Hernandez (4) 24.10
500 M: Dominique Brown (3) 1:06.60
800 M: Ricardo Cunningham (1) 1:52.54; Dennis Moriarty (7) 2:04.09; Arjun Dabir (8) 2:12.24
1000 M: Alex Gornik (4) 2:48.37
3000 M: Ben Sommers (3) 9:02.49
High Jump: Wayne Wright (1) 6-10?
Weight Throw: Josh Cole (1) 40-3?
