April 21, 2007

Complete Results

HARRISONBURG, Va. - Freshman Michael Pachella was the highest place winner on George Mason's men's track and field team, finishing second in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:53.59 at the 2007 Colonial Athletic Association Track and Field Championships, held at the James Madison University Track and Field Complex in Harrisonburg, Va. on April 20-21. He ran a time of 1:55.42 in the preliminary rounds of the event to qualify for the finals.

In the field events, junior Michael Wade competed in the high jump, long jump and triple jump, placing in all three events. In the high jump, Wade tied for third with a leap of 2.00 meters (6 ft. 6.75 in.). He finished fifth in the long jump with a mark of 6.95 meters (22 ft. 9.75 in.) and fourth in the triple jump with a leap of 14.40 meters (47 ft. 3 in.).

A trio of Patriots placed seventh in their respective events. Sophomore Mutsa Nyakabau finished seventh in the 400-meter dash finals with a time of 49.19 seconds. Graduate student Marc Pelerin placed seventh in the 1500-meter run with a time of 3:56.96, while graduate student Charles Millioen placed seventh in the 5000-meter run, crossing the finish line in 15:00.13.

On the women's side, sophomore Murielle Ahoure was named the Co-Most Outstanding Performer of the women's running events. She shared the award with junior Tramaine Shaw of Northeastern.

Ahoure won both the 100-meter (11.72 seconds) and 200-meter (23.48 seconds) sprint races on Saturday and set meet records in Friday's qualifying heats of both events, then re-set the 200-meter dash record in the final. She was clocked at 11.59 seconds in the 100-meter dash preliminary heats, breaking the mark of 11.65 seconds set by Mason's Cydonie Mothersill in 1999. In the preliminary heats of the 200-meter dash she turned in a time of 23.53 seconds to break the record of 23.80 seconds set by Mason's Danita Roseboro in 1993.

Ahoure wasn't Mason's only champion at the meet, as both Ryann Hendricks and Tiara Swindell took home individual titles. Hendricks placed first in the triple jump, winning the competition with a leap of 12.33 meters (40 ft. 5.5 in.), a personal best that qualifies the sophomore for the NCAA East Regional Championships. She also placed fifth in the long jump with a mark of 5.80 meters (19 ft. 0.50 in.).

Swindell finished first in the 400-meter dash, clocking in at 55.11 seconds to set a new personal record and qualify for the NCAA East Regional Championships in the event. The freshman from Hampton, Va. also competed in the 200-meter dash, placing third with a time of 24.21 seconds. She set another personal best in the preliminary heats of the 200, running a time of 24.09 seconds.

In the 1500-meter run, Amy Yocum qualified for the finals with a time of 4:48.89 in the preliminary rounds. In the finals, Yocum ran a personal-best time of 4:38.30 to finish in fifth place.

Both the men's and women's teams recorded second-place finishes in the relay events. The women's team finished second in the 4x100-meter relay with an ECAC-qualifying time of 46.00 seconds. The men's 4x400-meter relay team placed second with a time of 3:16.62 to qualify for the IC4A Championships.

In the team scoring, both George Mason's men's and women's teams finished in sixth place. The women accumulated 64 points, while the men earned 39.50 points. Northeastern won the women's championship with 163 points, while UNC Wilmington captured the men's crown with 215.50 points.

Both the George Mason men's and women's track and field teams will compete at the Penn Relays on April 26-28.