April 24, 2002
This past weekend, the Villanova men and women's track & field teams competed at the Widener Invitational. The Wildcats had a number of top victories on the day including Mark Blattner in the discus and hammer, Tom Parlapiano in the 800m, Pat Moore in the shot put, Jaclyn Fontaine in the 400m, Carre Joyce in the 1500m, Sharon Byam in the 100m hurdles, Melanie Rhodem in the 400m hurdles, Christina Heyward in the triple jump, Michelle Ezzie in the pole vault, and Melina Boykin in the shot put, discus and hammer.
Widener Invitional
Men's Results
400 MPlace Name Time3rd James Copperthwaite 49.4815th Dan Marzluff 51.8226th Tim Pappas 53.73
800 MPlace Name Time1st Tom Parlapiano 1:51.045th Pat Hickey 1:54.458th Tom Falvey 1:57.0512th Mark Corberry 1:59.1415th Jesse Laudenslager 2:01.2822nd Craig Moss 2:03.22
1500 MPlace Name Time3rd John Fasulo 3:48.8218th Chris Johnson 4:05.24
3000 SteeplechasePlace Name Time2nd Andrew Cameron 9:28.355th Andrew Blaich 9:41.90
5000 SteeplechasePlace Name Time14th Jesse Rappole 15:36.7
400M HurdlesPlace Name Time3rd Tom Graham 55.786th Matt Strout 57.35
Shot PutPlace Name Mark1st Pat Moore 50-0.752nd Mark Bluttner 49-5.5
DiscusPlace Name Mark1st Mark Bluttner 146-17th Pat Moore 130-18th Joe Strauld 128-8
JavelinPlace Name Mark2nd Ben Heebner 171-113rd Joe Strauld 164-411th Dan Tantino 144-413th Craig Kelican 142-5
Pole VaultPlace Name Mark3rd Tom Reilly 14-0
Hammer ThrowPlace Name Mark1st Mark Blattner 184-82nd Pat Moore 159-13rd Justin Shakleford 150-18th Joe Straub 108-3
Women's Results
100 MPlace Name Time2nd Tara Bernoid 12.64
200 MPlace Name Time2nd Tara Bernoid 25.753rd Sharon Byam 26.059th Colleen Cingel 27.05
400 MPlace Name Time1st Jaclyn Fontaine 57.682nd Colleen Cingel 59.28
800 MPlace Name Time20th Grace Rodden 2:32.24
1500 MPlace Name Time1st Carre Joyce 4:33.822nd Colleen Taylor 4:36.594th Claudine Evangelista 4:39.167th Juliette Kenny 4:44.3021st Sarah Scavfe 5:13.03
100M HurdlesPlace Name Time1st Sharon Byam 14.77
400M HurdlesPlace Name Time1st Melanie Rhodem 1:02.68
Triple JumpPlace Name Mark1st Christina Heyward 34-10.25
Shot PutPlace Name Mark1st Melinda Boykin 45-2.252nd Sylvia Taggart 40-1.5
DiscusPlace Name Mark2nd Melinda Boykin 151-83rd Christina Heffernan 139-45th Vanessa Bebbe 115-312th Lauren Kobel 98-7
JavelinPlace Name Mark2nd Jamie Stiger 107-35th Allison Jackson 97-0
Pole VaultPlace Name Mark1st Michelle Ezzie 11-06th Keely Fallon 8-66th Abby Smagula 8-6
Hammer ThrowPlace Name Mark1st Melinda Boykin 169-32nd Lauren Kobel 137-63rd Christina Heffernan 135-24th Sylvia Taggart 125-88th Vanessa Bebbe 79-8.75
