DePaul Men; Marquette Women Win 2017 #BIGEASTtrack Indoor Championships
Championship Results (PDF)
2017 BIG EAST Indoor Track & Field Championship Individual Winners
Women's Recap
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – After two days of competition at Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex, DePaul won its first ever men’s BIG EAST Indoor Track & Field Team title with a score of 146 points. The Blue Demons, led by Dave Dopek, were also honored with the Coaching Staff of the Year award and senior Trevor Kintyhtt won BIG EAST Most Outstanding Performer in Field Events. For the women, it came down to scoring in the final event of the meet, the women’s high jump. At the end of all running events, Villanova was ahead by one point. Marquette defended its BIG EAST Indoor Track & Field Indoor Championship title as the Golden Eagles scored four of the first five in the high jump. Marquette won the meet with 173.5 points. With the win, Marquette’s coaching staff led by Bert Rodgers was awarded Coaching Staff of the Year honors and sophomore Monique Felix won Most Outstanding Performer in Field Events.
The DePaul men won five individual BIG EAST Championship titles. The Marquette women won four.
Marquette finished second on the men’s side with 135 points, while Butler came in third with 128 points. Butler’s Erik Peterson who won both the 3K and 5K at the championship was named Most Outstanding Track Performer of the Meet. Xavier’s Russell Platt earned the High Point Performer of the Meet with 28 points. Platt won the 60 meter and 200 meter dash title.
The women’s runner up was Villanova with 149.5 points. Wildcat Siofra Cleirigh Buttner was voted BIG EAST Most Outstanding Performer in Track Events after winning the 800 meter run and anchoring a close win for Villanova in the 4x400-meter relay and leading off the conference champion distance medley relay squad. St. John’s senior Adriana Wright won the meet’s High Point Performer on the women’s side. She won three events, the 60 meter and 200 meter dashes and 60-meter hurdles, while also running the third leg on St. John’s runner up 4x400-meter relay team.
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In the first finals event on the track on Saturday, Providence junior Millie Paladino earned the first gold medal of the meet for the Friars as she crossed the tape first at a time of 4:39.80. Villanova’s Sammy Brockoven came in second at 4:40.41 and Butler’s Olivia Anderson came in third at 4:45.60. Last year’s champion, Georgetown’s Kennedy Weisner came in fourth at 4:47.22.
Men's Recap
In the men’s mile, Georgetown nearly swept the podium as Scott Carpenter took home gold with a time of 4:03.57. Right behind Carpenter was teammate Darren Fahy who came in at 4:06.43 scoring 18 total points for the Hoyas. In third was Villanova’s Elliott Slade at 4:07.39.
In the women’s 60-meter hurdles, St. John’s grabbed its first track gold medal of the meet as Wright won the event with a time of 7.50 seconds. DePaul’s Alexia Harvey came in second at 8:59 seconds and Kara Robinson came in third for Xavier at 8.81 seconds.
Wright took home gold medal No. 2 for the day with a time of 7.50 seconds in the 60-meter dash. She was joined on the podium by DePaul’s Shayna Nwokenkwo (7.56) and Red Storm teammate Denesha Ransome (7.66).
St. John’s continued dominance in the sprinting portion of the program as favorite Maya Stephens secured the Red Storm’s third-straight gold in the indoor 400-meter dash with a time of 54.61. It is the fourth time since 2011 St. John’s took the top spot on the podium in the event. In second was Marquette’s Cassy Goodrich (55.27) and in third was Villanova’s McKenna Keegan at 55.83.
Wright and Stephens led the podium in the 200-meter dash as Wright pocketed her third gold of the event with a time of 23.84. Stephens was right behind with a time of 24.18. Georgetown’s Jody-Ann Knight took the bronze with a time of 24.56.
In the 800-meter run, favorite Cleirigh Buttner of Villanova won her second gold of the meet with a time of 2:06.63. Wildcat teammate Kaley Ciluffo came in second at 2:09.76 and Butler’s Olivia Anderson came in third with a time of 2:10.32.
Villanova’s Nichole Hutchinson won the women’s 3,000-meter run, coming out just ahead of Providence’s Briana Illarda. Hutchinson took her first gold of the meet with a time of 9:19.73. Illarda was just on her heels at 9:20.71. Villanova’s Bella Burda took third with a time o f 9:29.93.
In field events for the women, DePaul’s Emily Eller won the shot put with a throw of 14.02 meters. Marquette’s Maya Marion took silver with a throw of 13.92 meters and Villanova’s Kristen Erickson finished third (13.30 meters).
In the triple jump, Marquette’s Terica Harris earned her second gold medal of the meet as she went the distance of 12.41 meters, .37 meters further than teammate and second-place competitor Monique Felix. DePaul’s Gabrielle Howard came in third with a jump of 11.84 meters.
Villanova finished a clean sweep of the relay events as Buttner was instrumental in a 4x400-meter win for the Wildcats. Villanova at 3:42.06, while Stephens anchor of St. John’s crossed the line at 3:43.45 for the Red Storm squad. The 4x800 relay was won in 8:42.67.
The women’s high jump was the deciding event for the meet, but Marquette’s Omo Tseumah defended her title with a height of 1.70 meters. Felix finished second and DePaul’s Caroline Muller and Marquette’s Bridget Bodee and Breanne Marchan tied for third, securing the first-place win for the Golden Eagles.
For the men, Kyle Decker of DePaul defended his 60-meter hurdle title shaving .10 seconds from his 2016 championship time and crossing the tape at 8.36 seconds. In second was Butler’s Wade Walder (8.63) and finishing out the podium was Blue Demon Jarvis Hill with a time of 8.74 seconds.
Xavier’s Russell Platt won both the 60-meter and 200-meter dashes at the meet as he outsprinted 2016 BIG EAST 200-meter Champion Sebastian Feyersinger of DePaul by .10 seconds. Platt crossed the tape at 21.51 seconds, while Feyersinger came in at 21.61. Georgetown’s Quincey Wilson finished third (21.96). In the 60-meter dash, Platt won it in 6.81 seconds, followed by Marquette’s Joshua Ward (6.90) and Musketeer teammate Zachary Polk (6.91).
Feyersinger did defend his 400-meter title, outsprinting Villanova’s Harry Purcell. Feyersinger finished at 47.85, .17 seconds faster than his 2016 time. Purcell finished at 48.22, while Feyersinger’s teammate Jarvis Hill came in third with a time of 48.32.
Butler’s Peterson won his second gold of the championship as he won the men’s 3,000-meter race with a time of 8:05.00. Georgetown took second and third as Jonathan Green came in behind Peterson with an 8:09.75 finish. Hoya Jack Van Scoter came in third at 8:10.59.
Bulldog teammate Johnny Leverenz won the men’s 800 meter run at a time of 1:49.81 Villanova’s Ville Lampinen came in second (1:50.52) and DePaul’s Scott Arsenault finishing third (2:51.21).
DePaul swept the podium in the men’s shot put as Kyle Hedge won the event with a throw of 16.48 meters. Kintyhtt came in second with a distance of 15.98 meters and Isaac Jimenez took third with a throw of 15.74 meters.
DePaul’s Brian Mada successfully defended his triple jump title with a winning distance of 14.63 meters. Marquette’s Djdade Denson came in second (14.24 meters) and Blue Demon Xavier Taylor came in third (13.85 meters).
Butler’s Wade Walder won the men’s heptathon with a score of 4,553. In second was Carson Meinholz from Marquette (4,219) points and Walder teammate Richard Clark came in third (4,210).
Marquette also won the high jump on the men’s side. MU’s Daniel Armstrong won it with a height of 2.15 meters. Xavier’s Platt came in second with a height of 2.03 meters. Butler’s Dakota Thompson and Sam Robinson both reached the height of 2.00 meters.
In the relays, Villanova came out on top of the 4x800 meter race as Lucas Arrivo, Logan Wetzel, Elliot Slad and Ishmael Muhammad crossed the tape at 7:32.73, just ahead of Georgetown (7:35.61). Marquette finished third (7:6.35).
In the 4x400-meter relay, the Hoyas won out as Nicholas Sullivan, Quincey Wilson, Kenneth Rowe and Joseph White won the race with a time of 3:14.83. DePaul came in second (3:15.22), while Marquette again finished third (3:18.77).
The All-BIG EAST Indoor Track & Field team will be released on Tuesday, Feb. 28.
Women (FINAL)
1. Marquette – 173.5 pts.
2. Villanova – 149.5
3. St. John’s – 129
4. DePaul –90
5. Georgetown – 53
6. Butler – 44
7. Providence – 38
8. Xavier –24
Men (FINAL)
1. DePaul – 146 pts.
2. Marquette – 135
3. Butler – 128
4. Villanova – 100
5. Georgetown – 89
6. Xavier – 74
7. Providence – 22
Men’s Coaching Staff of the Year: DePaul
Men’s Most Outstanding Performer in Field Events: Trevor Kintyhtt, DePaul
Men’s Most Outstanding Performer in Track Events: Erik Peterson, Butler
Men’s High Point Performer of the Meet: Russell Platt, Xavier (28 points)
Women’s Coaching Staff of the Year: Marquette
Women’s Most Outstanding Performer in Field Events: Monique Felix, Marquette
Women’s Most Outstanding Performer in Track Events: Siofra Cleirigh Buttner, Villanova
Women’s High Point Performer of the Meet: Adriana Wright, St. John’s (32 points)