March 18, 2006

Complete Results

PEMBROKE, NC— Senior Kelly Chaplin (Montpelier, VT), junior Tim Bourke (Buffalo, NY) and freshman Travis Cansler (Cedar Park, TX) all won their respective events as the St. Andrews track & field team participated in its first NCAA Division II event, the Braves Track & Field Classic hosted by UNC Pembroke on Saturday.

The first year St. Andrews program only competed in 10 events but a Knights student-athlete either posted a win, place, or show in seven of those events.

Sophomore Tessa Franz (Warren, OR) just missed starting the day with a win for SAPC, finishing second in the women’s javelin throw. Franz’ final throw of 31.78m just fell short of the winning toss of 32.16m.

Chaplin easily won the 3,000-meter run by 34 seconds with a time of 11:11.32. Freshman Veronica Gobeyn (Mullins, SC) posted a fourth place finish in the same event stopping the clock at 12:12.18.

Chaplin continued her strong day with a second place finish in the deep 1,500-meter race. Chaplin’s time of 5:08.04 was less than two seconds behind the winning time. Gobeyn and freshman Leah Nicholson (Hendersonville, NC) finished fourth and fifth, respectively, with times of 5:28.58 and 5:31.21. Freshman Valerie Hamilton (Concord, NC) finished the Knights running in the 1,500 with a time of 6:55.57.

Nicholson was the only Knight to compete in the women’s 800-meter run and finished fourth with a speed of 2:41.16.

Bourke and freshman Mitch Cooper (Virginia Beach, VA) dominated the 1,500-meter run for St. Andrews. Bourke won the race with a blazing speed of 4:10.86 and Cooper followed in second at 4:12.06. Cansler also ran in the race and posted a time of 4:33.27.

Cansler took the first-place honors in the 800-meter run with a photo-finish time of 2:03.74. Bourke and Cooper placed seventh and eight, respectively, with times of 2:08.17 and 2:08.57.

Freshman Perry Morris (Cedar Park, TX) took home a runner-up finish in the 5,000-meter endurance race with a time of 17:10.25.

Junior Brandon Kosoko (Los Angeles, CA) and sophomore Brett Aldrich (Dunellen, NJ) competed in the 100-dash and sprinted to 12.38 and 12.67 second finishes.

In the men’s throwing events, senior Devin Gillis (Wilmington, NC) had a solid third-place finish in the javelin with a finals distance of 37.39m. Junior David Humboldt (Canyon Country, CA) posted a sixth-place throw in the shot put with a finals distance of 7.98m.

St. Andrews will next compete in the Cape Fear Classic (hosted by UNC Wilmington) on March 24-25.