East Carolina University
Penn Relays
Pirates Win Three Titles At Penn Relays
April 24, 2010 | Track & Field
April 24, 2010
Complete Meet Results and Video Highlights
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - The East Carolina track and field program made its mark on the 116th running of the Penn Relays at historic Franklin Field, winning three event titles while also setting three school records. Tynita Butts (Eastern long jump), Dennis Aliotta (College shot put) and Spencer Barrick (College javelin) each finished first in their respective events while Butts, Aliotta and Brittany Copeland (Championship 5,000m run) produced new school standards.
For the men, Mario Briscoe ended up fourth in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 51.80. Adding another top 10 finish, Austin Lewis took ninth in the long jump (college division) at 7.10 meters. Aliotta then captured the shot put (college division) with the school-record mark of 17.85 meters. Barrick's 65.39 meter-effort in the college division also netted him first in the javelin while Matthew McConaughey snatched sixth in the championship division of the same event with a mark of 62.05 meters.
The 4x200 relay team just missed out on advancing to the championship finals, running a time of 1:26.26 to finish 19th. It did, however, qualify for the ICAAAA final and improved its time to 1:25.55 which was good for third.
A time of 46.21 by the women's 4x100 relay team was the sixth-place time in the ICAAAA final after it was 30th in the heats at 46.44. Copeland then broke the 16-year old record in the 5000-meter run after clocking in at 16:25.95.
In the field, Butts captured sixth in the high jump championship division with a mark of 1.75 meters after taking the title in the long jump eastern division and setting the school record at 6.20 meters. Camelia Morman also made her way into the top 10 in the triple jump with a mark of 11.82 meters. In the hammer throw, Kim Kanala was sixth in the college division (48.59 meters) while defending Conference USA outdoor champion Maegan Lewis finished third in the championship division (56.66 meters). Rounding out the meet for the women was a third-place result in the championship division of the javelin as Nicole Tozzi recorded a heave of 47.59 meters.
The Pirates are back in action next weekend when they travel to two meets, the High Point Invitational and the Duke Twilight Meet. Those two events are the precursor to the 2010 C-USA Outdoor Championships in Orlando, Fla., scheduled for May 13-16.
