Freshmen Jenna Dubrow and Margo

Britton made an impressive mark

on the history books. Dubrow re-

wrote the 1500m, 3k, and 5k clocking

in at 4:36.17, 10:01.14 and shattering a

30-year old time of 18:06.00 with

17:17.77, respectively.

Britton took down the 30-year old shot

put record of 49’01.5” with a new

51’6.5”! In the discus she bettered the old record by

over 10 feet with 162’03” which qualified her for the

first round of the NCAA Championship.

Taylor Goldsworthy shaved 10 seconds off the 3000

meter steeplechase record with a time of

11:41.44

Atlantic-10 Conference

Participants

T r a c k & F i e l d Y e a r i n r e v i e w

S p e c i a l

p o i n t s o f

i n t e r e s t :

Damian Myers

and Louis Paris

were named to

the Atlantic 10

All-Conference

team.

This year there

were 44 student-

athletes who

had 3.0 or

higher average

for the year

(Cont.pg 3)

XC Highlights O U T D O O R A c h i e v e m e n t s

T E M P L E U N I V E R S I T Y

The Owls Nest

August 2012

IC4A/ ECAC QUALIFIERS:

19 Event Qualifiers & 4 Relays include 4x100

(Joshua McFrazier, Dylan Pensyl, Alex McGee & Damian

Myers). Josh McFazier in the 110 Hurdles. Louis Parisi-800m,

McGee– 100, 200m. 4x400 (Damian Myers, Lionel Wilson,

Alex McGee, Alan Harding), McGee– 100 and 200m, Matthew

Kaycon 3k Steeplechase, Derek Holland and Gabe Pickett triple

jump, Darryl McDuffie in High Jump, Brian Littlepage– Discus,

Harding and Wilson– 400m. Women: 4x100 (Crystal Hercu-

les, Dia Dorsey, Andrea Butler, Issata Kenneh), Kenneh– 100

and 200m, 4x400 (Tessa West, Jade Wilson, Sheina Roberts,

Ambrosia Iwugo). Alanna Owens– Shot Put, Tessa West and

Jade Wilson– 400H, Tonney Smith– 800m, Iwugo and Roberts–

400m, Kiersten LaRoche. Long jump, Margo Britton– Discus

and shot put.

~Men’s New Records~

Freshman Matthew

Kaycon (below) was a

standout for the cross

country season in that he

was the top finisher for

the Owls’ in three meets.

One of those times in-

cluded his finish at the

NCAA Mid-Atlantic

Regional

race.

While

Kaycon

battled

with

injuries

at the conference meet,

sophomore Will Kellar

made a move and fin-

ished 36th out of 124

competitors for the Owls.

Following him…

(cont. pg 4)

~Women’s New Records~

Travis Mahoney has set his own school record again this

year in the 3000 meter run. At 8:20.80, Mahoney took

3.72 seconds from his former

record and a full minute off of the

5k record, landing him in the

books with 13:48.76.

NCAA REGIONAL QUALIFIERS: Seniors: Travis Mahoney– 3k Steeplechase

Juniors: Jade Wilson– 400H

Sophomore: Gabe Pickett– Triple jump

Freshmen: Derek Holland-Triple jump/

Margo Britton– Discus and Shot Put/

Darryl McDuffie– High Jump

Alanna Owens, Andrea Butler, Frances Norton, Tonney Smith, Sarah Rutter,

Brianna Alvarez, Kiersten LaRoche,

Saudiah Lawrence, Margo Britton, Sarah Poserina, Stephanie Dorantes,

Jenna Dubrow, Anna Pavone, Shanel

Golding, Jennifer Abercrumbie, Kaitlyn McSurdy Michelle Davis Timothy,

Ambrosia Iwugo, Maxine Bentzel,

Tessa West, Sheina Roberts, Taylor Goldsworthy, Crystal Hercules, Issata

Kenneh, Dia Dorsey, Jade Wilson,

Dierdre MacFarlane, Paige White.

Louis Parisi, Travis Mahoney, Alan

Harding, Tim Malloy, Brian Littlepage,

Geoff Barletta, Will Kellar, Dylan Pensyl, Gabe Pickett, Derek Holland,

Cullen Davis, Lionel Wilson, Josh

McFrazier, Phil Fanz, Alex McGee, Damian Myers, Matt Kaycon, Will

Montgomery, Darryl McDuffie, Carl-

ton Stafford, Ryan Maccie.

The Sprint Medley Relay ran 3:58.55 at the

Florida Relays with the team of Ambrosia

Iwugo, Issata Kenneh, Michelle Davis Timothy and

Tonney Smith.

O w l A c h i e v e m e n t s

P a g e 2 T h e O w l s N e s t

Travis Mahoney com-

pleted his final outdoor

track and field competi-

tion at the USA Olympic

Team Trials. Prior to this

event Mahoney finished

5th at the NCAA Champion-

ships receiving All-

American status. At this

race Mahoney suffered an

Achilles ankle injury after

stepping off a steeple-

chase bar-

rier.

With a maxi-

mum of 24

participants

in the Olym-

pic Trials steeplechase

event and only 1 of 5 colle-

giate athletes, Mahoney

looked forward to this mo-

ment. His Injury was obvi-

ously interfering but he

pressed through the pain

to finish his race. While he

did not advance to the

final round of competition,

Mahoney embraced this

rare and exciting experi-

ence.

This season he returns for

his final cross country and

indoor track and field sea-

sons, having earned the

honor of 2012 All– Ameri-

can and Olympic Trials par-

ticipant.

The men’s team had a couple first place finishes in senior Mahoney with the mile run and 3000 meter race. Two 2nd place finishes came by way of field eventers

McDuffie and Pickett in the high jump and triple jump respectively. The 3rd place finish came in the person of McFrazier for the 60 meter hurdle then Holland and Staf-

ford took two more spots in the triple jump placing 5th and 8th while Pensyl and Myers finished 8th for the long jump and 200m respectively. Senior, Malloy, collected

points with a 4th place finish in the high jump event. The 4x800 (Davis, Barletta, Hedin, Kellar) and DMR (Davis, Wilson, Barletta, Kellar) relays took 8th while the

4x400 relay of Harding, Wilson, McGee and Myers finished 5th . McGee also took a 5th place in the 400 while Damian in the same event finished 6th.Also Kellar finished

6th for the 1000 meters while Davis took 7th in the same event. Finishing up the point total for the team was the throwing group of Littlepage and Maccie. The two

grabbed points for the team in the weight throw with 6th and7th place then captured 8th and 7th places respectively in the shot put event. To top the teams successes

Mahoney was named athlete of the year.

Indoor

ECAC & IC4A

The women’s

ECAC 4x800 relay of

Gocht, Smith, Wilson and

Stephens had a 6th place

finish to grab a few points

for the team.

The men’s team

had three second place

finishes at the IC4A Cham-

pionship. The momentum

started rolling with Kellar

and McFrazier qualifying

for Sunday’s final in the

1000 meter run and 60m

hurdles. They went on to

compete in the final round

with season best times.

Equaling this achievement

in the triple jump field was

Pickett who completed a

rocky competition in per-

sonal best style.

Indoor Atlantic 10

Margo Britton was the only first place finisher for the Owls at the women’s championship in the shot put event. Following her lead were sec-ond place finishes by Iwugo in the 400 and Stephens in the 800. Third place finishers were Owens in the shot and discus, Smith in

the 800, LaRoche in the pentathlon and Iwugo in the 200 meter dash. She then joined teammates Davis-Timothy, Roberts and West for 4x400 meter relay points. LaRoche also took the 5th place position for the long jump while Davis-Timothy took 7th in the 200 and 400 meters. Wilson came through with a 4th place finish in the 500 meter run and a 6th place 60 meter hurdle run while sprinter Kenneh dashed into 5th for 60 meters. Rounding up the Owls 2nd place overall finish was freshman Dubrow placing 8th in the mile event.

Outdoor

IC4A & ECAC

The men’s team captured a

4x400 relay 8th place finish with

the team of Myers, Wilson,

McGee and Harding and two

individual point scorers with

freshman triple jumper Derek

Holland in 5th and sophomore

Gabe Pickett in 8th.

The women, also in the 4x400

relay, scored 5th with athletes

West, Iwugo, Wilson and Rob-

erts running their fastest time of

the season at 3:39.63. Wilson

moved on to compete individu-

ally placing 6th in the 400 meter

hurdles also running her fastest

ever at 59.90

Eyes on Owls

The Men’s Conference Champion-

ship ended in a third place finish for

the team. There were great perform-ances like freshman Darryl McDuffie

winning the high jump with a new

personal best. Mahoney taking first in the 5k and steeplechase, while Kaycon

and Phil Fanz took 4th and 6th in the

event. Mahoney then took 2nd for the 1500m and Davis finished 6th. The

men’s triple jumpers Pickett, Holland

and Stafford took 1st, 2nd and 6th places, respectively. Also in the field

events were two 8th place finishes in

the shot by Maccie and javelin by

Tosto. Littlepage scored with 6th

place in the hammer and 5th in discus.

Completing the field event points were Malloy in high jump with a 4th place

finish and long jumpers Pensyl and

Wilson scoring in the 6th and 8th posi-

tions. Around the track 3rd place fin-

ishes were Malloy in the 110 hurdles

and Parisi in the 800m followed by 7th place in the event for Kellar. A pair of

8th place finishes for McGee in the 100

and 200 meters then Myers placed 5th in the event while athletes Harding and

Wilson finished 2nd and 3rd, respec-

tively, in the 400m run. The relays also showed successes with the 4x100 relay

of McFrazier, Pensyl, McGee and

Myers. The 4x800 relay of Kellar, Montgomery, Davis and Parisi took 5th

while the 4x400 relay completed the

championship with a 1st place run to

the finish with Myers, Wilson, Parisi

and Harding. The Athlete of the year

turned up as Mahoney .

The Women’s Conference team

earned a second place overall

finish with a pair of first place finishes for freshman Britton, in

both the shot put and discus

throw. Senior Owens snatched 2nd in the shot and just missed

placing in the discus. Also in the

field events, LaRoche just missed placing in the triple jump while

taking third in the long jump

event. She also made a tremen-dous effort in the heptathlon with

a 2nd place finish while teammate

Alverez took 8th in the event. On

the track were many firsts for the

program, such as in the 100m

dash. Temple placed 5th and 7th with Kenneh and Butler. Gather-

ing more points, Kenneh went on

O w l a c h i e v e m e n t s

P a g e 3 T h e O w l s N e s t

Jennifer Abercrumbie, Geoffrey Barletta, Maxine Bentzel, Jennifer Berman, Kelly Broadbent, Kiersten Brown,

Kevin Caporiccio, Tyrece Clayton, Hollis Coleman, Cullen Davis, Michelle Davis-Timothy, Gennie Depass, Dia

Dorsey, Jenna Dubrow, Phil Fanz, Karrie Finn, Katherine Frank, Victoria Gocht, Taylor Goldsworthy, Crystal

Hercules, Derek Holland, Matthew Kaycon, William Kellar, Rayna Kratchman, Kiersten LaRoche, Saudiah

Lawrence, Ryan Maccie, Deirdre MacFarlane, Travis Mahoney, Timothy Malloy, Kaitlyn McSurdy, Damian

Myers, France Norton, Alan Owens, Louis Parisi, Anna Pavone, Sarah Poserina, Samantha Shepard, Amy

Stansbury, Tyler Robinson, Carlton Stafford, Tessa West, Brittany Weston, Elizabeth-Paige White.

“Success requires your maximum effort. Be successful.”

H a t s o f f t o O u r S c h o l a r s :

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to the 200 meters with a 3rd place

finish followed by Iwugo in 4th.

Iwugo was a tough competitor in the 400 meters finishing 2nd while

fellow runner Roberts placed 7th.

Smith in the 800 ran to a 3rd place finish along with Wilson in the 400

hurdles while West finished in 7th

place position . Finally for indi-viduals Wilson also placed 5th in

the 100 meter hurdles. A 7th place

finish in the 4x800 relay of Rob-erts, Dubrow, White and Smith

was followed by 3rd in the 4x100

relay group of sprinters Hercules,

Dorsey, Butler and Kenneh. The

culmination of the relays were the

4x400 team of West, Wilson,

Roberts and Iwugo finishing third.

NCAA First Round

This time around, five competitors made it

from the Temple team to the East Regional

meet. Among the five was the lone female

and freshman standout Margo Britton who

competed in both shot put and discus

events. Other freshman included high

jumper Darryl McDuffie and triple jumper

Derek Holland. Sophomore Gabe Pickett

also competed in the triple jump event

while senior Travis Mahoney compete in

the steeplechase event. Placing 8th over-

all, Mahoney was able to move on to the

final round of competition in Des Moines,

Iowa.

O u t d o o r A - 1 0 C h a m p i o n s h i p

NCAA Championship

Mahoney competed at Drake University

Stadium in the final championship. After

having the experience of competing last

year, he learned how compete on this

level. As runners pulled away from him,

Mahoney maintained his focus and stayed

calm as he ran into the 5th place finish.

His finish makes him Temple’s first First

Team All–American. He went on yet again

to his final stop of the season at the USA

Olympic team trials in Eugene Oregon.

(See pg 2 Eyes on Owls)

N a t i o n a l S p o t l i g h t

P a g e 4

Temple Alumni

T h e O w l s N e s t

The freshman of the Temple Owls’ track and field

teams made history, bringing five individual qualifiers to

the Junior National Meet. Dubrow, showed great

promise from the cross country season through indoor

and into the outdoor season. Her 3000k and 5000k

races qualified her for the meet where she finished 11th

and 15th, respectively. Kaycon’s steeplechase effort

placed him 15th as well, while Davis (left) placed 14th

in the 1500m run, only three seconds away from his personal best of the season. In the

field events, Holland, (right) who made huge leaps and qualified for the first round of the

NCAA championships, finished only 6 cm from his personal best in the triple jump

placing 7th overall. A big throw for 6th, Britton who also

competed in the NCAA first round, finished

14th in the young women’s Shot put and Discus throw

events respectively. The fresh- man did an outstanding job this

year and show great promise of more to come.

Update the Owls Nest on what you are doing. We’d love to hear from you.

USA Olympic Trials

Travis Mahoney and Coach Shameka Mar-

shall faired well at the 2012

Olympic Trials held at Hay-

ward Field in Eugene, Ore-

gon.

Out of the 24 competitors

in the long jump event, Mar-

shall’s first attempt quali-

fied her for the next round

of jumps two days later. With only half the com-

petitors remaining, and given three more jumps

Marshall was at it again. She made it through

this round and the field was shortened yet

again to only 8 athletes. This group would de-

termine who would make the top 3 for the

American team in the London Olympics. Mar-

shall’s final three jumps did not improve as she

remains top 8 in the US for 5 plus years. Mar-

shall was grateful for the opportunity and is

rooting for friends and former teammates who

are in London. (Mahoney’s Story see Pg. 2) XC Highlights (Cont from pg. 1)

was Ben Thomas, Philip Fanz, Geoff Barletta and freshman Cullen Davis who stepped up to solidify the teams 10th place finish overall.

The Owls bettered their efforts by placing 5th out of 16 teams at the IC4A Regional meet. Leading the way was Kellar in 16th place fol-

lowed by Thomas, Kaycon, Fanz and Barletta.

The Women’s Cross Country team was led by newcomer Jenna Dubrow beginning the first meet in record-setting fashion. This marked

the highest place finish for an Owl in 38 years at this meet. The team commanded 32nd place overall with sophomores Taylor Goldsworthy

and Erin Casey following Dubrow. The trend continued at the Atlantic 10 Championship where Dubrow took first, followed by Anna

Pavone and Goldsworthy. Another record-setting run at the ECAC championship, as the Owls had their highest placement in the program’s

history, placing 15th. Dubrow led the pack for the 6th time of the season, while strong finishers Goldsworthy and Dorantes completed the

top three.

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Good News & Accomplishments:

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Now more than ever we need an Indoor track facility so our

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them is vital to our ultimate goal. We hope you will join us

with your commitment as we pursue this journey.

Thank you for supporting your Temple Track & Field and

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