May 1, 2011

Philadelphia, Pa. -  Stony Brook's track & field teams wrapped up competition at the Penn Relays on Saturday with a win and two school records.  The women's college 4x800, consisting of senior Lucy Van Dalen (Wanganui, New Zealand), junior Page Price (Tampa, Fla.), junior Mary O'Connor (Waterford, Ireland) and junior Kristal Conklin (Middletown, N.Y.) won the event in a time of 8:51.33, also running an ECAC qualifying time.

Van Dalen, junior LaQuashia Hall (New York, N.Y.), Price and sophomore Annie Keown (Auckland, New Zealand) set a new school record in the distance medley relay (11:31.92).

Junior Gerard Harley (Setuaket, N.Y.) narrowly missed out on an ICA4 qualifying mark, running a 14:36.34 in the Olympic Development 5000.

The women's sprint medley relay team, made up of junior Christina Johnson (Elmont, N.Y.), freshman Katie Manzi (Swan Lake, N.Y.), Hall and Conklin, just missed a school record by 1.1 seconds, settling for 4:07.77.

On the first day of the event, junior Hayley Green (Wellington, New Zealand) and senior Laura Huet (Carrickmines, Ireland) represented Stony Brook.

Green finished fifth in the 3,000-meter run, completing the race in 9:34.79. Her time was a season best by just under 10 seconds and qualified her for ECACs

Huet took 18th in the 5,000 (17:12.27), an ECAC qualifying mark, competing in the Penn Relays for a second straight season. She ran a 16:54.18 last season.