April 12, 2003
Results
Duquesne's women's outdoor track and field team took home second place among 16 teams competing at Saturday's University of Virginia Lou Onesty / Milton G. Abramson Invitational at UVA's Lannigan Field.
The Dukes were led by junior Nicole Wiley (New Castle, Del. / Padua Academy) and sophomore Kristen Micsky (Greenville, PA/Reynolds) who took gold medals in the 100 meter hurdles and the triple jump, respectively, while sophomore Marcie Hepler (Vandergrift, Pa. / Kiski Area) took third place in both the discuss throw and shot put. All told, Duquesne's performance resulted in seven medals.
Three events produced the most points for Duquesne [the triple jump (16), discuss throw (15) and javelin throw (14)] on the way to a team score of 73 points, second only to the host Cavaliers with 191. Georgetown and Monmouth tied for third place with 59 points.
Two other Atlantic 10 squads competed at this event: Richmond grabbed seventh place with 46 points while Saint Joseph's come in eight with 43.
The Dukes will next head to Akron, Ohio for the University of Akron's Tri Meet on Saturday, April 19th.
Duquesne Points
Event PL Name Points
Triple Jump 1 Kristen Micsky 10100 Meter Hurdles 1 Nicole Wiley 10Javelin Throw 2 Caitlin Cielo 8Javelin Throw 3 Erica DaCosta 6Triple Jump 3 Kerri Durica 6Discus Throw 3 Marcie Hepler 6Shot Put 3 Marcie Hepler 6Discus Throw 4 Lena Harris 53000 Meter Run 6 + Carrie Hucko 5High Jump T4 # Kristen Micsky 4Discus Throw 5 Melissa Stewart 44x400 Meter Relay 7 DU "A" 3
Total 73
+ Two unattached runners finished ahead of Hucko who was awarded fourth place points.# Three jumpers tied for fourth place.
Team Results - 19 events
1) Virginia 1912) Duquesne 733) Georgetown 59 Monmouth 595) Lehigh 55 William & Mary 557) Richmond 468) St. Joseph's 439) Howard 3110) James Madison 2411) UMBC 22 Lafayette 2213) V.M.I. 20.5014) Virginia Tech 1215) Mount St. Mary's 11.5016) Rider 11
