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BY DANNY FRIEL

In print | Published March 19, 2009

Mullarkey top five at national track meet

Caitlin Mullarkey ’09 continued a banner year for the Garnet on Saturday by placing fifth in the national finals of the women’s mile at the 2009 NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships.

Mullarkey qualified for the national meet by virtue of a school-record provisional cut of 4:59.59 on the way to winning the 2009 E.C.A.C. Division III Indoor Championship.

The performance earned Mullarkey her first trip to the indoor national meet after missing the meet for the last three years.

Mullarkey qualified easily for Saturday’s final in 5:00.30, which fielded the top ten qualifying times from the preliminary heats. The final was a race of strategy, as the pack began at a slower-than-normal pace before building up to a sprint to the finish.

The lone Garnet entrant in the national meet, Mullarkey emerged from the frenzy in fifth place at 5:00.16, edging two other 5:00s to finish in the top half of the elite field.

Mullarkey was the top finisher from the Centennial Conference and from the East Coast, peaking at the right time after a fourth-place finish at the conference championships.

Baeth wins NCAA scholarship

Field hockey’s Anna Baeth ’09 was among 13 recipients of the NCAA Ethnic Minority and Women’s Enhancement Scholarship for Careers in Athletics. Co-captain Baeth will be awarded $6,000 toward pursuing a higher degree in exercise science.

The scholarship is a part of a pair of awards jointly developed by the NCAA Committee on Women’s Athletics and the NCAA Minority Opportunities and Interests Committee in an effort to encourage increased representation of women and minorities in intercollegiate athletics.

The award is given each year to a total of 26 students comprising 13 female students and 13 students who identify as members of a racial minority group.

Stockbower nominated to preliminary All-America list

2009 Centennial Conference Player of the Year Kathryn Stockbower ’11 is one of two women’s basketball players from the conference to be nominated by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association to the NCAA Division III State Farm Coaches’ All-America Basketball Team.

The nominees are grouped by region. By receiving a nomination, Stockbower joins four other athletes, including Muhlenberg senior Lauren Boyle, on the All-Region Four team.

Ten of the 42 nominees across all eight regions will ultimately be selected to comprise the final All-America roster. Stockbower is one of only five sophomores nationally to receive a nomination.

Miller returns to NCAA swim meet

Four-time All-American Anne Miller ‘10 has earned her third consecutive invitation to the NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships.

Miller’s provisional cut time of 2:06.26, set on her way to a second-place finish in the 200-yard butterfly at the 2009 Centennial Conference Championship, leaves her seeded 15th nationally.
Miller will also compete in the 500-yard freestyle and the 100-yard butterfly at the national meet before finishing with her signature event.

Miller’s Centennial Conference record of 2:02.44, set on the way to a second-place finish in the 2008 national final, was the fastest time posted by an underclassman in 2008.

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