March 16, 2003

Fayetteville, Ark. - Five Georgetown student-athletes traveled to Fayetteville, Ark., to compete in the 2003 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships held Friday-Saturday, March 14-15, at the Randal Tyson Track Center on the University of Arkansas campus.  The Hoyas returned home with All-America honors in the 800-meters, mile run and the distance medley relay.  The Georgetown women scored six points at the national meet to tie for 27th place with Jacksonville. 

Junior Jessie O’Connell (Westminster, Md./Westminster) clocked 1:48.82 to take third place in Section 1 of the men’s 800-meter run preliminaries.  It was the ninth-best time overall.  Although O’Connell just missed qualifying for the finals, he still qualified for All-America honors.  Sam Burley of Pennsylvania won Section 1 of the 800 in 1:48.26, followed by Jackson Langat of Texas Christian with a mark of 1:48.36.

Junior Kori Hamilton (Glendora, Calif./St. Lucy’s Priory) ran to an eighth-place finish (14th overall) in Heat 1 of the preliminaries of the women’s 800-meters with a mark of 2:10.84.  The winner of Heat 1 was Kristina Bratton of Florida with a time of 2:08.48. 

Junior Treniere Clement (Stow, Ohio/Stow-Monroe Falls) turned in a time of 4:44.60 in the women’s mile run to earn sixth place in Heat 1 of the prelims.  Northern Arizona’s Johanna Nilsson was the winner in 4:38.44.

Clement ran the lead-off leg on GU’s third-place distance medley relay squad.  Joining her on the team were junior Monica Hargrove (New Haven, Conn./James Hillhouse), Hamilton and senior Erin Sicher (College Park, Md./Good Counsel).  North Carolina won the DMR in 11:00.20, followed by Brigham Young in second place in 11:06.81.  Georgetown posted 11:10.95 to garner third, while West Virginia was fourth in 11:11.98.