Villanova 11
Syracuse 10

At the Danny Curran Invitational, this past weekend, Alison Smith was listed as running for Villanova. She finished third in the 1500 behind Lipari and Mimic and ahead of Ajee Wilson and Courtney Chapman. Is that a mistake or does she still have eligibility? She is not listed on the roster.

MimIc is listed as junior for eligibiilty on the roster. Does she still have another year of eligibility after this one?

As the article below details, Marcus O'Sullivan garnered another recruit over the weekend, as Fairfield, CT's Harry Warnick committed to run for the Wildcats. Warnick finished a solid 13th last November at the Foot Locker Northeast cross country regional, running 16:20.40 over the 5K course. Last month in Boston, Warnick won the New England indoor championship in the mile, in 4:20.22. He doubled back in the same meet to finish 8th in the two mile, in 9:33.31.

Fairfield Warde Track Star Commits to Villanova

Tom Renner, The Daily Fairfield
April 1, 2012

FAIRFIELD, Conn. ? The mile is the favorite event of Fairfield Warde senior Harry Warnick. Next year, he’ll be running for a college program at Villanova University that has a pedigree second-to-none in developing runners for that particular distance.

Warnick committed over the weekend to attend Villanova University. The Philadelphia-based school is coached Marcus O’Sullivan, a former star at the school who is one of three runners to run more than 100 sub four minute miles.

“The mile is my favorite event, so to go to a school that has such a great history in that race is great,’’ Warnick said. “I’m hoping I can run some great races for him.”

O’Sullivan is one of many great milers to compete for Villanova, including Eamonn Coghlan, Marty Liquori and Dick Buerkle. Outstanding women distance runners Jen Rhines and Sonia O’Sullivan also ran for the Wildcats.

Warnick was interested in Villanova for a while, but the school became the front-runner when it raised its financial aid package. Wake Forest, Boston College and American University also had offers on the table. None of them, however, come close to matching the running pedigree of the Wildcats, who have won the Big East outdoor championship the past two years.

“Marcus is a great coach and it’s a prestigious running program,’’ Warnick said. “That was a big swing on their side. And they have a strong business program, which was another factor. All of them played a role in my decision.”

Warnick jumped on the radar of a lot college coaches with a breakout junior season in cross country and track. He cemented that interest this year, when he finished second in the State Open in cross country. He took third in the State Open in the 1600 meters in February, but came back to win the New England championship in the mile in early March.

Matt Kane, another former Fairfield Warde runner, is a junior at Villanova. The Wildcats also have a strong history of success in the Penn Relays, one of the most prestigious outdoor meets in the world. Warnick will run at the Penn Relays later this month in the high school division to get a taste of the event firsthand.

“Matt has been a good runner for them and they knew I was still interested in going there,” Warnick said. “I’m glad we were able to work it out.”

Harry’s siblings Sam and Sophie are also seniors at Warde. Sam will attend the College of College of Charleston, while Sophie has narrowed her list to two schools.

Thanks to SebastianC for catching this one:

Pearl River, NY's Kieran Brennan has committed to run for Villanova, according to DyeStat/ESPN. Brennan was 6th in the 800 meters (1:52.95 PR) at the New Balance Indoor Nationals earlier this month. During the just completed 2012 indoor season, Brennan owned the USA #8 time over 800 meters (the aforementioned 1:52.95), and the USA #11 time (2:28.80) in the 1000 meters.

Kieran Brennan PRs
400 meters 52.34
800 meters 1:52.95
1000 meters 2:28.80
1600 meters 4:26.60
3200 meters 10:03.60
3 miles 15:57.77

Brennan's Mile Split page is HERE.

Brennan's DyeStat page is HERE.


This post was edited on 3/28 10:50 PM by LSU-Nit

9:01 easy win, never challenged whatsoever.

Got this from Villanovan. Selected VU track members. Others going to different meet.
This post was edited on 3/30 11:02 PM by UncleBill57

First outdoor meet was at Penn today. The results are on the www.upenn.edu under athletics and then the team site. Maybe someone can link the site. I gave it my best shot.

Good to know they are taking time to focus on the important things in between their constant recesses and breaks. Does the senate really need to spend time on this?? Really??
This post was edited on 3/23 12:47 AM by AJEich14

Really?

Whoa - deja vu! No site confirmed yet, but Nova will play Colorado in the Sweet 16 round of the WNIT. This will be a re-match of the Sweet 16 game of the 2008 WNIT when Nova travelled to Colorado.

In that game Nova controlled the entire game, bottling up their two speedy guards whose names were (no kidding!) Brittany Spears and Whitney Houston. With a nine point lead and the ball with about five minutes to go, Nova ran a perfect 28 second set, getting a wide open three. Alas, instead of a 12-point lead, the ball hit off the front of the rim, taken by Spears on the run at the foul line and off to the races for a pull up three. After a failed Nova possession, another long rebound went the other way and another Spears pull up three closed the gap to three points, just 30 seconds after it looked like Nova was a lock. We pretty much fell apart after that and lost by six or eight.

More fun facts. Colorado's current coach was a player whose career ended with a loss to Villanova at Tennessee in the NCAA regional semi-finals in 2003. Kate Fagan was a member of that team also. Kate was the Philly inquirer beat writer for the 76ers for a few years and is now an ESPN employee.

No matter where we play them, this will be a tall order as Sweeney will most likely be unavailable to play again. UPDATE: Game is Thursday in Boulder at 9 EST
This post was edited on 3/19 10:16 PM by tpenter

Well, I sit here at half time and I am not sure what I have just witnessed.

Will this be the first time a team shoots 20% from the field and wins the game?

GO NOVA!

Wait, I know what is going on... there is no oxygen there...
they are all starving for oxygen at 5000 feet.

Harry needs to put so oxygen tanks on the bench...

Later...

Anyone know if she has given, or ever will give, a Vow of Silence at the convent where she now lives as a sister of the Poor Claires? If not, would it be a benefit to have her speak with EDD? Is EDD a catholic?

Our Lady Cats won in a hard fought game on the Redbirds home court.

Without Sweeney who's out with a bad hand.
This post was edited on 3/18 8:47 PM by UncleBill57

Looks like we missed the home date by one basket... Oh, well, that is how it goes. I'm guessing the team will head out tomorrow for the next game in Illinois. They should have fun especially if they play well. I wonder if continued wins will bring them back home for any further games.

Tpenter, have you looked into this? ask Dean?

I do hope the girls will make it through at least a few rounds...

The Illinois State website indicates that they will have free internet video feed available from the game on Sunday.

Browse the link to their website, click on the Nova game and enter your email address and existing all-access password or register if you have not already done so.

Illinois State Basketball website

pictures are in SI in Faces in the Crowd.

field announced late tonight, hosting a 1st round game Thurs against American.
Posted from Rivals Mobile

True?

sad news?

Villanova came in 2nd for Robby Andrews out of high school -- is he turning pro or looking for a transfer?


Robby Andrews Leaves Cavalier Program
Courtesy: VirginiaSports.com
Release: 03/01/2012


CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.-Robby Andrews, a two-time NCAA champion in the men's 800 meters, has announced his decision to leave the Virginia track and field/cross country program.

"We want to wish Robby nothing but the best as he pursues future endeavors," Virginia director of track and field/cross country Bryan Fetzer said.

A third-year from Englishtown, N.J., Andrews won the 2010 indoor and 2011 outdoor national championships in the 800 meters. In addition, he won two ACC Championships (indoor 800m and distance medley relay in 2010) and two Penn Relays Championship of America titles (4x800 relay in 2010 and 2011) and was a three-time All-American and five-time All-ACC honoree.

McEntee qualifies in mile. Lipari does not advance.

Game, set, match?.......or does Santorum pull off wins in OH and TN to keep pushing forward?

Have to assume Newt disappears if he only does well in GA.

This guy is hysterical to watch. Every non liberal is a dumb motherfu*cker. He truly believes he is the smartest human being on earth and that 99% of Americans believe everthing he says is correct. What planet is this guy from?

I can't believe anyone would vote for this idiot. The guy certainly plays by his own rules

http://www.prisonplanet.com/obama-plays-race-card-calls-on-churches-to-support-campaign.html

Nova finished 4th behind ND, Wisc., and ARK. The first two had auto qualifiers under 9:31. Ark ran 9:31.48 and Nova 9:31.52. They will probably qualify for nationals.

Nova pretty much disappeared from the race after the first leg. They reappeared on the anchor leg.

Women did not finish at Columbia -- 10 seconds behind after the opening leg.

....and now this!

What's next!?!?!
This post was edited on 2/29 3:59 PM by RSTRICK30

Women with Newt Coalition

Buffett Rule. Billionaire funded Super PACs. What about the rest of us?