March 9, 2008

Boston, Mass. - Stony Brook's women's track team posted three personal-best times today at the ECAC Championship in Boston, Massachusetts. Sophomore Laura Huet (Carrickmines, Ireland) and freshmen Holly Van Dalen (Wanganui, New Zealand) and Ruth Gillespie (Carrickfergus, N. Ireland) each showed marked improvement in the 3,000-meter.

Huet, who finished the event eighth overall, posted a time of 9:40.63 which was six seconds faster than her previous career-best. Van Dalen, placing just one spot behind Huet, finished in 9:42.62 which was an 11 second improvement. Gillespie crossed in a time of 9:57.72, which was good enough for 16th place.

Next up on the Seawolves' schedule is the NCAA Championships next weekend. Sophomore Tim Hodge (Tawa, New Zealand) has a provisional qualifying time in the 3,000-meter, senior Dana Hastie (Wellington, New Zealand) qualified provisionally in the 5,000-meter and freshman Lucy Van Dalen (Wanganui, New Zealand) has qualified in the mile.