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Body Picks Up Three Top-Tens at HL Championships
Amanda Body registered three top-ten finishes on Sunday. (Ray Acevedo)
Amanda Body registered three top-ten finishes on Sunday. (Ray Acevedo)

Sunday, May 03, 2009

Amanda Body (Harlan, Ky./Harlan) picked up two podium finishes on Sunday, leading the Valparaiso women’s track and field squad as it concluded competition at the 2009 Horizon League Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Lisle, Ill.  The Crusaders finished the meet in seventh place.

Valpo tallied 15 points over the three-day meet to pick up the seventh-place showing.  Youngstown State took home the team title with 208 points.

Body matched her qualifying position in both the 100m dash and the 200m dash on Sunday.  The senior posted a third-place finish with a time of 12.44 seconds in the 100m, and followed by crossing the line in 24.70 seconds in the 200m, good for second place.  Body also picked up a third top-ten finish on Sunday in the triple jump, leaping 34’9 ¾” for a ninth-place finish.

Elsewhere on the track, Alyssa Bradford (Mukwonago, Wis./Mukwonago) placed ninth in the finals of the 800m run, crossing the line in 2:19.21.  Sara Christensen (Bettendorf, Iowa/Pleasant Valley) ran a season-best 5:03.26 in the 1,500m run to pace Valpo, finishing 14th, while Caitlin Sauerhage (Rising Sun, Ind./Rising Sun [Indiana]) ran to a 15th-place finish in the 5,000m run with a time of 20:10.79.  On the infield, Natalie McCorriston (Lansdowne, Pa./Cardinal O’Hara) paced the Crusaders in the shot put with a toss of 33’11 ½”, finishing 11th.
W Track Hillsdale Classic Hillsdale, Mich.
May 8 No Team Score
Softball Valpo 1 Chicago, Ill.
May 8 Youngstown State 9
Softball Valpo 3 Chicago, Ill.
May 9 UIC 1
M Track Dr. Keeler Invitational Naperville, Ill.
May 10 No Team Score
Softball Valpo 4 8 inn.
May 10 Cleveland State 3
Softball Valpo 10 Chicago, Ill.
May 10 Wright State 2
Baseball Valpo 0 Chicago, Ill.
May 10 UIC 3
W Track GVSU Last Chance Allendale, Mich.
May 11 No Team Score
Softball Valpo 2 Chicago, Ill.
May 11 Youngstown State 1
Softball Valpo 11 Chicago, Ill.
May 11 Youngstown State 9
Baseball Valpo 5 Chicago, Ill.
May 11 UIC 12
Baseball Valpo 2 Chicago, Ill.
May 12 UIC 5
Baseball Toledo 1 Emory G. Bauer Field
May 14 Valpo 6
M Golf NCAA Regional Championship Columbus, Ohio (The Ohio State University GC)
May 16 13th/13 (309)
Baseball Youngstown State 1 Emory G. Bauer Field
May 16 Valpo 4
M Golf NCAA Regional Championship Columbus, Ohio (The Ohio State University GC)
May 17 13th/13 (617)
Baseball Youngstown State 4 Emory G. Bauer Field
May 17 Valpo 7
Softball Valpo 0 Ann Arbor, Mich.
May 17 #7/8 Michigan 5
M Golf NCAA Regional Championship Columbus, Ohio (The Ohio State University GC)
May 18
Baseball Youngstown State Emory G. Bauer Field
May 18, 1:00 p.m. Valpo
Softball Valpo Ann Arbor, Mich.
May 18, 1:30 p.m. Central Michigan
Softball Valpo Ann Arbor, Mich.
May 19, 1:30 p.m. TBA
Baseball Valpo Niles, Ohio
May 23, 1:30 p.m. Horizon League Championship
Baseball Valpo Niles, Ohio
May 24, 1:30 p.m. Horizon League Championship
Baseball Valpo Niles, Ohio
May 25, 1:30 p.m. Horizon League Championship
Baseball Valpo Niles, Ohio
May 26, 1:30 p.m. Horizon League Championship