West Long Branch, N.J. (May 2, 2009)--The Mount's javelin throwers posted big days to pace the team on the first day of the Northeast Conference Championships hosted by Monmouth University on Saturday. The Mount men's team finished the first day of competition in sixth place while the women's team is in seventh.

On the women's side, sophomore Hannah Dubois (Thurmont, Md./Catoctin) posted a third-place finish in the javelin with a toss of 35.88m. Also scoring for the Mount were pole vaulters Dana Collins (Bensalem, Pa./Archbishop Ryan) and Jessica Huber (Manchester, Md./North Carroll) who tied for sixth place with a mark of 3.10m. In the discus, Maggie Pierce (Caldwell, N.J./James Caldwell) finished in sixth place with a mark of 37.16m (121-11) with teammate Sarah Klemic (Somers Point, N.J./Mainland Regional) placed eighth with a toss of 36.10m (188-5).

The Mount had plenty of qualifiers for tomorrow's championship races on the women's side as well. Twin sisters Ashley DeCruise (Rockville, Md./Richard Montgomery) and Lynnie DeCruise (Rockville, Md./Richard Montgomery) each qualified for the finals in the 100m and 200m dash. Sheena Simpkins (Middletown, N.Y./Middletown) qualified in the 200m and 400m dash while Sara Brown (Philadelphia, Pa./Archbishop Ryan) qualified in the 100m dash as well.

Brianne Vozzella (Hershey, Pa./Lower Dauphin) qualfied for the finals in the 800m run while Samantha Willox (Kent Island, Md./Kent Island) and Maura Tipping (Landsdowne, Pa./Mount Mercy Academy) each qualified in the 1500m run.

On the men's side, freshman Jon Fernandez (Lakewood, N.J./Monsignor Donovan) finished in third-place in the javelin with an IC4A qualifying mark of 59.16m (194-1). Fellow freshman Dan Ennis (Cinnaminson, N.J./Cinnaminson) was eighth in the javelin with a toss of 52.20m (171-3).

Freshman Quinton Huguley (Port Tobacco, Md./McDonough) was fifth in the long jump (6.83m) and seventh in the high jump (1.84m). In the discus, freshman Alan Coulson (Toms River, N.J./Monsignor Donovan) was seventh in the discus (41.05m) with teammate Ed Brady (Washington Township, N.J./Gloucester Catholic) eighth with a mark of 39.10m.

The 4x800m relay team of Morgan Sowell (Frederick, Md./Frederick), Will Mitchell (Laurel, Md./DeMatha Catholic), Jason Kymingham (Glenwood, Md./Glenelg) and Gigi Gibilisco (Newtown, Pa./Notre Dame [N.J.]) finished in seventh place with a time of 8:00.62.

Freshman Dylan Bernard (Frederick, Md./Urbana) was sixth in the 1000m run in a time of 32:18.76.

Qualifying for the finals tomorrow were Chad Brown (Smithsburg, Md./Smithsburg) in both the 100m and 200m dash, Joe Orsulak (Cockeysville, Md./Loyola Blakefield) in the 800m run, Quenton Beard (Frederick, Md./Frederick) in the 110m hurdles, and Gibilisco in the 400m hurdles.

The meet concludes tomorrow.