Emmitsburg, Md. (May 1, 2010)--The Mount St. Mary's men's and women's outdoor track and field teams finished the first day of competition at the Northeast Conference Championships that is being held at the Mount's Morgan Track on campus.

The Mount women's team is in seventh place after the first day of competition while the men's team is in eighth place.

For the women's squad, Jessica Huber finished in third place in the pole vault with a mark of 3.30m to pace the team. In the long jump, the freshman tandem of Chantel Lipkins and Teika Robinson finished in sixth and seventh place, respectively. Lipkins had a mark of 5.51m while Robinson's jump was 5.47m. Madeleine Midles was sixth in the hammer throw with a toss of 47.85m.

In the preliminaries, sisters Ashley and Ashlyn DeCruise each qualified for the finals in both the 100m and 200m dash. In the 100m, Ashley had the top time of 12.00 in the preliminaries while Ashlyn was second at 12.09. In the 200, Ashley had the top mark of 24.56 while Ashlyn was second at 24.79.

Lily Otu had the top qualifying mark in the 400m with a time of 56.03 while Kathryn Franke, Megan Kinsella and Colleen Smith all qualified for the final in the 1500m run.

On the men's side, Quinton Huguley was third in the long jump with a mark of 7.30m while Tom FitzSimons finished eighth with a mark of 7.12m. Dylan Bernard was seventh in the 10,000m run with a time of 32:32.76.

In the preliminaries, Chad Brown qualified for the finals in the 100m and 200m dash. He had the best time in the field in both events. His mark in the 100m was 10.62 while he had a time of 21.61 in the 200m.

In the 110m hurdles, Iggy Ignaczak (15.15) and FitzSimons (15.12) both qualified for the finals while Joe Orsulak qualified in the 800m run.