West Long Branch, N.J (May 7, 2011)-Ashley DeCruise won both the 100m and 200m dash to earn Most Outstanding Track Performer honors at the Northeast Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Sunday afternoon.   The Mount women's team finished in fourth place while the men's team earned a seventh-place finish.

DeCruise tied the NEC record by winning the 200m dash in a time of 24.21 seconds while winning the 100m in a mark of 11.90 seconds.  Sister Ashlyn DeCruise finished fifth in the 200m (24.62) and fourth in the 100m (12.34).

The DeCruise sisters were also able to help the Mount's 4x400m relay team crush the NEC record with a winning time of 3:42.28, besting the old mark by nearly four seconds.  The squad consisted of Ashlyn DeCruise, Lily Otu, Desi Scott and Ashley DeCruise.

The women's 4x100m relay (Chantel Lipkins, Ashlyn DeCruise, Otu and Ashley DeCruise) finished in second place with a time of 47.53 seconds.

Madeleine Midles finished in third place in the hammer throw with an ECAC qualifying mark of 51.30m (168' 4") while Megan Kinsella was sixth in the 1500m run.  Scott (55.89) and Otu (56.64) were fourth and fifth, respectively, in the 400m finals.

Yesterday, Jessica Huber finished in fourth and Heather Gula in seventh to score points in the pole vault for the Mountaineers.  Teika Robinson was fourth in the long jump (5.53m) with Morgan Ostasewski finishing third in the discus (40.24m).  Hanna Dubois was seventh in the javelin as well for the Mountaineers.

On the men's side, Gigi Gibilisco won the 800m run with a mark of 1:51.86 to pace the Mountaineers.  Dylan Bernard finished in second place in the 5000m run in a time of 14:51.81 while Tom FitzSimons was fifth in the 110m hurdles. 

Steven Ha earned a third-place finish in the triple jump (14.14m) with the 4x100m relay team of Jason Kymingham, Tyler Swope, Chris Brewington and FitzSimons placing fourth with an IC4A qualifying mark of 42.53 seconds.

The 4x400m relay team of Kymingham, Gibilisco, Brewington and FitzSimons was third with an IC4A qualifying mark of 3:15.61.

Swope was seventh in the 100m dash with Scott Rice and Tim Nickas tying for seventh in the pole vault. 

Yesterday for the men, Bernard placed fourth in the 10,000m run at 31:52.71 with Billy Lawrence was seventh in the high jump (1.92m).  Quinton Huguley was seventh in the long jump (6.93m) while Alan Coulson was fifth in the discus (43.90m).  FitzSimons placed fourth and Charles Haberkorn eighth in the javelin throw.