Allegheny College Athletics - Foster, Murphy, Zanic honored by IWLCA

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Athletes of the Week

Women's Track and Field

Beth Muller fell one win short of her second straight sprint trifecta, but still won the 55- and 200-yard dashes, to lead the Allegheny women's indoor track and field team to third place out of eight teams at the North Coast Athletic Conference Championships at Denison. She was named Sprinter/Hurdler of the Year for the second straight season.

Muller repeated as the 55 champ with a time of 7.51 seconds and then successfully defended her title in the 200 (:26.37).

As the defending champ in the 400, Muller was beat out by Marissa Clardy of Oberlin. Muller finished the race in 1:00.08 while Clardy came in at :59.39.

Tony Dipre

Men's Track and Field

Allegheny's Tony Dipre set a meet record and posted an NCAA automatic-qualifying time while winning the mile at the North Coast Athletic Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships. He was also a member of the winning Distance Medley Relay team for the Gators, who placed third among nine teams at Denison.

Dipre, who was named the NCAC Distance Runner of the Year, claimed his individual win with a time of 4:10.84 and held off Denison's Makorobondo Salukombo (4:12.23). The previous meet record was set in 2009 by the Gators' Jeramie Parker (4:13.89). The Blue and Gold has now won three straight indoor miles at NCACs.

Mike Vlah, Alex Gorski and Chris Marker joined Dipre on the DMR squad, which clocked in at 10:35.79.

Foster, Murphy, Zanic honored by IWLCA

9/4/2009 12:22:02 PM

MEADVILLE, Pa. – Graduates Erin Foster and Katie Murphy, along with rising senior Christina Zanic, three members of the Allegheny women’s lacrosse team, have been named to the 2009 Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) Academic Squad for their excellence in the classroom during the 2008-09 academic year.

To be nominated, the student-athlete must be at least a junior standing academically and have at least a grade-point average of 3.5 or were in the top 10 percent of their squad. The IWLCA recognized 407 student-athletes at 152 institutions.

Earlier this summer, the Gators were honored by the IWLCA as a team for attaining an overall GPA of 3.0 or higher.