Jon King ’07:
3,000-meter specialist Jon King ’07 heads into this weekend’s New England Open Meet at Boston University coming off an eighth-place finish at the New England Division III Championships this past weekend. In this his first indoor season running the 3,000 exclusively, King got off to a fast start, finishing first at the Smith Invitational on Feb. 3. In fact, prior to this season, King had run the indoor 3,000 competitively only once for the Cards, a sixth-place finish at the Smith Invitational in 2005. During last spring’s outdoor season, King ran the the 3,000 once finishing first at the Swanson Invitational. In stepping into the 3,000 spot, King filled a spot previously held by former strand-out Wes Fuhrman ’05. Having done an admirable job thus far, look for King to put in a solid performance this weekend against a strong field.
Steph O’Brien ’08:
Steph O’Brien shattered the the school record in the 600-meter race this past weekend at the New England Division III Championships. O’Brien’s time of 1:38:21 eclipsed the previous mark of 1:40:35, set in 1999, by more than two seconds. The team record was good enough for fifth in the event and added to an already successful indoor season for O’Brien. O’Brien won in her first three appearances of the season, the first two coming in the 800, and the last in the 500-meter event. At the Boston University Valentine’s Invitation on Feb. 10, O’Brien finished eighth of 36 racers n the 500-meter event. O’Brien also saw success with the 4×400 meter relay team, which finished fifth in the season opening Wesleyan Invitational, before winning the Cardinal Invitational in January. O’Brien will travel to the New England Open Championships this weekend before returning to Wesleyan for the ECAC Division III Championship on March 2 and 3.
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