From staff reports
04/27/2002

PHILADELPHIA -- William Penn senior Lateefah Vaughn placed second in the girls discus at the Penn Relays on Friday.

Vaughn's top throw was 132 feet, 11 inches. Cape Henlopen junior Charli Tabler was seventh (128-6). Lindsay Grigoriev of Atholton (Md.) won with 151-10.

In the boys shot put, William Penn's Carlton Rose was fourth (58-9 1/4 ) and Christiana's Kris Cooper ninth (51-9 1/4 ). The winner was Glenn DiGiorgio (65-6) of Bayonne (N.J.).

Salesianum (8:12.02) and Cape Henlopen (8:15.39) ran in the 3,200 relays, but failed to advance to today's final.

In the boys 400 relay, William Penn (43.51) won its heat with Delaware's best time.

Holy Angels swept the Wilmington Diocese 400 relay races. The boys squad (50.45) included Steve Kim, Matt Hamm, Mike Mendola and James Snider. The girls (55.54) included Kelly Devinney, Andy Vantrease, Sam Lichtner and Cassandra Deitrick.

Local Penn Relays Results

Youth boys 400 relay. Wilmington Diocese heat: 1-Holy Angels (Kim, Hamm, Mendola, Snider) 50.45, 2-St. Edmond 51.39, 3-St. Peter Cathedral 53.09, 4-St. John of the Beloved 53.91, 5-Holy Rosary 54.20, 6-Holy Cross 54.57, 7-Corpus Christi 55.94, 8-St. Elizabeth 58.31, 9-Holy Spirit 1:11.37.

Youth girls 400 relay. Wilmington Diocese heat: 1-Holy Angels (Devinney, Vantrease, Lichtner, Deitrick) 55.54, 2-Corpus Christi 56.80, 3-Ursuline 56.86, 4-St. Elizabeth 58.34, 5-Our Lady of Fatima 59.35, 6-Immaculate Heart of Mary 1:00.36, 7-Holy Rosary 1:01.45, 8-St. Peter Cathedral 1:04.20.

By BUDDY HURLOCK
Staff reporter
04/26/2002

PHILADELPHIA -- The Glasgow High girls track team sloshed through the showers Thursday to perform well during the first day of the 108th running of the Penn Relays at Franklin Field.

And when clouds made way for late afternoon sun, Tatnall's Meredith Lambert had a solid showing in her debut at the carnival.

Glasgow junior Kamilah Salaam was sixth (1:03.25) in the high school girls 400-meter hurdles, one of the first events of the soggy day.

Lambert, a two-time cross country state runner of the year, placed 10th (10:13.80) in the 3,000.

McKean junior Mandy Stille finished ninth in the high school girls triple jump at 35 feet, 8 1/2 inches. She missed advancing to the final round by less than four inches.

Glasgow also had two heat-winning relay teams, including the Northern Delaware 1,600-meter relay heat.

The team of Maureen LaFate, sisters Renee and Rachael Salter, and Salaam won in 4:05.97. Rachel Salter's third leg and then the anchor, Salaam, pushed Glagsow ahead of Ursuline (4:13.08) and Brandywine (4:19.73). Glasgow advanced to Saturday's Philadelphia Area championship heat.

In the 400 relay, the Dragons won their heat by more than two seconds (50.66) with Salaam, Renee Salter, LaFate and Tiara Hudson. Salaam thought they might have had a better time had they run in a better heat. Teams are assigned alphabetically for the 400 relay.

As for the 400 hurdles, Salaam felt her time could have been better. She drew the inside lane on the 10-lane track, tighter than a normal inside lane.

"Everyone else is staggered ahead of you [to start] and that's more than 25 meters from the beginning of the race that you have to make up on them. And it was real cold down on the track. But when you run bad, you just run bad," Salaam said.

Melanie Walker of St. Jago (Jamaica) won the 400 hurdles in 58.88 seconds.

In the 3,000, Elizabeth Maloy of Holy Names (N.Y.) was an easy winner in 9:52.74.

Lambert, who will attend Princeton University next year, made up ground and settled into a second pack behind Maloy by the halfway point.

"I'm not really shooting for place, I'm shooting for time, but this is all new for me and I didn't know what I was up against. I had a race plan down and tried to stick with it and let the girls carry me through. I wasn't really concerned about place and didn't know where I was," Lambert said.

Delaware connection

James Madison's Lauren Burawski, an Ursuline graduate, placed third in the college women's 3,000-meter race finishing in 9:46.78.

Girls 1,600 relay Northern Delaware heat. 1-Glasgow (LaFate, Re.Salter, Ra.Salter, Salaam) 4:05.97, 2-Ursuline 4:13.08, 3-Brandywine 4:19.73, 4-Padua 4:21.07, 5-McKean 4:23.08, 6-William Penn 4:23.30, 7-Concord 4:23.79, 8-St. Mark's 4:25.79, 9-Charter 4:28.06, 10-Christiana 4:30.97, 11-Howard 4:31.98, 12-A.I. du Pont 4:32.61, 13-Delcastle 4:32.91, 14-Newark 4:36.00, 15-Hodgson 4:39.08.