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Women's Track & Field Announces Class of 2015
July 25, 2011 | Women's Cross Country, Women's Track and Field
The Princeton women's track & field and cross country programs welcome 15 members as the Class of 2015. The cross country team adds seven, with an additional eight joining the track & field team.
"What a terrific class," said head coach Peter Farrell. "Princeton Women's Track is proud to pronounce the incoming class of 2015 and we feel we covered some bare spots left by the departure of the great class of 2011."
"First would be Nonny Okwelogu. An extremely promising thrower from California her shot best is out over 44' and her disc has gone beyond the 150 mark. She will hopefully make up for the departure of All-Ivy performers Thanithia Billings and Emma Ruggiero. Teju Adewole will be counted on to step in for the departing duo of Bianca Mathabane and Lauren Barber. We helped ourselves in the sprints with two good 400 runners, Cecilia Borowski and Emily Broyles, as well as a quality short sprinter in Emily Easton. We made a very strong middle distance corps even stronger with the addition of Andrea Keklak (2:06 for 800) and Kim MacKay (2:07). Our great cross country and distance running tradition should continue with the addition of Kathryn and Erika Fluehr and Jackie Nicholas, all Footlocker Finalists. Emily de la Bruyere has shown amazing versatility running well from the 800 to the 3K steeple. Gina Galt will add depth to the group. What I like most about this group is that they've already bonded together."
Distance & Middle Distance
The cross country team adds seven freshmen to its roster and the track team will be bolstered by their talents in the distance and middle distance.
Emily de la Bruyere (New York, N.Y./Brearley School) has a PR of 4:34.12 in the 1500, 9:42.45 in the 3k and a 6:50.67 in the 2k steeplechase. She is the 2011 NYSAIS (New York State Association of Independent Schools) outdoor champion in the steeplechase and the runner up in the 800. de la Bruyere finished third at the New Balance Nationals with a time of 6:50 in the steeplechase.
A second freshmen joins the Tigers with steeplechase experience. Jackie Nicholas (Woodbury, Conn./Nonnewaug) has a PR of 6:52.56 in the steeple and 4:58.67 in the 1600. Nicholas is a Footlocker Cross Country Finalist and has competed in the New Balance Indoor Nationals and the NB Nationals. She was fourth, behind de la Bruyere in the New Balance steeplechase at 6:52.
Sisters Kathryn and Erika Fluehr (Naples, Fla./Community) are both two-time Footlocker Cross Country Finalists. Katheryn boasts a PR of 16:42 in the 5k, 10:18 in the 3200 and 4:53 in the 1600. Erika has run 16:45 in the 5k, 10:24 in the 3200 and 4:54 in the 1600.
Andrea Keklak (Sudbury, Mass./Sudbury) is a two-time state champion in cross country and three-time state champion in track. She won the outdoor 800 in 2011 with a PR of 2:06.45, and was third in this year's New Balance Indoor Nationals running a PR of 4:49.67. Also during the indoor season, Keklak posted a PR of 1:32.95m in the 600.
Kim Mackay (Seaford, N.Y./Kellenberg) has a PR of 2:07.75 in the 800 and 4:38.82 in the 1500. She also has experience in the hurdles as the 2011 outdoor NSCHSAA Champion in the 400-meter hurdles. Mackay won the 2010 state title in the outdoor 800, indoor 1000 and also compete in the NB and New Balance Nationals.
Gina Talt (Larchmont, N.Y./Mamaroneck) owns a PR of 4:34.91 in the 1500 and 10:02.50 in the 3000. She has competed in the New Balance Indoor Nationals and the NB Nationals.
Additional distance and middle distance runners joining the track team are Cecilia Barowski (Amherst, N.H./Bishop Guerton), Sophie Harkins (Dunwood, Ga./Marist), and Rachel Skokowski (Palo Alto, Calif.Castilleja).
Barowski is a five-state state champion and the 2010 New England Champion in the indoor 600 and the runner-up in the 2010 outdoor 400. She has also competed at the NB Nationals and the Nike Indoor Nationals. Barowski owns PRs of 1:33.71 in the 600, 55.95 in the 400 and 2:12.83 in the 800.
Harkins tackles the 3200 and the 5000. She clocked in a 18:19.00 in the 5k and 11:05.67 in the 3200. Skokowski adds to the middle distance crew with marks of 2:18.81 in the 800 and 5:07.67 in the mile.
Sprints & Hurdles
Teju Adewole (Olney, Md./Good Counsel) will tackle the short sprints and the hurdles. She has a PR of 7.30 in the 55-meter dash, 8.75 in the 60-meter hurdles and 14.35 in the 100-meter hurdles. Adewole didn't compete in the outdoor state meet due to an injury but has competed in the Nike Indoor Nationals and the New Balance Indoor Nationals
Joining her in the sprints is Emily Easton (Manhasset, N.Y./Manhasset). Easton boasts PR's of 7.26 in the 55, 12.28 in the 100 and 25.16 in the 200. She was the 2011 Eastern States Champion in the 200 with a time of 25.16. Easton has competed at both the New Balance Indoor Nationals and Nike Indoor Nationals and is the 2011 indoor Section 8 Class B champion in the 55 and 300.
In the long sprints, Princeton welcomes Emily Broyles (Mansfield, Mass./Mansfield). A two-time state champion, Broyles owns PRs of 40.46 in the 300 and 56.54 in the 400.
Throws
Nonny Okwelogu (Fresno, Calif./Clovis) will be looked to make an immediate impact in the throws, as the Tigers lost three senior throwers to graduation. Okwelogu boasts PRs of 12.83 meters (42-1) in the shot put and 45.78 meters (150-10) in the discus. She is the 2011 Nike Nationals Champion, in the discus hitting her PR of 45.98 in the fourth round. (featured on front page photo)
Princeton adds javelin thrower Sarah Waszkewitz (Chelan, Wash./Chelan). Waszkewitz was third in the state meet when she threw a PR of 41.73 (136-11)