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At Friday's meet at the Armory Track and Field Center in Manhattan, the women were led by Swedes Siri Fagerlund, a sophomore, and Malin Marmbrandt, a junior.  Fagerlund won both the 55 meter hurdle event (in 8.23) and the 55 meter dash (in 7.36).  She also took second in the 200 meter dash (in 25.83, and posted a third in the long jump with a mark of 5.46m.  Countrymate Marmbrandt took gold in the triple jump (in 12.22m) and the long jump (in 5.95m) and also took a silver medal in the 55m hurdles in 8.56. For those performances, Marmbrandt was selected as the meet's Most Outstanding Performer for field events and Fagerlund was voted the Co-Most Outstanding Performer for track event.

For the women's team, it just wasn't the Siri and Malin show, as the Lady Jaspers racked up points in the throws, middle distance and jumps.

Sophomore Jackie Hargrove won the 400m dash in 58.19, while junior Diane Torsell grabbed gold in the 200m dash.  Alexandra MacDouglall took gold in the pole vault with a 3.05 mark.  Teammate Megan Tice was third in the pole vault with a 2.45m mark.

Tice won the women's high jump with a 1.70m mark, with teammate Paige McConney taking bronze in the event with a 1.65m mark.

In the women's mile, Jelena Rankovic took silver in 5:04.49, in the triple jump - in addition to Marmbrandt's win, Kristi Krull took silver with a 11.28m mark; Diane Strutner grabbed silver (with a 14.40m mark) and Erin Morrison took fourth in the weight throw (with a 12.04m mark).

Also, the Lady Jaspers took second, third and fourth in the women's 800 meter run, with Maria Jangsten taking silver in 2:16.30; Rankovic bronze in 2:16.37 and Emily Moore fourth place in 2:17.35.

The Lady Jasper women's distance medley relay of Rankovic, Angela Bernarde, Mary Consiglio and Jangsten took silver in 12:18.01.

Krull took silver in the shot put with a 11.19m mark to close out the scoring for the Lady Jaspers.

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Looking to defend their titles and repeat the domination they exhibited last year, the Manhattan College men’s and women’s track and field squads will be heading to the New Balance Armory Track and Field Centertomorrow evening to the MAAC Indoor Track and Field Championships.  The meet will start at 6:30 p.m.

In winning the MAAC indoor championships last season, it represented the 12^th time in the row for the men and the 11^th time in the past 12 years for the women,  The Lady Jaspers at last year’s meet tallied 278.50 points, while the men's team scored 214 points. 

On the women’s side, returning to the indoor championships are two performers who last year won Outstanding Performer awards at the meet.  Junior Malin Marmbrandt, who won both the women's long and triple jumps at last year’s indoor “MAACs”, was named the meets Co-Outstanding Female Field Performer, while junior Diane Torsell was named the Most Outstanding Female Track Performer. 

Also expected to compete for gold on the women’s side is sophomore hurdler Siri Fagerlund,Jackie Hargrove in the 400 and 500 meter events, Alexandra MacDougall in the pole vault, Epiphanny McConney and Megan Tice in the high jump, Maria Jangsten and Jelena Rankovic in the middle distance events and Ellen Dobbin in the long distance.

On the men’s side, senior Kosta Randjic and freshman Albert Johnson are expected to be top cogs in the team’s effort.  Randjic is the defending MAAC indoor triple jump champ and is expected to score this year in the long jump as well, while Johnson is expecting to compete for gold in the long jump, triple jump and 200 meter dash. 

Additionally, junior Seid Mujanovic is a favorite in the weight throw, as is sophomore Justin Chiaravelle in the 55m hurdles, while junior Milos Vuckovic will look to be a big scorer in the middle distance event and hurdler.  Also top choices for gold at the meet are Kelton Cumberbatch in the 400 and 500 meter events, Tor Pollanen in the 500 meter run and Roman Ewald in the shot put.

Man kan nastan tro att det ar julafton idag, for nar jag oppnade mitt postfack, sa var det fullt med overaskningar!
Jag hade ett stort fint paket fran mammis, med massa godis :)
2 brev fran rektorn, som sa att jag var en av 4 idrottsstudenter som hade perfekta betyg (4.0) forra terminen!!
3(!) brev fran Shannon, en inbjudan till Brollopet, ett kort som hon skickade bara for att hon vet att jag tycker att det ar kul att fa brev, och en julklapp!! (kollar inte brevladan sa ofta, fy skams!) fran Megan och Shannon, en fin halsduk!
Och nat konstigt brev fran sjukhuset jag var och rontgade mig pa forut.
Jag tror aven att det var ett brev fran farmor, men det ar orkanvindar ute, och nar jag gick fran brevladan kom det en stormvind och tog tag i alla breven. Jag tror jag hittade alla utom farmors :( Men det kanske dyker upp.
Det var en spannade upplevelse att oppna brevladan idag!!!

Tack sa jattemycket for godispaketet!!! Det uppskattas otroligt mycket!!!

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