Pioneer track kicks off spring break 2006 by competing at 56th annual Florida A&M Relays
Larrison breaks school record in 800m run

Mar. 11, 2006
Tallahassee, Florida— Members of the Marietta College track & field team headed south during Spring Break for the second straight season this weekend. The Pioneers, who are scheduled to compete twice during the week, took part in the 56th annual Florida A&M Relays Friday and Saturday (Mar. 10-11).

Head Coach Derek Stanley's squad had a solid showing at the non scoring meet, which included mostly Division I scholarship schools. As has been the case with every meet this season, Marietta set another school record at the competition. Freshman Jessi Larrison broke the Pioneers’ outdoor record in the 800m run en route to a sixth place finish. Larrison, an All-OAC honoree in the indoor 500m run, finished in 2:25.60; the previous record (2:29.89) was set by Emily Tenney in 2003.

Other top individual 10 finishers for Marietta included Clark Spears (5th/9:56.78) and Harrison Potter (8th/10:23.44) in the 3000m steeplechase, John Hull (8th/16:45.59) and Potter (10th/17:51.72) in the 5000m run, Mike Pankowski (3rd/49.96m) in the javelin, Seth Townsend (3rd/1.92m) in the high jump, Derek Carpenter (5th/13.66m), Dan DeZordo (7th/12.71m), Brian Pallini (8th/12.62m) and Eric Finn (9th/12.52m) in the shot put, as well as DeZordo (6th/42.50m) in the discus.

In addition, the women’s 4x100m relay (9th/52.98) and 1600m sprint medley (7th/4:36.00), as well as the men’s 4x800m relay (4th/8:35.27), 1600m sprint medley and 4x400m relay (9th/3:36.02) also placed in the top ten.

Marietta will also compete at Coastal Carolina at the end of the break (Mar. 17-18.), before heading back to southeast Ohio.

Freshman Jessi Larrison broke the school record in the 800m run

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