The 2006 Rhode Island College Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Team

Name Year Hgt Hometown/High School

Hannah Clark Freshman 5-4 Attleboro, MA/Attleboro

Jo-Anne Daviau Sophomore 5-4 North Scituate, RI/Putnam

Mary Ellen Horsman Freshman 5-8 Barrington, RI/Barrington

Kathryn Lewandowski Freshman 5-0 Pawtucket, RI/Bishop Feehan

Kayla Lukin Freshman 5-7 South Attleboro, MA/Attleboro

Ashley Nyzio Freshman 5-9 Pawtucket, RI/St. Mary's-Bay View

Jessica Peters Freshman 5-8 Chepachet, RI/Ponaganset

Rachel Powers Freshman 5-1 South Burlington, VT/Oak Meadow

Dana Skorupa Senior 5-6 Cumberland, RI/Cumberland

Maggie Wenc Junior 5-4 Pawtucket, RI/Tolman

Head Coach: Kevin Jackson

Assistant Coach: John Rafail

2006 Rhode Island College Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Team

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From left to right: Assistant Coach John Rafail, Kathryn Lewandowski, Dana Skorupa,Jessica Peters, Ashley Nyzio, Hannah Clark, Mary Ellen Horsman, Head Coach Kevin Jackson.

2005-06 Indoor Season: Placed 12thin the mile with a time of 6:31.14 and 12thin the 1,000 meters with a time of 3:43.07at the A lliance Champions hips…placedseventh in the 800 meters with a time of2:48.76 at the Southern Ma i n eInvitational…placed 28th in the mile witha time of 6:27.91 at the Tu f t sInvitational…placed seventh in the 1,000meters with a time of 3:59.44 at theWesleyan Invitational…placed 19th in themile with a time of 6:30.75 at the Harvard

Invitational…placed 14th in the 1,000 meters with a time of 3:43.76 at theAlden Invitational.

2005 Cross Country Season: Named team MVP...placed 221st with atime of 28:03.8 at the New England Div. III Championships...placed 186thwith a time of 29:14 at the ECAC Div. III Championships...placed 40th atthe Little East Conference/MASCAC Alliance Championships...placed 59thwith a time of 24:28 at the Roger Williams Invitational...placed 36th with atime of 23:11 at the Tri State Invitational...placed 44th with a time of 23:18at the Ray Dwyer Invitational.

High School: Earned Honorable Mention All-Star honors in crosscountry while at Attleboro High School...2005 graduate.

Personal: Born September 12, 1986...elementary education major...alsocompetes for RIC’s women’s cross country and indoor track teams.

5-4, FreshmanAttleboro, MA (Attleboro)

High School: Lettered in both indoorand outdoor track while at Attleboro HighSchool...2005 graduate.

Personal: Born August 9, 1987...psy-chology major...also competes for RIC’swomen’s indoor track and field team.

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Hannah Clark Mary Ellen Horsman5-8, Freshman

Barrington, RI (Barrington)2005-06 Indoor Season: Earned All-

Alliance/Little East honors in the weightthrow, placing third with a distance of11.74 meters at the A llianceChampions hips…placed s ev enth in thew eight throw with a distance of 11.91meters at the Southern Ma i n eInvitational…placed eighth in the weightthrow with a distance of 11.10 meters atthe Tufts Invitational…placed eighth inthe shot and fifth in the weight throw withdistances of 5.86 and 11.99 meters, respec-

tively, at the Wesleyan Invitational…placed 14th in the weight throw with adistance of 11.85 meters at the Harv ard Invitational.

High School: Earned All-Class and All-Division honors in the hammerwhile at Barrington High School...2005 graduate...earned All-Class honors inthe weight throw.

Personal: Born July 29, 1987...nursing major...also competes for RIC’swomen’s indoor track and field team.

Kathryn Lewandowski5-0, Freshman

Pawtucket, RI (Bishop Feehan)2005-06 Indoor Season: Placed 14th

in the 55 meters with a time of 8.30 and16th in the 200 meters with a time of29.25 at the A llianceChampionships…placed tenth in the 55meters with a time of 8.17 and eighth inthe 200 meters with a time of 29.96 at theSouthern Maine Invitational…placed 15thin the 55 meters and 23rd in the 200meters with times of 8.24 and 30.36,re s p e c t i ve l y, at the Tu f t sInvitational…placed 11th in the 55 meters

with a time of 8.24 and ninth in the long jump with a leap of 4.01 meters atthe Wesleyan Invitational…placed 18th in the 55 meters and 39th in the 200meters with times of 8.23 and 30.34, respectively, at the Alden Invitational.

High School: EAC All-Star in cross country while at Bishop FeehanHigh School...2005 graduate.

Personal: Born March 19, 1987...elementary education major with aconcentration in special education...also competes for RIC’s women’s indoortrack and field team.

Kayla Lukin5-7, Freshman

South Attleboro, MA (Attleboro)

2005-06 Indoor Season: Placed 14thin the shot with a distance of 7.34 meters atthe Alliance Championships…placed 15thin the shot with a distance of 7.48 meters atthe Southern Maine Invitational…placed30th in the shot with a distance of 7.26meters at the Harv ard Invitational.

High School: Two-time All-State, All-Class and All-Division performer in thej a v elin while at St. Ma ry’s Bay V i ewAc a d e m y...2005 graduate...broke the

school record in the javelin two years in a row...placed 18th in New Englandin the javelin...also earned All-Division honors in basketball.

Personal: Born July 24, 1986...elementary education major with a con-centration in special education...also competes for RIC’s women’s indoortrack and field team.

5-9, FreshmanPawtucket, RI (St. Mary’s-Bay View)

Junior Year (2005): Competed in two eventsat the ECA C Div. III Championships...placed15th in the preliminaries of the 100 meters with atime of 12.87 and 14th in the 200 meters with atime of 26.88...earned All-Ne w England honors inboth the 100 and 200 meters, placing fourth in the100 meters with a time of 13.18 and second in the200 meters with a time of 26.20 at the N.E. Div.III Championships...ea rned All-A lliance/LittleEast honors in four events, placing second in the100 meters, first in the 200 meters and sixth as partof the 4x100 meter relay with times of 12.72,26.48 and 52.89, respectively, as well as third inthe long jump with a leap of 4.92 meters at the

Alliance Championships.Sophomore Year (2004): Named the team’s MVP...earned All-New England honors

in the 100 meter dash, placing fifth with a time of 13.09 at the N.E. Div. IIIChampionships...earned All-Alliance/Little East honors in five ev ents at the AllianceChampionships, placing first in the 200 meters with a season-best time of 25.72, second in100 meters with a season-best time of 12.51, fourth as a part of the 4x100 meter relay teamwith a time of 51.20, third as a member of the 4x400 meter relay team with a time of4:24.63 and fourth in the long jump with a season-best distance of 16’04.25’’

Freshman Year (2003): Earned All-Alliance/LEC honors in four events at theLEC/MASCAC Alliance Championships, placing fourth in the 100 meters with a time of13.01 and sixth in the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 1:09.42.

High School: Named All-Class, All-Division, Third Team All-State and team captainin outdoor track as a senior while at Cumberland High School...2002 graduate...earned All-Class and All-Division honors and captained her indoor squad in ‘01-02.

Personal: Born October 19, 1984...elementary education with a minor in specialeducation...also a member of the RIC indoor track and field team.

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Ashley Nyzio Jessica Peters5-8, Freshman

Chepachet, RI (Ponaganset)High School: Lettered in cross coun-

try, indoor and outdoor track while atPonaganset High School...2005 graduate.

Personal: Born July 7, 1987...matheducation major with a minor inmusic...also competes for RIC’s women’sindoor track and field team.

Rachel Powers5-1, Freshman

South Burlington, VT (Oak Meadow)High School: Lettered in gymnastics

all four years w hile at Oak Me a d owSchool...2005 graduate...also ran two sea-sons of track.

Personal: Born May 19, 1987...nurs-ing major. ..also competes for RIC’swomen’s gymnastics team.

Dana Skorupa5-6, Senior

Cumberland, RI (Cumberland)