Maryland
ECAC/IC4A Championships
Profit Wins ECAC Title in 400 Hurdles
5/17/2009 8:00:00 AM | Track & Field
May 17, 2009
PRINCETON, N.J. - Kiani Profit followed her second-place finish Saturday in the heptathlon with an individual championship in the women's 400-meter hurdles Sunday to help the University of Maryland women finish seventh in the team standings at the ECAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships hosted by Princeton University.
On the men's side in the IC4A Championships, freshman Dwight Barbiasz continued his season of outstanding performances with a third-place finish in the high jump. The Maryland men tied for 31st as a team with eight points.
Profit, who was the top-seed in the 400 hurdles after a career-best effort in Saturday's preliminaries, again set a personal record in earning the title against a strong field. She went 58.16, nearly a second better than Kamilah McShine of Albany. The top seven finishers each hit the NCAA regional standard of 1:00.82.
Profit, who remains second all-time at Maryland, came into the weekend with a PR of 59.77, set in April 2009.
Coupled with her finish in the heptathlon on Saturday, Profit finished with 18 of the Terrapins' 34 points in the meet. Connecticut won the women's team title with 88 points with Virginia in second at 58 and West Virginia third with 47.25.
Michelle Fedrick placed third in the women's 400 at 54.22 for the Terps, while Chanel Williams went 13.75 to place fourth in the 100 hurdles. Ashley Williams was 14th in the women's shot put and Tara Miluszewski was 28th in the javelin.
Barbiasz went 6-10.75 to place third in the men's high jump. He was bested only by eventual winner Matthew Parker of Liberty and Adam Bergo of Rutgers.
Legonn Haskins placed seventh in the final of the 110-meter hurdles Sunday, going 14.49. Haskins had earned a trip to the NCAA East Regional in Saturday's prelims with a mark of 14.29.
He and Barbaisz earned eight team points for Maryland on the men's side. Albany won the men's team championship with 68 points, with Liberty in second at 56 and Rutgers third with 55.
Maryland will send 10 student-athletes to the NCAA East Regional, to be held in two weeks in Greensboro, N.C.
WOMEN'S FINAL TEAM STANDINGS
1. Connecticut 88, 2. Virginia 58, 3. West Virginia 47.25, 4. Duke 41.25, 5. Albany 39, 6. Seton Hall 36, 7. MARYLAND 34, T8. Villanova, William & Mary 30, T10. Pittsburgh, Cornell 28 (59 scoring teams).
WOMEN'S INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (All events finals)
400 HURDLES - 1. Kiani Profit, Maryland, 58.16; 2. Kamilah McShine, Albany, 59.13.
SHOT PUT - 1. Monique Riddick, Montclair State, 49-6.50... 14. Ashley Williams, Maryland, 43-7.25.
400 METERS - 1. Vicki Tolton, Maine, 54.00... 3. Michelle Fedrick, Maryland, 54.22.
100 HURDLES - 1. Chelsea Carrier, West Virginia, 13.30... 4. Chanel Williams, Maryland, 13.75.
MEN'S FINAL TEAM STANDINGS
1. Albany 68, 2. Liberty 56, 3. Rutgers 55, 4. Manhattan 51, 5. Cornell 36, 6. Georgetown 35, 7. Hampton 31, T8. Syracuse, William & Mary 30, 10. Duke 27... T31. MARYLAND 8 (52 scoring teams).
MEN'S INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (All events finals)
110 HURDLES - 1. Chris Kinney, Georgetown, 13.96... 7. Legonn Haskins, Maryland, 14.49.
HIGH JUMP - 1. Matthew Parker, Liberty, 7-1... 3. Dwight Barbiasz, Maryland, 6-10.75.
