LC Meridian

Issue date: 12/1/05 Section: Sports

Media Credit: Tony Correa

West Haven, CT - The Lightning opened a very promising Indoor season at the CTC Relay Carnival held at Southern Connecticut State University. Picking up where the Lady Lightning left off the cross country season the talented group set to school records.

In the distance medley relay the team of Olga Torres, Victoria Bailey, Lianee Torres and Amy Ruston ran 13:39.76 to finish third. They broke the record of 13:54.86 that was set at the CUNYAC Championships in 2003 (Allen, Finnigan Cuevas, Castro). Taking the stick in sixth place Amy Ruston ran a blistering 5:06.96 for her 1600 meter leg to cross the finish line in third behind Sacred Heart University and Trinity College.

Just fifteen minutes after the DMR the Ladies were on the track again this in the Sprint Medley Relay with even more impressive results. The team of Stacy Mohammed, Victoria Bailey, Mobria Small and Ruston finished first and broke one the older records in the Lehman archives.

With a time of 4:20.76 they broke a twenty-six year old record of 4:45.7 held by Marcia Fredericks, Merle Montgomery, Linda Williams and Veronica Johnson. Again Ruston was the star bringing the stick from third to first (2:20.45 for 800 meters). "It feels good to get off too a start like this, the team is real positive about what we can do. Running well in the 4x800 was the team of Carlyn Baptiste, Lianee Torres, Stacy Mohammed and Olga Torres finishing seventh.

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