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Panthers excel at NSIC meet 

The St. Mary’s High track & field team headed to New York for the National Scholastic Indoor Championships last weekend, with five Panthers finishing in the top 10 in their respective events. 

The most impressive showing for St. Mary’s was by senior Solomon Welch. Welch placed second in the triple jump with a personal-best mark of 47”11’, also setting a personal mark with a 22”11’ in the long jump, good for fifth place. 

Senior Tiffany Johnson also placed in two events, finishing seventh in the triple jump and eighth in the 60-meter dash. Kamaiya Warren set a personal best and school record with a shot put toss of 46”7-1/4’, and Danielle Stokes and Bridget Duffy finished fifth in the 60-meter hurdles and mile run, respectively. 

Couglin a Sullivan finalist 

Natalie Coughlin, a sophomore swimmer at Cal, has been named one of the five finalists for the 72nd Annual AAU James E. Sullivan Memorial Award that recognizes the top amateur athlete in the nation.  

The Amateur Athletic Union announced the names of the five finalists – Michelle Kwan (skating), Mark Prior (baseball), Sean Townsend (gymnastics), Alan Webb (track and field) and Coughlin – who were selected based on their qualities of leadership, character, sportsmanship and the ideals of amateurism in the year 2001. The recipient will be formally announced at the award's new presentation site, The New York Athletic Club, on April 9th, 2002.  

Over a five-day span earlier this winter, Coughlin won nine events and in the process set two world records, four American records and six meet records.