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PHILADELPHIA – Sophomore Rose Mascoli ran an NCAA Division II automatic qualifying time, shattered her own school record by more than a minute and had East Stroudsburg University's best-ever individual finish in a championship event at the Penn Relays with a historic second-place performance in the women's 10,000-meter run late Thursday night at Franklin Field.

Mascoli cranked out a time of 34:39.13, the third-fastest in Division II this season and well below the NCAA's automatic standard of 35:00, to drop 1:05 from her school record set last month at Lynchburg. She was second to Hollie Knight, a multiple-time Division I All-American at Auburn, and paced the rest of the 28-athlete field that included 13 Division I runners.

A Division II cross country All-American last fall, Mascoli ran the entire race at an 83-second pace for all 25 laps, turning in 17:19 for the first 5,000 meters and 17:20 for the second 5,000. Both times were right on school record pace for that distance – except that she already broke the 5000m record earlier this year with an NCAA automatic time of 16:36.98 that lowered the previous record by 43 seconds.

ESU also received outstanding performances from sophomore Corinne Fitzgerald in the 3000m steeplechase, who broke 11 minutes for the second time in her career (10:59.67) and finished 12th in the field, and the women's 4x400m relay, which ran the fourth-fastest time in school history.

Senior Jasmine Johnson closed with a lap of 56.0 seconds, the second-fastest relay split by an ESU sprinter, to bring the Warriors home in 3:53.78. Freshmen Nicole Brown (58.9) and Colleen Murphy (58.1) and sophomore Tara Getz (60.4) ran the first three legs on the relay that was third in its heat of nine schools, including five Division I programs.

Senior Lynn Mayer tied for ninth in the women's Eastern high jump earlier in the day, just missing on her attempts at 5-7 3/4 that would have given her a chance to place in the top three for the fourth straight year. Mayer, the Eastern champion as a freshman and runner-up the last two years, was clean on her attempts at 5-4 1/2 and 5-6, but didn't get over the bar at the next height.

The Warriors will send the men's 4x100, 4x200 and 4x400 relays and women's 4x200 relay to the track on Friday at Franklin Field.


ESU Results – Thursday

Women's College 10,000m - Results
2 (of 28). Rose Mascoli – 34:39.13 (NCAA automatic, school record)

Women's College 3000m Steeplechase - Results
12 (of 19). Corinne Fitzgerald – 10:59.67

Women's Eastern High Jump - Results
t-9 (of 24). Lynn Mayer – 5-6

Women's 4x400m Relay - Results
50 (of 81), 3rd of 9 in heat – Nicole Brown 58.9, Colleen Murphy 58.1, Tara Getz 60.4, Jasmine Johnson 56.0 – 3:53.78