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8 HOOD MAGAZINE | SUMMER 2009 news Parrish Sixth in 100-meter Dash at ’09 NCAA Championships Senior Jessica Parrish (above) of the women’s track and ﬁeld team placed sixth in her heat of the -meter dash (.) at the  NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Marietta College May . The top eight runners from the event’s three heats advanced to the event ﬁnals. Parrish, the Capital Athletic Conference women’s track and ﬁeld athlete of the year and ﬁ rst Blazer student-athlete to qualify for the NCAA championships in an individual sport, ran in the third and ﬁ nal heat of the afternoon but missed making ﬁnals by . seconds. Men’s Lax Earn First Program Win, Defeats Grifﬁns 12-7 The men’s lacrosse team made history Feb. , earning the program’s ﬁ rst victory in  games dating back to its inception in , by defeating the visiting Gwynedd-Mercy College Griﬃns, -, at Thomas Athletic Field. The Blazers’  goals were the most in program history, eclipsing the previous record of  set last season. Soﬁane Lazar (above) registered a hat trick for the Blazers while Nick Spicer and Corey Roberts each netted a pair. Kris Miner, Michael Matteson, Dominique Shorter, Troy Hubbard and John Butterﬁeld all got into the scoring column for Hood. Hector Montoya won -of- face-oﬀs and goalkeeper Nick O’Brien made a career-high  saves in the triumph. Elkaim Sets Program Record for Tennis Singles’ Wiins Junior Jillian Elkaim (above) set a program record for singles wins on April  in a match with St. Mary’s College (Md.). The junior from Boyds, Md., had little trouble with Michelle Compton at the No. spot, winning -, -, for her school-record setting th victory of the season. She eclipsed the previous mark of  set by Gina Long ’ during the - season. Elkaim ﬁnished the - campaign with a singles record of - and went - against CAC foes. Women’s Lacrosse Breaks Program Record with 9-2 Win Over Ferrum The women’s lacrosse team broke the program record for victories in a season April  after defeating Ferrum College, -, in nonconference action. Hood ﬁnished the season with a - nonconference mark and won its eighth game of the season, eclipsing the single-season record of seven by the  squad. Danielle Sgro Selected for MACDA Post-Graduate Scholarship Recent graduate Danielle Sgro, a four-year member of the cross country and track and ﬁeld teams, was one of three winners of a post-graduate scholarship from the Maryland Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (MACDA). A native of Indiana, Pa., Sgro served as team captain in both sports. She was selected four times as cross country team’s most valuable runner. She also earned three all-Capital Athletic Conference citations, two in cross country and one in track and ﬁeld. The Hood Senior Scholar-Athlete of the Year and a magna cum laude graduate, Sgro was a political science major with a minor in English literature and history. She plans to attend law school with a health care concentration and someday work either as a health policy analyst, journalist or health care attorney. Scrappy Effort Leads to 5-4 Win Over Stevenson in CAC Tournament The ﬁ fth-seeded men’s tennis team came from behind in three singles matches to clinch a hard-fought - victory over fourth-seeded Stevenson University April  in the opening round of the Capital Athletic Conference Tournament. The win was Hood’s ﬁ rst in men’s tennis in the CAC tournament. After dropping the ﬁ rst sets at ﬁ rst, third and fourth singles, Carter Reitman, Mike Hardman and Andrew Blowe all rallied to force a third set and emerged victorious. Andrew’s older brother, David, also needed a tiebreaker in the second set for a win at second singles. Blackwell Becomes Women’s Lacrosse Point Leader Sophomore Kelsey Blackwell of the women’s lacrosse team racked up  goals and  assists for  points to become the program’s single-season scoring leader. Blackwell took over the top spot from Cheryl Banks ‘, whose  points stood as the standard since . Her  assists also topped Banks’ mark of  from the same year. A starter in all  games, the native of Gaithersburg, Md., is now tied for sixth on Hood’s career scoring chart with  points.

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