The men’s and women’s indoor track and field teams traveled to the University of Akron for last weekend’s Big East championships, where the women earned runners-up honors, and the men’s team finished in seventh place.

Notre Dame took the crown with 109.5 points, followed by the Hoyas’ 86 points and Pittsburgh’s 85. The second-place finish was the highest for the women since they finished in the same spot in 2001.

Meanwhile, the men’s squad ended competition in seventh place with 61 points. The University of Connecticut took the men’s crown with 135 points, barely outlasting Rutgers’ 124 points.

Pittsburgh’s Justin Clickett was the men’s most outstanding field performer, while Providence’s Martin Fagan earned the track honor. Meanwhile, Johvonne Hernandez of Syracuse and Mary Cullen of Providence took home the most outstanding women’s performer honors.

The women’s team was led by junior Nana Hanson-Hall winning the 800m run in a NCAA provisional mark of 2:08.89. Freshman Christine Whalen finished close behind Hanson-Hall to capture second place in a personal best time of 2:09.13. Totaling 22 points in the event, senior Meghan O’Neill rounded out the scorers with a fifth-place finish in 2:10.45.

Hanson-Hall continued her impressive meet as she finished fifth in the 500m run in a time of 1:14.03 and ran a leg on the fifth place 4x400m relay. She ran a total of five races over the weekend and contributed 18 points to the team total.

“I had to try and focus on one race at a time, and make it to the final of each event,” Hanson-Hall said. “I was excited and relieved when it was done and the team was so supportive, everyone was so happy since the team did well overall.”

Whalen and O’Neill teamed up with sophomore Maggie Infeld and freshman Avril Ogrodnick and won the 4x800m relay with a time of 8:57.58.

The freshman class also made large contributions, adding points in many events. Freshman Natasha Labeaud ran an impressive double in the 3000m and 5000m for a total of six points. She finished seventh in the 3000m with a time of 9:49.82 and fifth in the 5000m in 16:48.24, less than four seconds off the NCAA provisional mark.

“Both Natasha and Christine had tremendous meets, they had a breakout meet and contributed key points,” said Ron Helmer, director of track and field and cross country.

Junior Liz Maloy raced to an impressive triple as she placed fifth in the mile run with a time of 4:54.61 and eighth in the 3000m run in 9:53.94. Her most impressive run was the mile anchor on the winning distance medley relay team that was made up of freshman Lise Ogrodnick, junior Nichole Torpey and O’Neill. aloy solidified the win on the anchor for a combined time and field house record of 11:31.22

Sophomore Ashley Hubbard also contributed key points. Hubbard ran to a personal best time in the 500m to earn runner-up honors and gain eight points with a time of 1:13.23. She also teamed up with Hanson-Hall, junior Kandace Ferguson and freshman Buky Bambigoye on the fifth-place 4x400m.

Bambigoye was part of the freshman group who played a key role in the team’s performance by scoring in many events. Earlier in the meet, she finished fifth in the pentathlon with a score of 3639 points to break her previous school record of 3586 points set at the Penn State Invitational on Jan. 28.

Infeld completed a touch triple as she finished third in the 1000m in a season-best time of 2:49.24, missing second place by .01 seconds. She also ran the opening leg on the winning 4x800m relay. Freshman Avril Ogrodnick contributed two points as she finished in seventh place with a time of 2:52.76.

Other point scorers included juniors Ashley Mondie, who finished sixth in the triple jump with a leap of 38 feet 2.75 inches, and Ferguson, who went on to capture fifth place in the 400m dash in a time of 56.18.

On the men’s side, senior Chris Bonner led the team as the sole individual champion. Bonner captured first place in the 400m run with a season-best time of 47.56 seconds to add 10 points.

“I was really happy with Chris’ performance,” Helmer said. Bonner’s time is .31 seconds shy of the NCAA provisional mark.

The men’s team saw a number of points turned in by freshman performers. Freshman Kenny Mitchell ran a personal best of 6.85 seconds in the 60m dash in the preliminary rounds and finished third in the final with a time of 6.87 seconds. He returned later to finish eighth in the final of the 200m dash in a time of 21.95.

Mitchell added yet another performance to his list as he led off the 4x400m relay of Bonner and seniors Stanley Lagrenade and Jared Jenkins, which finished in eighth place with a time of 3:18.08. itchell ran a total of five races.

Another freshman, Terrell Gissendanner, also competed in three events, adding a total of eight points to the total score. Gissendanner captured third place in the 60m hurdles with at time of 8.20 seconds. He later leapt to a seventh place finish in the Triple Jump with a distance of 46 feet 6.25 inches.

“We had a number of frosh scoring in many events,” Helmer said. “It shows that we’ve got a great young group and we’re building momentum to putting a great team together.”

Fifth year senior Rod Koborsi raced to a third-place finish in the men’s 3000m in a time of 8:17.02 while junior Brian Dalpiaz added two points by finishing in seventh place in a time of 8:19.59.

Senior Fleet Hower and fifth year senior Charles Millieon finish in fourth and eighth place in the 5000m run to total six points. They finished with respective times of 14:12.44 and 14:29.51.

“Fleet ran real tough in the 5K to get us some points,” assistant coach Pat Henner said. “There were a bunch of all-Americans in that race and he ran well against them”

In the men’s mile run, junior Matt Debole and fifth-year senior Chris Esselborn finished in sixth and seventh places with times of 4:07.23 and 4:08.08. Esselborn’s race was a personal best.

Fifth-year senior Tommy Manning added two points as he finished seventh in a close 800m race with a time of 1:51.89. Other scorers include freshmen Khyle Osbourne, who captured eighth place in the shot put with a season’s-best throw of 50 feet, and Jonathon Okon, who jumped 45 feet 11.75 inches in the triple jump to capture one point.

The Hoyas completed the meet by racing to two third-place finishes in both the distance medley relay and the 4x800m.

The distance medley relay was made up of Dalpiaz, Lagrenade, Koborsi and Jenkins while the 4x800m relay comprised of Debole, anning, junior Rasheed Thompson and sophomore Brandon Bonsey.

Georgetown now looks to the IC4A meet in Boston March 4-5.