The Women's Mile Capital of America

Syracuse represented well in the tactically-run Penn Relays Women's OD mile this weekend.  Maureen McCandless, an assistant coach at SU was second with Amanda LoPiccolo running for the Chargers close behind her.  Taking seventh and eighth, respectively were Kaitlin O'Sullivan and my bride-to-be Natalie Gingerich.  Nice job, ladies.

PL	ID	ATHLETE	SCHOOL/AFFILIATION	MARK
1	2	Geena Gall	U. of Michigan	4:43.34
2	5	Maureen McCandless	New Balance Syracuse Elite	4:43.51
3	9	Amanda LoPiccolo	Syracuse Chargers	4:44.19
4	4	Elizabeth Maloy	unattached	4:44.83
5	11	Susan Hendrick	NYAC	4:45.43
6	3	Michelle Sikes	Nike	4:45.59
7	12	Kaitlin O'Sullivan	Syracuse Chargers	4:48.57
8	8	Natalie Gingerich	Nike Central Park TC	4:51.73
9	10	Danielle Barnes	U. of South Carolina	5:06.72
10	6	Jessica Eldridge	Sports Performance Group	DNS
11	7	Akeem Elliott	Puma	DNS

Ramzi caught...again

BUSTED!!!

In case you were living under a rock yesterday or studying for exams or something stupid like that, Rashid Ramzi got busted for drugs.  IOC officials picked up CERA EPO in his blood.  Essentially, it's EPO with a longer half-life, so you don't have to dose as frequently and have a much lower likelihood of getting caught.  I would really like to see some teeth bared with this suspension.  On top of the return of the gold medal, let's make sure we don't have to see this asshole on the track again.