Jimenez is 4th in pentathlon at ECACs

Co-captain Angie Jimenez was the loan bright star this past weekend at ECAC's in Boston, Mass. Finishing fourth in the pentathlon at the Boston University Invitational, Jimenez received all-East honors by accumulating a total score of 3,607. Seeded second going into Easterns, Jimenez looked at her performance in Boston as lackluster. Despite running her fastest 800 meter dash of the year (2 minutes, 20 seconds), Jimenez felt for the third year in a row she did not perform up to the level she is capable of reaching. Unlike past indoor seasons, this winter Jimenez really tried to prepare for Easterns. Unfortunately for most of the day Jimenez acknowledged that she was not on and everything seemed to fall a little short. "Coming back from Heps last weekend was difficult," Jimenez said. "Even though each year I have received all-East honors, I have never been happy with my performance at Easterns. "I have to learn to have confidence and go out and accomplish what I am capable of doing." Following an emotional first place victory at the Heptagonal championships last weekend, Penn only sent three Quakers to Easterns, after 16 members of the team qualified. For the women's track team, ECACs is viewed as an optional meet at the end of the indoor season, especially since it falls right in the middle of Penn's midterm exam period. In addition to Jimenez the other two Quakers to travel to BU were junior Adria Ferguson and sophomore Dawn McGee. Ferguson knew heading into Easterns that she would face stiff competition in the 500-meter dash. But she was personally disappointed with at time of 1:16.9. She had hoped to improve on the 1:16.8 she ran at Heps. "I wasn't very happy," Ferguson said. "I wanted to run 1:14. Heps is really stressful and it is hard to come back the next weekend and do well." Also feeling some negative vibes was hurdler McGee, who was not happy with the way she ran in the 55 hurdle dash. McGee, who finished 13th was hoping to place in the top 12 and race in the semi-final heat. She viewed Easterns as a way for Jimenez, Ferguson and her to gain some experience against quality athletes. "I didn't get off to the fastest start and failed to race as well as I would have liked," McGee said. "I think that all three of us were expecting to do better than we actually did." Despite three frustrating performances at Easterns, the Quakers are not about to get down on themselves with the outdoor season right around the corner.