Women's Track
2009 SEASON REVIEW
Foals of the NJCAA, the FLCC women continued to bolster their record board, breaking six Laker records en route to an eighth-place finish at the NJCAA Division III National Championships at Alfred State. In the process of setting the 100-meter dash record (12.97), Jamaican native Heady Piearu bolted to second-place, the highest finish in the history of FLCC female sprinting. A week prior, Piearu attained gold at the NJCAA Region III Championships in the same event.
Emily Enright, a sophomore, earned All-American status for the second-straight season, this time in the 5,000-meter run. After missing nearly a month due to illness, Enright’s first race back was the National Championships where she placed second in the 5,000-meter run and fourth in the 1,500-meter run. Enright is the first-ever athlete in FLCC history, no matter the sport, to finish her athletic career with three All-American certificates. Enright finisher her two seasons on the team with records in the 1,500-meter, 3,000-meter SteepleChase, 5,000-meter run, and is a member of the 4x400 and 4x800-meter relay teams.
Piearu also set the school record in the 200-meter dash (26.68) while placing sixth at nationals. She then joined teammate Brooke Everdyke, Renee Smith, and Shannon O’Brien in the womens 4x100-meter relay, setting another FLCC record with a fourth-place finish in 52.38 seconds.
Everdyke, a freshman, broke the 400-meter dash record (61.85), and Smith set the record in the long jump with a 4.71-meter leap.
In just three seasons as a program, the Laker women have produced three National Champions, and have placed in the top-8 twice at the NJCAA Division III National Championships.
About the Coach
Having served as an assistant at FLCC for two seasons, Tom Enright enters his inaugural season as head coach for both the men and women. A 1980 Palmyra-Macedon graduate, Enright spent eight seasons coaching at his alma mater, six of which as the head girls track and field coach where he led the Red Raiders to six-straight undefeated Finger Lakes Central titles, back-to-back Section 5 team titles in 2003 and 2004, and compiled a 43-0 overall record.
Enright, named Finger Lakes Coach of the Year in 2005, also headed up the Pal-Mac boys and girls indoor program. Those team produced 25 sectional champions and scholar athlete teams. In indoor and outdoor track and field combined the Red Raiders established 67 new school records under Enright’s guidance with nearly 50 sectional champions and close to a dozen reaching the New York state meet. During the same time, Enright has also served as a volunteer coach for 15 seasons with the Pal-Mac Youth Football and Cheerleading League.
