RELEASE DATE: 2/12/05

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CUMMINGS FIRST IN 1,000 AT PSAC EAST CHALLENGE – CUMMINGS AND MEG KERR SET NEW SCHOOL RECORDS

KUTZTOWN – Chris Cummings won the 1,000 meters in school record time to lead the Mansfield University men’s and women's indoor track and field team at the PSAC East Challenge at Kutztown University Saturday.

Cummings crossed the finish line with a time of 2:32.59 surpassing the school record of 2:34.79 set by Michael Lane  in 1997.

Also setting a new school record was Megan Kerr with a 9-03 effort in the pole vault to finish fifth overall. She broke her own school record of 9-01. Katrina Brumfield finished second in the high jump with a leap of 5-01 and Julie Miller earned points with an 8^th place finish in the shot put (34-06.5).

John Holtz finished 6^th in the 800 meters with a time of 2:03.72.