RELEASE DATE: 1/29/04

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CHARITY LEARN SETS SCHOOL RECORD AND QUALIFIES FOR NCAA DIVISION II INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIP IN 5000 – CHRIS CUMMINGS SETS NEW SCHOOL RECORD AT PENN STATE NATIONAL INVITATIONAL

STATE COLLEGE – Charity Learn qualified for the NCAA Division II National Indoor Championship in the 5000 meters and Chris Cummings set a new school record in the men’s 5000 at the Penn State National Invitational at Penn State.

Learn finished 9^th in a field of 25 including 23 Division I runners with a school record time of 17:35.59, shattering her personal best by a remarkable 30 seconds. Her time qualified her for the NCAA Division II National Indoor Championship in Boston in March.

Cummings finished 18^th in a field of 34, including 32 Division I runners. His time of 14:56.92, shattering his own school record of 5:12.55 set last year.