RELEASE DATE: 12/03/06

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Men's 4x800 Record Falls in First Meet of Season -- Hall Continues Running Well

The Mansfield University indoor track and field teams competed in their first meet of the season on Saturday at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. Impressive performances came from the men's 4x800 meter relay squad and from senior distance standout Rachel Hall.

The men's 4x800 meter relay team  of Chris Cummings, Dave Sanford, Bryan Morseman, and John-Mark Stoltz took first place in the race, topping Cornell University by less than a second. The finishing time of 8:02.40 establishes a new school record, breaking the previous record held by Cummings, Jon Holtz, Derek Weiss, and Rich Correll by just over three seconds.

"We were real excited about it," said senior Chris Cummings after running his first race in a Mountaineer uniform since last May. "We're just coming off of cross country work and didn't really think we would have this much speed this soon," added Morseman.

Rachel Hall also continued to run impressively coming off of an All-PSAC, All-Region, and All-ECAC cross country season, the senior finished second in the 3000 meter run with a time of 10:25.85.

Also placing for the Mountaineers were:

 Nicole Dann -- sixth in the 500 with a time of 1:20.12.

Dave Sanford -- seventh in the 500 with a time of 1:08.48.

Katrina Brumfield -- seventh in the high jump with a clearance of 5-3.

Marisa Fronczkiewicz -- ninth in the 300 with a time of 43.57 seconds and 10th in the 60 with a time of 8.23 seconds.

The Mountaineers are back in action next Saturday, December 9th when they travel to Kent State University in Ohio for an all-day event.