RELEASE DATE: 5/05/07

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Rachel Hall First Mountaineer Four Time All-PSAC -- Mansfield men and women both finish 11^th overall at PSAC Track and Field Championship – Mike Gray sixth in shot and Clarissa Correll seventh in 1500

SHIPPENSBURG – Rachel Hall become first outdoor runner in school history to earn All-PSAC honors four times with a third place finish at the final day of the PSAC Outdoor Track and Field Championship Saturday afternoon.

Lock Haven edged out Shippensburg for the men’s title 139-138 while Slippery Rock won the women’s championship with 189. points. The Mansfield men scored 14 points while the women recorded 21 points.

“It’s simply a wonder honor for a wonderful person,” said head coach Mike Rohl. “Everybody remembers the first and Rachel is the first runner to ever earn All-PSAC honors in each of her four seasons. That says a lot about her and a lot about where this program is heading.”

Also earning All-PSAC honors for the second straight year is senior Nicole Dann who finished fourth in the 1500 meters with a time of  4:40.79.

Freshman Mike Gray, who earned All-PSAC honors with a second place second place finish yesterday in the discus, was sixth in the shot put with a toss of 49’ 5 ¾”. Gray scored 11 of the Mountaineer men’s 14 total team points.

Dave Sanford picked up the other three team points for the men with a 6^th place finish in the 1500 meter at 3:54.04.

Sophomore Clarissa Correll, who has shown improvement through the season, earned team points by finishing seventh in the 1500 meters with a time of 4:49.60. It was Correll’s best time of the season and the third best 1500 time in school history.

Although they don’t earn team points, Amanda Fedish was 11^th in the 100 meters (12:53)and Marisa Fronczkiewicz 13^th in the 400 meters (1:00.72)

The women’s 4 x 100 relay team of Katrina Brumfield, Erica Ferguson, Marisa Fronzckiewicz, Amanda Fedish was sixth in with a time of 49.69 while the 4 x 400 team of Brumfield, Ferguson, Fronzckiewcz and Dann finished ninth (4:02.17).