RELEASE DATE: 2/06/10

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Mansfield women’s DMR team breaks school record at New Balance

NEW YORK CITY – The Mansfield University women’s distance medley relay team set a new school record at the New Balance Meet at The Armory in New York City.

The team of Clarissa Cummings, Erica Ferguson, Alexa Tsiknas and Brenae Edwards finished 10^th overall with a time of 12:16.93 surpass the previous school mark of 12:24.08 set in 2004.  This time provisionally qualified the team for the NCAA Championships and they are currently ranked 10th in the nation. 

Also doing well for the Mountaineers in the mostly NCAA Division I meet were senior Mike Gray who finished 9^th overall in the shot put with a season best effort of  16.25 meters.

The men’s DMR team of Nate MacNabb, Justen Johnson Vic Garcia and Bud Plaszenski was seventh with a time of 10:09.76 and Plaszenski finished 30^th in the mile (4:19.03).

Brenae Edwards was 20^th in the women’s mile (5:07.08).