Release Date: 8/9/04

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MOUNTIES CAPTURE TWO SILVER MEDALS AT THE KEYSTONE STATE GAMES

MANSFIELD- In his first decathlon Adam Keir (Warren Center/North East Bradford ) took home the silver medal at the Keystone State Games in Wilkes-Barre this past weekend.

Keir finished second overall with a total of 5,109 points, behind Clarion’s Don Patten who finished with 6,100 points.

Incoming freshman Derek Weis also captured a silver medal by finishing second in the half with a time of 205.69 in the 17-18 year old age group.

The Mountaineers had three top four finishers in the cross country event.  Charity Learn (Troy/Home schooled) finished first overall for the women with a personal best time of 17:55 and Rachel Hall (Blue Ridge/New Milford) finished fourth overall with a time of 18:57 .

On the men’s side, Ben Israel finished fourth overall with a time of 17:14 .

In the men’s 5K race, Richard Correll (Mansfield/Mansfield) placed first with a personal best time of 16:58 .  Correll also took second place in the men’s 1,500 finishing with a time of 4:28.2.

In the 19-21 age group, Mike Yannick (Throop/Mid-Valley) finished the 110 hurdles with a time of 16:74.

The Mountaineers had the top three finishers in the women’s 1,500 event age group 19-21.  Learn (4:58.1), Hall (5:08.5) and Robyn Ireland (Cogan Station) (5:38.3) finished in the top three respectively.