RELEASE DATE: 5/10/03

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CHARITY LEARN BECOMES FIRST MOUNTAINEER TO CAPTURE PSAC CROWN WITH FIRST PLACE FINISH IN STEEPLECHASE – JOSH WOOTEN SECOND IN STEEPLECHASE

LOCK HAVEN – Charity Learn (Troy/North Penn) capped off her extraordinary freshman year by become the first every PSAC outdoor track and field champion with first place finish in the steeplechase at the PSAC Championships at Lock Haven University Saturday afternoon.

Learn set a new school record with a first place time of  11:09.26, more than five seconds better than her nearest competitor to become the Mountaineers first ever PSAC Champion.

“It was an incredible performance, in an incredible season for an incredible athlete,” head coach Mike Rohl said.

Josh Wooten just missed become the school’s second ever PSAC champion by finishing second in the men’s steeplechase with a time of 9:29.58. He scored all eight of Mansfield’s men’s points in the championship.

Also placing for the Mountaineers was Stephanie Cadwell with a fifth place finish in the 800 meters with a time of 2:20.13. She had earlier broken the school record in the preliminaries with a time of 2:19.17.

Mansfield finished 8^th in the men’s overall competition and 12^th in the women’s.