RELEASE DATE: 2/1/04

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MANSFIELD BREAKS MEN’S AND WOMEN'S DMR RECORDS/STEPH CADWELL AND RACHEL HALL SET NEW SCHOOL MARKS

LEWISBURG-  In a late finishing meet Saturday night, the Mansfield University men’s and women’s Indoor Track & Field teams set four new school record and posted five other top three performers, at the Bucknell University Bison Open.

On Friday night the MU men’s Distance Medley Relay (DMR) team of; Josh Wooten, Keith Drummond, Jordann Smith, and Chris Cummings set the tone by finishing second overall and breaking a school record, with a time of 10:26.80.  The previous record of 10:29.4, was set in 1980 and stood for 24 years.  The women’s DMR team of; Rachel Hall, Amber Hamlin, Steph Cadwell, and Charity Learn, also broke the standing school record by turning in a time of 12:43.93.  This took third place overall and bettered the previous school record mark of 12:44.08, set in 2003. 

The mountaineers continued the positive trend on Saturday when; freshman, Joe Trapani (Lake Grove, NY/Lake Grove) topped all collegiate competitors in the 3000M Race Walk and took a second overall finish with a time of 13:25.63. 

In the women’s 3000 M walk Mansfield represented itself extremely well, junior Sarah MacIntyre (Lima, NY/Honeoye-Lima) took a second place overall finish with a time of 17:51.36.  Freshman Jenny Wood (Mansfield/Mansfield) rounded out the top with a third place finish and a time of 18:02.17.  Mansfield assistant coach Michelle Rohl competed unattached and won the event with a time of 13:01.72.

The women's team was also responsible for two more record setting finishes on Saturday.  Senior Steph Cadwell set the new mark in the 800 m run with a time of 2:20.64. This broke the previous record of 2:24.14, set in 1998 by Colleen Ryder. Freshman Rachel Hall also got in on the record breaking action on Saturday. Hall set the new school mark in the 1,000 m run, turning in a time of 3:07.58.  The previous record was set in 2003 by Charity Learn. 

Mansfield's women's 4x800 relay team of; Steph Cadwell, Charity Learn, Rachel Hall, and Theresa Stanford, cruised to a season best 10:01.09 finish to capture second place overall.

Freshman, Amber Hamlin captured a second place finish in her heat of the 400 m dash with a time of 63.48.  Fellow freshman James Painter took a first place finish in his heat of the 400 on the men’s side.  Painter posted a time of :53. 63.

In the men’s 500 m dash freshman Noal Bastian (Mansfield/Mansfield) finished with a time of 1:10.55, which was good enough to finish second in his heat. While junior Luke Walker (Lanesboro/Susquehanna) turned in an impressive 1,000 m time of 2:41.82 and captured a second place finish in his heat. 

Rounding out the top finishers for Mansfield was; freshman Jaymes Crain (Canton/Canton) with a time of :23.70, which was good enough to place him second in his heat of the 200.  Also taking second in his heat of the 200 was sophomore Keith Drummond (Philadelphia/Cardinal. Dougherty) with a time of :24.01. 

The men’s and women’s teams will be back in action on the 14^th of February when they travel to Kutztown for the PSAC East meet.