RELEASE DATE: 4/12/03

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: STEPH CALDWELL SETS NEW 400 METER MARK AS MOUNTIES FINISH SECOND IN PSAC TRI-MEET  

SLIPPERY ROCK – Stephanie Caldwell (Little Falls,NY/Little Falls) broke the school record for the 400 meters and Nate Reider (York/Dallastown) was a provisional qualifier in the javelin as the Mansfield University men’s and women’s track and field teams finished second in a PSAC tri-meet with California and Slippery Rock Saturday afternoon at Kerr Stadium.  

Caldwell finished first in the 400 with a record setting time of 1:00.34 while Reider won the javelin with a toss of 195-7. 

Josh Wooten was a dual winner, finishing first in the 1500 (4:06.98) and 5000 (15:54.41) meters.  Charity Learn, who set a new school record in the 5000 meters with a time of 18:01.05 at Bucknell on Friday night, won the 1500 meters at Slippery Rock with a time of 5:03.51. Jeremy Bochert (10:40.74) and Ashley Tierney (13:32.71) won the men’s and women’s steeplechases.

Mansfield finished second in the men’s competition with 110 points to Slippery Rock’s 151. The Mountaineers were also second on the women’s side with 69 points to Slippery Rocks 176.  

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