Saturday, March 3, 2001

TRINITY CAPTAINS STAR
AT ECAC INDOOR TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP

Boston, Mass.- Senior co-captain Marisa Eddy (Los Angeles, Calif.) finished fourth in the 800-meter run and fellow senior co-captain Todd Markelz (Homer, Alaska) finished fourth in 5,000-meter run at the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III Men's and Women's Indoor Track and Field Championships at Boston University this afternoon.

The Trinity men finished 21st out of 43 teams, while the women were tied for 29th out of 38 teams. Trinity did not send a full roster to the Championships. The Bantam 4x800 women's relay team placed sixth, while Bantam freshman James Porter (New Haven, Conn.) came in eighth in the men's 55 meter dash.

TEAM RESULTS

Men

1. New Jersey 83

2. Widener 54

3. Wheaton (Mass.) 49

4. Springfield 48

5. Williams 48

6. Ithaca 40

7. Coast Guard 32

8. Keene State 30

9. Cortland State 26

10. Rochester 23

10. Bowdoin 23

10. Montclair State 23

13. Tufts 22

13. Dickinson 22

13. Lincoln 22

16. Rensselaer 20

16. MIT 20

18. Bates 19

19. Brockport State 18

20. Hamilton 17

21. Trinity (Conn.) 14

22. St. Lawrence 13

23. Geneseo State 12

24. Amherst 10

24. Middledbury 10

24. Worcester State 10

27. Worcester Tech 8

28. Westfield State 7

28. New Paltz State 5

34. Lehman 4

35. Union 3

35. Plattsburgh State 3

35. Ursinus 3

35. Richard Stockton 3

35. Wesleyan 3

40. Salem State 2

40. Medgar Evers 2

40. Oswego State 2

40. Southern Maine 2

Women

1. Williams 93

2. Wheaton (Mass.) 86

3. Cortland State 49

4. Wesleyan 44

5. Lincoln 38

6. MIT 36

7. New Jersey 34

8. Ithaca 33

9. Amherst 32

10. Middlebury 29

11. Dickinson 23

11. Springfield 23

13. New Jersey City 22

13. Geneseo State 22

15. Tufts 21

16. St. Lawrence 20

16. Hartwick 20

18. Colby 17

19. Rensselaer 15

19. Hamilton 15

19. Montclair State 15

22. Lehman 14

23. Brockport State 13

25. Southern Maine 11

26. Bates 10

27. Connecticut College 9

27. Albright 9

29. Trinity (Conn.) 8

29. Keene State 8

29. Smith 8

29. Rochester 8

33. Coast Guard 6

34. Johns Hopkins 5

35. Richard Stockton 3

35 Muhlenberg 3

37 Rochester Tech 2

38 Oswego State 1

TOP TRINITY FINISHERS

Men

55 m Dash: 8. James Porter, 6.68

200 m Dash: 17. Porter 23.19

3,000 m Run: 11. Peter Bromka 8:59.21

5,000 m Run: 4. Todd Markelz 14:57.93

Distance Medley Relay: 19. Trinity, 11:04.01

Women

800 m Run: 4. Marisa Eddy, 2:17.72

Mile m Run: 14. Liz Brown, 5:59.27

4x800 m Relay: 6. Trinity, 9:53.21

Long Jump: 20. Beth Landry, 10.23m