Saturday, February 3, 2001

LANDRY WINS TRIPLE JUMP AT TUFTS TRACK EVENT

Medford, Mass.- Junior Beth Landry (Troy, Mich.) won the triple jump to lead the Trinity College Bantam women to an eighth-place finish at the Tufts University Invitational Indoor Track and Field Invitational this evening. The Trinity men’s squad finished in sixth place.

Landry won the triple jump with a distance of 34'09.75", while senior co-captain Amanda Rival (Berlin, Conn.) finished third in the 200-meter dash, and the high jump, and fourth in the long jump. Fellow senior co-captain Marisa Eddy (Los Angeles, Calif.) came in third in the 800-meter run for the Bantams.

Freshman James Porter (New Haven, Conn.) came in second in the 55-meter dash at 6.65 and classmate Francis Vincent (East Lyme, Conn.) came in third place in the 200-meter dash and the triple jump. In the distance events, Trinity had four fourth-place sophomores, including Ryan Bak (Suffield, Conn.) in the 1,500-mile run, James Emord (Bridgewater, Mass.) in the 3,000-meter run, and Ryan Lerner (Manchester, Conn.) in the 5,000-meter run.

TEAM RESULTS

Women

1. College of New Jersey 194

2. Ithaca 94.5

3. Tufts 87.5

4. MIT 87

5. Amherst 75

6. Springfield 66

7. Wesleyan 60

8. Trinity (Conn.) 38

9. Worcester Tech 31

Men

1. MIT 189

2. College of New Jersey 156

3. Springfield 130

4. Tufts 86

5. Ithaca 70

6. Trinity, (Conn.) 42

7. Amherst 32

8. Worcester Tech 21

9. Wesleyan 9

TOP TRINITY FINISHERS

Women

200 m Dash: 3. Amanda Rival, 27.42

800 m Run: 3. Marisa Eddy, 2:43.78

Mile Run: 7. Liz Brown, 4:59.92

3,000 m Run: 12. Stephanie Wezowicz, 11:46.69

5,000 m Run: 12. Kristina DePeau, 19:40.44

High Jump: 3. Rival, 5'03.25"

Long Jump: 4. Rival, 16'01.00"

Triple Jump: 1. Landry, 34'09.75"

Shot Put: 19. Lauren Young, 26'08.50"

Weight Throw: 8. Lauren Young, 37'03.75"

Men

55 m Dash: 2. James Porter, 6.65

200 m Dash: 3. Francis Vincent, 23.26

400 m Dash: 16. Chris Madison, 52.88

600 m Run: 11. Bob McGovern, 1:11.39

800 m Run: 14. Jon Drappi, 2:05.41

1,000 m Run: 20. Jack Canning, 3:03.39

Mile Run: 4. Ryan Bak, 4:00.36

3,000 m Run: 4. James Emord, 8:47.01

5,000 m Run: 4. Ryan Lerner, 15:27.65

4x400 m Relay: 6. Trinity, 3:34.04

Long Jump: 9. Vincent, 19'08.75"

Triple Jump: 3. Vincent, 43'03.25"

Shot Put: 14. Alvin Chon, 35'07.25"

Weight Throw: 14. John Vancura, 35'10.75"