Friday, January 26, 2001

RIVAL SHINES FOR TRINITY
AT WESLEYAN TRACK INVITATIONAL

Middletown, Conn.- Senior co-captain Amanda Rival (Berlin, Conn.) won the 55-meter high hurdles and was second in the 400-meter dash to lead the Trinity College Bantam women to a seventh-place finish at the Wesleyan University Invitational Indoor Track and Field Invitational this evening. The Trinity men’s squad finished in ninth place.

Rival won the hurdles by .18 s with a time of 8.76, and ran the 400-meter dash in a time of 1:01.68. Senior Oliver Page (New York, N.Y.) came in second in the men’s pole vault with a height of 13’06.00”.

Freshman James Porter (New Haven, Conn.) came in fourth in the 55-meter dash at 6.73 and fifth in the 200-meter dash with a time of 23.57. Classamte Liz Brown (Ashford, Conn.) came in fourth place in the mile at 5:05.37.

TEAM RESULTS

Women

1. Sacred Heart 99

2. Amherst 92

3. Wesleyan 80

4. New Jersey City 78

5. Connecticut College 37

5. Coast Guard 37

7. Trinity (Conn.) 30

8. Bryant 22

9. Union 18

10. York (N.Y.) 16

11. Worcester Tech 14

12. Fairfield 13

13. Keene State 8

14. Bridgewater State 6

15. Medgar Evers 3

16. Eastern Conecticut 1

16. Worcester State 1

Men

1. Coast Guard 116

2. Bryant 75

3. Amherst 65

4. Union 53

5. York (N.Y.) 42

6. Sacred Heart 40

7. Wesleyan 32

8. Keene State 23

9. Bridgewater State 18

9. Trinity, (Conn.) 18

11. Eastern Connecticut 12

12. King’s Point 11

13. Connecticut College 8

13. Worcester Tech 8

15. Medgar Evers 4

16. Worcester State 2

TOP TRINITY FINISHERS

Women

200 m Dash: 13. Beth Landry, 29.27

400 m Dash: 2. Amanda Rival, 1:01.68

800 m Run: 12. Genevieve Light, 2:43.78

1,000 m Run: 6. Liz Brown, 3:18.85

Mile Run: 4. Brown, 5:05.37

3,000 m Run: 19. Stephanie Wezowicz, 11:58.44

55 m HH: 1. Rival, 8.76

Long Jump: 6. Landry, 4.62 m

Triple Jump: 3. Landry, 10.55 m

Shot Put: 11. Rival, 9.38 m

Weight Throw: 7. Lauren Young, 11.10 m

Men

55 m Dash: 4. James Porter, 6.73

200 m Dash: 5. Porter, 23.57

400 m Dash: 17. Porter, 54.71

600 m Run: 7. Bob McGovern, 1:28.02

800 m Run: 10. Jon Drappi, 2:07.41

1,000 m Run: 8. Ryan Lerner, 2:47.14

Mile Run: 5. Peter Bromka, 4:14.96

3,000 m Run: 13. Steve Coakley, 9:33.84

Pole Vault: 2. Oliver Page, 13’06.00”

Triple Jump: 11. Sam Sonn, 11.66 m

Shot Put: 18. Alvin Chon, 10.85 m

Weight Throw: 12. John Vancura, 10.11 m