Saturday, February 16, 2002

BAK WINS NEW ENGLAND 1,500 METERS TITLE AS TRINITY
MEN'S INDOOR TRACK FINISHES 12TH AT NEW ENGLANDS

Lewiston, Maine.- Junior tri-captain Ryan Bak (Suffield, Conn.) won the 1,500-meter run with a time of 3:53.35 to lead the Trinity College Bantams to a 12th-place finish in the NCAA Division III New England Regional Championships at Bates College this afternoon.

Bak also finished third in the 1,000-meter run with a time of 2:31.46, while freshman James Sullivan (Sterling, Mass.) finished the 3,000 meters at 8:52.00 for seventh place. Bak earns All-New England honors for both events, as did Sullivan for the 3,000 meters.

TEAM RESULTS

1. MIT 150.5

1. Williams 150.5

3. Wheaton (Mass.) 81

4. Tufts 60

5. Bowdoin 56

6. Springfield 48

7. Colby 34

8. Bates 32

8. Coast Guard 32

10. Keene State 20

11. Trinity (Conn.) 19

11. Amherst 19

13. Eastern Connecticut 15

14. Brandeis 13

15. Wesleyan 12

16. Worcester Tech 9

17. Southern Maine 6

18. Worcester State 5

19. Bridgewater State 4

19. Middlebury 4

21. Westfield State 3

21. Rhode Island College 3

21. Salem State 3

24. Mass.-Dartmouth 1

 

TOP TRINITY FINISHERS

1,000 m run: 3. Ryan Bak, 2:31.46

1,500 m run: 1. Ryan Bak, 3:53.35

3,000 m run: 7. James Sullivan, 8:52.00

Shot put: 15. Josh Griffis, 12.93 m

Weight throw: 13. Nick Fox, 13.88 m