Thursday, April 25, 2002

BANTAMS BREAK TRACK RECORDS AT PENN RELAYS

Philadelphia, Pa. - Junior tri-captain Ryan Bak (Suffield, Conn.) finished 14th in the 5,000 meters, classmate Jim Emord (Bridgewater, Mass.) finished 26th in the 10,000 meters, and freshman Christina Kane (Springfield, Mass.) finished 13th in the 3,000-meter steeplechase , as the Trinity College Bantams competed in the Penn Relays at Franklin Field on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania this afternoon.

Bak finished with a College record time of 14:19.42 which qualifies him automatically for the NCAA Division III National Championships in Minnesota in late May, while Emord's College record time of 30:43.81 was also an automatic qualifier for Nationals. Kane's time of 11:23.21 set Trinity's third school record of the day and qualified her for the NCAA Division III National Championships provisionally.

TOP TRINITY FINISHERS

Women

3,000 m steeplachase: 13. Christina Kane, 11:23.21

Men

5,000 m run: 14. Ryan Bak, 14;19.42

10,000 m run: 26. Jim Emord, 30:43.81