Saturday, February 2, 2002
TRINITY TRACK AND FIELD TEAMS FINISH FOURTH
AND FIFTH AT TUFTS INDOOR INVITATIONAL
Medford, Mass.- Senior women's tri-captain Jennifer Villa (West Hyannisport, Mass.) won the triple jump and sophomore Kristina DePeau (Stafford, Conn.) won the 3,000-meter run to lead the Trinity College Bantams to a fourth-place finish in the Tufts University Invitational Indoor Track and Field Meet this afternoon at Gantcher Center. The Trinity men finished fifth in the meet.
Men's track senior co-captain Ryan Bak (Suffield, Conn.) won both the 1,000- and the 1,500-meter runs, qualifying provisionally for the NCAA Division III National Championships in each. Junior Josh Griffis (Templeton, Mass.) placed second in the shot put and freshman Jarod Bullock (Mattapan, Mass.) came in second in the long jump for the Bantams. Freshman Christina Kane (Springfield, Mass.) finished second in the 1,500-meter run and qualified provisionally for the National Championships as well.
TEAM RESULTS
Women
1. Ithaca 123
1. Tufts 123
3. Amherst 88
4. Trinity (Conn.) 75
5. Worcester Tech 54
6. Wesleyan 52
7. NYU 51
7. Springfield 51
9. Bates 50
10. Connecticut College 36
11. Eastern Connecticut 22
12. Mass.-Dartmouth 6
13. Hartford 3
Men
1. Springfield 152.5
2. Tufts 142
3. Bates 91.5
4. Ithaca 62
5. Trinity (Conn.) 61
6. Amherst 52
7. King's Point 47.5
8. Wesleyan 46
9. Eastern Connecticut 45.5
10. Worcester Tech 14
11. Hartford 11
12. Mass.-Dartmouth 8
12. Connecticut College 8
TOP TRINITY FINISHERS
Women
400 m dash: 3. Kristi Wallin, 1:00.88
500 m run: 8. Kate Klein, 1:26.91
800 m run: 3. Christina Kane, 2:21.71
1,000 m run: 4. Leeann Rheaume, 3:10.89
1,500 m run: 2. Christina Kane, 4:45.05
3,000 m run: 1. Kristina DePeau, 10:32.28
55 m hurdles: 11. Amy Barry, 9.72
Triple jump: 1. Jennifer Villa, 34'09.75"
Shot put: 5. Ashley Yanyac, 35'07.25"
Weight throw: 4. Lauren Young, 40'08.25"
Distance medley relay: 6. Trinity, 13:09.88
Men
55 m dash: 7. James Porter, 7.05
200 m dash: 7. Paris Farrell, 23.90
400 m dash: 12. Chris Madison, 53.23
500 m run: 20. Jack Canning, 1:13.81
800 m run: 14. Jon Drappi, 2:06.01
1,000 m run: 1. Ryan Bak, 2:31.64
1,500 m run: 1. Ryan Bak, 3:54.56
3,000 m run: 16. Alex Bruce, 10:24.04
Long jump: 2. Jarrod Bullock, 21'02.75"
Shot put: 2. Josh Griffis, 47'03.50"
Weight throw: 7. Nick Fox, 44'04.00"
Distance medley relay: 3. Trinity, 10:35.63