Saturday, May 24, 2003

Canton, N.Y.- Senior tri-captain Ryan Bak (Suffield, Conn.) finished in second place, just 0.09 seconds behind the winner, in the 1,500-meter run to lead the Trinity College Bantams to a 36th place finish in the NCAA Division III Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships on the Merrick-Pinkard Track at St. Lawrence University this afternoon.

Bak finished with a College record time of 3:46.75 to finish just behind Nick Symmonds, of Willamette, in the finals. Bak had won his preliminary heat in what was a new record time for Merrick-Pinkard Track, at 3:52.40. The time was also the best of all runners in the preliminaries, but Symmonds beat the field in with a time of 3:46.66 in the finals after finishing second in his preliminary heat. Bak also ran a 14:56.51 in the 5,000 meters to finish 16th overall. The 5,000-meter run took place just two hours after the 1,500-meter finals.

TEAM RESULTS
1. Wisc.-LaCrosse 88
2. Lincoln 64
3. Wisconsin-Oshkosh 44
4. Nebraska Wesleyan 37
5. Wisc.-Platteville 25
6. Willamette 20
7. Greenville 19
8. Monmouth (Ill.) 18.5
9. Wittenberg 18
9. North Central 18
11. Wartburg 17
12. Gustavus Adolphus 16.5
13. Wisc.-Whitewater 15
13. Christopher Newport 15
13. Calvin 15
16. MIT 14.5
17. St. Thomas (Minn.) 14
17. College of New Jersey 14
19. St. Norbert 13
19. Rensselaer 13
19. Mount Union 13
19. LaVerne 13
23. Wisc.-Stevens Point 12
23. Williams 12
23. Keene State 12
23. Chicago 12
27. Lehman 11
27. Central College 11
27. Bates 11
30. Wheaton (Mass.) 10
30. McMurry 10
30. Carthage 10
33. Wheaton (Ill.) 9
33. Sul Ross State 9
33. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 9
36. Tufts 8
36. Trinity (Conn.) 8
36. St. John's (Minn.) 8
36. Mary Washington 8
36. Loras 8
36. Baldwin-Wallace 8
42. Albion 7
43. Wisc.-Eau Claire 6
43. Whittier 6
43. Rowan 6
43. Muhlenberg 6
43. Messiah 6
43. Augsburg (Minn.) 6
49. Puget Sound 5
49. Lynchburg 5
49. Brockport State 5
52. Wilmington (Pa.) 4.5
52. Beloit 4.5
54. Dickinson 4
54. Coe 4
56. Washington (Mo.) 3
56. Rutgers-Camden 3
56. Montclair State 3
56. Haverford 3
56. Carleton 3
56. Bridgewater 3
56. Augustana (Ill.) 3
63. Middlebury 2
63. George Fox 2
65. Rose-Hulman 1.5
66. Union 1
66. Simpson 1
66. Linfield 1
66. Lawrence 1
66. Elizabethtown 1
66. Anderson 1

TOP TRINITY FINISHERS
Men
1,500 m run: 2. Ryan Bak, 3:46.75
5,000 m run: 16. Bak, 14:56.51