Saturday, February 15, 2003
BAK WINS AT VALENTINE MEET WHILE OTHER TRINITY ATHLETES SHINE AT TUFTS STAMPEDE
Boston, Mass.- Senior tri-captain Ryan Bak (Suffield, Conn.) won the mile run with a College record time of 4:01.45, and sophomore Kristi Wallin (Drexel Hill, Pa.) won the 600-meter run at 1:39.90, as the Trinity College Bantams competed in the Valentine's Invitational at Boston University and the Tufts University Stampede men's and women's indoor track and field meets this afternoon.
Bak's time is six seconds better than any Division III runner this season and bests his own record in the event at Trinity by over 12 seconds. Senior Josh Griffis (Templeton, Mass.) won the shot put and sophomore James Sullivan (Sterling, Mass.) took first in the 5,000-meter run at Tufts. Women's senior tri-captain Leeann Rheaume (Pittsfield, Mass.) finished second overall in the 5,000 meters, and sophomore Jarod Bullock (Mattapan, Mass.) finished second in the triple jump.
TOP TRINITY FINISHERS
Men
55 m dash: 7. Jerrod Bullock, 6.84
200 m dash: 12. James Porter, 23.91
400 m dash: 3. Bob McGovern, 52.13
600 m run: 5. Chris Orr, 1:26.04
800 m run: 12. McGovern, 2:05.86
1,000 m run: 9. Matt Termine, 2:48.16
1,500 m run: 15. Termine, 4:21.82
3,000 m run: 16. Matt Coraccio, 9:35.25
5,000 m run: 1. James Sullivan, 15:26.08
55 m hurdles: 3. Chris Orr, 8.41
Triple jump: 2. Bullock, 41'01.75"
Weight throw: 7. Alvin Chon, 41'03.25"
Shot put: 1. Josh Griffis, 47'08.50"
4x800 m relay: 5. Trinity, 8:51.62
Women
55 m dash: 5. Kristen Geiger, 7.84
200 m dash: 7. Lucy Hollis, 28.09
400 m dash: 15. Caroline Pierson, 1:06.13
600 m run: 1. Kristi Wallin, 1:39.90
1,000 m run: 6. Liz Brown, 3:14.30
1,500 m run: 5. Jackie Kupper, 5:07.53
3,000 m run: 10. Hilary Evans, 10:59.05
5,000 m run: 2. Leeann Rheaume, 18:37.53
55 m hurdles: 13. Amy Barry, 10.28
Long jump: 12. Hollis, 14'07.75"
Triple jump: 6. Kathleen Forbes, 32'11.00"
High jump: 14. Breen Power, 4'04.25"
Weight throw: 10. Lauren Young, 40'07.50"
4x400 m relay: 8. Trinity, 4:43.46