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IC4A Championships
March 6-7, 2004 • Reggie Lewis Track and Field Center

Patrick Riley Places 12th in 5,000 Meters with School Record Time

Delaware Results 

BOSTON -- University of Delaware senior Patrick Riley (St. Mark's/Newark, DE) set a school record in placing 12th in the 5,000 meters and the Blue Hen women's 4 x 400-meter relay team established a school record with an eighth place finish to highlight Blue Hen performances at the IC4A men's and ECAC women's indoor track and field regionals this past weekend at the Reggie Lewis Track and Field Center.

The meet was the final indoor performance of the year for both Delaware teams. Manhattan captured the men's IC4A team title with 60 points while the University of Pittsburgh was the women's ECAC team champion with 62 points.

Riley (at right - Photo Courtesy of TrackShark.Com) was the top finisher for the UD men as he placed 12th in the 5,000 meters in a time of 14:35.18, breaking the school record of 14:39.19 set by Dave Geesaman in 1998.

Also for the Delaware men, Roger Brown (Albemarle/Charlottesville, VA) placed 17th in the 55 meters (6.56), Jerome Holder (Woodbridge/Bridgeville, DE) placed 23rd in the 55 meter hurdles (7.93), and the 4 x 400 meter relay team of Holder, Charlie Williams (Powhatan/Powhatan, VA), Chris Dixon (Hempfield/Manheim, PA), and Phil Smiley (McKean/Hockessin, DE) was 22nd in a time of 3:18.75, less than a second off the school record set in 1973.

Delaware earned its only point of the weekend on the women's side where the Blue Hen 4 x 400 relay team of Kristen Frustillo (Cardinal O'Hara/Newtown Square, PA), Tyechia Smith (McNair/Jersey City, NJ), Brittany Wright (Eastern/Voorhees, NJ), and Mandy Stille (McKean/Wilmington, DE) placed eighth overall with a time of 3:51.39. The team broke the school record set earlier this season with a time of 3:50.27 in the preliminaries Saturday.

The eighth place finish, which earns UD All-East designation, was the highest for the Blue Hen women at the ECAC indoor championships since the 2000 season when Annemarie Quinn placed sixth in the high jump.

Also for the Blue Hen women, Casey Bennett (Shelton/Shelton, CT) was 14th in the pole vault (no height available), Stille was 14th in the long jump (17-11 1/2), and Smith was 19th in the 400 meters (58.17).

AGATE:

Delaware Men's Competitors: 12th Place - Patrick Riley - 5,000 meters (14:35.18 - school record); 17th Place - Roger Brown - 55 meters (6.56); 22nd Place - 4 x 400 meter relay (Jerome Holder, Charlie Williams, Andrew Cox, Phil Smiley), 3:18.75; 23rd Place - Jerome Holder - 55 meter hurdles (7.93);

Final Men's Team Standings: 1. Manhattan - 60; 2. Seton Hall - 47; 3. Connecticut & Penn State - 42; 5. Army - 34; 6. VMI - 30; 7. Saint Joseph's & George Mason - 29; 9. Cornell - 28; 10. Rutgers & Providence - 26.

Delaware Women's Competitors: 8th Place - 4 x 400 meter relay (Kristen Frustillo, Tyechia Smith, Brittany Wright, Mandy Stille), 3:51.39 (3:50.27 in preliminaries - school record); 14th Place - Casey Bennett - Pole Vault (11-7 3/4); Mandy Stille - Long Jump (17-11 1/2); 19th Place - Tyechia Smith - 400 meters (58.17).

Final Women's Team Standings: 1. Pittsburgh - 62; 2. West Virginia - 51; 3. Georgetown - 48; 4. Penn State - 47; 5. Northeastern - 46; 6. Connecticut & Cornell - 42; 8. George Mason - 39; 9. Duke - 31; 10. Buffalo - 28....44. UNC Wilmington & Delaware - 1.

 

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