2000
University of Delaware
Men's
Outdoor Track & Field
Roster
Blue
Hens To Watch/Profiles
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Player
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Year
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Events
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Hometown/High
School
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Asher
Ailey
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Fr.
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Sprints
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Plainsboro,
NJ/West
Windsor-Plainsboro
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Erik
App *
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Jr.
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Pole
Vault
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Collegeville,
PA/Methaction
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Ian
Bass
***
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Sr.
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Sprints
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St.
Croix, V.I./St.
Joseph's
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Troy
Bockius
**
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Sr.
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Distance
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Dover,
DE/Dover
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Pat
Boettcher
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Fr.
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Distance
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New
Castle, DE/William
Penn
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Nick
Camardo *
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So.
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Sprints
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West
Berlin, NJ/Bishop
Eustace
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Jim
Catella
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Fr.
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Distance
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Oneonta,
NY/Oneonta
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Ben
Cosgrove *
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Jr.
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Hurdles
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Seaford,
DE/Centennial
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Mark
Coyle
***
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Sr.
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Distance
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West
Chester, PA/East
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Rashaun
Davis
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Fr.
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Sprints/Jumps
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Trenton,
NJ/Ewing
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Brian
Demlein
***
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Sr.
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Sprints
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DeWitt,
NY/Christian Bros.
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Fred
DePalma
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So.
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Javelin/Throws
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Salem,
NJ/Penns Grove
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Mike
DiGennaro
**
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Sr.
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Distance
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Essex,
MA/Hamilton-Wenham
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Anthony
DiStasio
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So.
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Hurdles
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Princeton
Junction, NJ/Monsignor
Farre
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Ed
Douglas *
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Jr.
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Distance
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Williamstown,
NJ/Williamstown
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Jamin
Elliott *
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So.
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Jumps
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Portsmouth,
VA/Churchland
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Jeff
Emery *
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So.
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Jumps
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Ramsey,
NJ/Ramsey
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Ishmael
Fontaine
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So.
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Sprints
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St.
Thomas, V.I./Ivanna Eudora
Kean
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Johnny
Galarza
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So.
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Spints
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Lancaster,
PA/Lampeter-Strasburg
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Mike
Goodhart *
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So.
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Throws
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Lititz,
PA/Warwick
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Stephen
Greeley *
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So.
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Distance
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Ambler,
PA/Wissahickon
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Mike
Hendrickson *
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Jr.
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Pole
Vault
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Seaford,
DE/Seaford
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Emeka
Igwe
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Fr.
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Sprints
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Newark,
DE/Dickinson
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Mike
Innis
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Fr.
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Distance
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Paughquag,
NY/Arlington
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Brandon
Jones
*
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So.
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Sprints
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Newtown,
PA/Pennsbury
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Peter
Kelly *
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So.
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Distance
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Pine
City, NY/Elmira
Southside
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Peter
Lenz
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Fr.
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Distance
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Hockessin,
DE/McKean
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Tom
Marando
***
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Sr.
|
Throws
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Wilmington,
DE/St. Mark's
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John
Marino
***
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Sr.
|
Hurdles
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Yonkers,
NY/Iona Prep
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Jeff
McIlvaine
**
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Jr.
|
Pole
Vault
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Oreland,
PA/Upper Dublin
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Dave
Mendez
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Fr.
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Jumps
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Bellemeade,
NJ/Hillsborough
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Chris
Miller **
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Jr.
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Jumps
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Hockessin,
DE/Salesianum
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Ed
Montalvo *
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Fr.
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Sprints
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Bridgewater,
NJ/Bridgewater-Raritan
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Ramsey
Moorman
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Fr.
|
Sprints
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Newark,
DE/St. Mark's
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Robb
Munro
*
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Sr.
|
Distance
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Sidney,
NY/Sidney Central
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Andrew
Palm *
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So.
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Javelin/Throws
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Kingston,
RI/South Kingstown
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Tony
Palmer
|
So.
|
Distance
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Merchantville,
NJ/Camden Catholic
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Butch
Patrick
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So.
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Sprints/Jumps
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Newark,
DE/Newark
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Joe
Quigley
**
|
Jr.
|
Distance
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Wilmington,
DE/Salesianum
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Michael
Reh
*
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So.
|
Jumps
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Middletown,
NY/Middletown
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Pat
Riley
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Fr.
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Distance
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Newark,
DE/St. Mark's
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Eric
Sands
**
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Sr.
|
Throws
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Tunkhannock,
PA/Tunkhannock
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Matt
Swierzbinski
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So.
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Distance
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Wyoming,
DE/Caesar Rodney
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Ben
Thuma
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Fr.
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Throws
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Harrisburg,
PA/Northern York
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James
Turner *
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So.
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Distance
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Bear,
DE/Glasgow
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Brett
Veach
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So.
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Sprints
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Mt.
Carmel, PA/Mt. Carmel
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Paul
Visentin *
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Jr.
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Distance
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Manhasset,
NY/Manhasset
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Ricardo
Walker
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So.
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Hurdles/Sprints
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Englewood,
NJ/Dwight Morrow
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Sam
Yarrington ***
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Jr.
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Throws
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Sewickley,
PA/Quaker Valley
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*=Letters
Won
Head
Coach: Jim
Fischer
Assistant Coaches: Larry
Pratt, Bokah Worjolah, Nadine
Marks
Captains: Mark Coyle,
Brian Demlein, Joe Quigley, Eric
Sands
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1999-2000
Blue Hens To Watch
IAN
BASS
Junior
• Sprints • St. Croix, Virgin
Islands
At
Delaware: 1999-2000: One of Hens' top
long jumpers...placed third in long jump
at 2000 America East indoor championships
(21-6 3/4)...1998-99: Placed fifth in long
jump (22-5) at America East indoor track
championships...seventh in triple jump
(41-8) and 13th in long jump at America
East outdoor meet (18-10 3/4)...1997-98:
Placed fifth in long jump at America East
outdoor championships...High
School: Basketball and track standout
at St. Joseph's HS...honor roll
student...Personal: Wilmer Ian
Bass...born March 16, 1978...son of Mark
and Janette Bass...chemical engineering
major.
TROY
BOCKIUS
Senior
• Distance • Dover, DE •
Co-Captain
At
Delaware: 1990-2000: Cross country
co-captain and standout distance
runner...placed 40th at America East cross
country championships in 1999 despite
suffering with season-long hamstring
injury...member of UD record 4 x 800m
relay outdoors (7:33.28) and UD record 4
x800m relay indoors (7:38.11)....1998-99:
Placed fourth among UD runners in placing
15th overall at the America East cross
country championships....team's top
finisher at NCAA District II meet
(91st).....placed fifth at America East
indoor track championships in mile
(4:16.31) and was second in 4 x 800m relay
to lead Hens to team title...competed at
IC4A meet as a member of the UD
record-breaking 4 x800m relay (7:33.28)
that earned All-East honors with fifth
place finish...sixth in 1,500m (3:55.41)
at America East outdoor track
meet...earned All-East honors with seventh
place finish at IC4A 4 x 800 meter
relay...1997-98: Placed 21st at America
East cross country meet.....1996-97:
Transfer from Florida State where he was
seventh at the 1996 Atlantic Coast
Conference cross country meet...placed
third in ACC 800m and fourth in ACC
1,500m...High School: Football and
track standout at Dover HS...first team
All-Conference for track all four
years...All-Conference football kicker
from 1992-94..Blue-Gold selection for
track and football as a senior... football
and track standout at Dover
HS...Personal: Troy Michael
Bockius...born November 4, 1976...son of
George and Pat Bockius...geography
major.
MARK
COYLE
Junior
• Distance • West Chester, PA
• Co-captain
At
Delaware: 1999-2000: One of Hens' top
distance runners...holds school records in
indoor 4 x 800m relay (7:38.11) and in
outdoor 4 x 800m relay
(7:33.28)...1998-99: Placed second in 4 x
800 m relay at America East indoor track
championships and earned All-East honors
with fifth place finish at IC4A meet in
same event...placed seventh in 4 x 800m
relay at IC4A championships to earn
All-East honors....1997-98: Member of the
record setting outdoor 4x800 meter relay
as a freshman...relay qualified and placed
13th at IC4A championships...ran at Penn
Relays on 4x800m team...placed 10th in 800
meters at America East outdoor
championships...also competed for Blue Hen
cross country squad...High School:
Standout in cross country and track and
field at West Chester East High
School...Personal: Mark Richard
Coyle...born December 16, 1977...son of
Richard and Martha Coyle...operations
management and marketing major.
BRIAN
DEMLEIN
Junior
• Sprints • DeWitt, NY •
Co-captain
At
Delaware: 1999-2000: One of Delaware's
top sprinters...1998-99: Placed second in
4 x 400m relay (3:24.21) and fifth in 400
meters (51.48) at America East indoor
track championships to lead Hens to league
title...placed third in 400 meters in
America East outdoor track
championships...1997-98: Competed on
4x200m relay at Penn Relays...third place
in 400m (49.47) at outdoor America East
track championships...1996-97: Member of
the second place 4 x 400 meter relay team
at America East outdoor
championships...member of IC4A 4 x 400
meter relay team...ran at Penn Relays in 4
x 400 meter relay (3:18.85)...took third
place in 500m (1:08.00) at Jan. 10
meet...finished second in 400m at Jan. 18
meet...High School: Ran track and
played soccer at Christian Brothers
Academy...Personal: Brian Joseph
Demlein...born January 19, 1978...son of
Thomas and Ann Marie Demlein...physical
education major at Delaware.
MIKE
DIGENNARO
Senior
• Distance • Essex, MA •
Co-Captain
At
Delaware: 1999-2000: Cross country
co-captain...top member of 1999 UD cross
country team...led Hens in four races,
including seventh place finish at America
East championships and 34th place finish
at IC4A championships...should be Hens'
top runner and one of top distance runners
in track...holds UD records in outdoor
3,000m steeplechase (9:13.19) and 4 x
1,500 m relay (16:12.84)...1998-99: Placed
third overall at America East cross
country championships, the highest finish
for a UD runner since 1962...co-champion
of Towson Invitational with teammate Mike
Puglisi...team's top finisher at IC4A meet
(55th)....fifth in 3,000m (8:48.05) and
sixth in 5,000m (15:20.80) at America East
indoor track championships, leading UD to
team title...second in 3,000m steeplechase
in school record time (9:13.19) and fifth
in 5,000m at America East outdoor track
meet...placed 14th at IC4A in
steeplechase...1997-98:Placed 47th at
America East cross country meet...placed
sixth at outdoor America East track
championships in steeplechase
(9:44.19...High School: Ran track
and cross country at Hamilton-Wenham HS in
MA... Personal: Michael A.
DiGennaro...son of Joe and Sally
DiGennaro...born May 23, 1978...English
major with minor in political
science.
BRANDON
JONES
Sophomore
• Sprints • Newtown,
PA
At
Delaware: 1999-2000: Expected to be
one of Hens' top sprinters and
jumpers...1998-99: Placed 13th in 400
meters (53.05) and 16th in 200 meters
(23.45) at America East indoor
meet...placed sixth in 100 meters (11.19)
and 18th in 200 meters at America East
outdoor meet...High School: Team
captain for both indoor and outdoor team
at Pennsbury HS...placed sixth in 100
meters at district meet as a
senior...National Honor Society student...
Personal: Brandon Jamal
Jones...born July 23, 1980 in
Indiana...son of Kenneth and Wanda
Jones...honor student in exercise
physiology major with biology
minor.
TOM
MARANDO
Senior
• Throws • Wilmington, DE
At
Delaware: 1999-2000: One of Delaware's
top returnees in throws...1998-99: Placed
second in the shot put at both the America
East indoor (50-3 1/4) and outdoor (52-4
3/4) championships...placed 11th at the
IC4A indoor shot put championships and was
13th at the IC4A indoor meet...won two
outdoor shot put titles at St. John's and
Rider...1997-98: During indoor season, was
New Jersey TAC champion and bronze
medalist (48-7 1/2) at America East meet
in the shot put...for outdoor season, was
runner-up in shot put (49-3) at outdoor
America East championships...1996-97: In
first year of competition, claimed the
America East outdoor shot put title with
toss of 47-5 3/4 ...finished in third
place during indoor America East
championships in the shot put..won the
shot put at the Maryland and Delaware
State Invitationals...High School:
Played football and track and field at
nearby St. Mark's HS...first team
All-Catholic honors as an offensive guard
in footall... Personal: Thomas
Marando...born August 5, 1977...son of
Thomas and Christine Marando...biology
major.
JOHN
MARINO
Junior
• Hurdles • Yonkers,
NY
At
Delaware: 1999-2000: Delaware's top
hurdler both indoor and outdoors...holds
school record in indoor 60 meter hurdles
(8.67)...1998-99: Led Delaware to America
East indoor team title by placing second
in 60 meter hurdles (8.48)....placed
fourth in 110 hurdles at America East
outdoor track championships...1997-98:
Placed fifth in 55m hurdles (8.14) at
indoor America East
championships...finished fifth in 100m
hurdles at outdoor America East
championships...High School: Ran
track and field at Iona Prep HS in
Yonkers, NY...Personal: John
Justin Marino...born June 30, 1978...son
of Angelo and Claire Marino...finance
major at Delaware.
JEFF
MCILVAINE
Junior
• Pole vault • Oreland,
PA
At
Delaware: 1999-2000: One of the top
pole vaulters in America East...1998-99:
Captured America East indoor pole vault
title (13-7 3/4) in helping Delaware win
team title...also placed third in pole
vault (13-11 3/4) at America East outdoor
championships...1997-98: Placed sixth
indoors and seventh outdoors in pole vault
at America East championships...High
School: Standout in football and track
at Upper Dublin HS...all-league and
all-district twice as a pole vaulter and
won 1997 league title..also earned
all-league honors as a defensive back in
football...Personal: Jeffrey
Anthony McIlvaine...born July 12,
1979...son of Helen and Robert
McIlvaine.....biology major at
Delaware.
ROBB
MUNRO
Junior
• Distance • Sidney,
NY
At
Delaware: 1999-2000: Distance
runner...one of top runners for UD cross
country team, placing 35th at 1999 America
East championships...1998-99: Placed 45th
at America East cross country
championships... team's top finisher
(134th) at Paul Short Invitational at
Lehigh...placed second at America East
outdoor championships in
steeplechase...was fourth in 3,000m at
America East indoor championships, leading
Delaware to league title...1997-98: Capped
the indoor season by placing fourth in the
3,000 meter race (8:41.59) at the America
East indoor championships....during
outdoor season, was crowned the
steeplechase champion (9:25) at
Millersville Metrics...at outdoor America
East championships, placed second in the
steeplechase in 9:24.13...1996-97:
Attended Virginia Tech before transfer to
Delaware...team placed third in Atlantic
10 indoor meet...High School:
Played soccer, basketball, and ran
track at Sidney HS....six-time team
captain...school's Athlete of the
Year...member of 27 league and district
titles in three sports...ranked No. 3
nationally in steeplechase in
1997...Personal: Robert Avery
Munro...born August 31, 1977...son of
William Robert Munro...history education
major at Delaware.
JOE
QUIGLEY
Junior
• Wilmington, DE •
Co-Captain
At
Delaware: 1999-2000: One of the top
distance runners in America East...holds
four school records in indoor 1,000m
(2:28.95) and 4x800m relay (7:38.11) and
in outdoor 4x800m relay (7:33.28) and 4 x
1,500m relay (16:12.84)...1998-99: Top
cross country finish was 17th at Towson
Invitational......won America East indoor
1,000m run with UD record time (2:28.95)
and was part of second place 4 x 800m
relay team to lead Delaware to team
title...4 x 800m relay indoor team placed
fifth at IC4A meet to earn All-East
honors...fifth in 800m at America East
outdoor meet and member of 4 x 800m relay
team that earned All-East honors with
seventh place finish at IC4A
meet...1997-98: Enjoyed a stellar freshman
season...ran one of the legs of the
outdoor school record setting 4x800m relay
team at the IC4A championships (13th
place)...set school freshman records in
800 and 1000 meter events during the
season...earned fourth place in 1000m
(2:29.58) at indoor America East
championships with a school freshman
record time...placed ninth in the 800
meters at America East outdoor
championships...also a member of UD cross
country squad...High School:
Standout at nearby Salesianum High School
where he earned All-State honors during
his career in track and cross
country...Personal: Joseph Patrick
Quigley...born August 19, 1979...son of
Norbert and Bonnie Quigley...biology major
at Delaware.
MICHAEL
REH
Sophmore
• Jumps • Middletown,
NY
At
Delaware: 1999-2000: Team's top high
jumper and a standout in long
jump...1998-99: Enjoyed an outstanding
freshman season....placed sixth in the
high jump (6-2) at the America East indoor
meet to lead Delaware to the team
title...placed third in the high jump
(6-6) and was fourth in the triple jump
(44-6 3/4) at the America East outdoor
meet...won the Delaware Open high jump
title indoors....High School:
Soccer and track standout at
Middletown HS...New York state indoor
runner-up and fourth place outdoors in
high jump as a senior...two-time league
champion in high jump...school
Valedictorian...Personal: Michael
Brad Reh...born May 17, 1980...son of Paul
and Alice Reh...both parents are school
principals...economics major.
ERIC
SANDS
Senior
• throws • Tunkhannock, PA
• Co-Captain
At
Delaware: 1999-2000: One of Hens' top
weight throwers...1998-99: Placed third in
shot put (49-1 1/2) at America East indoor
meet...was 23rd at IC4A indoor meet in
shot put...placed second in discus
(145-11) and third in shot put (46-9) at
America East outdoor championships...was
21st in discus at IC4A championships
outdoors...1997-98: Third in shot put at
New Jersey TAC meet....had sixth place
finish at indoor America East meet in shot
put...placed fifth in discus and eighth in
shot put at outdoor America East
championships...1996-97: Enjoyed solid
freshman campaign...finished fourth in the
shot put with throw of 44-8 3/4 at indoor
America East championships as a
freshman...outdoors, placed second at
Delaware State Invitational in shot
put...High School: Played football
and track and field at Tunkhannock
HS...won three varsity letters in each
sport...was track and field district
champion in shot put...named Most Valuable
Performer of track and field
team...Personal: Eric Christopher
Sands...born August 20, 1977....son of
Dennis and Cheryl Sands....animal science
major at Delaware.
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