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May 11, 2002 Yost, Swierzbinski Win Titles for Blue Hen Men TOWSON, MD -- University of Delaware track and field athletes picked up 10 first place finishes, including eight by the Blue Hen women's team, at the Towson University Open Saturday at Towson University Stadium. Highlighting the first place finishes for the UD women was freshman Erin Gemmill (Penn Manor/Lancaster, PA) who won the 800 meters in a school record time of 2:13.84, breaking the previous Blue Hen record of 2:14.86 by Sarah Cowles in 1994. Other first place finishes for the UD women were Laura Dietrich (Northeastern/York, PA) in the triple jump (35-5 3/4); Liesje Cardillo (Bishop Eustace/Marlton, NJ) in the long jump (18-6); Kristen Salvatore (St. Mark's/Bear, DE) in the 200 meters (26.15); Sarah Bochet (Trumbull/Trumbull, CT) in the 400 meter hurdles (1:04.13); and Kristen Frustillo (Cardinal O'Hara/Newtown Square, PA) in the 400 meters (59.22). Winning titles for the Delaware men were Mike Yost (Lake Forest/Felton, DE) in the discus (140-4) and Matt Swierzbinski (Caesar Rodney/Wyoming, DE) in the 5,000 meters (15:25.84). Delaware athletes also had several multiple top 10 finishes. For the UD women, Salvatore was third in the 100 meters (12.89), Gena Carapezza (Notre Dame/Ewing, NJ) was second in the discus (126-9) and eighth in the javelin (100-8), Denise Brijbasi (Suitland/Temple Hills, MD) was fifth in the triple jump (32-5), seventh in the 100 meters (13.53), and 10th in the long jump (15-9), Michelle Perno (Parkland/Bear, DE) was third in the discus (119-4) and sixth in the shot put (33-9 1/4), Jess Urbonas ( Rockville/Vernon, CT) was fourth in the discus (114-9), fourth in the shot put (36-2 3/4), and seventh in the javelin (101-2), Jennie Chiller (Sharon/Sharon, MA) was fourth in the hammer (141-4) and eighth in the shot put (30-4 1/4), and Kerry Van Riper (Bethlehem Central/Delmar, NY) was fifth in the hammer (138-5) and shot put (35-6 3/4). For the UD men, Yost also placed fifth in the hammer (144-6) and shot put (44-6 3/4), Brandon Jones (Pennsbury/Newtown, PA) was second in the 100 meters (10.86) and ninth in the 200 meters (22.81), Jerome Holder (Woodbridge/Bridgeville, DE) was third in the 110 meter hurdles (15.38) and fourth in the 400 meter hurdles (55.36); Fred DePalma (Penns Grove/Salem, NJ) was fifth in the javelin (175-6) and 10th in the shot put (36-2 3/4), Ben Thuma (Northern York/Harrisburg, PA) was fifth in the discus (130-7), sixth in the hammer (130-11), and seventh in the shot put (41-9 1/4), and Greg Barker (West/Cherry Hill, NJ) was sixth in the discus (130-1) and seventh in the shot put (39-2 1/2). AGATE: Top Delaware Men's Finishers: 1st Place - Mike Yost, discus (140-4); Matt Swierzbinski, 5,000m (15:25.84) 2nd Place - Brandon Jones, 100m (10.86) 3rd Place - Claron Ridge, 800m (1:56.09); Jerome Holder, 110m hurdles (15.38) 4th Place - Jerome Holder, 400m hurdles (55.36); James Turner, 800m (1:56.66) 5th Place - Fred DePalma, javelin (175-6); Ben Thuma, discus (130-7); Mike Yost, hammer (144-6), shot put (44-6 3/4); Mike Sadowsky, 3,000m steeplechase (10:43.12); 6th Place - Greg Barker, discus (130-1); Ben Thuma, hammer (130-11); Greg Wilber, 5,000m (17:00.12); Jim Catella, 3,000m steeplechase (11:01.57); Daniel Frey, 1,500m (4:10.92) 7th Place - Ben Thuma, shot put (41-9 1/4) 8th Place - Jay Pava, 400m hurdles (58.00); Austin Ream, 400m hurdles (58.00) 9th Place - Matt Sandy, javelin (155-8); Greg Barker, shot put (39-2 1/2); Brandon Jones, 200m (22.81) 10th Place - Fred DePalma, shot put (36-2 3/4) |
