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IC4A Track & Field
Championships
May 16-18, 2003
DiNozzi Earns
All-East Honors in Pole
Vault
PRINCETON, NJ - Jon DiNozzi earned
All-East honors by placing tied for sixth in the men's pole
vault and the Blue Hen women's 4 x 400 meter relay team set
a school record to highlight University of Delaware
performances at the IC4A and ECAC Outdoor Track and Field
Championships held this weekend at Princeton University's
Weaver Stadium.
DiNozzi, a senior from Middletown, DE and
the reigning Colonial Athletic Association pole vault
champion, was Delaware's top finisher as he tied for sixth
place with a leap of 15-feet, 7-inches Saturday to tie Mark
Harbeck of Cornell. Brad Bowery of Brown won the event with
a vault of 17-0.
The top eight finish earned DiNozzi
All-East honors for the third time in his career with the
Blue Hens. He was sixth at the IC4A indoor meet in 2001 and
seventh at the IC4A outdoor meet in 2001. DiNozzi will
compete at the NCAA Regional meet May 30-31 at George Mason
University.
DiNozzi's sixth place finish helped
Delaware earn 2.5 points and place 45th in the team
standings. West Virginia won the men's team title with 48
points, one more than runner-up and host Princeton with 47
points.
The Delaware women did not earn team
points for the meet. Winning the women's team title was
Pittsburgh, which ran away with the team title with 114
points. Georgetown was second with 68 points.
Also competing for the Delaware men was
senior Mike Sadowsky (Brandywine/Wilmington, DE) who
placed 19th in the 10,000 meters Friday night. He ran to a
time of 31:37.33. The winning time was put in by St. Francis
(Pa.) distance runner Ryan Sheehan in 29:38.36.
Highlighting the UD women at the ECAC
championships was the 4 x 400 meter relay team of freshman
Daniella Price (Chichester/Boothwyn, PA), junior
Tyechia Smith (McNair/Jersey City, NJ), junior
Rachel Schultz (Caesar Rodney/Dover, DE), and senior
Erin Gemmill (Penn Manor/Lancaster, PA) which raced
to a time of 3:53.79 to place 17th overall Saturday night.
Seton Hall won the race in a time of 3:41.09. The Hens broke
the school record in the event for third time this season,
surpassing the mark of 3:54.24 set by Smith, Price, Gemmill,
and Kristen Frustillo set in April.
Also competing for the UD women was
Christine Kowalchuk (Phillipsburg/Phillipsburg, NJ),
who placed 15th in the javelin Sunday afternoon. Kowalchuk,
the league runner-up in the event each of the last two
seasons, tossed the javelin 114 feet, 3 inches to place
15th. Pennsylvania's J. Johnson-Siebert won the event with a
toss of 148-11.
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