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May 11, 2002 Blue Hens Take Eight Firsts; Gemmill Sets UD 800m Record 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 Women's Finishers: 1st Place - Laura Dietrich, triple jump (35-5 3/4); Liesje Cardillo, long jump (18-6); Kristen Salvatore, 200m (26.15); Sarah Bochet, 400m hurdles (1:04.13); Kristen Frustillo, 400m (59.22); Erin Gemmill, 800m (2:13.84 - UD Record) 2nd Place - Reagan Hastings, pole vault (10-0); Gena Carapezza, discus (126-9); Rachel Schultz, 200m (26.85); 4 x 800m relay (9:51.27) 3rd Place - Christine Kowalchuk, javelin (120-2); Melissa Steward, pole vault (9-6); Michelle Perno, discus (119-4); 4 x 400m relay (3:58.23); Diethra Seymour, hammer (144-10); Kristen Salvatore, 100m (12.89) 4th Place - Jess Urbonas, discus (114-9), shot put (36-2 3/4); ; Jennie Chiller, hammer (141-4) 5th Place - Denise Brijbasi, triple jump (32-5); Kerry Van Riper, hammer (138-5), shot put (35-6 3/4); Kristen Zucaro, 200m (27.92); 4 x 100m relay (49.58) 6th Place - Michelle Perno, shot put (33-9 1/4) 7th Place - Jess Urbonas, javelin (101-2); Denise Brijbasi, 100m(13.53) 8th Place - Gena Carapezza, javelin (100-8); Jennie Chiller, shot put (30-4 1/4); Elizabeth Russell, long jump (15-10); Tina Ward, 5,000m (21:19.54); Heidi Findlay, 200m (28.32); 9th Place - Lauren Palmer, shot put (29-2 3/4); Melissa Taylor, 3,000m (12:43.67) 10th Place - Lisa Salvatore, 800m (2:33.39), Denise Brijbasi, long jump (15-9); |
