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Navy
Invitational
March 25, 2003
Price, Smith Star
for Blue Hen Women
ANNAPOLIS, MD -- Both the University
of Delaware men's and women's outdoor track and field teams
opened the 2003 season with fourth place finishes at the
Navy Invitational at Engram Field Saturday
afternoon.
Host Navy took both team titles. In the
men's competitions, Navy posted 204.5 points to outdistance
Ohio University (161.5), Maine (144), and Delaware (120).
The Navy women claimed victory with 193 points followed by
Ohio (186), Maine (162), and Delaware (120). Complete
results were not announced by Navy until Tuesday due to
computer problems.
Delaware captured one first place finish
on the day as Brandon Nesbitt captured the men's 400
meter intermediate hurdles with a time of 55.3 seconds. The
Blue Hen men also posted three other second place finishes
in Phil Smiley in the 400 meters hurdles (55.6);
Jerome Holder in the 110 meters hurdles (14.9);
Nick Riordan in the triple jump (40-2 3/4); and
Mike Yost in the hammer throw (161-10 1/2).
Yost was also third in the discus (142
1/2), Riordan was fifth in the long jump (20-6 1/4), and
Holder was fifth in the 100 meters (11.4).
The Delaware women had three second place
finishes as Daniella Price was second in the 100
meters (12.51), Tyechia Smith was second in the 400 meter
intermediate hurdles (1:07.79), and Price and Smith joined
Kristin Frustillo and Elizabeth Russell for a
second place finish in the 4 x 100 meter relay (48.84).
Erin Gemmill also posted two top four finishes as she
was third in the 800 meters (2:18.18) and fourth in the
1,500 meters (4:55.35).
AGATE:
Final Women's Team Standings: 1.
Navy - 193; 2. Ohio - 186; 3. Maine - 162; 4. Delaware -
120.
Top Delaware Finishers:
2nd Place - Daniella Price - 100m
(12.51); 4 x 100m relay (Daniella Price, Kristin Frustillo,
Elizabeth Russell, Tyechia Smith, 48.84); Tyechia Smith -
400m hurdles (1:07.79)
3rd Place - 4 x 400m relay
(Tyechia Smith, Lissy Dean, Rachel Schultz, Erin Gemmill,
4:01.83); Erin Gemmill - 800m (2:18.18); Kate Klim - 3,000m
steeplechase (11:38.22)
4th Place - Erin Gemmill - 1,500m
(4:55.35); Christine Kowalchuk - Javelin (118-08); Jessica
Urbonas - Discus (117-01); Lissy Dean - Triple Jump (36
3/4)
5th Place - Reagan Hastings - Pole
Vault (10-0)
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