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April 24, 2004 Young Wins Discus, Bennett Breaks Own Pole Vault Record of UD Women EWING, NJ -- Freshman Rachel Young won the discus and shot put and Casey Bennett broke her own school record in the pole vault to highlight University of Delaware competitors at the Lion's Invitational hosted by The College of New Jersey Saturday afternoon. The Delaware women posted nine top 10 finishes while the Blue Hen men had seven top 10 finishes led by a fourth place finish in the javelin (178-9) by Adam Cianfichi (Cumberland Valley/Boiling Springs, PA). Young (Sparta/Sparta, NJ) was Delaware's only individual champion on the day as she captured the discus with an ECAC meet qualifying toss of 140-6, just one inch off the school record. She also placed second in the shot put with a personal best of 42-8 1/4 and also placed eighth in the hammer throw with a toss of 127-7. Bennett (Shelton/Shelton, CT) also picked up a second place finish as she broke her own school record in the pole vault with a leap of 12-5 1/2, breaking the mark of 11-5 1/4 set earlier this season. Her mark also qualified her for the ECAC championships May 13-16 at Yale and for the NCAA Regionals May 28-29 at the University of Florida. Also posting top 10 finishes for the UD women were Kristen Collins' (Magruder/Gaithersburg, MD) third place finish in the high jump (5-1), Vicki Hufnagel (Ellenville/Napanoch, NY) was sixth in the 100 meter hurdles (15.37), Stephanie Cronk (Boonton/Boonton, NJ) was sixth in the hammer (128-5) and 10th in the discus (114-7), and Jessica Urbonas (Rockville/Vernon, CT) was sixth in the discus (118-11). For the Delaware men, Scott Armstrong (Sayreville/South Amboy, NJ) was sixth in the javelin (174-10), Eric Lehrer (Amity Regional/Orange, CT) was eighth in the javelin (167-3), Andrew Lynch (Cardinal O'Hara/Springfield, PA) was eighth in the discus (127-10), Kevin DuPrey (Lampeter-Strasburg/Strasburg, PA) was ninth in the 3,000 meter steeplechase (9:56.59), Ryan Benishake (Ellenville/Ellenville, NY) was ninth in the hammer (139-4), and Antwain Flowers (Charter/Wilmington, DE) placed 10th in the 400 meters (52.17). AGATE: Top 20 Delaware Women's Finishers: 1st Place - Rachel Young - Discus (140-6) 2nd Place - Rachel Young - Shot Put (42-8 1/4); Casey Bennett - Pole Vault (12-5 1/2 - school record) 3rd Place - Kristen Collins - High Jump (5-1) 6th Place - Vicki Hufnagel - 100 meter hurdles (15.37); Stephanie Cronk - Hammer (128-5), Jessica Urbonas - Discus (118-11) 8th Place - Rachel Young - Hammer (127-7) 10th Place - Stephanie Cronk - Discus (114-7) 11th Place - Reagan Hastings - Pole Vault (9-6 1/4); Lauren Palmer - Hammer (120-4) 12th Place - Elizabeth Russell - High Jump (4-9); Lissy Dean - Triple Jump (34-6 1/4) 13th Place - Jessica Urbonas - Shot Put (35-5 3/4); Christine Kowalchuk - Javelin (113-11) 14th Place - Kristen Collins - Long Jump (16-5 3/4); Elizabeth Russell - 100 meter hurdles (16.19) 16th Place - Stephanie Cronk - Javelin (107-5) 18th Place - Eileen Perez - Triple Jump (31-5 3/4) 19th Place - Kathleen Collins - Hammer (94-5); Jessica Urbonas - Javelin (100-7) 20th Place - Lissy Dean - Long Jump (16 1/4). |
