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For Immediate Release: May 05, 2002 Contact: John Hartrick Track crowns four America East champions Women place fourth; men fifth at conference meet

The men’s and women’s outdoor track and field teams finished in the middle of the pack at their first America East Championships, contested May 3-4 at the University of New Hampshire. The women’s team accumulated 114 points to place fourth in the field of eight — behind only Northeastern (139), New Hampshire (132.5), and Maine (130). The men totalled 77 points to place fifth among nine schools. Northeastern won the men’s title with 201.5 points. On the women’s side, BU crowned three individual champions — each of whom qualified for the ECAC Championship, May 17-19 at Princeton University. Senior Nathalee McKenzie won the 100 hurdles (14.53), graduate student Kate Zanot captured the pole vault (11-feet-9 1/4) and freshman Laura Yelverton won the discus (147-2). McKenzie also placed second in the 400 hurdles (1:04.37), fifth in the long jump (18-3) and anchored BU’s runner-up 4 x 400 relay (3:56.55). Zanot also placed third in the 400 hurdles (1:06.49) and ran a leg on the 1600 relay. Senior Lauren Tuchband took second in both the 3000 steeplechase (11:35.14) and the 5,000 meters (18:24.47). Senior Aniecia Modeste crossed third in the 400 (57.42), set a school record in the 200 (25.33) and led off the 1600 relay. Freshman Lindsay Bohrer-Yardley took third in the 3000 steeplechase (11:37.50) and senior Marisa Yelverton placed third in the discus (134-4). For the men, BU was led by its 4 x 800 relay team, which won the race and qualified for the IC4A Championship, May 17-19 at Princeton University. The quartet of seniors Kevin Kirk and Steve Reese, junior Frank Savinon and freshman Travis von Staden crossed in 7:42.21. Junior Gabe Fletcher was second in the hammer throw (169-feet-10), fourth in the shot put (49-10) and fourth in the discus (145-6). Von Staden was runner-up in the 800 (1:55.58) — a race that was crowded with BU runners near the front. Savinon took fourth (1:55.66) and Reese placed sixth (1:56.55). Junior Mike Stewart placed third in the 400 hurdles (55.14), freshman Andrew Cloud was fourth in the hammer (163-2) and senior Matt Dresser took fifth in the 1500 (3:59.68). Full Results: http://americaeast.com/track/050502.htm

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