USM Co-ed Invitational
at Gorham, Maine

MEN'S TRACK TAKES SECOND AT USM
Hurley Meets NCAA Provisional Mark, Sawler Approaches Auto

GORHAM, Maine -- The Bates College men's track and field team earned a second-place finish for the second week in a row at today's Southern Maine Co-ed Invitational. The Bobcats earned four first-place finishes to place ahead of UMass Dartmouth, Rhode Island College and Fitchburg State and behind host USM.

Leading the way for the Bobcats were junior weight throwers Jaime Sawler (Stratham, N.H.) and Greg Hurley (Arlington, Mass.), who took the top spot in the 35-pound weight throw. Sawler won the event with a heave of 56-7, just five inches shy of the NCAA Division III Championship automatic qualifying mark. Sawler qualified provisionally last week, while Hurley added his name to the NCAA list with a second-place toss of 52-8.

Other event winners for the Bobcats were senior captain Kevin Jackson (Woodbury, N.J.), who took the 55-meter hurdles for the second week in a row with a time of 8.01. First-year pole vaulter Matt Ondra (New Tripoli, Pa.) picked up his first collegiate win with a height of 13-3, while classmate Robert Brooks (Eastford, Conn.) captured the 600-meter run with a time of 1:26.69. Bates picked up a relay win in the 4x400 (3.39.08).

Rank School                     Score
==== ========================= ======= 
   1 Southern Maine             193     
   2 Bates College          178.50     
   3 U Mass. Darmouth            96
   4 Rhode Island College        73
   5 Fitchburg State             44.50


Finals MEN'S 55 METER DASH
  1. Tom Conley, Rhode Island 6.63; 2. Kevin Faria, Southern Mai 6.68; 3.
 Patrick Boyaggi, Bates Colleg 6.85; 4. Vincent Carafone, U Mass. Darm 6.99; 5.
 Olivier Edouard, Fitchburg St 7.05; 6. Jeremy LaRose, Southern Mai 7.23; 7.
 Omar Yacoub, Bates Colleg 7.24; 8. Ashlin Bernier-Green, U Mass. Darm 7.28.
Finals MEN'S 200 METER DASH
 1. Kevin Faria, Southern Mai 23.47; 2. Kevin Jackson, Bates Colleg 23.84; 3.
 Patrick Boyaggi, Bates Colleg 24.04; 4. Keith Wehmeyer, Southern Mai 24.50; 5.
 Vincent Carafone, U Mass. Darm 24.63; 6. Shaun Owens, Southern Mai 24.85; 7.
 Jarrod Canane, Southern Mai 25.16; 8. Mark Nelson, Bates Colleg 25.21; 9.
 Ashlin Bernier-Green, U Mass. Darm 25.28; 10. Michael Roy, Bates Colleg 25.40;
 11. Chris Pulco, Rhode Island 25.47; 12. Omar Yacoub, Bates Colleg 25.92; 13.
 Daniel Robarts, Bates Colleg 25.97; 14. Matt Robinson, Southern Mai 26.03; 15.
 Derek Depelteau, Bates Colleg 26.57; 16. Shazrai Meikle, Bates Colleg 26.63;
 17. Matthew Ondra, Bates Colleg 27.13; 18. Andrew Wheeler, Bates Colleg 27.18.
Finals MEN'S 400 METER DASH
 1. Jeremy LaRose, Southern Mai 53.46; 2. Ryan Deery, Bates Colleg 54.19; 3.
 Mark Nelson, Bates Colleg 54.55; 4. Derek Delanski, Fitchburg St 54.61; 5.
 Chris Pulco, Rhode Island 55.08; 6. Greg St.Mary, Fitchburg St 55.13; 7. Todd
 Bayha, Rhode Island 55.77; 8. Daniel Robarts, Bates Colleg 55.91; 9. Joey
 Bouchard, Southern Mai 57.73; 10. Dan Hills, Southern Mai 58.12.
Finals MEN'S 600 METER RUN
 1. Robert Brooks, Bates Colleg 1:26.69; 2. Keith Wehmeyer, Southern Mai
 1:28.74; 3. Josh Dyer, Southern Mai 1:29.23; 4. Ryan Wilhelmi, U Mass. Darm
 1:29.29; 5. Seth Differ, Southern Mai 1:29.52; 6. Matt Robinson, Southern Mai
 1:29.76; 7. Sean Diette, Southern Mai 1:31.30; 8. Justin Pagnotta, Bates
 Colleg 1:31.61; 9. Brendan McEvoy, U Mass. Darm 1:39.54.
Finals MEN'S 800 METER RUN
 1. Aluned Sharifnoor, U Mass. Darm 2:00.68; 2. Marc LeBlanc, Southern Mai
 2:03.04; 3. Greg Dolbec, Southern Mai 2:03.30; 4. Matt Germain, Fitchburg St
 2:03.84; 5. Patrick Joyce, U Mass. Darm 2:05.83; 6. Tim Short, Rhode Island
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MEN'S 800 METER RUN (Continued)
 2:11.39; 7. Eric Knackmuhs, Bates Colleg 2:12.20; 8. Brian Walsh, Fitchburg St
 2:15.97.
Finals MEN'S 1,000 METER RUN
 1. Tim Rudd, Rhode Island 2:36.24; 2. Derek Veilleux, Southern Mai 2:40.60; 3.
 Josh Dyer, Southern Mai 2:41.03; 4. Stephen Mague, Bates Colleg 2:42.50; 5.
 Jeff Lamirande, Southern Mai 2:43.19; 6. Trent Lierman, Bates Colleg 2:44.47;
 7. Jackson White, Southern Mai 3:07.83.
Finals MEN'S 1 MILE RUN
 1. Marc LeBlanc, Southern Mai 4:27.03; 2. Derek Veilleux, Southern Mai
 4:28.69; 3. Eric Knackmuhs, Bates Colleg 4:35.82; 4. Jeremy Nute, U Mass. Darm
 4:36.04; 5. Stephen Mague, Bates Colleg 4:38.23; 6. Matt Koch, Fitchburg St
 4:42.57; 7. Tim Short, Rhode Island 4:43.11; 8. Aluned Sharifnoor, U Mass.
 Darm 4:46.57; 9. Ryan Hunt, U Mass. Darm 4:50.44; 10. Curt Lyford, Bates
 Colleg 4:51.55; 11. Dan Isola, Fitchburg St 5:03.29; 12. Jackson White,
 Southern Mai 5:16.03.
Finals MEN'S 5,000 METER RUN
 1. Darryl Whitney, Southern Mai 15:54.58; 2. Jeffrey Reed, U Mass. Darm
 16:00.35; 3. Corey Bachand, U Mass. Darm 16:26.39; 4. Albert Haber, Bates
 Colleg 16:52.83; 5. Keto Sysong, Fitchburg St 17:30.74; 6. Dan Pendergast,
 Southern Mai 17:42.41; 7. Justin Walworth, U Mass. Darm 18:15.22; - Larz
 Selmer-Larsen, U. New Engla DNF.
Finals MEN'S 55 METER HIGH HURDLES
 1. Kevin Jackson, Bates Colleg 8.01; 2. Ethan Wren, U Mass. Darm 8.14; 3.
 Shaun Owens, Southern Mai 8.33; 4. Tony Pinto, U Mass. Darm 8.53; 5. Michael
 Roy, Bates Colleg 8.96; 6. Jeff Lamirande, Southern Mai 9.14; 7. Ben Brideau,
 Fitchburg St 9.31; - Brian Luoma, Bates Colleg DQ.
Finals MEN'S 4X400 METER RELAY
 1. Bates Colleg 3:39.08; 2. Fitchburg St 3:49.27; 3. Rhode Island 3:51.10; 4.
 Southern Mai 3:53.18.
Finals MEN'S 4X800 METER RELAY
 1. Southern Mai 8:19.50; 2. U Mass. Darm 8:23.67; 3. Bates Colleg 8:26.66; 4.
 Fitchburg St 8:50.76.
Finals MEN'S HIGH JUMP
 1. Rob Carroll, Rhode Island 6-0; 2. Brian Luoma, Bates Colleg 6-0; 3. Jeff
 Lamirande, Southern Mai 5-10; 4. Jesse Carney, Bates Colleg 5-08; 4. Ben
 Brideau, Fitchburg St 5-08; 6. Kevin Jackson, Bates Colleg 5-04.
Finals MEN'S POLE VAULT
 1. Matthew Ondra, Bates Colleg 13-03; 2. Andrew Wheeler, Bates Colleg 11-06;
 3. Brendan McEvoy, U Mass. Darm 9-0; - Michael Roy, Bates Colleg NH.
Finals MEN'S LONG JUMP
 1. Kevin Faria, Southern Mai 20-03; 2. J.T. Taylor, Southern Mai 19-11.75; 3.
 Ashlin Bernier-Green, U Mass. Darm 19-07.50; 4. Tom Conley, Rhode Island
 19-03; 5. Jeff Lamirande, Southern Mai 18-04.50; 6. Rob Carroll, Rhode Island
 18-03.25; 7. Derek Depelteau, Bates Colleg 17-02.50; 8. Tyler Matsdorf, Bates
 Colleg 17-0; 9. Brian Carney, Rhode Island 16-10.25; - Omar Yacoub, Bates
 Colleg FOUL.
Finals MEN'S TRIPLE JUMP
 1. J.T. Taylor, Southern Mai 42-02.25; 2. Brian Luoma, Bates Colleg 40-10.50;
 3. Rob Carroll, Rhode Island 38-11.50; 4. Tony Pinto, U Mass. Darm 37-06.75;
 5. Kevin Faria, Southern Mai 37-05.75; 6. Tyler Matsdorf, Bates Colleg
 37-05.25.
Finals MEN'S SHOT PUT
 1. Tom Conley, Rhode Island 48-06.25; 2. Mark Joyce, Southern Mai 44-10.75; 3.
 Jaime Sawler, Bates Colleg 43-04; 4. Greg Hurley, Bates Colleg 42-04.75; 5.
 Michael Young, U Mass. Darm 40-0; 6. Bill McCormack, U Mass. Darm 38-05.50; 7.
 Kent Oldmixon, U Mass. Darm 38-0; 8. Dan Hills, Southern Mai 37-04.75; 9. Ed
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MEN'S SHOT PUT (Continued)
 Lynch, Fitchburg St 37-04.50; 10. Kevin Jackson, Bates Colleg 32-07.25; 11.
 Michael Roy, Bates Colleg 27-09.50; 12. Brian Luoma, Bates Colleg 26-10.75;
 13. Jeff Lamirande, Southern Mai 26-06.25; 14. Andy Mullan, Rhode Island
 25-01.
Finals MEN'S WEIGHT THROW
 1. Jaime Sawler, Bates Colleg 56-07; 2. Greg Hurley, Bates Colleg 52-08; 3.
 Tom Conley, Rhode Island 47-11.50; 4. Jesse Carney, Bates Colleg 44-08.50; 5.
 Chris Somma, Bates Colleg 41-05.25; 6. Mark Joyce, Southern Mai 41-03.75; 7.
 Kent Oldmixon, U Mass. Darm 39-11.50; 8. Ed Lynch, Fitchburg St 34-01.25; 9.
 Andy Mullan, Rhode Island 30-04.75.