Quad Cup III
at Merrill Gym

BATES PLACES FOURTH AT QUAD CUP III

LEWISTON, Maine -- The Bates College women's track and field team took the top four spots in the 20-pound weight throw, accounting for 1/3 of their total points, as the Bobcats placed third at their Quad Cup meet today.

Senior captain Kate Osborne (Sandy Hook, Conn.) won the event with a season-best throw of 42 feet, six inches. Junior Erika Bristol (Pittsfield, Mass.) placed second, while earning five points with a third place finish in the 55-meter hurdles. Junior Jennifer Winslow (Lee, N.H.) took third in the weight, while first-year athlete Jennifer Strahle (Ridgewood, N.J.) placed fourth. Bristol and Winslow also qualified for the ECAC and Open New England championships. First-year jumper Anya Belanger (Millbridge, Maine) won the high jump for the second week in a row, bettering her best leap of the season at 5 feet 1/4 inch, qualifying her for the ECAC championships. Belanger also placed second in the triple jump. Classmate Leah McDonald (Charleston, W. Va.) took second in the 400 meters with a season-best time of 1:02.76.

Team Scores
Williams 200
MIT 187
Smith 93
Bates 81
Mouth Holyoke 55

Bates Scorers
High Jump: Anya Belanger, 1st, 5-0 1/4
1500m: Kate Burakowski, 6th, 5:14.14
55m hurdles: Erika Bristol, 4th, 9.59; Kathryn Ramer, 5th, 9.73
20-pound weight: Kate Osborne, 1st, 42-6; Erika Bristol, 2nd, 42-1 1/2; 
		 Jennifer Winslow, 3rd, 41-3; Jennifer Strahle, 4th, 39-5
400m: Leah McDonald, 2nd, 1:02.76
600m: Tracy Lyford, 4th, 1:45.54; Anne Valentine, 6th, 1:49.18
200m: Leslie Moser, 6th, 29.42
Triple Jump: Anya Belanger, 2nd, 33-0 3/4
5000m: Carly Tarr, 7th, 20:28.0; Emily Schwartz, 8yh, 21:45.49
4x400m relay: Leslie Moser, Leah McDonald, Anya Belanger and Tracy Lyford, 3rd, 4:21.6
4x800m relay: mary Dorman, Kate Burakowski, Rebecca Skarbek and Anne Valentine, 5th, 10:44.70