New England Small College Athletic Conference Championships
hosted by Connecticut College
at New London, Conn.

MEN'S TRACK TAKES SECOND AT NESCAC CHAMPIONSHIPS
Danahy, Hurley Claim Individual Crowns

NEW LONDON, Conn. - Behind a pair of conference champions and 10 other top-three performances, the Bates College men's track and field team took second place at the NESCAC Championships, their best performance ever under corrent coach Al Fereshetian.

The Bobcats received two championship performances. Distance specialist Mike Danahy (So. Windsor, Conn.) continued his break-through junior campaign by capturing the 10,000-meter run on Saturday afternoon with a time 31:50.58 in his first attempt at the event under meet conditions. Danahy also came back to take second in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 14:38, good for an automatic berth at the NCAA Division III championships held May 20-22 at Baldwin Wallace College in Berea, Ohio. The Bobcats' other conference title came from first-year thrower Greg Hurley (Arlington, Mass.), who won the javelin with a personal best throw of 184-6.

Among Bates' notable second- and third-place finishes, sophomore sprinter Erik Zwick (Virginia Beach, Va.) took second in the 200-meter dash, but not before posting the top time in qualifying, 21.77 seconds, good for a provisional spot at the national championships. Zwick also took second in the 100-meter dash. Junior thrower Lucas Adams (Nottingham, N.H.) also had two secnd place finishes, in the hammer throw (183 feet) and the discus (151 feet). Jumpers Jeff Snyder '00 (Glastonbury, Conn.) and Aron Shapiro (Lexington, Mass.) '99 also took second with personal best performances in the high jump and long jump, respectively.

Final Team Scores: 1) Williams 160, 2) Bates 141.5, 3) Middlebury
109,  4) Amherst 92, 5) Colby 86, 6) Bowdoin 84, 7) Tufts 66.5, 
8) Connecticut College 28, 9) Trinity 21, 10) Wesleyan 19, 
11) Hamilton 11.

100 METER FINAL
1. Scott Schilling	Bowdoin		11.21
2. Erik Zwick		Bates		11.40
3. Von Craig		Middlebury	11.41
4. Val Von Armin	Williams	11.48
5. Josh Helfat		Bowdoin		11.51
6. Jon Pearson		Williams	11.56
7. Paul Horsham		Middlebury	11.59
8. Mike Cormier		Middlebury	-

110 METER HIGH HURDLES FINAL
1. Ethan Barron		Middlebury	14.97
2. Andy Boyer		Middlebury	15.09
3. Tyrone Boucaud	Colby		15.41
4. Kevin Jackson	Bates		15.72
5. Jacob Israelow	Williams	15.96
6. Okechakwu Ugwonali	Amherst		15.99
7. Andy Benedict	Tufts		16.05
8. Josh Cooper		Hamilton	16.06

200 METER FINAL
1. Scott Schilling	Bowdoin		22.32
2. Erik Zwick		Bates		22.38
3. Jared Beers		Colby		22.99
4. Jared Moshe		Amherst		23.11
5. Val Von Armin	Williams	23.21
6. Jon Pearson		Williams	23.31
7. Von Craig		Middlebury	23.33
8. Mike Cormier		Middlebury	-

400 METER
1. Chris Downe		Bowdoin		48.77
2. Jeff Willis		Amherst		49.49
3. Trevor Bayliss	Williams	49.72
4. Emil Thomann		Colby		50.28
5. Adam Barrer		Tufts		50.30
6. Mark Olschefskie	Wesleyan	50.35
7. Aaron DeCamp		Williams	50.48
8. Jack Linehan		Williams	50.56

400 METER HURDLES
1. Eddie Rossier	Williams	54.37
2. Tyrone Boucaud	Colby		54.48
3. Ben Pratt		Middlebury	55.38
4. Jacob Israelow	Williams	55.50
5. Andrew Poole		Conn. College	55.51
6. Geoff Cole		Colby		56.04
7. Josh Cooper		Hamilton	56.77
8. Andy Benedict	Tufts		57.49

800 METER
1. Chris Downe		Bowdoin		1:55.35
2. Jeff Willis		Amherst		1:55.40
3. John McGuire		Tufts		1:56.14
4. Mike Smith		Conn. College	1:56.63
5. Bill Coddington	Middlebury	1:56.96
6. Brian Hennessey	Williams	1:57.14
7. Craig Breen		Middlebury	1:58.53
8. Erick Hung		Amherst		1:59.31

1,500 METER
1. Robert Mitchell	Amherst		3:56.50
2. Paul Alsdorf		Williams	4:01.86
3. Dave Wall		Bowdoin		4:02.00
4. Bill Coddington	Middlebury	4:02.01
5. Craig Breen		Middlebury	4:03.40
6. John McGrath		Bates		4:04.45
7. Scott Taylor		Hamilton	4:04.49
8. Sam Brown		Hamilton	4:04.80

3000 METER
1. Dave Patterson	Tufts		9:09.19
2. Mike Morris		Amherst		9:21.35
3. Eli Enman		Middlebury	9:30.80
4. Edward Wasserman	Williams	9:46.13
5. Chris Terry		Bates		9:50.10
6. Andy Malick		Trinity		9:53.97
7. Mike Pfaff		Conn. College	9:54.54
8. Jason Hewitt		Tufts		9:54.56

5000 METER
1. Robert Mitchell	Amherst		14:33.23
2. Mike Danahy		Bates		14:38.26
3. Timothy Campbell	Williams	15:02.92
4. Matt Hyde		Bowdoin		15:26.06
5. Daniel Chandler	Amherst		15:27.94
6. Matt Lyons		Tufts		15:30.96
7. Dave Patterson	Tufts		15:33.99
8. Mike Morris		Amherst		15:43.36

10,000 METER
1. Mark Danahy		Bates		31:50.58
2. Daniel Chandler	Amherst		32:21.30
3. Shad Miller		Williams	32:54.54
4. Reed Harlow		Williams	33:06.19
5. Chris Thunen		Amherst		33:22.18
6. Dan Lazarek		Wesleyan	33:22.35
7. Ben Brewer		Conn. Coll.	33:37.94
8. Tom Santoro		Middlebury	33:55.19

4x100 METER
1.  Williams		43.20
2. Bates		43.28
3. Tufts		43.97
4. Amherst		43.97
5. Bowdoin		44.21
6. Colby		44.23
7. Wesleyan		44.67
8. Conn. Coll.		46.26

4x400 METER
1. Colby 		3:20.14
2. Williams		3:20.29
3. Bowdoin		3:21.71
4. Tufts		3:21.99
5. Amherst		3:22.60
6. Middlebury		3:23.33
7. Wesleyan		3:27.66
8. Conn. Coll.		3:28.77

DISTANCE MEDLEY
1. Amherst		10:19.76
2. Tufts		10:21.57
3. Middlebury		10:26.98
4. Hamilton		10:34.03
5. Wesleyan		10:35.19
6. Conn. Coll.		10:35.41
7. Bates 		10:41.86
8. Williams		10:46.10

HIGH JUMP
1. Ben Goss		Trinity		1.91
2. Jeff Snyder		Bates		1.86
3. Colin McKee		Colby		1.86
4. Hank Wasserman	Wesleyan	1.86
5. Adam Mantzeris	Tufts		1.81
6. Nick Lyford		Bowdoin		1.81
7. Costa Nicolau	Tufts		1.81
8. Andy Boyer		Middlebury	1.81

POLE VAULT
1. Andy Dixon		Middlebury	4.27
2. Malcolm Perry	Williams	4.11
3. Peter Beeson		Bates		4.11
4. Jim Spath		Bates		3.96
5. Joel Schaefer	Tufts		3.81
6. Eli Enman		Middlebury	3.81
7. Adam Thompson	Bates		3.81
8. Nate Dill		Bowdoin		3.81

LONG JUMP
1. Marc Proto		Conn. Coll.	6.59
2. Aron Shapiro		Bates		6.47
3. Jason Mirach		Williams	6.36
4. Jason Coulie		Bates		6.20
5. Jason Stanley	Williams	6.19
6. Colin McKee		Colby		6.14
7. Ben Goss		Trinity		5.92
8. Dwight Ho-Sang	Williams	5.88

TRIPLE JUMP
1. Jason Mirach		Williams	13.80
2. Yuri Lawrence	Middlebury	13.47
3. Aron Shapiro		Bates		13.32
4. Ethan Barron		Middlebury	13.17
5. Adam Westaway	Colby		13.10
6. Colin McKee		Colby		12.91
7. Alex Wong		Williams	12.70
8. Dave Lopes		Bowdoin		12.67

SHOT PUT
1. Dave Stuhlsatz	Williams	16.30
2. Eric Fortin		Bowdoin		16.00
3. Dave Nemeskal	Williams	14.63
4. Lucas Adams		Bates		14.30
5. Jason Fortin		Bowdoin		14.05
6. Bob Blackstone	Williams	13.91
7. Greg O'Neill		Amherst		13.55
8. Will Barron		Colby		13.30

DISCUS
1. Dave Stuhlsatz	Williams	47.54
2. Lucas Adams		Bates		46.06
3. Rob Davis		Bates		42.06
4. Nate Laing		Colby		41.06
5. Jaime Sawler		Bates		40.68
6. Will Barron		Colby		40.26
7. Adam Consigli	Middlebury	40.26
8. Steven Contreras	Amherst		38.06

HAMMER
1. Jaime Brewster	Colby		56.12
2. Lucas Adams		Bates		56.04
3. Adam Dreiblatt	Middlebury	54.26
4. Jon Zarecki		Colby		50.18
5. Jach Kovach		Tufts		49.44
6. Matt Campanelli	Williams	47.12
7. Rob Davis		Bates		46.96
8. Craig Jude		Colby		46.58

JAVELIN
1. Greg Hurley		Bates		56.22
2. Bryan Black		Middlebury	55.98
3. Greg Tirrell		Trinity		54.14
4. Greg Sicilian	Tufts		52.82
5. Nate Laing		Colby		52.62
6. Aron Shapiro		Bates		52.02
7. Hunter Greene	Williams	51.82
8. Nick Lyford		Bowdoin		48.56