barrySTANFORD, Calif. - The Cardinal men's distance crew posted some impressive times at the Iowa State Track and Field Classic in Ames, Iowa Saturday. Michael Stember and Jonathan Riley both broke four minutes and automatically qualified for the NCAA Championships by going one-two in the mile. Riley graduated from Brookline HS in 1997. He motored to the Mass State Mile championships in 1996, then took the 800 Meter Championships at Shrewsbury HS in June 1997, along with a pile of other distance championships.
Men's Mile - 1) Michael Stember (Stanford) 3:58.57*, 2) Jonathan Riley (Stanford) and Brookline, Mass H.S. class of 97, 3:58.72*, 4) Jake Maas (Stanford) 4:01.48
Yes, these are results from a year ago...but whaddya gonna do? January 23, Boston University Terrier Cup Results,It took awhile, but I finally tracked down John O'Mara, the former St. John's Shrewsbury distance standout.
Feb. 14, 1998, Men's Track at Valentine Invitational
PROVIDENCE FINISHERS3,000 meters - John O'Mara 8:28.46
New England Championship
at Boston University -- Boston, Mass.
February 28, 1998
5,000 meters 7th John O'Mara 15:01.60
5000 Meters
5) Jack Dwyer, Central Mass. Striders 14:38.88
from the U Mass Lowell Sports Page
UML WOMEN WIN BRANDEIS INVITE; MEN FINISH 9TH
Jill Croft (Gardiner, Mass.) won the high jump with a jump of 1.70m. Teammate Erica Towlson (Winthrop, Mass.) finished second with a jump of 1.63 m. In the long jump the two teammates switched places as Towlson won and Croft finished second. Towlson also won the 55 meter high hurdles. Melissa Sullivan (Peabody, Mass) won the 600 meter run. Tara Fay (Westborough, Mass. ) won the shot.
The River Hawks finished strong in the jumping events as they won the Brandeis Invitational.Jill Croft graduated from Gardner HS in 1998 and took most Central Mass HS sprint and long jump championships.
At the Six-Team meet: Lowell,
Keene St., UNH, Plattsburgh, St. Lawrence, Bently at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
- February 6, 1999,
Women's 55 Meter Dash
Preliminaries - Results - Saturday 02/06/99
3 Croft, Jill U-Mass Lowell
7.47
Finals - Results - Saturday 02/06/99
1 Rize, Ericka U-Mass Lowell
7.28
2 Croft, Jill U-Mass Lowell
7.33
Women's 5,000 Meter Run
Finals - Results - Saturday 02/06/99
1 Niell, Lara Dartmouth
17:36.21
Niell graduated from Bromfield HS in 1998 and placed well up in the Central Mass HS competitions
Women's High Jump
Finals - Results - Saturday 02/06/99
1 Croft, Jill U-Mass Lowell
1.65m 5'05.00
Men's 3,000 Meter Run
Finals - Results - Saturday 02/06/99
1 Chalmers, Dave Dartmouth
8:48.68
2 Klinedinst, Brad U-Mass Lowell
8:50.51
13 Sans, Joe U-Mass
Lowell 9:37.67
Brad Klinedinst competed at Assabett HS and was
a leading comptitiro at most Central Mass HS competitions. He graduated in 1996.
Joe Sans led Narragansett HS to 2 state XC championships (95, 96) plus a
second (97). He graduated from Narragansett in 1998.
New England Challenge Cup Finals - Men
Mile Finals
13) David Marcinowski, UMass/Amherst 4:38.73
The University of New Hampshire men's track team took second in a four team home meet held on January 30. UNH's middle distance runners had a big day taking first place in three events. Junior Kevin Horgan (Ashburnham, Mass.) led the way in the 1,000 meter run, junior Kyle Schneck (Concord, N.H.) took first in the 1,500 meter and Ryan Raymond (Loudon, N.H.) was fastest in the 3,000 meter.
The University of New Hampshire men's indoor track team placed fourth in a meet held at Rhode Island on February 6. UNH took first place in two events with junior Kevin Horgan (Ashburnham, Mass.) winning the 3000 meter run and junior Kyle Schneck (Concord, N.H.) taking the top spot in the 800 meter run. Other top performances by the Wildcats included junior Andrew Thompson (Freedom, N.H.) second in the weight throw, freshman Tim Constant (Alexandria, N.H.) second in the long jump, and junior Keith Chisholm (Hudson, N.H.) third in both the 55 and 200 meter dashes.
Kevin Horgan took the Mass State HS Mile Championship in 96, finished second in 97 ;graduated from Oakmont HS in 1997
The UMass (Amherst) men's track and field team placed first at a quad-meet hosted by the University of New Hampshire in Durham, N.H. on Saturday, January 30. The Minutemen finished with 81 points, ahead of New Hampshire (68), Holy Cross (21), and Central Connecticut State University (15). The win improves the team's record to 9-0.
The Minutemen placed a student-athlete amongst the top two finishers in 13 of 19 events. Freshman Wes Shaw (Auburn, Mass.) and St Johns Prep (Shrewsbury) class of '98, won the high jump (6' 04.00") and placed second in the pole vault (14'). Senior Tom Toye (Scarborough, Maine) finished first in the 200 meters (22.84), while sophomore Marc Sylvander (Chicopee, Mass.) won the 400 meters (51.22). Senior Dan LeBoeuf (Tewksbury, Mass.) placed first in the 800 meters (1:57.48).
Wes Shaw graduated from St John's Prep in 1998 and dominated pole vault competitions statewide.
January 15-16, 1999 at Bucknell Invitational, Lewisburg, Pa.
Jason Long, 2nd in 3000 (8:26.13)
Mike Smith, 3rd in 3000 (8:31.41)
Michael Smith, (Wachusett HS in 1998) 9th in 5,000 (14:51.79)/p>
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