page 10 - The Behrend College Beacon - Thursday, April 8, 1999
Track & Field places well at Geneva Meet
by Jason Snyder
sports editor
The Behrend men's and women’s
track and field teams continued to
excel in their inaugural season with
a third and fourth place finish at the
Geneva College Five Team Meet on
April 1.
“We ran very well against some
established programs, and in the
process, ran some super times,”
commented head coach Rich
Hoffman.
The Behrend men placed third in
the meet with 52 points, trailing St.
Francis with 111 points and host
Geneva with 67 points.
The Lions were once again lifted
by Jerrod Hart in the pole vault.
Hart finished first in the event with
a season best vault of 13 feet. Scott
Nicklas was the only other
individual winner for the Lions in
the field events. Nicklas cleared
43' 10.25" in the triple jump to add
six points to the Behrend total.
The Lions also placed many other
individuals in various events.
Sophomore Jay Davids finished
third in the high jump with a leap of
5'10”. Steve Duda and David
Young both threw personal bests in
the javelin, placing fourth and fifth,
respectively.
On the track, the Behrend men
have continued to improve.
Freshman Keith Cerroni and junior
Tommie Stovall both ran an : 11.4
in the I (X) meter dash to place fourth
and fifth, respectively. Stovall also
placed in the 200 meter dash with a
personal best:23. 3. Cerroni also ran
a season best in the event with a time
of :23.8.
The 400 meter dash also saw
Behrend place two individuals.
Steve Omecinski placed third in the
event and teammate Shawn Furman
followed in fifth. Both athletes ran
under 53 seconds with Furman
running his season best.
In the sprint relays, the Behrend
men teamed for a third place finish
in the 400 meter relay. Cerroni and
Omecinski were joined by Chris
Schlosser, and Alan Corderay to run
a season best, 44.73 seconds. Also
Know Your Lions...
Dennis Halaszynski
Track & Field
by Jessica Tucci
associate editor
“A very young ‘aerobic animal’,”
is how Track & Field Coach Rich
Hoffman describes sophomore
Dennis Halaszynski. Dennis runs
the 3000 meter steeplechase. This is
almost a two mile run with twenty
eight hurdles and seven water barriers
and water jumps.
In the first meet at Clarion
University, Dennis ran the grueling
3000 m steeplechase in approximately
ten minutes and fourty-seven
seconds. This placed Dennis in the top
five runners competing. In the second
meet at Geneva College, Dennis
unproved his time to approximately
ten minutes and twenty-four seconds.
That is about twenty-four seconds
improvement from the first race at
Clarion to the second race at Geneva.
Coach Hoffman concluded by
saying “he is a very dedicated year
round trainer, a good example of the
committment and dedication needed
to excel, and it is begining to payoff
for Dennis.”
Chris Schlosser (middle) keeps up with the pack in Geneva.
placing third for the Lions was the team Halaszynski who ran his best time of
of Furman, Schlosser, Omecinski and the season in the 3000 meter
Jason Pfadt in the 4 x 400 relay. steeplechase. Halas/ynski ran the
Tyler Travis was the only Behrend event in 10:24.8 fora fifth place finish,
runner to take first place in the meet. "Dennis has trained hard for this, and
Travis ran a personal best and school it is a definite breakthrough.”
record, 16:29.3 in the 5000 meter run.
Only seconds behind was Adam
D/.uricky who placed second, recording
his best lime of the year. Brian Musick
also placed in the event with a time of
17:17.2, good for fifth.
Although the Lions didn't place any
runners in the 1500 meter, three
Behrend athletes ran personal bests on
the day Mark Suroviec ran the school's
best time of the year with a 4:13.1
followed by Brian Gaines (4:22.6), Matt
Heidecker (4:24.9) and Kevin
McElhone (4:25.5).
Having a big meet was Dennis
The Behrend women continue to
show promise despite a small roster.
The Lions finished fourth at Geneva
with 21 points.
Jenny Detelich ran a personal best in
the 1500 meter run with a time of
5:06.8, good for third place. She also
placed third in the 800 meter run with
a time of 2:28.6. Detelich totaled six
points on the day for the Lions.
Tina Rubay ran to a fourth place
finish in the 5000 meter run. She ran
the event in 23:22.3. The 3000 meter
race saw Kathyrn Tate and Keri
Lowman cross the line in third and
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fourth place, respectively. Both Tate
and Lowman recorded personal
bests.
In the field events, Carey Kohler
and Lynn Herrmann both placed in
their respective events. Kohler
jumped second longest in the triple
jump for the meet with a distance of
32'2" and also placed fifth in the
long jump. Herrmann tossed the
javelin a distance of 99'6" for a third
place finish.
Coach Hoffman commented on
the Geneva Meet saying, “it was a
great atmosphere and our athletes
really enjoyed going head to head
with these other schools."
The Behrend track and field teams
will compete again on April 10 at the
lUP Invitational.
, , SPRING 1999
Intramurals
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Singles (M, W) */L
Doubles (M, W, Coed)
Registration Deadline: April 9 W** 5
Play starts on April 12
Season will last two weeks
Updated Scores Next Week
Spring semester Intramural schedules are available in the IM office and on the Reed
and Erie Hall IM boards.
Intramural
Roundup
Behrend
softball tied for
conference lead
Lions battle Laßochefor standing’s lead
by Jessica Thcci
associate editor
The Behrend softball team
had a very eventful week last
week. They played two double
headers and pitcher Mandy
Bodnor broke the Behrend
homerun record with seven
homeruns already this year. The
Lions moved to 15-5 on the year
and 9-1 in Allegheny Mountain
Collegiate Conference play.
Their 9-1 mark has them tied for
first in the AMCC with Laßoche
College.
Their week started out with
PUt Bradfbrd. The Behrend
women werevictorious in both
games. The score of the first
game was 11-3 and the second
11-5. Bodnor pitched in both
games and totaled seven
strikeouts. On top of that she
contributed three hits with a
homerun and a triple. Heidt,
Blass, and Fox contributed four
hits.
On April 1, the women battled
Pitt-Greensburg in a double
header. Once again, the team was
victourious in both games. The
scores were 12-1 in the first game
and 16-1 in the second. For a
change of pace, freshman Emily
Heidt pitched nine out of the ten
innings played and picked up four
strikeouts. Heidt, Haney, Bodnor,
Woods and Blass all contributed
two hits apiece, and Leslie Miller
went three for three.
The Lions will compete next at
home against Lake Erie at 3:00
p.m. on April 8. The Behrend
women will travel to Maryland to
face AMCC opponent Frostburg
at 2:00 p.m. on April 10.