Rams Win Ursinus Five Team Meet
- Team posts 5 Firsts, 10 Seconds and 7 Third Places at Meet -
Collegeville, Pa. - The Farmingdale State men's indoor track team scored 182 points to win the Ursinus Five Team Meet on Friday, December 11th. The team handily beat host school Ursinus (141 points) and Division II Cheyney (77 points), as they posted five first place finishes, 10 second places and seven third places. In four of the event wins, the Rams took the top two spots.
Junior Jeff St. Simon (Farmingdale, N.Y./Farmingdale) qualified for the ECAC Championships in the Triple Jump with a leap of 13.68m (44' 10 3/4"), placing him third for the event.
First Places
Pole Vault: Nick David, 4.40m (14' 5 1/4")
Long Jump: Qasim Ellis, 6.52m (21' 4 3/4")
200m: DeShaun Thomas, 23.35
3000m: Sean Tiernan, 9:24.87
4x400m Relay: Nick Okula, Steve Brown, James Owen, Greg Denis -
3:29.69
Second Places
Pole Vault: John Verderber, 3.65m (11' 11 3/4")
Long Jump: Alix Lamarre, 6.37m (20' 10 3/4")
3000m: Tim Flynn, 9:30.39
4x400m Relay: Mike Blanda, Shawn Mulhern, Romaine Thomas, Nick
Grefe - 3:38.48
Triple Jump: Qasim Ellis, 13.77m (45' 2 1/4")
55m: Alix Lamarre, 6.70
55m High Hurdles: Steve Brown, 8.40
1 mile: Sean Daly, 4:34.73
4x200m Relay: Mike Blanda, Yaw Affum, Bradon Robbins, Dan Billian -
1:36.74
4x800m Relay: Sean Daly, Sean Tiernan, Tim Flynn, Adam Sadler -
8:47.54
Third Places
Shot Put: Ed Brown, 12.23m (40' 1 1/2")
Triple Jump: Jeff St. Simon, 13.68m (44' 10 3/4"), ECAC
Qualifier
High Jump: Steve Brown,1.85m (6' 3/4")
Pole Vault: Mike Nguyen, 3.20m (10' 6")
55m High Hurdles: James Owen, 9.07
400m: Greg Denis, 53.05
800m: Russell Darress, 2:04.66
Team Scores
- Farmingdale - 182
- Ursinus - 141
- Cheyney - 77
- CC of Philadelphia - 21
- Cabrini - 8
- Neumann - 6
The Rams will have a break until 2010, when they compete in the Metropolitan Coaches Invitational on January 8th at the New Balance Track & Field Center in New York, N.Y.
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