Men's Track and Field January 31, 2009 Monmouth Sports Information

CABRAL, RODRIGUEZ EARN GOLD AT DELAWARE THOMSON INVITATIONAL

NEWARK, Del.- A pair of Monmouth University track & field athletes turned in top performances at the 2009 Thomson Invitational, hosted on the campus of the University of Delaware.

Freshman pole vaulter Brandon Cabral (Farmingdale, N.J./Colts Neck) won his event after clearing 14' 9”, equaling the freshman record set by teammate Pete Matano just a week ago. Sophomore Julio Rodriguez (Bound Brook, N.J./Bound Brook) continued his strong season by taking home the gold in the high jump with his 6' 4 ?” effort.

Matano and a third freshman vaulter, Jason Timmons, tied for third in the pole vault at 13'3.5'. Sophomore Kollan Reevey (Pemberton, N.J./Pemberton) was fourth in the long jump (21' 6 ?”), while Ben Hutterer's (Saxonburg, Pa./Knoch) run of 4:29.28 in the mile was sixth. Victor Rizzotto (Manahawkin, N.J./Southern) and Jeremy Gordet (Brick, N.J./Brick Memorial) earned sixth and seventh place, respectively in the shot put. Sophomore Eric Fay (Yatesville, Pa./Pittston Area) took home eighth place in the 400m.

Freshmen also came up big on the women's end, with rookie Symmone Fisher (Coram, N.Y./Longwood) taking third in the weight throw (48' ?”) and fourth in the shot put (39' 3 ?”). Vaulter Michelle Telofski was third in the pole vault, clearing her best of 10' 6”, with senior captain Laura Myers right behind her in 4th at 10'. Junior Samantha Hegmann (Mineola, N.Y./Mineola) took sixth in the weight throw, checking in with a distance of 43' 10”. Rookie Jessica Toritto (Smithtown, N.Y./Smithtown) placed in two different events, with a fifth place performance in the weight throw (44' ?”) and a seventh place mark in the shot put (36' 8 ?”).

Monmouth's 4x800 relay team of Aracelis Lantigua (Elizabeth, N.J./Elizabeth), Jessica Jones (Wilkes Barre, Pa./Dallas), Laura Embrey (West Long Branch, N.J./Shore) and Sarah Frenette (Carlisle, Pa./Cumberland Valley) claimed fifth place.

Freshmen Colleen Rutecki (Springfield, Pa./Springfield) took home seventh in the 500m with her time of 1:21.90. Jones was eighth in the mile (5:27.10), while Frenette was eighth in the 1000m, with her time of 3:09.64 and Embrey was right behind in ninth (3:09.65).

Sixty teams and over 800 student athletes competed at Delaware including Delaware State, College of New Jersey, Coppin State, East Stroudsburg, La Salle, Loyola, Navy, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Rider, Saint Joseph's, St. Peter's, Temple, and Towson among others.

The Hawks also sent their multi-event athletes and two sprinters to the Bucknell University Bison Open. In the women's pentathlon, Monmouth had four entrants in the 20-athlete field. Freshman Lindsey Walsh finished 5th in the 5-event competition with a score of 3,076 points. Sophomore Mary Wilks was 6th, scoring 3040 points. And junior Kelly Dantley, winning the shot put in the pentathlon with a 37'1.5" throw, finished 9th with a score of 2,908 points. Walsh's performance is the #8 score in school history.

Two sprinters excelled for the men's team at Bucknell, with Dave Martell taking 6th in the men's 60 in 7.18 seconds; and Chris Tanzola taking 7th in the men's 60 hurdles with a time of 8.72.

Monmouth's men and women, the pre-season favorites to win the Northeast Conference (NEC) Championships again this winter, will compete at the Bob Giegengack Collegiate Invitational at Yale University on Friday and Saturday, and the Princeton University Open next on Saturday.

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