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New York, NY (February 8, 2004)-The Men's Indoor Track & Field team won the 62nd Metropolitan Championship held today at the Armory. This is the 32nd time Manhattan has won the Men's Metropolitan Championship title. The men won with 143 points beating out Rutgers University by 10.5 points. The women placed third tallying 108 points behind Rutgers (163) and Columbia (133).
Six men qualified for the IC4A Championships, which is to be held on March 6th and 7th at the Boston Armory at Boston University. Qualifiers for the running events were Tyler Raymond in the 800m (1:52.73) and the Mile (4:12.43), Joseph Van Dyke in the 1000m (2:28.03), and Matt Reilly in the Mile (4:14.46). Van Dyke, Reilly, Joshua Conklin, and Raymond qualifed for the 4x800m Relay running the relay in 7:42.01. The Field Event qualifiers are Magnus Ahlen who placed first in the Long Jump (7.50m) and qualified for the Triple Jump (14.62m), Janek Augustynowicz in the Long Jump (7.16m) and the Triple Jump (14.70m), and Adeniyi Omisore who was crowned Triple Jump Champion (14.70m).
On the women's side, six women qualified for the ECAC Championships that will be held on March 6th and 7th at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston, MA. Teresa Frierson qualified for the 500m (1:13.61) earning first place, while Therese Forsberg took first place in the Mile (4:59.52) earning a qualifying time. Marissa Olivieri, Linn Modin, Lisa Naucler, and Rachel McGee qualified for women's 4x800m Relay running the relay in a time of 9:22.96.
The Jasper Throwers compete again on Friday, February 13th at the Armory Collegiate Invitational at 8 am in Draddy Gymnasium on the Manhattan College Campus in Riverdale, NY. The rest of the Jaspers will compete at 10 am, on the 13th, at the Armory in New York, NY. The Invitational will continue Saturday, February 14th beginning at 10 am.
