For Immediate Release
March 2, 2002
Univ. of Chicago Men's Indoor Track &
Field
Wins First UAA Championship
Boston -- The University of Chicago men's indoor track & field team won the team title at the 2002 University Athletic Association Championship Friday and Saturday, Mar. 1-2 at Brandeis University. Chicago, which claimed its first-ever UAA indoor track & field title, featured the league's coaching staff of the year and four individual champions.
First-year Head Coach Chris Hall and his staff were selected UAA Coaching Staff of the Year in a vote of the conference's coaches.
In all 14 Chicago athletes (listed alphabetically below) earned All-UAA accolades, including four first-place finishers:
| Name | Event | Place | Mark |
|
David Barr (Mancelona, Mich./Kalkaska) |
Distance Medley Relay |
2nd | 10:39.04 |
| Kevin Drake (Three Rivers, Mich./Three
Rivers) So. |
Distance Medley Relay |
2nd | 10:39.04 |
| Tom Haxton (Seattle, Wash./Shorecrest) So. |
3,000m Run 5,000m Run |
2nd 3rd |
8:39.14 15:05.77 |
| Adeoye Mabogunje (Tamuning,
Guam/St. John's) So. |
High Jump Triple Jump |
1st 2nd |
2.08 m* 13.59 m |
| Keith Mastronardi (Seaford, N.Y./Chaminade) Sr. |
Triple Jump | 1st | 14.28 m |
| Greg Morgan (Coronado, Calif./Coronado) Fr. |
1,600m Relay | 2nd | 3:27.55 |
| Sean Phelan (Wheaton, Ill./North) Sr. |
35-lb. Weight Throw |
3rd | 14.62 m |
| Ryan Raimo (Duluth, Minn./Denfeld) Jr. |
1,600m Relay 200m Run |
2nd 3rd |
3:27.55 :23.32 |
| Karl Striepe (Torrance, Calif./North)
So. |
Distance Medley Relay |
2nd | 10:39.04 |
| Patrick Sullivan (Wilmette,
Ill./Loyola Academy) So. |
1,500m Run 1,600m Relay |
1st 2nd |
3:58.09 3:27.55 |
| Jerome Tharaud (Bozeman,
Mont./Bozeman) Sr. |
5,000m Run 3,000m Run |
1st 3rd |
14:58.56 8:41.21 |
| Tim Tuff (San Mateo, Calif./Half
Moon Bay) Jr. |
Distance Medley Relay 1,600m Relay |
2nd 2nd |
10:39.04 3:27.55 |
| Blake Ward (Missoula, Mont./Hellgate) Sr. |
Pole Vault | 3rd | 4.21 m |
| Babak Yousefian (Kenosha, Wis./Burlington
C.) So. |
55m Hurdles | 3rd | :7.91 |
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