For Immediate Release
April 20, 2002
Men's Outdoor Track & Field Runner-Up
at 2002 UAA Championship
Atlanta -- Senior Jerome Tharaud (Bozeman, Mont./Bozeman) won two events as the University of Chicago captured second place at the 2002 University Athletic Association Men's Outdoor Track & Field Championship Friday and Saturday at Emory University.
Emory won the team title with 179 points to Chicago's 155.5.
On the weekend, Chicago featured 12 individual All-UAA performers, including five champions. In addition, the Maroons 400-meter relay team garnered All-Association recognition on the basis of its third-place finish.
| All-UAA Performer | Event | Place | Mark |
| Jerome Tharaud (Bozeman, Mont./Bozeman) Sr. |
5,000m Run Steeplechase |
1st 1st |
15:16.76 9:18.98* |
| Tom Haxton (Seattle, Wash./Shorecrest) So. |
10,000m Run 5,000m Run |
1st 2nd |
33:29.01 15:20.30 |
| Adeoye Mabogunje (Tamuning, Guam/St. John's) So. |
Triple Jump High Jump |
1st 2nd |
13.89 m 2.01 m* |
| Patrick Sullivan (Wilmette, Ill./Loyola Academy) So. |
1,500m Run | 1st | 3:56.78 |
|
Ryan Prassas |
100m Dash 400m Relay |
2nd 3rd |
11.26 43.66 |
| Justin Kern Mt. Prospect, Ill. (Prospect) So. |
Discus | 2nd | 41.53 m |
| Keith Mastronardi (Seaford, N.Y./Chaminade) Sr. |
Triple Jump | 2nd | 13.61 m |
| Babak Yousefian (Kenosha, Wis./Burlington C.) So. |
110m Hurdles 400m Relay |
3rd 3rd |
15.27 43.66 |
| Brandon Halcott Streator, Ill. (Marquette) Fr. |
400m Relay | 3rd | 43.66 |
| Seyi Oyenuga (Silver Spring, Md./Paint Branch) Fr. |
Long Jump | 3rd | 6.65 m |
| Ryan Raimo Duluth, Minn. (Denfeld) Jr. |
400m Relay | 3rd | 43.66 |
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