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March 4-5, 2000 • Harvard University
DiGennaro Places 7th in 3,000 Meters; Earns All-East Honors
BOSTON -- The University of Delaware had two track and field athletes earn All-East honors in regional competition this past weekend. Sophomore Annemarie Quinn (Strath-Haven HS/Wallingford, PA) placed sixth in the high jump (5-4 1/2) at the ECAC women's championships Saturday at the Reggie Lewis Track Club to earn All-East honors while senior Mike DiGennaro (Hamilton-Wenham/Hamilton, MA) was seventh in the 3,000 meters (8:29.0) Sunday at the IC4A Championships at Harvard University. DiGennaro, the America East 3,000 meter runner-up, set a new school record in the event in Saturday's preliminaries with a time of 8:21.54, breaking the UD mark of 8:23.2 by John Wehner in 1982. The Delaware women placed 43rd overall in the ECAC team standings while the Blue Hen men were 49th overall in the IC4A men's standings. Also for the Delaware men, Tom Marando (St. Mark's HS) placed 27th in the shot put with a toss of 47-11. Also competing but not advancing to the finals were Pat Boettcher (William Penn HS) in the 800 meters (1:53.67), Joe Quigley (William Penn HS) in the 800 meters (1:55.48); Mark Coyle (East/West Chester, PA) in the 1,000 meters (2:32.22); and the two mile relay team of Troy Bockius (Dover HS), Boettcher, Quigley, and Coyle (8:00.42); and the mile relay team of Asher Ailey (West Windsor/Plainsboro, NJ), Brian Demlein (Christian Brothers/DeWitt, NY), Emeka Igwe (Dickinson HS), and Peter Lenz (McKean HS) in 3:21.51. Also for the Delaware women, Carol Oliveri (St. Rose/Brick, NJ) was 15th in the pole vault, breaking her own school record with a height of 10-6; the distance medley team team of Jen Lublanecki (West Morris Central/Long Valley, NJ), Jennifer Krisch (Great Valley/Malvern, PA), Aimee Alexander (Carmel/Stormville, NY), and Caron Marra (Newark HS) was 15th in a time of 12:00.73; Alexander was 20th in the 3,000 meters (10:23.14), and Caltha Seymour (A.I. duPont HS) was 23rd in the weight throw (48-11 3/4). Georgetown captured the team titles in both the men's and women's competitions. The meets concluded the indoor season for both the Blue Hen men's and women's teams.
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