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Penn State National Open
January 25-26, 2002

DiNozzi Captures Pole Vault for Blue Hens

 

UNIVERSITY PARK, PA -- University of Delaware junior Jon DiNozzi captured the men's pole vault competition with a height of 15-feet, 9 inches to lead the Blue Hens at the National Indoor Track and Field Open Friday and Saturday at Penn State University's Horace Ashenfelter Indoor Track.

DiNozzi, a junior from Middletown, DE (Fox Lane HS, NY), was the lone Blue Hen individual champion in a meet that brought some of the top athletes in the East together.

The top finisher for the University of Delaware women was junior Jennie Chiller (Sharon/Sharon, MA) who placed seventh in the 20 lb. weight throw with a toss of 47-1 3/4. Penn State freshman Kate Johnson won the event with a distance of 54-6 3/4.

Also for the Delaware men, senior Butch Patrick (Newark/Newark, DE) was 11th in the preliminaries of the 60 meters (7.02), 13th in the long jump (22-1 1/2), and 21st in the preliminaries of the 200 meters (22.66) and senior Nate Irvin (Sussex Central/Millsboro, DE) was 23rd in the preliminaries of the 60 meters (7.13) and 30th in the preliminaries of the 200 meters (22.83).

Also for the Delaware women, senior Aimee Alexander (Carmel/Stormville, NY) placed 16th in the 3,000 meters (10:00.64) and freshman Kristen Frustillo (Cardinal O'Hara/Newtown Square, PA) was 30th in the preliminaries of the 60 meter dash (8.17) and 33rd in the preliminaries of the 200 meters (26.65).

 

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