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IC4A Indoor Track Championships - Day 2

 

Delaware Track Team Advances at IC4A Championship

BOSTON - The University of Delaware men's indoor track and field team had several outstanding performances at the second day of the IC4A Championships Saturday at the Reggie Lewis Sports Center.

The 4 x 800 meter relay team of Mark Coyle (East/West Chester, PA), Joe Quigley (Salesianum), Troy Bockius (Dover HS), and Steve Sinko (St. Mark's HS) had the fifth fastest time of the day with a school record clocking of 7:38.11 to advance to Sunday's final. The team broke the record set by Dennis Lenoir, John Stroup, Joe McLaughlin, and Jim Gano in 1979.

The distance medley relay team of Mike DiGennaro (Hamilton- Wenham/Essex, MA), Andrew Johnson (Dover HS), Bokah Worjolah (Dickinson HS), and Kevin Danahy (Dover HS) ran to a time of 10:09.66 to place eighth and qualify for Sunday's final.

Individually, Tom Marando (St. Mark's HS) placed 11th in the shot put with a career-best throw of 50-3 1/2, Jamin Elliott (Churchland/Portsmouth, VA) was 12th in the long jump with a leap of 22-2 1/2, Butch Patrick (Newark HS) was 15th in the long jump (21-6 1/4), and Eric Sands (Tunkhannock, Pa. HS) was 23rd in the shot put (48-10 1/4).

Patrick also competed in the 60 meters but his time of 7.05 did not qualify him for the finals.

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