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February 19, 2000
Seymour Wins Weight Throw Title as Hens Place Sixth
BOSTON -- Senior Mike DiGennaro won the 5,000 meter race to lead the University of Delaware men to a third place team finish and senior Caltha Seymour captured the weight throw to lead the Blue Hen women to a sixth place team finish at the America East Indoor Track and Field Championships Saturday at the Boston University Armory. DiGennaro (Hamilton-Wenham/Essex, MA) won the 5,000 meters in 14:51.14 and placed second in the 3,000 meters in 8:27.34 to lead the defending champion Blue Hen men to the third place finish. Seymour (A.I. duPont HS) won the weight throw with an ECAC qualifying distance of 54-2 3/4 and also placed fifth in the shot put (38-3 1/2) to lead the UD women. Northeastern captured the men's title with 128.5 points to outdistance New Hampshire (114.5), Delaware (104); Boston University, Maine, Vermont, and Towson in the seven-team field. Boston University won its second straight women's team title with 162 points. Vermont was second with 120 points followed by Northeastern, New Hampshire, Maine, Delaware, and Towson in the seven-team field. Northeastern and Boston University each won five men's titles, including double winner Dave Klemic who won the long jump and 55 meters for Northeastern. On the women's side, Northeastern's Nikiya Reid won three events, capturing the 55 meters, 55 meter hurdles, and 200 meters while Boston University's Christine Bertram won two of the Terriers' six individual titles by winning both the 500 meters and 1,000 meters. The Delaware women picked up three second place finishes as sophomore Annemarie Quinn (Strath-Haven/Wallingford, PA) was second in the high jump (5-4 1/4), junior Carol Oliveri (St. Rose/Brick, NJ) broke her own school record in the pole vault (10-5 1/2) to place second, and sophomore Aimee Alexander (Carmel/Stormville, NY) was second in the 3,000 meters with an ECAC qualifying time of 10:01.76. Quinn also placed fourth in the long jump (17-2) while the 4 x 400 meter relay team was third in a time of 4:25.30. (17-2), and senior Caron Marra (Newark HS) was fifth in the mile (5:06.02). The Delaware men posted four second place finishes as the 4 x 800 meter relay team of Pat Boettcher (William Penn HS), Mark Coyle (East/West Chester, PA), Troy Bockius (Dover HS), and Joe Quigley (William Penn HS) ran to an IC4A qualifying time of 7:44.84; freshman Asher Ailey (West Windsor/Plainsboro, NJ) was second in the 400 meters (49.50), DiGennaro was second in the 3,000m, and Tom Marando (St. Mark's HS) was second in the shot put (50-4 1/2). Also for the Hens, the 4 x 400 meter relay team of Emeka Igwe (Dickinson HS), Brian Demlein (Christian Bros./DeWitt, NY), Peter Lenz (McKean HS), and Ailey was third (3:20.46), Ian Bass (St. Joseph's/St. Croix, VI) was third in the long jump (21-6 3/4), Bockius was third in the 1,000m (2:28.61), Quigley was third in the 800m (1:52.77), John Marino (Iona Prep/Yorktown, NY) was third in the 55m hurdles (7.93), and Eric Sands (Tunkhannock, Pa. HS) was third in the shot put (46-6 1/4). Demlein was also fourth in the 500m (1:05.53), Ailey was fifth in the 200m (22.57), and Boettcher was fourth in the 800m (1:54.48). AGATE: Final Women's Team Standings: 1. Boston University - 163; 2. Vermont - 122; 3. Northeastern - 97.5; 4. New Hampshire - 65; 5. Maine - 51.5; 6. Delaware - 44; 7. Towson - 15 Top Delaware Finishers: 1st Place - Caltha Seymour, weight throw (54-2 3/4) 2nd Place - Annemarie Quinn, high jump (5-4 1/4); Aimee Alexander, 3,000m (10:01.76); Carol Oliveri, pole vault (10-5 1/2) 3rd Place - 4 x 400m relay, 4:25.30 4th Place - Annemarie Quinn, long jump (17-2) 5th Place - Caron Marra, mile (5:06.02); Caltha Seymour, shot put (38-3 1/2); 4 x 800m relay, 9:44.54
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