Feb. 2, 2004

On Saturday, Jan. 31st, the Villanova men's track & field team was spread all across the east coast, competing at the Adidas Boston Indoor Games, the Penn State National Invitational and the Widener Invitational. The highlight of the weekend came at the Adidas Boston Indoor Games where the Wildcat DMR team took home a first place finish with an NCAA Automatic Qualifying Time.

The Villanova DMR squad was composed of Bobby Curtis (2:57), Drew Eckman (:47), Paul Moser (1:50) and Tom Parlapiano (3:58) who finished the race with a time of 9:34.72.

At Penn State, the Wildcats had a number of top finishes. Kippy Keino took home a third place finish in the one mile run with a time of 4:08.65. In the men's 1,000m run, Jason Jabaut placed third with a mark of 2:26.44. Other top 10 finishers included Carlos Bedoya who placed eighth in the 400m (48.35), and Mark Carberry who finished seventh in the 1,000m run (2:28.65).

At the Widener Invitational on Saturday, Nick Burkey finished fourth in the 55m hurdles with a time of 8.15. In addition, Joe Straub was eighth in the shot put (12.88m), and Jon Zacharkiw was seventh in the weight throw (12.82m) and 14th in the shot put (12.30m).

Adidas Boston Indoor Games

Men's DMR
1. Villanova University 9:34.72
Splits (Curtis: 2:57; Eckman 47.; Moser 1:50; Parlapiano 3:58) NCAA AUTO


PENN STATE NATIONAL INVIT.
SATURDAY 1/31/04

MEN
400m
4	Brown, Michael	U-Villanova	47.67	1
8	Bedoya, Carlos	 SR	Villanova	48.35	3

Men 1 Mile Run
3	Keino, Andrew	 FR	Villanova	4:08.65
13	Pelerin, Marc	 SO	Villanova	4:14.90
28	Cornell, Steve	 SO	Villanova	4:23.81

Men 800m Run
29	Marzluff, Dan	 SR	Villanova	1:56.21
35	Anderson, Brian	 SR	Villanova	1:56.98

Men 1000m Run
3	Jabaut, Jason	 SR	Villanova	2:26.44
7	Carberry, Mark	 SR	Villanova	2:28.65

Men 3000m Run
28	Van Orsdel, David	 FR	Villanova	8:39.51

Men 4x400m Relay
14	Villanova	3:21.21	4

1) Hansen, Carl SO	2) Marzluff, Dan SR	3) Anderson, Brian SR   4) Bedoya, Carlos SR


Widener Invitational

55m Hurdles
4.	Nick Burkey  8.15

Shot Put
8.	 Joe Straub  12.88m
14.	 Joe Zacharkiw  12.30m

Weight Throw
7.  Jon Zacharkiw  12.82m