Feb. 20, 2005

Complete Results

SYRACUSE, N.Y.--On the first day of competition at the Big East Championships, the Wildcats distance medley relay team qualified for the IC4A Championship, placing second out of nine teams with a time of 10:00.31. Villanova entered the meet as the defending conference champions in the event, and finished just 0.14 seconds behind the winning quartet from Notre Dame. Overall, five events have been scored at the meet, and the Wildcats stand in fifth place with 11 points. Notre Dame is the current leader with 57.50 points, followed by Rutgers (37.50), Pittsburgh (35) and Georgetown (32) ahead of Villanova.

The Wildcats had participants in three individual events that have been completed. Sophomore Robert McDade (Broomall, Pa.) was sixth out of nine competitors in the 35-pound weight throw, with a distance of 16.42 meters. Junior Milos Mitric (Zivke Micial, Yugoslavia) led three Villanova runners in the 5000 meters, and placed 10th out of 15 with a time of 14:57.47. Junior Craig Segal (xx) and sophomore Michael Kerrigan (xx) came in 13th and 14th, respectively. Also, freshman Tim Murphy (xx) was 12th in the heptathlon with 2146 points.

In preliminary events, nine Villanova athletes qualified for the finals of their respective events. Senior Ryan Hayden (xx) and freshman Kyle Audi (Loudonville, N.Y.) placed fourth and eighth in the 1000 meters. Both posted IC4A qualifying times and will compete in the finals on Sunday.

Complete results for all Villanova athletes for Saturday's action appear below. Final results from this weekend's meet will be available at www.villanova.com on Sunday evening.

COMPLETE VILLANOVA RESULTS

Heptathlon

Tim Murphy - 12th of 12 (2146 Points)
60 Meter Dash - 11/12 (7.53 / 703 points)
High Jump - 12/12 (1.58m / 449 points)
Long Jump - 9/12 (5.93m / 662 points)
Shot Put - 11/11 (8.96m / 423 points)

200 Meter Dash (Preliminaries)

Carl Hansen - 9th of 12 (22.40)

400 Meter Dash (Preliminaries)

John Wilsman - 4th of 13 (49.80) - Qualified for finals
Francisco Aguirre - 9th (50.52) - Qualified for finals

500 Meter Dash (Preliminaries)

Drew Eckman - 3rd of 13 (1:04.23) - Qualified for finals

1 Mile Run (Preliminaries)

Kippy Keino - 4th of 16 (4:15.06) - Qualified for finals
John Richardson - 8th (4:15.52) - Qualified for finals
Richard Corcoran - 10th (4:15.93) - Qualified for finals

800 Meter Run (Preliminaries)

Mark Korich - 7th of 16 (1:53.72) - Qualified for finals
Jonathan Kolodziej - 14th (1:59.02)

1000 Meter Run (Preliminaries)

Ryan Hayden - 4th of 14 (2:28.57) - Qualified for finals (IC4A Time)
Kyle Audi - 8th (2:28.04) - Qualified for finals (Lowered IC4A Time)

5000 Meter Run

Milos Mitric - 10th of 15 (14:57.47)
Craig Segal - 13th (15:22.52)
Michael Kerrigan - 14th (15:36.65)

60 Meter Hurdles (Preliminaries)

Nick Burkey - 10th of 12 (8.43)

Distance Medley Relay

Villanova - 2nd of 9 (10:00.31) - IC4A Time
(Kippy Keino, Dan Doherty, John Richardson, Ryan Hayden)

35 Pound Weight Throw

Robert McDade - 6th of 9 (16.42m)