Knights
Track and Field Competes at ECAC and IC4A Championships
Five athletes
end track season at regional competition
PRINCETON,
NJ –
The
Fairleigh Dickinson University men’s and women’s track and field
teams competed at the IC4A and ECAC Championships, held concurrently at
the Weaver Track and Field Stadium in Princeton, New Jersey. The
prestigious regional competition is the last of the 2001-2002 season for
the Knights.
Alfred Korir
and Robert
Rotich began the Knights weekend on Friday evening with the IC4A
3000m Steeplechase. Korir finished in 11th, the Knights top individual
finish for the meet in 9:04.48. Rotich's 9:16.11 was good for 20th. On a
wet and dreary Saturday afternoon, Melanie Porterfield ran a
1:03.38 in the ECAC 400m hurdles trials and William Murphy ran
the IC4A 110m hurdle trials in 15.27. Dana White placed 15th in
the ECAC Shot Put with a throw of 12.91m (42-4.25).
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