Men’s Track & Field Finishes Sixth at Patriot League Indoor Track Championship
Tyrone Russell garners outstanding track performer of the meet honors for the second straight year

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Feb. 23, 2003

Results

Hamilton, N.Y. – Senior Tyrone Russell (Ithaca, N.Y.) was named the outstanding male track performer of the meet as the Raiders took sixth place in the 13th-annual Patriot League Championships on Sunday. 

Russell was named outstanding track performer for the second year in a row as he captured first-place with a track record in the 200-meter dash with an IC4A qualifying time of 21.91 and also came in first in the 400-meter dash with an IC4A qualifying time of 49.12.

Other first place finishers for the Raiders include junior Waldemar Auguscinski (Passaic, N.J.) who placed first in the final round of the shot put, achieving an IC4A qualifying mark of 15.61 meters and Louis DiNuzzo (Loudonville, N.Y.) who took first in the 5,000-meter run with an IC4A qualifying time of 14:45.28.

Army took first place with 191 points while Lafayette placed a distant second with 109. Bucknell finished in third (99), American took fourth (69) and Lehigh (61) edged out Colgate (56) for fifth. Holy Cross ended in the seventh spot (21) while Navy placed last (14).