Personal Bests the theme for Colgate at Colonial Relays
A host of Raiders earn personal and seasonal best times.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Julie Greco
PHONE: (315) 228-7860
April 5, 2003

WILLIAMSBURG, VA. – Fourteen Raiders traveled to the College of William & Mary to compete in the 41^st Colonial Relays in Williamsburg, Virginia.  Twenty-four Division I teams competed, which made for a very competitive meet. The Colgate men took good advantage of the competition with six athletes achieving personal-bests while two others achieved seasonal best times. Xavier de Boissezon (Switzerland) added his name to the Colgate record book in the 5,000-meter run, clocking 15:09.55 and earning a seventh place finish. Waldemar Auguscinski (Passaic, N.J.) achieved a personal-best in the shot put 49’4.5” and in the hammer with a throw of 145’2”.

Freshman Andrew Bloom (Westport, Conn.) also threw a personal-best 154’ in the javelin, just missing the Colgate top ten list. Running personal-bests in the 400-meter hurdles were senior TJ Smith (Syracuse, N.Y.) and first-year Alex Fuller-Young (Pheonixville, Pa.), who finished with times of 57.28 and 58.22, respectively. Both just missed making the top ten list. In the 800-meter run, Rob VanDine (Binghamton, N.Y.) ran a personal-best with a time of 1:56.36.

Senior Tyrone Russell (Ithaca, N.Y.) produced a seasonal outdoor best with a fifth place finish in the 400-meter run with a time of 48.27 and now leads the Patriot League in both the 400- and 200-meter runs. He finished 4^th in the 200 with an outdoor seasonal best of 21.88.           

The men will next compete at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland next Saturday, April 12. The meet starts at 11:00 AM, with field and running events starting at 12:00.