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West Chester men, women both are 8th at PSAC Indoor Track Championships

EAST STROUDSBURG, PA - The West Chester men's and women's indoor track & field teams each finished in eighth place at the 2003 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Championships.

The two-day event, hosted by East Stroudsburg University in East Stroudsburg, PA, began on Saturday and wrapped up on Sunday.

The women were led by Tanya Novik who claimed All-PSAC honors for taking second place in the high jump. She posted a leap 5 feet, 2 inches. She was also sixth in the 55-meter dash (7.45) and fifth in the 200m (26.63).

Diamond Jones took fourth for the WCU women in the 55m with her 7.39 time, and she was eighth in the triple jump (35-8).

DANA GLAVIANO set a new school record in the 400m and took eighth place after posting a 60.18
HEATHER KINNER was fifth in the 800m (2:21.98) and MARY FORRY took eighth in the 800m (2:26.78). NICOLE JAMES placed sixth in the shot put 37-8) and VALERIE WESTPHAL was eighth in the 1600m (5:24.51)

The 4X400 of PHAN, KINNER, Allison HEYDT, GLAVIANO finished seventh (4:11.71), while the 4X800 team of FORRY, KINNER, HEYDT, Sandra KUSERK took seventh as well (9:53.57).

The distance medley relay team of FORRY, GLAVIANO, KUSERK, WESTPHAL earned All-PSAC accolades with a time of 12:53.58.

The men's team was led by JASON KILGORE who earned All-PSAC honors in the 400m (50.79). He also was fifth in the 200m (22.71)

STEVE WILCHER grabbed fifth in the shot put (45-8), while the DMR team of Scott SHORTLIDGE, Rick PERRIANDI, Drew SCALLY and John SARGE grabbed fifth with its 10:50.73

The 4X800 realy team (SCALLY, PERIANDI, SARGE, Ryan WALTERMYER) finished sixth (8:15.15) and the 4X400 (KILGORE, WALTERMYER, PERIANDI, Scott COLDEN) also took sixth (3:29.45).

Novik, Diamond lead West Chester Indoor Track

COLLEGEVILLE, PA - Tanya Novik won four events and Diamond Jones captured two as the West Chester University men's and women's indoor track teams had a solid showing at Ursinus College in Collegeville, PA, on Saturday.

Novik, an All-PSAC East volleyball player, captured the 200-meter dash (26.81 6) and the high jump (5-04 feet), and she anchored the winning 4x200m relay that posted a time of 1:47.74. Jones led off that squad, while Megan Warren ran the second leg and Michelle Phan handled the third. Jones also captured first place in the triple jump (10.19m)

Novik's fourth victory came in the 4x400m relay after her third leg set up anchor Heather Kinner for the final sprint home. Dana Glaviano and Phan handled the first two legs as the WCU quartet won the competition with its 4:17.84

The men also had a decent showing by winning a relay race and one field event. In the 4x200m (1:33.69), the foursome of Jason Kilgore, Shawn Colden, Rob Reed and Rick Periandi took first.

Steve Wilcher captured first place in the shot put with his toss of 12.91 meters.