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UM men place fifth, women 6th at track championships

Posted on Feb. 24, 2003, at 12:00 a.m.

The University of Maine men’s track team finished fifth among nine teams and the women took home sixth place at the America East Conference Championships, which took place at Boston University this weekend.

The University of Albany took home the men’s crown with 148.25 points. The Black Bear men scored 55 points.

Northeastern University won on the women’s side with 163 points, while the UMaine women finished with 60 points.

Black Bear senior Viktoriya Rybalko had a memorable meet, taking home the Most Outstanding Female Field Performer honor for the second consecutive year.

Rybalko won both the long jump and the triple jump, and took second place in the 55-meter hurdles.

Junior Claire Poliquin reached a height of 5-feet-6-inches to take third place in the high jump. Katie Souviney also picked up a third finish in the pentathalon.

Stephanie McCusker also scored points for the Black Bear women by finishing fourth in the triple jump and seventh in the long jump.

No UMaine men took home first place finishes, but senior Ken Bettis placed second in the 800-meter run.

Nolan Tobey and Jeff Caron placed third and fourth, respectively in the 3,000-meter run and Nate Holmes grabbed a third place finish in the 55-meter hurdles.

The UMaine men’s 4 x 800-meter relay team finally got the team a first place finish with a time of 7:44.

Compiled from staff reports.

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