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COLLEGEVILLE, PA -- Franklin & Marshall College middle distance runner Jeanette Finster (So., LaCanada, CA/Flintridge Prep) broke the College's 800 meters record and placed fifth as the Diplomats competed at Ursinus College in the final day of the 2002 Centennial Conference Track & Field Championships. Finster's time of 2:18.60 betters the previous F&M best of 2:18.88 set by Lois Lucente '86 during the 1985 season. She qualified into the finals of the 800 meters courtesy time of 2:19.14 in the preliminaries on Saturday. Overall, Finster was the top performer on the third and final day of the Championships for the women's team as Franklin & Marshall placed 10th among the Centennial Conference squads. Bekah Egolf (Fr., Pottstown, PA/Owen J. Roberts) placed 12th in the 5,000 meters (19:23.65), Susanne Daly (Sr., Dallastown, PA/Dallastown) was eighth in the shot put (31-06.75) and Bryn Benford (Fr., Malvern, PA/Great Valley) ranked sixth in the javelin (104'-02.00') as F&M totaled 18 points, one shy of ninth place Bryn Mawr College. In men's results, senior Dan Massey (Lancaster, PA/Conestoga Valley) placed third in the 100 (11.16) and 200 meters (22.48) as Franklin & Marshall finished fifth of the Centennial Conference's nine men's teams with 73.50 points. In the 200, Massey was followed by teammate Andrew Thompson (Fr., Windsor, CT/Loomis-Chaffee) who notched a seventh place finish in 22.87. Thompson returned to the track to race to a 48.90, 0.6 seconds off the F&M school record of 48.3 set by Louis Martuci '79, to place second in the 400 meters. Keith Hamilton (Sr., Willow Grove, PA/Upper Moreland) equaled Massey placing second in the 110-(15.59) and 400 meters (55.28) hurdles. The Diplomats also excelled at relays where the 4X100 meters team sprinted to a time of 43.07 to finish third, while the 4X400 meters squad pulled away from Western Maryland (3:22.56) down the stretch to leg out a fifth place finish (3:21.75). Overall, Dickinson College claimed the women's title with 161 points and Haverford captured the men's crown with 234 points, 97.50 better than runner-up Gettysburg College. Franklin & Marshall will continue the season on May 11 at Towson University in Maryland for the Last Chance Meet before travelling to Springfield College (MA) for the Eastern College Athletic Conference Championships.
Men's Results
Team Scores
Haverford 234
Gettysburg 136.50
Muhlenberg 102
Dickinson 102
F&M 73.50
Western Maryland 51
Ursinus 49
Johns Hopkins 40
Swarthmore 21 100 Meters
3. Dan Massey 11.16 200 Meters
3. Dan Massey 22.48
7. Andrew Thompson 22.87 400 Meters
2. Andrew Thompson 48.90 1,500 Meters
18. Matt Batzel 4:19.31 5000 Meters
20. Matt Bartoloni 16:56.73
23. Brian Doherty 17:35.66 110 Meters Hurdles
2. Keith Hamilton 15.59 400 Meters Hurdles
2. Keith Hamilton 55.28 4X100 Meters
3. F&M 43.07 4X400 Meters
5. F&M 3:21.75 Triple Jump
5. Mark Binkley 39'-07.75"
8. Adam Brower 37'-11.50" Shot Put
24. Chris Williams 30'-02.25 Javelin
7. Bill Ambrose 159'-04.00"
21. Chris Williams 114'-07.00"
Women's Results
Team Scores
Dickinson 161
Gettysburg 120
Haverford 110
Ursinus 108
Western Maryland 106
Swarthmore 71
Muhlenberg 55
Johns Hopkins 44
Bryn Mawr 19
F&M 18
800 Meters (Finals)
5. Jeanette Finster 2:18.60 (School Record) 1,500 Meters
14. Cassie McCormick 5:08.20
18. Sam Pollinger 5:14.57
27. Diana Levengood 5:28.77
28, Amy Toporowski 5:30.06 5,000 Meters
12. Bekah Egolf 19:23.65
26. Kate Harwood 21:38.83
29. Sarah Aronoff 22:48.03 4X400 Meters
9. F&M 4:19.78 4X800 Meters
6. F&M 10:02.60 Triple Jump
10. Bryn Benford 32'-03.00" Shot Put
8. Susanne Daly 31'-06.75" Javelin
6. Bryn Benford 104'-02.00"
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