Elizabethtown College Men's Track and Field
Saturday, February 28, 2004

Etown Wins Second Consecutive Conference Men's Indoor Track & Field Championship

SELINSGROVE, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College successfully defended its Middle Atlantic Conference men's indoor track & field crown at the 2004 MAC Indoor Championships at Susquehanna University Saturday, as the Blue Jays captured their second straight conference indoor title with 129 points. Etown first-year Mike Bauer (Pottsgrove, PA/Pottsgrove) was named the MAC Rookie of the Year, and head coach Chris Straub was named the conference's Coach of the Year.

Bauer won the gold medal in the 55m dash in an Etown record-tying time of 6.61 seconds, and he captured a silver medal in the long jump with a program record distance of 23'3-1/2” that also meets the NCAA Division III Championship provisional qualifying standard. Bauer also took the bronze medal in the 200m with a time of 23.18 seconds.

In the triple jump, Etown sophomore Jason Patterson (Upper Marlboro, MD/Bowie) not only captured the gold medal, but he also shattered the Etown program record, MAC Championship record, and Susquehanna field house record in the event with a distance of 48'9”. Senior Pablo Callejas (Quito, Ecuador/Issac Newton) took the silver medal in the triple jump with a distance of 48'1-3/4”. Both he and Patterson exceeded the NCAA championship qualifying standard in the event.

Etown's distance medley relay team of Dave Bresnahan (Cinnaminson, NJ/Cinnaminson), Dan Brosious (Mechanicsburg, PA/Trinity), Brent Landis (Quarryville, PA/Solanco) and Steve Sanko (Hazleton, PA/Bishop Hafey) won the gold medal in the event while shattering the MAC Championship and Susquehanna field house records with a time of 10:28.08.

The Etown 4x800m team of Greg Wetzel (Warrington, PA/Central Bucks East), Patrick Donovan (South Pasadena, CA/St. Francis), Sean Mulcahy (Towanda, PA/Towanda) and Sanko also won the gold medal in an Etown program, MAC Championship, and Susquehanna field house record time of 8:02.11.

Mulcahy also took home a silver medal in the 800m in 1:59.65, and he captured a bronze medal in the 1500m in 4:00.06. Donovan took home a bronze medal in the 800m in 2:00.86. Dave Berdan (Dingmans Ferry, PA/Delaware Valley) took bronze in the 5000m in 15:26.87, and Eric Bennett (Towanda, PA/Towanda) was a bronze medalist in the pole vault with a height of 14'0”, tying the Etown indoor record.

The 4x400m relay team of Darren DeAngelis (Basking Ridge, NJ/Ridge), Al Uliana (Pen Argyl, PA/Pen Argyl), Jason Patterson (Upper Marlboro, MD/Bowie) and Tom Raver (Manchester, MD/North Carroll) captured a silver medal for Etown in 3:31.53.

DeAngelis also took home a silver medal in the 55m hurdles in a program record time of 7.96 seconds, and Raver captured a bronze medal in the 400m in a program record time of 51.65 seconds.

At Selinsgrove, Pa.
2004 Middle Atlantic Conference Men's Indoor Track & Field Championship
Team Scores: 1. Elizabethtown 129; 2. Susquehanna 85.5; 3. Widener 85; 4. Messiah 60.5; 5. Moravian 54; 6. DeSales 53; 7. Lebanon Valley 25; 8. Albright 18; 9. Juniata 17; 10. Delaware Valley 0
Etown Highlights (MAC Medalists in bold):
55m dash: 1. Mike Bauer 6.61* (final) 6.69 (prelim); 19. Rob Hickox 7.07
200m: 3. Mike Bauer 23.18
400m: 3. Tom Raver 51.65*
800m: 2. Sean Mulcahy 1:59.65; 3. Patrick Donovan 2:00.86
1500m: 3. Sean Mulcahy 4:00.06; 4. Nate Moore 4:02.76; 5. Greg Wetzel 4:04.41
5000m: 3. Dave Berdan 15:26.87
55m hurdles: 2. Darren DeAngelis 7.96* (final) 8.00 (prelim)
4x400m: 2. Darren DeAngelis/Al Uliana/Jason Patterson/Tom Raver 3:31.53
4x800m: 1. Greg Wetzel/Patrick Donovan/Sean Mulcahy/Steve Sanko 8:02.11*@^
Distance medley: 1. Dave Bresnahan/Dan Brosious/Brent Landis/Steve Sanko 10:28.08@^
High jump: 5. Jason Patterson 6'2”; 7. Zach Fogel 6'0”
Pole vault: 3. Eric Bennett 14'0”*; 8. Jason Porter 13'0”; 10. Zach Fogel 12'0”
Long jump: 2. Mike Bauer 23'3-1/2”*#; 4. Jason Patterson 22'3”; 6. Pablo Callejas 21'9”; 7. Brian Goodwin 21'4-1/4”
Triple jump: 1. Jason Patterson 48'9”*@^#; 2. Pablo Callejas 48'1-3/4”#; 8. Brian Goodwin 41'11-1/2”
* Etown program record
@ Middle Atlantic Conference Championship record
^ Susquehanna field house record
# Meets NCAA Division III Championship provisional qualifying standard