FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
S-069-07-08
Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Elizabethtown to Compete in Distance Medley Relay at Penn State National Invitational

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College will send men's and women's distance medley relay teams to compete at the Penn State National Invitational indoor track and field meet on Friday night, Jan. 25.

The Blue Jay men's team will feature an all-senior quartet of Dave Bresnahan (Cinnaminson, NJ/Cinnaminson) in the 1,200 meters, Kevin Clark (Horsham, PA/Hatboro-Horsham) in the 400 meters, Drew Graybeal (Woodbine, MD/Glenelg) in the 800 meters and Ryan St. Clair (Chambersburg, PA/Chambersburg) in the 1,600 meters.

Provisional qualifying time for the NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field championships in the distance medley relay on a 200-meter banked track is 10:07.00, and the school record is 9:58.76 set on Feb. 12, 2005 by the foursome of Tyson Evensen, Graybeal, Patrick Donovan and Steve Sanko.

Competing for the Blue Jay women will be senior Erin Fisher (McEwensville, PA/Warrior Run) in the 1,200 meters, graduate student Lori Havrilak (West Grove, PA/St. Mark's, DE) in the 400 meters, sophomore Megan VanDenHengel (Mechanicsburg, PA/Cumberland Valley) in the 800 meters and junior Tiffany Kulp (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge) in the 1,600 meters.

They will be aiming for the NCAA Division III provisional time of 12:15.50 as well as the school record of 12:14.37 set on March 5, 2005 by Katie Garner, Betsy Burroughs, Nicole Murphy and Melissa St. Clair.

The women's distance medley relay is scheduled to begin at 8:50 p.m. on Friday evening followed by the men's DMR at 9:20 p.m. Fifteen women's teams and 19 men's teams have been accepted for entry into the meet.