Asha Quant wins four events at Towson meet
Asha Quant won four events at the Towson Invitational.
8:44 a.m., March 24, 2008--The University of Delaware outdoor track and field teams opened the spring season by winning 13 events at the Towson Invitational held Saturday afternoon at Johnny Unitas Stadium.

Asha Quant won four events to lead the Fightin' Blue Hens women's team in the meet, which did not have team scoring. Quant won the long jump with a leap of 18 feet, 1.75 inches, the 100-meter dash in 12.60 seconds and the 200-meter dash in 25.57, and teamed with Cristine Marquez, Kayla Hennessy and Kristi Cox to win the 400-meter relay in 48.20seconds.

Also for the Hens, Isabel Graf won the 5,000 meters (19:11.77), Kelli McDonald captured the pole vault (11-11.75), and Amanda Marshall won the shot put (41-5).

Marshall was also second in the hammer (143-9) and discus (121-5), Hennessy was second in the 100-meter hurdles (14.50, a UD freshman record) and third in the 400 meter hurdles (1:05.70).

Stephanie LaFergola was second in the 5,000 meters (19:20.16), Laura Chirico was second in the pole vault (10-11.75), and Kristen Hunter was second in the javelin (121-7).

Will Jurkowski won the 800-meter run (1:58.32), Conrad Rapp won the pole vault (15-4.25), Jamie Igo won the high jump (6-0.75), Doug Alpers won the discus (142-8), John Viotta won the shot put (49-10), and Kyle Hackett, Nick Morrisey, Kyle Nagy and M.J. Rawls teamed to win the 400-meter relay (43.56).

Also for the Hens, Nick Pyle was second in the 5,000 meters (15:18.77), Mike Zeberkiewicz was second in the 1,500 meters (4:03.28), Jeremy Simkins was second in the 110-meter hurdles (15.92) and 400-meter hurdles (55.83), Ross Shober was second in the 100 meters (11.36), Chase Renoll was second in the discus (132-0), Nick Alexander was second in the shot put (48-2.75), and Dave Gyurina was second in the javelin (172-4).

The meet was a non-scoring event and included Delaware, Towson, Temple, Fordham, Juniata, Gettysburg, Goucher, Loyola and Johns Hopkins.

The Blue Hens will return to action March 28-29 at both the Raleigh Relays at North Carolina State University and the Asics Invitational at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, S.C.

For more information on UD athletics, see [www.udel.edu/sportsinfo].