Distance Medley Relay Wins IC4A Title

Six Individuals Named All-East on Final Day of IC4A Meet

03/04/07 2:40PM

BOSTON, MASS - William and Mary’s men’s track team used a dominating performance in the distance medley relay and six other All-East performances Sunday to vault up the leaderboard and finish tied for sixth at the IC4A Indoor Championships. Cornell won the team title, followed closely by Seton Hall.

Final Results

The distance medley relay team of Sean Anastasia-Murphy (Gloucester, Mass.), Matt Wolak (Richmond, Va.), Matt Warco (McMurray, Pa.), and Ian Fitzgerald (Glenshaw, Pa.) won the College’s first indoor IC4A title in over six years with a time of 9:54.10, beating runners-up Georgetown by almost two full seconds. Wolak and Anastasia-Murphy also earned All-East honors in the mile, placing third and fourth, respectively.

Sophomore Ryan Jones (Harrisburg, Pa.) set a personal-best in the 800m, clocking 1:51.92 to finish seventh and earn All-East accolades. Classmate David Groff (Centreville, Va.) finished fourth in the 1,000m run, running 2:27.04 to be named All-East.

The College had a pair of athletes finish in the top eight of the 5,000m run. Senior Keith Bechtol (Alexandria, Va.) ran a personal-best 14:13.52 for fifth place, and classmate Matt Keally (Virginia Beach, Va.) also set a personal-record, running 14:16.43 for seventh. Junior Anthony Arena (Manassas, Va.) was 14th in 14:30.83, and freshman Patterson Wilhelm (Lynchburg, Va.) finished 18th in a personal-best time of 14:36.29.

The Tribe’s next event will be the Alabama Relays, March 14-15, which will open the outdoor season.

86th Annual IC4A Indoor Championships
Team Standings
1. Cornell 50
2. Seton Hall 45
3. Georgetown 42
4. Albany 37
5. Army 36
T6. WILLIAM AND MARY 35
T6. Syracuse 35