Jason Schoener All-East at 3,000m

Tribe Qualifies Four Runners, DMR for Sundays Finals

03/03/07 10:21PM

BOSTON, MASS - William and Mary’s men’s track and field team continued its history of success at the IC4A Championships on Saturday, picking up one All-East honor and qualifying four individuals and one relay for Sunday’s event finals. The IC4A Championships bring together the top athletes from the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states.

Senior Jason Schoener (Grand Blanc, Mich.) earned the fifth All-East honor of his career when he finished eighth in the 3,000m finals. His time of 8:13.44 moved him into the Tribe’s all-time top-10 as the eighth-fastest performance in school history. Junior Ian Fitzgerald (Glenshaw, Pa.) also ran in the 3,000m, taking 11th in 8:15.31, just off of his personal-best of 8:15.22.

In the preliminaries of the mile, senior Sean Anastasia-Murphy (Gloucester, Mass.) will be tomorrow’s top seed after running a personal-best 4:09.97 this afternoon. Classmate Matt Wolak (Richmond, Va.) also qualified for the finals after running 4:10.97 today, the fourth-fastest preliminary time.

Sophomore Ryan Jones (Harrisburg, Pa.) qualified for the finals of the 800m with a personal-best time of 1:52.43, and classmate David Groff (Centreville, Va.) will run in the 1,000m finals after advancing as the third-seed with a time of 2:25.56, the sixth-fastest performance in school history. Junior Matt Warco (McMurray, Pa.) finished 11th in the 1,000m after running 2:27.86, just missing the finals cutoff.

In the distance medley relay, the team of Charlie Swartz (Manassas, Va.), Warco, Harry Miller (Portland, Ore.), and Joel Parker (Portsmouth, Va.) ran 10:00.51 to qualify for tomorrow’s finals.

The IC4A Championships continue tomorrow with the finals of today’s preliminary events, as well as the 5,000m run.

First Day Results