STENUF WINS STATE TITLES IN 800, 1500
» MEET RESULTS

BROCKPORT, N.Y. (May 5, 2007) -- Nazareth junior Nick Stenuf (pictured) was a double winner Saturday for the Golden Flyers' track and field team as he finished first in the 800- and 1,500-meter runs at the NYSCTC Track and Field Championships at SUNY Brockport.

Stenuf, an All-American in 2006 in the 800-meter run, shattered his own school record in the 1,500 with a winning time of 3:53.53 to provisionally qualify for the NCAA Division III meet later this month. He won the 800 in 1:53.89.

Nazareth finished eighth in the team standings with 53 points. The women's team finished 12th with 26 points.

Other top performances were turned in by sophomore Brandon Wheeler, who finished second in the 400-meter dash with a school record time of :48.93; junior Aaron Sirtoli, who finished fourth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 9:27.67, breaking his own record; sophomore Robby Castor, who finished sixth in the 400-meter hurdles (:56.90); and junior Brendan Epstein, who placed sixth in the 5,000-meter run (15:30.83).

Nazareth also finished second in the 4 x 400-meter relay with a record time of 3:21.80. Team members were Castor, Wheeler, freshman Matt Case and senior Craig Connelly. Nazareth also bettered its own school record in the 4 x 100-meter relay as Jon Qazi, Case, Justin Branks and Chris McBride finished seventh in :44.20.

On Friday, Nazareth broke a record in the 4 x 800-meter relay with the foursome of Connelly, Sirtoli, Castor and Stenuf crossing the finish line in 7:56.17.

In the women's meet, freshman Jenna Porter placed third in the 400-meter dash with a school record time of :59.73. She also anchored two record-setting relays. Nazareth was 10th in the 4 x 100-meter relay (:51.37) with the team of Amanda Gatch, Jennifer Giebel, Melissa Cutcliffe and Porter. In the 4 x 400-meter relay, Nazareth was fifth (4:05.74) behind Giebel, Jessica Brown, Lauren Glaser (pictured) and Porter.

Other record-breaking performances were turned in by Glaser, sixth place in the 800-meter run (2:20.19); Brown, third place in the 1,500-meter run (4:52.47); and junior Ashley Hughes, sixth in the 5,000-meter run (10:02.91).

On Friday, Hughes, Brown and Glaser ran on the record-setting 4 x 800-meter relay (9:47.29) that also included freshman Shannon Bradley.