NAZARETH SETS 8 RECORDS AT RIT MEET
» MEET RESULTS

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (Dec. 7, 2006) -- Nazareth's indoor track and field season officially began Thursday as a handful of athletes competed at the RIT Invitational at the Tigers' Gordon Fieldhouse.

No team scoring was kept, but the Golden Flyers set eight school records during the single day of competition.

Freshman Jeremy Chapline set two records -- in the shot put (12.56 mters) and the weight throw (10.83 meters) -- to finish fifth and 11th respectively.

Freshman Matt Case (pictured) finished third in the 200-meter dash in :24.13 seconds. He also competed in the 4 x 200-meter relay that finished second and set a record with a time of 1:34.07. Jon Qazi, Chris McBride and Brandon Wheeler also competed in that race.

McBride placed sixth in the long jump with a record leap of 5.81 meters and freshman Dan Matteo was seventh in the pole vault at 3.5 meters (11 feet, 5 3/4 inches).

In the women's competition, junior Meredith Coon turned in a second-place finish in the shot put as she broke her own record with a toss of 10.73 meters (35 feet, 2 1/2 inches). In addition, junior Liz Pfleghardt was third in the 5,000-meter run in 20:04.23.