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	March 19, 2002 LHU's Rangi, Hallman Named PSAC Indoor Track Rookies of the Year *Haven Mentor Elliston Earns Men's and Women's Coach of the Year Honors*

	(Lock Haven, Pa.) - Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania men’s and women’s indoor track and field student-athletes *Brooke Rangi (Kawerau, New Zealand/Kawerau College)* and *Paul Hallman (Langhorne/ Neshaminy)* both earned selection as the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Indoor Track and Field Rookie of the Year as released by the conference office today. Haven head coach Mark Elliston was a two-time winner, garnering PSAC Men’s and Women’s Coach of the Year honors. Rangi won two individual events at the PSAC Indoor Track and Field Championships, provisionally qualifying for nationals in both events, and took fifth in another. She won the 55-meter hurdles with a PSAC indoor and school-record time of 8.28 and the high jump by clearing 5-5 ¾. She took fifth in the long jump with a leap of 17-1 ¼. Rangi is also a member of the Lock Haven women’s soccer team which won PSAC and NCAA Northeast Region championships during the 2001 season. Hallman played a key role in helping the Bald Eagles to the gold medal in the first-ever men’s PSAC Indoor Championship. He won one individual event, placed second in another and was part of a first- and third-place relays. Hallman won the 800 meters in a time of 1:57.20 and was second in the mile with a time of 4:23.17. He also was a part of the 4x800 meter relay team which took first in a time of 7:59.35 and the third-place distance medley relay team (10:35.10). Elliston, in his 13^th year as head coach, directed Lock Haven’s men’s and women’s teams to first-place finishes in the inaugural PSAC Indoor Track and Field Championships. The men’s team won by 19 points with three individual champions and two relay champions. The women’s team captured first by more than 44 points and produced five individual champions. Elliston has been named PSAC men’s outdoor Coach of the Year twice, in 1999-2000, and in 1998-99, the year the men’s team won its first PSAC Outdoor Championship in 50 years. For the women, it was the program’s first track and field conference championship, indoor or outdoor. The veteran Haven mentor also merited the NCAA Division II East Region Men’s and Women’s Coach of the Year honors earlier this month.	PSAC Indoor Track & Field Women and Men's Rookies of the Year Brooke Rangi; Paul Hallman PSAC Indoor Track & Field Men's and Women's Coach of the Year LHU's Mark Elliston
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