BOSTON –
Who said track and field
wasn’t a contact sport? The members of the Lock
Haven University track and field men’s distance
medley relay found out first-hand tonight (March
11), as on the first exchange, the Bald Eagles
collided with a fallen team, knocking LHU out of
contention. LHU finished ninth at the NCAA
Championships at Roxbury Community College’s Reggie
Lewis Center.
“It’s highly
disappointing, when you consider how hard these guys
worked and what they’re capable of,” said LHU
assistant coach Aaron Russell. “It’s hard to
see something out of our control wind up dictating
the outcome of the race.”
Ryan Blood (Summerdale, Pa./East Pennsboro),
Tim
Hite (Altoona, Pa./Altoona),
Cory J. Spidell (Home, Pa./Marion Center)
and
Chris Cowan (Horseheads, N.Y./Thomas A. Edison)
teamed up for the first Pennsylvania State Athletic
Conference (PSAC) relay to make the NCAA Indoor
Championship. LHU finished in 10:14.32.
The collision resulted in a 10-second
deficit behind the rest of the pack. Cowan, running
the anchor mile leg, cut the gap, nearing eighth
place, but was edged out by 1.5 seconds.
