FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                 May 20, 2005

Results - ECAC Div. III Championships @ Springfield College

Day 1 May 19

Bruce Zapasnik 2^nd javelin 60.65 meters earns 8 pts

Jon Garcia 2^nd in prelims 110 meter hurdles :14.55

Kelly Fitts 4^th in javelin 39.15 meters earns 5 pts

Rachel Smith 9^th in 100 m hurdles prelims (misses top 8 by :01 seconds)

Day 2 May 20

Jon Garcia 2^nd in finals of 110 meter hurdles:14.68

UMass Dartmouth’s Bruce Zapasnik finishes second in the
javelin at 2005 ECAC Division III Track Championships

(Springfield, MA) – UMass Dartmouth senior Bruce Zapasnik (Rehoboth, MA) finished second in the javelin at the 2005 ECAC Division III Championships held Thursday and Friday at Springfield College.

The second-place finish in the javelin was the second in as many weeks for Zapasnik, who has already qualified for the NCAA Division III Nationals to be held next weekend at Wartburg College in Iowa. Last Saturday, Zapasnik took second in the Open New Englands and prior to that captured the New England Division III championships two weeks ago.

Joining Zapasnik at the NCAA Championships next week will be UMass Dartmouth sophomore Jon Garcia (Stoneham, MA) who finished second in the finals of the ECAC Division III championships on Friday.  After running a season’s best :14.55 for second in the preliminary round on Thursday, Garcia took second in the finals with a time of :14.68. Garcia was fourth last week at the Open New England Championships.

UMass Dartmouth senior Kelly Fitts (Fairhaven, MA) placed fourth in the women’s javelin with a throw of 39.15 meters. Fitts is a conditional qualifier for the NCAA championships with the final field to be set after competitions across the country this weekend.

Sophomore teammate Rachel Smith (Somerset, MA) finished 9^th in the 100 meter hurdle preliminary round, missing a spot in the finals by one one-hundreth of a second.

UMass Dartmouth freshman Jason Levesque (Cheshire, MA) placed sixth overall in the javelin with a personal best throw of 184-2.