Indoor Track Teams Compete in University of Delaware Invitational ::

Newark, Del. (Feb. 4) - Temple's men's and women's track teams

competed in the University of Delaware Invitational over the weekend. The

women had three athletes place in the top five in different events, while

the men had two.

Freshman Ruby Amanze (Roslyn, Pa./Abington) led the way for the Owls

winning the 400m, their only first place finish of the day. Amanze beat her

own personal best with a time of 2:16.33. In the same race, freshman

Nicole Porter (Hartford, Conn./Farmington) placed sixth (2:22.40). In the

triple jump, sophomores Edith Lewis and Naomi Beverly finished fourth

and sixth (36O05.50, 34O11.25). Lewis also placed fourteenth in the long

jump with a distance of 15O09.50. TempleOs relay team finished third in

the 4x400m (3:59.47) and sixth in the 4x800m (10:10.33).

In the 60m dash, sophomores Marirose Roach (Danielson,

Conn./Killingly) and Naomi Beverly (Marietta, Ga./Marietta) placed

thirteenth and sixteenth (8:09, 8.11) and freshman Jaweia Campbell

finished twenty-seventh (8.29). Sophomore Carla Miles placed

twenty-fourth and freshman Annsha Richards came in thirty-first in the

200m dash (27.79, 28.31). Four of the Owls placed in the top twenty in the

400m: Junior Chanel Dale (Chester, Pa./Chester) finished fifth with a time

of 59.63, freshman Samantha Porter (Charlotte, N.C./Independence)

finished thirteenth (1:00.93), senior Kasha Benson Craig (Sechenville,

N.J./Highland Regional), and Freshman Jessica Jenning (Washington,

D.C./Howard D. Woodson) placed fifteenth and sixteenth (1:01.34,

1:01.48). In the shot put, freshman Rashida Stamps placed thirteenth

with a throw of 37O10.75.

For the men, freshman Jason Forbes (Philadelphia, Pa./Newark) finished

second in the triple jump with a distance of 46O04.75. In the same event,

teammates Robert Leite-Young (York, Pa./Central York) and Craig Henry

(Uniondale, Pa./Uniondale) placed sixth and seventh (43O09.25, 43O07.00).

Leite-Young also finished tenth in the long jump with a distance of

21O01.25. In the one mile-run, law student Robert Lythgoe (Lester,

Pa./Monsignor Bonner) came in fourth with a time of 4:20.73.

Owls' freshman, Kevin Kelly (Wallingford, Pa./Strath Haven) finished sixth

in the pole vault with a height of 13O09.25. In the 800m, sophomore

Daniel Stevens (Philadelphia, Pa./Dobbins/Randolph A.V.T.S.) placed

seventh (1:58.72). Junior Otis Hudson, Jr. came in twenty-third in the

400m (52.08). TempleOs relay teams placed fifth in the 4x800 and

nineteenth in the 4x400 (8:19.27, 3:36.92).

Both the men's and women's teams will be competing in the Valentine

Invitational at Virginia Tech on February 10, 2001.