Culley Sets School Record at Penn State National Open

UNIVERSITY PARK, PA - Junior sprinter Alison Culley (Foxborough, MA) broke her own school record, recording a time of 7.63 seconds in the 60-meter dash at the Penn State National Open on January 26-27. The old record, set by Culley earlier this season, was 7.67 seconds.

Culley's performance was one of four top-10 finishes for the Orangemen and Orangewomen. Senior Opal Jones (Capitol Heights, MD) finished seventh in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.58 seconds. Jones tied her season-best in the preliminaries with an 8.55 clocking.

Sophomore Joel Carusone (Slingerland, NY) qualified for the IC4A Indoor Championship in the pole vault with a season-best mark of 15'9". Carusone's vault was good enough for seventh place. Sophomore Richard Polidore (Chino, CA) also finished seventh in the 200-meter dash with a personal-best clocking of 21.82 seconds. Polidore's performance was just .36 of a second off school-record pace and missed the NCAA provisional qualifying mark by .57 of a second.

A pair of Orangemen qualified for the BIG EAST Indoor Championship with their performances at the meet. Freshman Mike Czabaj (Avenel, NJ) ran the Orangemen's fastest 800 meters of the season, recording a 1:56.53 and a berth in the conference championship. Sophomore Matt Chaney (Suffield, CT) reached the league's qualifying standard in the mile with a time of 4:20.59.

Three Orangewomen reached the conference championship eligibility standards on the meet's second day of competition. Freshman KeriAnn Lynch (Londonderry, NH) and sophomore Aleccia Boland (London, Ontario) both qualified in the 800-meter run, finishing only .01 seconds apart. Lynch ran a 2:18.28, while Boland crossed the tape in 2:18.29. Senior Latoya Redden (Syracuse, NY/Henninger) qualified in the triple jump with a season-best mark of 37'6.5".

Syracuse returns home to host the Syracuse Invitational on Saturday, February 3 at Manley Field House. The Orange then travels to the Cannon IV Classic in Indianapolis, IN before hosting the BIG EAST championship meet in the Carrier Dome on February 17-18.

MEN'S AGATE

60-meter Dash
36. Sean Burnett 7.15

200-meter Dash
7. Richard Polidore 21.82

500-meter Dash
31. Sam Termanini 1:07.29

800-meter Run
34. Mike Czabaj 1:56.53
53. Naeem Smith 2:02.58

Mile Run
30. Matt Chaney 4:20.59

High Jump
12. Sam Prescod 2.01m (6'7")

Pole Vault
7. Joel Carusone 4.80m (15'9")

Shot Put
12. Steve Bedard 15.51m (50'10.75")
16. Tim Adrian 15.26m (50'0.75")

Weight Throw
18. Tim Adrian 15.38m (50'5.5")

WOMEN'S AGATE

60-meter Dash
6. Alison Culley 7.63
28. Latoya Redden 7.89
37. Allison Pompey 8.06