HANOVER, N.H.  1/31/09 - The Keene State men's 4x200 relay team set a school record in the event at the Dartmouth Indoor Classic at the Laverone Field House in Hanover on Saturday. 

            Sophomore Sarbjit Singh (West Lebanon, N.H.) and freshmen Matt Norton (Claremont, N.H.), Greg Hall (Nottingham, N.H.) and Chris Cheever (Grantham, N.H.) finished third in the race with an Owl record time of 1:35.96.

            The Owls swept the top three places in the mile.  Sophomore Jeff Trethewey (Merrimack, N.H.) won in a time of 4:19.44.  Senior Sean Gavaghan (Monroe, Conn.) was second (4:24.71) and sophomore Corey Loonan (Sandwich, Mass.) took third (4:25.08).

            Sophomore Bryan Kolacz (Brentwood, N.H.) won the weight throw with a distance of 56'-10.75").

            In other races, senior Pat Craven (North Kingstown, R.I.) placed second in the 800 (1:57.60), senior Peter Najem (Derry, N.H.) was third in the 1,000 (2:38.37) and the 4x800 relay team of Brandon Schillemat (Nelson, N.H.), junior Jared Samuel (Londonderry, N.H.) Craven and Gavaghan finished third with a time of 8:20.66.

            Cheever also placed seventh in the long jump (21'-02.00").

            Sophomore Amy Knoblock (Plymouth, Mass.) had a big day for the KSC women.  She finished second in the mile (5:11.96) and third in the 800 (2:23.06). Knoblock also joined juniors Christina Bourbeau (Manchester, N.H.) and Kimber Stannard (Higganum, Conn.) and freshman Haley Lydstone (Bedford, N.H.) to place fourth in the 4x400 relay (4:14.61).

            Freshmen Andrea Walsh (Bolton, Conn.) and Natalie Ferro (Dennis, Mass.) placed third (3:22.96) and fourth (3:28.07) respectively in the 1,000 race. Freshman Emily Peterson (Weare, N.H.) was fifth in the 60-dash (8.47).

             In field events, Bourbeau was second in the pole vault (10'-06.00") and sophomore Bryanna Brown (Nashua, N.H.) took sixth in the shotput (37'-06.00").

            The Owls compete at Tufts University next Saturday.