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ESU in Bucknell Invitational

LEWISBURG - Senior Cheryl Griffin won two both sprints and helped the East Stroudsburg University 4 x 400-meter relay team to a school record in the Bucknell Invitational Indoor Track and Field Championships Saturday.

Griffin blazed to victory in the 55-meter dash in 7.26 and the 200 dash in 25.73. She ran a 59.4 leg on the relay team which placed second in 4:02.60, best ever at the school. Other runners were Jackie Babbini, 62.2; Angela Gray, 60.2, and Shavanna Ross, 60.4.

Gray took the 400-meter dash in 60.15. Other ESU winners were Mike Newhard in the high jump at 6-5 and the 4 x 800-meter relay team of Heather Bjorndahl, Melissa Werner, Brooke Garman and Christel Hibbard in 10:22.47.

The men's 4 x 800-meter relay of Aaron Roderick, Jim Dawson, Glenn Kercher and Tom Jackson was second in 8:51.56.

Placing third were Jester in the high jump, 5-2 1/4; Becky Fitz in the long jump, 17-5 1/4; Monica Shelling, 1,000 meters, 3:24.66; Ross, 500, 1:19.69, Nick Boehmer, 400, 53.22; and Tom Jackson, 1,000, 2:41.66.

In the team scoring, the ESU women were second with 111 points to Bucknell's 212 points in a six-team field. The Warrior men finished third of six schools with 82 points behind Bucknell, 244, and St. Francis, Pa., 82.

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