East Stroudsburg, Pa. - East Stroudsburg University set a school record in winning the 4 x 400-meter women's relay and swept the high jump competition in the second annual Dick DeSchriver Indoor Track and Field Invitational Sunday in the Koehler Fieldhouse.

More than 500 athletes from 37 schools competed in the meet which ran for more than nine hours. The meet is named in honor of Dick DeSchriver, former ESU men's track and field and cross country coach and later the school's athletic director.

The Warriors broke four minutes for the first time ever in the 4 x 400-meter women's relay with a time of 3:59.08. The old school mark was 4:02.60 set earlier this season. Jen Eye led off with a 61.2 leg with Cheryl Griffin following with a 59.3 and handing the baton off to Angela Gray for a 60.4 quarter. Shavanna Ross then brought it home for more than a four-second victory in 58.4.

Eye, Griffin and Ross all were members of ESU's relay team which set a conference record in winning the event at the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference championships last spring. Gray is a freshman.

Another ESU freshman, Mike Newhard soared over the bar at 6-9 1/4 to win the event. That surpassed the provisional qualifying standard for the NCAA Division II indoor championships March 9-10 in Boston. The Warriors' Brad Fees was second in the event at 6-8 with Dave Apgar fourth at 6-6.

Ross was first in the women's high jump at 5-6. The versatile senior also finished third in both the 400-meter dash in 58.86, just over her own school record of 58.63 set last season, and the 55-meter hurdles in 8.68.

The Warriors had one other winner, Mark Stinson, who beat 48 competitors in the long jump with a leap of 22-3 1/4. He also was fifth in the 55-meter dash in 6.61.

ESU's standout sprinter Cheryl Griffin was second in both the 55-meter dash in 7.24 and the 200 dash in 25.55. She was beaten in both events by Shandria Brown of Essex Community College.

Also placing second were Christel Hibbard in the mile in 5:20.24 and Becky Fitz in the triple jump at 35-5 3/4. Hibbard was the defending champion in the 1,000 and finished third in 3:13.90.

Doug Springer tied for third in the pole vault at 14-0 and the women's distance medley team of Heather Bjorndahl (3:58.0), Monica Shelling (67.0), Melissa Werner (2:32.2) and Nikki Royer (5:49.8) in 13:22.20.

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