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Wednesday, July 2, 2003
Darryl Whitney Named Verizon Academic All-America(r)
GORHAM, Maine -- University of Southern Maine senior men's track and cross
country standout Darryl Whitney (Hudson, N.H.) has been named to the 2002-2003
Verizon Academic All-America(r) College Division Men's Track & Field/Cross Country
second team as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America
(CoSIDA). Kevin Gilmore, CoSIDA national coordinator for college division men's
track and field/cross country, made the announcement.
Whitney is the second USM student-athlete to receive national Academic All-
America(r) honors. Former field hockey star Alison Drury (Canton, Maine) was named
to the Women's College Division Fall/Winter At-Large third team in 1999.
Whitney also was one of three USM student-athletes to receive Verizon Academic
District One honors this spring. Senior shortstop Sarah McLean (Portsmouth, R.I.)
was named to the softball first team while senior pole vaulter Amy Swanberg
(Lamoine, Maine) was named to the women's track and field/cross country second
team.
This past winter, Whitney became the first USM male track athlete to qualify
for the NCAA indoor track and field championships, competing in the 1500-meter
run. He reached the finals where he set a school record with his time of 3:55.95
to place ninth.
The holder of eight school records (five indoor and three outdoors) and part
of two record indoor relays, Whitney has been a Dean's List student every semester
he attended USM since transferring from Liberty University in the middle of his
freshman year. He graduated this spring with a degree in exercise physiology and
a 3.95 cumulative grade point average.
During his stellar career, Whitney set school indoor records at 800 meters
(1:56.72), 1,000 meters (2:29.58), 1500 meters, mile (4:14.92), and 5,000 meters
(15:11.75). He holds the outdoor records at 800 meters (1:58.40), 1500 meters
(4:03.33) and in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (9:36.54). He also was the cross
country team's top runner the past two seasons.
This past year, Whitney earned All-New England Alliance honors in cross
country, All-New England Alliance accolades in the 800 and 1500 meters, All-ECAC
honors in the 1500, and All-State recognition in the 1,000 meters during the
indoor season, and All-Alliance citations in the 800 and 1500 meters and All-ECAC
and Division III All-New England honors in the steeplechase outdoors.
The Verizon Academic All-America(r) program is conducted annually by the
College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). To be nominated by
their respective schools, student-athletes must maintain at least a 3.20
cumulative grade point average and be a starter or important reserve with
legitimate athletic credentials. The CoSIDA Academic All-America(r) college division
is comprised of schools from NCAA Divisions Two and Three and all NAIA schools.
CoSIDA selects Verizon Academic All-America(r) teams in 12 programs: football,
women's volleyball, men's soccer, women's soccer, men's basketball, women's
basketball, baseball, softball, men's track and field/cross country, women's track
and field/cross country, men's at-large and women's at-large.
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Thursday, May 29, 2003
USM's Darryl Whitney Named to Verizon Academic Team
GORHAM, Maine -- Senior Darryl Whitney (Hudson, N.H.) of the University of
Southern Maine Huskies men's cross country and track and field program has been
named to the 2003 Verizon Academic District One College Division Men's Cross
Country/Track and Field Team as selected by the College Sports Information
Directors of America (CoSIDA). The District One team was announced Thursday.
Athletes named to the academic district first team in each of the eight
CoSIDA districts advance to the Verizon National Academic All-America ballot.
Whitney is the first member of the USM men's cross country/track and field
program to be named to the Verizon Academic District One team. He is the third
USM student-athlete to receive Verizon Academic District One honors this spring.
Senior shortstop Sarah McLean (Portsmouth, R.I.) was named to the softball first
team while senior pole vaulter Amy Swanberg (Lamoine, Maine) was named to the
women's cross country/track and field second team.
This past winter, Whitney became the first USM male track athlete to qualify
for the NCAA indoor track and field championships, competing in the 1500-meter
run. He reached the finals where he set a school record with his time of 3:55.95
to place ninth.
The holder of seven school records (five indoor and two outdoors) and part of
two record indoor relays, Whitney has been a Dean's List student every semester he
attended USM since transferring from Liberty University in the middle of his
freshman year. He graduated this spring with a degree in exercise physiology and
a 3.95 cumulative grade point average.
During his stellar career, Whitney set school indoor records at 800 meters
(1:56.72), 1,000 meters (2:29.58), 1500 meters, mile (4:14.92), and 5,000 meters
(15:11.75). He holds the outdoor records at 800 meters (1:58.40) and in the
3,000-meter steeplechase (9:36.54). He also was the cross country team's top
runner the past two seasons.
This past year, Whitney earned All-New England Alliance honors in cross
country, All-New England Alliance accolades in the 800 and 1500 meters, All-ECAC
honors in the 1500, and All-State recognition in the 1,000 meters during the
indoor season, and All-Alliance citations in the 800 and 1500 meters and All-ECAC
and Division III All-New England honors in the steeplechase outdoors.
2003 Verizon Academic District I College Division
Men's Cross Country/Track & Field Team
as selected by College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA)
Name Sport School Year GPA/Major
Sharath Alampur Track & Field Rensselaer Jr 4.0/Math & Computer Science
Jeff Banks Track & Field Rensselaer Gr 4.0/Applied Mathematics
Steve Money Cross Country Vassar Sr 3.80/International Studies
Jon Notary Cross Country/ Springfield Sr 3.91/Business Management
Track & Field
Mike Notary Cross Country/ Springfield Sr 3.93/Business Management
Track & Field
Ryan Quiller Track & Field Rensselaer Sr 4.0/Math & Physics
Karl Remsen Cross Country/ Williams Sr 3.89/Math
Track & Field
Brian Strandberg Track & Field U Rochester Sr 3.9/Applied Mathematics & Optics
Justin Sukiennik Cross Country/ Colby Sr 3.84/Mathematics & Chemistry
Track & Field
Darryl Whitney Cross Country/ Southern Maine Sr 3.95/Exercise Physiology
Track & Field
NOTE: First Team selections advance to the Verizon National Academic All-America
ballot.
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Sunday, May 18, 2003
Whitney Takes Fifth Place in Steeplechase at ECAC Meet
GORHAM, Maine -- Senior Darryl Whitney (Hudson, N.H.) of the University of
Southern Maine Huskies men's outdoor track and field team closed out his brilliant
collegiate career Friday by finishing fifth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the
Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III Championships held at the
Steinbrenner Track on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in
Cambridge, Mass.
Whitney covered the distance in a time of 9:45.94 to finish in fifth place.
He scored USM's only points in the meet. Ben Schmeckpeper of M.I.T. won the event
with his time of 9:22.87.
Sophomore Chris Roux (Sanford, Maine) was the Huskies' only other competitor
in the meet. Roux competed in his second decathlon of the season and scored 5,112
points to place ninth.
For complete results go to:
http://www.usm.maine.edu/athl/Men's_Outdoor_Track/motresults.html
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Saturday, May 10, 2003
Open New England Championships
At University of New Hampshire
For complete results go to:
http://www.usm.maine.edu/athl/Men's_Outdoor_Track/motresults.html
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Saturday, May 3, 2003
Whitney Sets School Record in Steeplechase
GORHAM, Maine -- Senior Darryl Whitney (Hudson, N.H.) of the University of
Southern Maine men's outdoor track team set a school record in the 3,000-meter
steeplechase Saturday while competing at the New England Division III Men's
Outdoor Track and Field Championships held at the Russell Street Track and Field
Complex at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine.
Whitney completed the steeplechase in a time of 9:36.54 to shave 0.06 seconds
off his previous school record time set in April 2002. He finished sixth overall
in the event to score three points for the Huskies.
Sophomore Chris Roux (Sanford, Maine) competed in the decathlon which was
contested on Thursday and Friday, finishing seventh with 5,118 points. He earned
two points for the team.
Freshman Peter Marsh (Lebanon, Conn.) was the only other USM competitor. He
tied for ninth in the pole vault by clearing 3.74 meters (12-3 1/4).
The Huskies finished with 5.0 points to place 22nd among the 23 teams that
scored in the championship. Massachusetts Institute of Technology took the team
title with 141 points, followed by Williams College with 102 points. Springfield
College with 94 points, Bowdoin College with 70 points and Bates College with 69
points round out the top five.
Qualified USM competitors are scheduled to compete next weekend at the New
England championships (all divisions) at the Northeastern University track complex
in Dedham, Mass.
For complete New England Division III results, go to:
http://www.usm.maine.edu/athl/Men's_Outdoor_Track/motresults.html
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Friday, May 2, 2003
USM's Chris Roux Finishes Seventh in Decathlon at N.E. Div. III Championships
GORHAM, Maine -- Sophomore Chris Roux (Sanford, Maine) of the University of
the Southern Maine men's outdoor track team finished seventh in the decathlon at
the New England Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships being held at
Bates College in Lewiston.
Roux finished the grueling two-day, ten-event decathlon with 5,118 points to
place seventh, and pick up two points for the Huskies in the team standings.
Jason Northrup of Bates won the event with 6,402 points followed by Kristoph
Becker of Middlebury College with 6,103 points and Scott MacDonald of Colby-Sawyer
College with 5,707 points. Northrup and Becker each surpassed the NCAA
provisional qualifying mark of 6,000 points.
For complete results for both the New England Division III Championships, go
to:
http://www.usm.maine.edu/athl/Men's_Outdoor_Track/motresults.html
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Sunday, April 27, 2003
Huskies Finish at N.E. Alliance Championship
Marsh Wins Pole Vault
For complete results for both the New England Alliance Championship and the
Little East Conference Championships, go to:
http://www.usm.maine.edu/athl/Men's_Outdoor_Track/motresults.html
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Friday, April 25, 2003
Little East Conference Reschedules Meet to Sunday
GORHAM, Maine -- Due to the impending inclement weather forecast for
Saturday (April 26) in Providence, R.I., the Little East Conference and New
England Alliance have rescheduled their men's and women's outdoor track and field
championships to Sunday (April 27).
The steeplechase will be conducted at Brown University starting at 10:00 a.m.
The remaining events will take place at Rhode Island College beginning at 11:00
a.m.
Schools competing for the Little East title include Eastern Connecticut State
University, Keene State College, the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Rhode
Island College and the University of Southern Maine.
The five LEC schools are joined by competing members of the Massachusetts
State College Athletic Conference (MASCAC) in the New England Alliance event.
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Saturday, April 19, 2003
State of Maine Championships
At Colby College
For complete results go to:
http://www.usm.maine.edu/athl/Men's_Outdoor_Track/motresults.html
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Saturday, April 12, 2003
Bates Invitational
For complete results, go to:
http://www.usm.maine.edu/athl/Men's_Outdoor_Track/motresults.html
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Sunday, April 6, 2003
GORHAM, Maine -- Today's men's outdoor track meet involving the University
of Southern Maine, Bowdoin College and Gordon College, scheduled to be run at
Bates College, has been cancelled.
The meet, originally scheduled to be held at Bowdoin on Saturday, was shifted
to Bates due to the snow storm.
Southern Maine will open its 2003 outdoor season next weekend at the Bates
College Invitational.
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