MEN'S TRACK PERFORMS WELL IN LAST REGULAR SEASON MEET

Next Friday and Saturday the Men's Indoor Track and Field Team will host the New England Division III Championships. This weekend they hosted an invitational to allow them to improve their performances in preparation for those Championships.

After an average showing last week, the Engineers wanted to show themselves and their competition that they were indeed among the favorites for the New England Division III Title.

The team had their best outing of the season in this non-scoring meet with numerous team members achieving personal and season bests. Matt Sandholm '97 continued his perfect season in the 55 Meter Dash, equaling his season best time of 6.59 and improving his season best in the 200 with a 23.20 performance.

In the 400 Meters, all four Tech performers achieved season bests. Edgar Ngwenya 'G ran 53.46, John Kim '98 ran 53.81, Neal Karchem '99 ran 54.02, and Brian Banaszak ran 56.99.

Martin Suresh '99 has been improving all season, and continued in the 600 Meters with a PR of 1:27.35.

Dan Helgesen '97 knew that if he wanted to get in the fast section of next weekend's 800 Meters, he was going to have to run much faster than his best of 1:59. This he did with a 1:57.36 winning effort.

In the 1000 Meters, Joel Ford '98 was in the same position as Helgesen, and responded equally as well with a 2:34.3. Also getting a PR in the 1000 was Ray Molnar '00, running 2:47.3.

In the 1500 all 6 runners had best performances. Leif Seed '99 4:03.48, Mike Parkins '99 4:07.31, Chris McGuire '00 4:09.38, Gabe White '00 4:21.30, Kaoru Aou '00 4:31.79, and Stanley Hu '00 4:41.19 showed that MIT has little to worry about in the near future as far as the 1500 is concerned.

In the Triple Jump, Morio Alexander 'G had a season best of 43-11 1/4, just missing a 45 foot jump on his next to last attempt.

In the Pole Vault, Dafe Ogagan '97 competed for the first time this season, qualifying for next weekend's Championship with a vault of 12-09. Setting a PR in the vault was freshman Matt Potts with a 12-3 effort.

The 35 lb. Weight Throw was another event where MIT had great success as 4 of the throwers had all time bests. Mike Butville '98 led the way with a Provisional National Qualifying Mark of 50-04 3/4, Jason Dailey '99 followed with a 46-1 effort. George Torres '99 improved for the 2nd week in succession by throwing 42-5 1/4. Having a huge personal best was Brian Wong '99, throwing 39-5 to close out his season.

In the Shot Put, Patrick Dannen '98 had a great series and ended up throwing a PR of 42-9 1/4. Patrick's mark qualifies him for next week's Championships.

Next Friday things get underway with the Pentathlon at 12:00. On Saturday the remaining events are contested beginning at 11:00 and ending around 4:00.