College Report

March 14, 2008 - Saidu Ezike of Cornell and Jesse Carlin of the University of Pennsylvania are closing out brilliant collegiate careers.

Ezike (Port Richmond) clocked 7.49 seconds in the trials of the 55-meter hurdles at the IC4A championships, an NCAA provisional qualifier. He did not complete his semi-final race.

Carlin (St. Joseph by-the-Sea), competing in the ECAC championship meet at the Reggie Lewis Center, notched an NCAA provisional qualifying mark of 2:06.27 in the 800-meter run trials. She did not compete in the final, but ran on the Quakers distance medley relay, which won and qualified for the NCAA meet with an 11:11.90 clocking.

Carlin and Ezike will compete at this weekend’s NCAA championship meet at the Tyson Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Carlin will compete in the 800 meter run, and run a leg on the distance medley rela, while Ezike will compete in the 60-meter hurdles.

In other IC4A action, Will Velez (St. Peter’s), who competes for St. Francis (Pa.), finished fifth in the high jump, clearing 6 feet, 8.5 inches. Bryan Pagliuca of Wagner cleared 6-7, which tied him for eighth place.

John Carstensen (Monsignor Farrell) of Rhode Island was seventh in the pole vault, clearing a personal-best 16-0.75. Brian Duggan (Farrell) of Rutgers, one of the favorites, has shoulder problems and failed to negotiate the opening height.

Carlton Edmond of Wagner made the fnal of the 55-meter dash, and placed ninth in the final (6.67). He had a best of 6.40 in the trial heats.

Lionel Williams continues to make news. The Penn State freshman (St. Peter’s) ran a personal-best 1:50.56 at the Tyson Invitational in late February. He failed to qualify for the 800 final at the Big Ten championship meet, but anchored PSU to second place in the 4x400-meter relay.

University of Kentucky freshman Matt Frawley (Farrell) clocked 1:54.78 in the trials of the 800-meter run in the Southeastern Conference meet, held at the University of Arkansas.