Wunderlich Wins Heptathlon Title, High School Athletes Set Two Meet Records

Saturday, January 10

Hanover, N.H.

8:00 a.m.

Dartmouth College

Dartmouth Relays

Three Dartmouth Track and Field Athletes Earn All-Academic Honors

Wunderlich Wins Heptathlon Title, High School Athletes Set Two Meet Records

1/10/2009 12:00:00 AM | Men's Track & Field, Women's Track & Field

By: Dartmouth

Saturday's Results

HANOVER, N.H. ? Dartmouth's Tim Wunderlich (Westmister, Md.) won the men's heptathlon for the second time in his career at day two of the 40th Dartmouth Relays. In all four of his appearances, he finished either first or second in the event at the Relays.

Wunderlich trailed Justin Benjaminson of Northeastern by six points entering the last day of competition. He defeated Benjaminson 4837 points to 4466, while Dartmouth freshman Bob Contuzzi (Northampton, Mass.) finished in third place with 4351 points.

In high school action, George Chambers of Arch Curly High School (Baltimore, Md.) set a new meet record in the boys' 300-meter dash, previously held by David Kennedy (Lamoille, Vt.), with a time of 34:92. Chambers swept both sprint events with a time of 6.61 in the 55-meter dash.

Julie Labonte (St. Justine, Quebec) set a new Dartmouth Relays record in the girls' shot put. Labonte's throw of 15.67 meters (51 feet, 5 inches) broke the previous mark of 49 feet, 5 inches held by Laura Gerraughty (Nashua, N.H.). Julia Westover, a senior from Lebanon High School, finished fourth in the event with a throw of 11.38 meters (37 feet, 4 inches).

Andrew Springer (Westerly High School, Westerly, R.I.) qualified for the Millrose Games with a one-mile run in 4:16.73. The Millrose Games, the oldest invitational indoor track and field event in the United States, will be held January 30 in Madison Square Garden.

Senior Garret Finn of Lebanon won the boys' triple jump with a jump of 13.7 meters (44 feet, 11 1/4 inches), while Lebanon senior Dominic Filiano won the boys' shot put with a throw of 17.33 meters (56 feet, 10 inches). Hanover's Luc Amdahl finished third in the boys' unseeded mile, finishing with a time of 4:39.29.

Bishop Hendricken of Rhode Island was the overall team winner in the boys' competition with 46.33 points, while Shenendehowa High School of New York took home the girls' title with 47 points.

The men's and women's college teams take to the track tomorrow as the final day of the Dartmouth Relays begin at 8 a.m. at Leverone Field House.