Media Release

GLASSBORO, NJ – The Rowan University men’s and women’s track and field teams will host the 2008 Rowan Open on Friday, April 11 at 2 p.m. The third annual meet is open to colleges, junior colleges, club teams and unattached runners and field athletes.

Delaware State University, Georgia Court College, Richard Stockton College and Wesley College will join Rowan as attending college teams. Junior colleges participating include Globe Institute of Technology, Bronx Community College, Community College of Philadelphia, Valley Forge Military College and Cumberland County College. Representatives from the JUVENTUS Track Club, Nike Central Park Track Club, Apex Vaulting and the Shore Athletic Club of New Jersey will also compete.

For the Rowan women, Eileen Batten (so. Galloway, NJ/Absegami), Michelle Lala (so. Wayne, NJ/Wayne Hills), Dannielle Warren (jr. Woodbury, NJ/Woodbury) and Angela Patane (jr. Monroeville, NJ/Delsea Reg.) will look to defend meet records they set at last year’s Rowan Open. Batten placed first in the javelin with a throw of 123’ 2\” (37.45 meters). Lala won the high jump with a height of 4’ 10.25\” (1.48 meters). Warren had a distance of 17’ 10.25\” (5.44 meters) to win the long jump. Patane, then a student-athlete at Gloucester County College, won the 1,500 meters with a record time of 5:27.34.

Andrew Vasta (jr. Randolph, NJ/Randolph), Kevin Gauntt (so. Delanco, NJ/Seneca) and Sean Biehn (so. Edgewater Park, NJ/Burlington City) set meet records last year for the Prof men. Vasta placed first in the 5,000 meter run (15:49.34), Gauntt won the 110 meter high hurdles (15.14) and Biehn had a throw of 184’ 10.5\” (56.35 meters) to win the javelin. Sean Corey (so. Cherry Hill, NJ/Cherry Hill E.) placed second in the javelin (176’ 5\”, 53.78 meters). Mason Campbell (jr. Williamstown, NJ/Williamstown) set the record for the 400 meter hurdles in 2006 with a time of 58.24.

The field events begin at 2 p.m. with the hammer throw and the 4×100 meter relay is scheduled to lead off the track events at 3 p.m. The open schedule follows below.

Rowan Open Schedule

Field Events

2:00 Hammer Throw Men followed by Women

Discus to follow Hammer Throw Men followed by Women

2:00 Javelin (runway) Women followed by Men

2:00 Long Jump (2 pits) Men followed by Women

Triple Jump to follow Long Jump Men followed by Women

2:00 High Jump Women followed by Men

2:00 Pole Vault Women followed by Men

4:00 Shot Put Men followed by Women

Track Events
(Order of all running events will be Women followed by Men)

3:00 4×100 meter relay sections on time

3:15 5000 meters sections on time

4:00 100 meters/110 meter Hurdles preliminaries

4:15 100 meters preliminaries

4:30 1500 meters sections on time

4:50 400 meters sections on time

5:10 100 meters finals

5:25 100 meters/110 meter Hurdles finals

5:35 800 meters sections on time

5:55 400 Intermediate Hurdles sections on time

6:15 200 meters sections on time

6:30 3000 meter Steeplechase sections on time

6:55 4×400 meter relay sections on time

7:15 open 3000 meter Steeplechase

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