Track Teams Break Four School Records

The University of Hartford indoor track and field teams broke four school records Saturday at the Dartmouth Indoor Classic at the Leverone Field House. In the final tune-up before heading to Boston, Mass., for the America East championship meet, Hartford student-athletes set new marks in the women's 1,000-meter run, the women's 4x200-meter relay, the men's shot put and the men's 60-meter hurdles.

There was no team scoring at the Dartmouth Indoor Classic.

Sophomore Sam Crisafulli paced the Hartford contingent, winning the women's 1,000 meters in record-setting fashion. Crisafulli became the first Hartford woman to break three minutes in the discipline with a first-place time of 2:56.48. The sophomore broke her own school record in the event, which she set earlier in the season. Crisafulli and junior Jennifer Flores, who finished fifth in the event with a time of 3:03.92, both qualified for the New England Championships with their times.

The women's 4x200-meter relay team also picked up a win with a school–record effort. The squad, composed of seniors Priscilla Appiagyei and Stephanie Hanson, sophomore Tiffany Harrison, and freshman Kafesha Thomas, carried the baton across the finish line in 1:45.36.

Freshman Samuel Kaczmarek and junior Erik Quitzau set Hartford records on the men's side. Competing in just his third collegiate meet, Kaczmarek set a mark of 14.10 meters in the men's shot put. The freshman broke the previous school record of 13.36 meters by DePaul Avant, which was set in 2004.

Quitzau notched a school record in the 60-meter hurdles on his way to a seventh-place finish in the event. The junior posted a time of 8.73 in his finals heat, breaking the previous school-best mark by .13 seconds.

The Hawks return to the track for the 2013 America East Indoor Track and Field Championship, February 11-12. The meet will be held at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center in Boston, Mass.

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