April 27, 2002

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Chicago, Ill. - Mother nature was not going to get in the way of the 2nd Annual UIC Track and Field Invitational held at St. Ignatius High School on Saturday afternoon.

Despite a steady rain and cold and windy conditions, the University of Illinois at Chicago women's track and field team swept the competition with victories over St. Francis (75-54) and Horizon League rivals UW-Milwaukee (80-25) and Loyola (73-63).

In other dual team action, Loyola defeated UW-Milwaukee (74-31) and St. Francis (75-58). St. Francis bounced back and upended UW-Milwaukee (69-36).

The women's team received victories from freshman Lindsey Schwerman (long jump, 16'2 ¼"; triple jump, 34'9 ½"), junior Amy Fehrman (high jump, 5'2"), junior Jessica Pancoska (1,500-meter run, 4:55), senior Monieka Thompson (800-meter run, 2:16.4), freshman Kesha Billups (400-meter hurdles, 1:11), sophomore Jenni Goebel (3,000-meter run, 10:41.4) and the 4x400 relay team (4:13).

The men enjoyed a successful afternoon as they rolled over Loyola, 70-41, despite dropping meets to UW-Milwaukee (63-62) and Chicago State (80-55).

The winners on the men's side include freshman Nick Gazis (discus, 132'3"), Joe Marren (1,500-meter run, 4:00.8) and Rich Daubert (3,000-meter run, 8:54.3).

UIC will be back in action on Friday as they will travel to Wisconsin to participate in the Marquette Quadrangular, beginning at 4:00 PM.

FINAL RESULTS
MEN
Chicago State 80, UIC 55
Chicago State 73, UW-Milwaukee 66
Chicago State 86, Loyola 40
UIC 70, Loyola 41
UW-Milwaukee 63, UIC 62
UW-Milwaukee 67, Loyola 44

WOMEN
UIC 80, UW-Milwaukee 25
UIC 73, Loyola 63
UIC 75, St. Francis 54
Loyola 74, UW-Milwaukee 31
Loyola 75, St. Francis (Ill.), 58
St. Francis (Ill.) 69, UW-Milwaukee 36