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FORDHAM SWEEPS ATLANTIC 10 INDOOR TRACK WEEKLY AWARDS




(December 15, 2003) ¨C Fordham University indoor track and field student-athletes achieved a clean sweep of the weekly Atlantic 10 awards with Mike Rozea (Lynbrook, NY/Chaminade HS) being named Men¡¯s performer of the Week, Rashard Hicks (Tampa, FL/Robinson HS) Men¡¯s Rookie of the Week, Christina Scott (Hawley, PA/Wallenpaupack HS) Women¡¯s Performer of the Week and Danica Dupuy (Bay Shore, NY/Bay Shore HS) Women¡¯s Rookie of the Week. Fordham competed at the Fordham Christmas Invitational on Friday, December 12th where the Rams finished second in both the men¡¯s and women¡¯s team competitions. Rozea, a junior, took first place in the 500m dash in a time of 1:07.3 which was a season-best time for the Rams. Hicks, a freshman who just joined the track and field squad after competing with the football team in the fall, scored in three different events, recording marks of 6-6 in the high jump and 21-6 ? in the long jump, placing second and fifth, respectively, while also tying for fifth in the 60m dash (7.1). Scott, a senior, finished second in the 200m dash with a time of 26.04 and ran a leg of the 4x400m relay that placed third in a time of 4:05.4. Dupuy, a freshman, captured Fordham¡¯s lone individual event win for the women, taking first place in the 800m dash in a time of 2:23.84. The time was the fourth-fastest time in the Atlantic 10 this season.