Princeton, N.J. - Seven Stony Brook track and field athletes will compete individually at the IC4A/ECAC Championships at Princeton University this weekend, from May 15-17, by way of qualification during the regular season. The men's 4 x 800m relay team and the women's 4 x 100m relay team also qualified for the event.

"This is a great meet for the younger athletes to finish the year and get a taste of the level of competition we want them to compete at regularly," said head coach Andy Ronan. "It is also one last chance for several of our athletes to try and qualify for the NCAA Regional in two weeks."

Among those with a legitimate chance to qualify for the NCAA's are senior Matt Granata (Levittown, N.Y.) in the 800m and senior Daniel Denis (Bayport, N.Y.) in the 5,000m. Sophomore Christine Eiseberg (Hauppauge, N.Y.) is also a hopeful in the women's steeplechase.

Other athletes who qualified for the event over the course of the spring season were sophomore Elizabeth Caldwell (Glen Head, N.Y.) in the 5,000m, freshman Kaylyn Gordon (Spring Valley, N.Y. in the long jump & triple jump and freshman Courtney Warden (Newburgh, N.Y) in the 100m hurdles on the women's side and senior Chris Hand Melville, N.Y.) in the hammer throw from the men.

The women's 4 x 100 relay team consists of Gordon, Warden, sophomore Shi-Anne Humes (Staten Island, N.Y.), junior Daneen Small (Massapequa, N.Y.) and freshman Moriah Blackman (Jamaica, N.Y), while the men's 4 x 800m relay team is made up of junior Bradley Amazan (Amityville, N.Y.), Junior Alex Lopresti (Staten Island), sophomore Matthew Lee (Dover Plains, N.Y.) and freshman Thomas Wimmers (Salt Point, N.Y.).