M. Track unhappy despite first place

Despite placing first overall in a field of four at Barton Hall in Ithaca, N.Y., Saturday afternoon, the Penn men's track team left the meet disappointed, knowing they had a lot more hard work to do. "We won, but a lot of people weren't satisfied with their performances," said sophomore Mike Stiffler, who won the long jump competition with a leap of 22 feet, 7 1/4 inches. "We're back at the level we were at in November because a lot of people didn't train hard enough over break. It'll take a while to get back to our desired level." The Quakers won an extremely close competition, edging Cornell by a score of 61-59. St. Joseph's was third with 48 points, and Fordham brought up the rear with a tally of 37. Still, Penn was not excited about the outcome of the meet. "It was really more of a practice atmosphere than anything," said sophomore Eric Hyde, who finished first in the pentathlon competition with a score of 3319. "It was one of my weakest performances. I didn't do particularly well in any of the events." Among the Quakers' top performers were junior sprinter Roger Beckwith, who tied for the lead in the 55-meter dash with a time of 6.54 seconds, and freshman jumper Stanley Anderson. Anderson won the triple jump with a distance of 48-1 3/4 and tied a personal record with a high jump of 6-7. "My triple jump wasn't as good as I wanted, but I was pretty happy with my performance in the high jump," Anderson said. One of the reasons for Penn's disappointment despite its victory was the lack of quality opponents. Only four athletes participated in the pentathlon competition, three of whom were wearing the Red and Blue. "There wasn't a lot of competition," Hyde said. "A lot of people couldn't make it because of the weather." "We should have dominated," Stiffler added. Only Anderson felt differently about the opposition. "I thought the triple jump and high jump competition was pretty good," he said. Anderson's career high was only good enough for a tie for second in the high jump. Sophomore Aaron McCommons finished third in the mile run with a time of 4 minutes, 23 seconds. "This was one of the first times I've run the mile in competition this season," McCommons said. "I didn't have a good training session during the break, and I'm still pretty out of shape."