Senior distance runner wins top honor as Villanova places fourth at conference meet

Feb. 24, 2008

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NEW YORK -- Senior Bobby Curtis (Louisville, Ky.) was named the Most Outstanding Track Athlete at the BIG EAST Indoor Track & Field Championships and Villanova crowned three individual champions to place fourth at the conference meet held at the New York Armory. The Wildcats also claimed league titles in the 4x800 and distance medley relays at the two-day event.

Curtis was the individual champion in the 3000 meter run and anchored both of the winning relay quartets. He posted a winning time of 8:02.91 in the 3000 meters at 2:20 p.m. on Sunday and then came back less than 20 minutes later to run the final leg of the 4x800 relay. The 4x800 relay squad finished in 7:26.24 to set a meet record and beat out Georgetown by just one-tenth of a second.

Villanova finished with 79 points in the team standings to come in behind Connecticut, Notre Dame and Georgetown. The Huskies won the conference championship on both the men's and women's sides and totaled 167 points on the men's side.