April 13, 2008

Amherst, Mass.. - Former Boston College football player and current track athlete Jeff Smith broke right in to the BC all-time record books in his outdoor debut at the UMass Spring Meet Saturday, breaking records in the 100 and landing fifth all-time in the 200 meter dash Saturday.

Smith, who clocked a 10.56 in the 100 and a 21.51 in the 200 placed first in each event, breaking a school record that was over 20 years old. His time of 10.56 in the 100 is just 1/100th of a second off the NCAA Regional standard. With his top individual marks, Smith helped his team to a fourth-place finish (57 points) out of eight squads at the meet.

BC also had multiple other top-five performances on the day. Freshmen Conor Shelly took fifth in the high jump (6'1.25") and Matt Kosmas placed fourth in the discus throw (128' 3"). Senior Dan Springer marked a 3:58.37 in the 1500, placing third. Freshman Mark Domaracki also took third in the 400, clocking a 49.38. Senior Jeff Klastsky placed fifth in the 800 (1:55.14) and freshman Ian Thomas also took a fifth-place finish in the 400 hurdles (57.53)

Albany took the team title with 236 points and was followed up by Williams (99 points) and host Massachusetts (93.50 points).

BC will spend the week preparing for the ACC Championships held April 17-19 in Atlanta, Ga. Events will begin at 9 a.m. on April 17 at the George C. Griffin Track & Field Facility. For more information on the Championships please visit http://www.theacc.com/sports/c-track/08-otf-championship.html.