Skirball Tabbbed All-American

March 13, 2004

         BOSTON - Southern Illinois University Edwardsville's Richard Skirball (Granite City) earned All-American honors after finishing sixth in the 800-meter run at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field Championships at the Reggie Lewis Center.
         Skirball, a senior, clocked a time of 1 minute, 52.54 seconds in the event. The top-eight finishers in the event earn All-American status.
         Skirball and the rest of the Cougars will now try to build on their record-setting indoor season when the outdoor season kicks off the first weekend of April.

Men 800 m Run
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        Meet: * 1:47.78  1995        Savieri Ngidhi, Abilene Christian (TX)
    Name                    Year School                  Finals  Points
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Finals
  1 Bernard Manirakiza        SR Abilene Chr.           1:50.32    10
  2 Josh Weber                SR Northwood              1:50.48     8
  3 Adam Arellano             SO Adams State            1:52.14     6
  4 Marius Skarbauskas        SO New Haven              1:52.17     5
  5 Adrian Findlay            JR St. Aug.               1:52.47     4
  6 Richard Skirball          SR SI-Edwards.            1:52.54     3
  7 Jon Seymour               JR Sn. Conn.              1:52.90     2
  8 Shane Roder               JR South Dakota           1:52.94     1
  9 Paul Mach                 SR Seattle Pac.           1:53.23

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Players Mentioned

Richard Skirball: Middle Distance; Senior

Players Mentioned

Richard Skirball
: Senior
: Middle Distance