March 11, 2002

FAYETTEVILLE, ARK. - On Saturday night at the 2002 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships, Villanova University junior Adrian Blincoe became the first Wildcat male to capture an NCAA individual title since Sydney Maree won the 1500 meter run in 1981. Blincoe ran 8:01.76 in the 3000 meter run at the Randal Tyson Track Center on the campus of the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Ark.

Blincoe finished just ahead of Balazs Csillag of Northern Iowa University who was timed in 8:01.93. Notre Dame's Luke Watson was third in 8:02.18. Wildcat junior Ryan Hayden (Richmond, Canada) was 17th in the race with a clocking of 8:13.19.

Blincoe's performance comes one day after the Wildcat DMR team of Mike Brown (Mt. Laurel. N.J.), Jason Jabaut (Peru, N.Y.), Hayden and Blincoe ran 9:31.00, becoming the first Villanova DMR team to claim an NCAA title in 22 years and the first indoor championship for the Wildcats in 12 years.