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American Places Seven on Indoor Track All-League Team
Men earn six spots; Akbar garners honor on women’s team

February 22, 2002

WASHINGTON — After last weekend’s Patriot League Indoor Track and Field Championships, the American University men’s team was tied for second in the league with six All-Patriot League selections. On the women’s side, the Eagles had one All-League nod.

Leading the way for the men was junior Sean O’Brien who won the mile and was a part of the 4x800-meter relay team that brought home first place. O’Brien set a Patriot League record with a time of 4:03.38 in the mile and he currently is 13th in the nation in the event. Freshman Sean Duffy was also a double-winner for the Eagles. Duffy earned his All-League honor thanks to his victory in the 1,000-meters and he was also a part of the 4x800 relay team with O’Brien. The other two legs of the 4x800, junior Jovens Colas and sophomore Carlos Hunt, were named to the All-League team as well.

In the distance events, sophomore Frank Malpigli earned All-League honors after he won the 5,000-meters. Classmate Matt Seymour was also named to the All-League team after his second place finish in the 3,000-meters. Seymour just missed the individual title, finishing second by only .12 seconds.

For the women, junior Samia Akbar represents American on the All-League team. Akbar won the 5,000-meters, just missing her own school record. In addition, Akbar anchored the Distance Medley Relay team to a third place finish.

The men's and women's teams return to action Feb. 23 at the Virginia Tech Last Chance Meet.