The Bulls squeaked by Mid-Continent Conference rival Youngs-town State University with 90-89 decision Saturday afternoon at the UB Open Track & Field Meet at UB Stadium. UB's women's squad finished second behind Youngstown State in a close meet 129-124. Canisius was third of the three scoring teams in the men's meet with 23 points while the Canisius women placed third of four with 28 and Cleveland State fourth with seven.

The Bulls' Ryan Candia won the 400-meter hurdles in 56.63 and teamed with Victor Archibald, Kris Winkler and Fumu Gakodi to win the 4 x 400 relay in 3:20.53 just one-hundreth of a second faster than Youngstown State.

Chris Bossert won the 1,500 meter run for UB in 15:02.50. Chris Keenan took first in the 3,000 meter steeplechase in 9:43.70. Buffalo also won three field events as Neil Murray won the pole vault for the second consecutive week. Murray, last week's Mid-Continent Conference Athlete of the Week for his performance at the UB Invitational April 27, took the pole vault at 4.60 meters (15-1). Thom Kaye took the long jump at 6.80 meters (22-3.75) and Ben Atkinson finished first in the javelin at 48.18 meters (158-1).

On the women's side, Jaime Hirschman was a double winner for the Royals winning the 400-meter hurdles in 1:08.43 and combining with Megan Sanford, Shannon Hayes and Sue Mikovich to take the 4 x 400 meter relay in 4:16.46.

Andrea Bishop finished first in the 800 meters in 2:25.32. The Royals also swept the distance events as Stacey Strothmann won the 1,500 in 4:47.06, Nilam Shukla won the 5,000 meters in 18:28.82 and Barb Rabinovici won the 10,000 meters in 40:26.52.

Shelley Hamilton won the high jump with a mark of 1.68 meters (5-6).

Both teams head for Kansas City to compete in next weekend's Mid-Continent Conference Outdoor Championships. The field will be strong as the Royals attempt to capture their second consecutive league outdoor crown.

-Ted Wasko, Sports Information Office