College Park, Md. (March 28, 2009)--Chad Brown won both the 100m and 200m dash to lead the Mount St. Mary's men's and women's track and field teams at the Maryland Invitational on Saturday afternoon. Brown helped the men finish in third place at the meet while the women's team placed fourth.

Brown took the 100m dash with a time of 10.77 while he captured the 200 with a mark of 21.71. Brown, who qualified for the IC4A Championships in the 100m dash last week, earned a spot in the IC4A's with his 200m time.

Also for the men, Matt Logie placed sixth in the 1500m run, Joe Orsulak fifth in the 800m run (1:57.24), John Fernandez fifth in the shot put and Gigi Gibilisco fifth in the 400m hurdles (55.85).

The Mount women's team was paced by the 4x100m relay team that finished first with a time of 47.49. The quartet included Sara Brown, Ashlyn DeCruise, Sheena Simpkins and Ashley DeCruise.

In the 100m dash preliminaries, Ashlyn DeCruise ran the second-fastest time in Mount history, posting a blistering mark of 11.89. She finished seocnd in the finals with a time of 12.07 while twin sister Ashley DeCruise was second in the 200m dash with a time of 25.26. Simpkins earned a second-place nod in the 400m dash with a mark of 57.04 while Dana Collins was third in the pole vault and Sarah Klemic fourth in the hammer throw.