Pittsburg Women, Notre Dame Men Capture 2006 Outdoor Track & Field Championships Big East Conference Press Release May 07, 2006

Louisville\'s Belt, Connecticut\'s Legare earn men\'s Most Outstanding Performer honors; Notre Dame\'s Huddle, Syracuse\'s Hernandez take women\'s honors.

Storrs, Conn. - The Notre Dame men and the Pittsburgh women earned 2006 BIG EAST Outdoor Track & Field team titles on Sunday at the George J. Sherman - Family Complex on the campus of the University of Connecticut. The Irish men\'s team earned a first-place team total of 132 points, which was seven better than second-place Louisville. The Cardinals entered Sunday with the team lead.

Louisville Men, Syracuse Women Lead After Saturday at the Big East Track & Field Championships Big East Conference Press Release May 06, 2006

Storrs, Conn. - The Louisville men\'s team and Syracuse\'s women\'s team lead through the first full day of competition at the 2006 BIG EAST Outdoor Track & Field Championships at the George J. Sherman - Family Sports Complex on the campus of the University of Connecticut. The Cardinals scored 61 points on the men\'s side and lead by 24 points over second-place Notre Dame. Syracuse notched 53 points and lead by 15 over second-place Pittsburgh.

Freshman Tony Belt (pictured and from Berkeley Springs, WV), who entered the event with the No. 4 mark in the country in the high jump, played a major role in the scoring for the Cardinals. He broke the BIG EAST Championship record, which was set in 1982, with a standard of 2.20m. He also broke the school record and posted the third-longest mark in meet history with a conference-winning long jump of 7.83m.