Mahwah, NJ:  Rookie pole vaulter Craig Van Leeuwen has been named USTFCCCA Outdoor Track & Field Regional Men's Field Athlete of the Year for the Atlantic Region. 

The 2009 New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) outdoor pole vault champion and record holder, Van Leeuwen holds the nation's fourth-best mark in the event heading into the NCAA Championships. Van Leeuwen, a freshman from Little Falls, New Jersey, proved a model of consistency in the 2009 outdoor season, hitting the NCAA provisional mark or better in each of his competitions.  He heads into the championships with an outdoor school-record mark of 16' 3.5” (4.97m) set at the ECAC Championships.

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