April 20, 2009

Philadelphia, Pa. - Fordham senior Matt DiBuono (New Rochelle, N.Y./Iona Prep) was named Atlantic 10 Men's Outdoor Track & Field Co-Performer of the Week, for the week ending April 19th, it was announced today. DiBuono, who shares the award with Charlotte's Darius Law, earns his fourth Atlantic 10 Track & Field Performer of the Week award this year after winning the award four times in 2007-08.

DiBuono captured Athlete of the Meet honor for the second straight year at the 2009 Metropolitan Championship on April 18th. He won three field event titles with gold in the hammer throw, discus and shot put. He bettered his school record in the hammer throw with a toss of 213' 5", which is the top mark in the Atlantic 10 this season. He also won the discus throw with a distance of 149' 5 1/2" and the shot put with a mark of 48' 1/4".

DiBuono entered the outdoor off a very successful indoor season in which he won the Atlantic 10 weight throw title and took third at the IC4A Indoor Championship with a school-record throw of 63' 7.5". The throw surpassed his own school mark of 61' 10.25" set at the Atlantic 10 Championship and earned DiBuono All-East honors.

The Fordham Track and Field team will next be in action on April 23-25, as they compete at the Penn Relays at Franklin Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.