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Intercollegiate Track Roundup: 4/18
Published on April 19, 2009 at 01:40AM
LOGAN, Utah (AP)—Natasha Martin of Utah Valley placed first in the women’ 100-meter dash to lead the way for numerous athletes scattered throughout the West Saturday at the Faldmo Invitational at Utah State University. Additionally, Utah’s Chelsea Shapard won the womens’ 400-meter dash, while Utah State’s Elaine Connolly and Alicia Holt won the womens’ 800 and 1500-meter dashes, respectively. Other wins by the Lady Aggies came from Ashlee Cannon in the 100-meter hurdles and Katie Thatcher in the 400-meter hurdles. Brigham Young’s women also excelled as Christine Botteron won the pole vault and Kelly Marcroft took the triple jump crown for the Lady Cougars. As for the men, Sergio Jones of Idaho State won the 200-meter dash while Kevin Biesinger of Brigham Young took the 400-meter dash title. Several Utah State mens’ athletes excelled on their home track as well with James Allred taking the 800-meter dash crown, Mike Bills winning the 5000-meter dash, and John Strang and Nick Karren taking the 110 and 400-meter hurdle titles respectively. Additionally, Steve Strickland won the 3000-meter steeplechase crown, and Blake Hadfield won the long jump title for the Aggies.
WACO, Texas (AP)—Baylor’s Trey Harts and Chris Gowell each ran the best collegiate times in the 200 and 800-meter dashes to lead the Bears to a strong showing at the Johnson Invitational Saturday. Harts’ time of 20.29 seconds gives him the second best mark in school history as he only trails the legendary Michael Johnson for whom the invitational is named. Additionally, Harts took the 100-meter dash crown while Texas Tech’s David Boston won the 1500-meter dash. Other strong showings came from Nathan Lowry of Texas Tech in the mens’ 110-meter hurdles and Baylor’s Erin Bedell in the womens’ 1500-meter dash.
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP)—Candis Kelley and Thomas Killen won the womens’ and mens’ discus crowns respectively to lead the way for the Texas Christian track team Saturday at the TCU Invitational. Additionally, Air Force’s Myles McDowell won the mens’ pole vault crown, while Marcus Cannon of Texas Christian earned the mens’ shot put title. Other victories came from Whitney Gipson of Texas Christian in the womens’ long jump, and her teammate Neidra Covington in the triple jump.
PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP)—Liz Minoofar of Stanford won the womens’ javelin throw to lead the way for numerous Cardinal athletes as Stanford’s men and women both excelled Saturday at the Big Meet. Additionally, Ryan Young of California won the mens’ javelin while Jaynie Goodbody of Stanford took the womens’ hammer throw crown. In running events, Stanford’s Emilie Amaro won the womens’ 3000-meter steeplechase while Garrett Heath won the mens’ 1500-meter dash for the Cardinal. The Stanford women ousted the California Lady Bears, 92-71 to win the meet going away, while the Cardinal men earned an 83-80 win over the Golden Bears.