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 Muna Lee helped LSU to multiple relay titles (AP photo) |
Penn Relays
On the final day of action at the Penn
Relays, the Mississippi State foursome of Christopher Lewis,
Marquis Davis, Glenn McFadden and Pierre Browne grabbed the 4x100
meter relay title as they came through in 39.20. Jason Smoots of
North Carolina Central won the 100 meters in 10.44 while Muna Lee
of LSU claimed the title on the women's side in 11.23.
It was no surprise in the women's 4x400 meter relay as Sanya Richards
anchored Texas home to a Penn Relays record time of 3:27.65. TCU
claimed the men's relay with their time of 3:05.41.
Anwar Moore of St. Augustine's represented well during the 110 meter hurdle
final as he took the title in 13.55. Chris Pinnock of Texas A&M
finished second with his clocking of 13.66.
Nichole Denby of Texas took the women's 100 meter hurdle title
in 13.09 while Danielle Carruthers of Indiana was a very close second
while running the same time. Ken Ferguson of South Carolina opened
the events up with a winning time of 49.63 in the 400 meter hurdles.
Fred Sharp of Auburn was second in 49.96.
Brian Chaput of Pennsylvania participated in the javelin on his
home turf as the senior's mark of 227-feet even was good enough
to win the competition. Leevan Sands of Auburn put a stamp on the
triple jump with his winning mark of 55-02.
Ryan Bak of Division III Trinity College was the top collegian
in the Olympic Development men's mile run with his time of 4:04.09.
The LSU women turned up the heat to get things started on Friday
as the lady Tigers won the 4x100 meters in 42.73, which nearly broke
their own collegiate record. The the team of Stephanie Durst, Monique
Hall, Lolo Jones and Muna Lee also set the Penn Relays record. Auburn
was second in 43.57.
After taking the distance medley relay title on Thursday, the North
Carolina women came back the next day to win the 4x1500 meter title
in 17:20.18 which is one of the fastest times ever recorded in history.
The Michigan men took top honors in the DMR while riding anchor
Nathan Brennen all the way to their time of 9:32.65. Brannen outraced
Arkansas' NCAA indoor 3000/5000 meter champion Alistair Cragg in
the final 100 meters to bring the Wolverines home. Arkansas was
second in 9:32.87 and Villanova in third at 9:33.44.
 Elva
Goulbourne of Auburn took the long jump title (AP photo) |
The shot put belonged to Dan Taylor of Ohio State as the senior
continues to cap off a great season with his winning toss of 65'00.50".
Taylor then came back to win the hammer throw with his toss of 209-08
and was named the Outstanding Individual Male Performer in the process.
LSU's All-American, Nicole Toney, posted her best mark of the outdoor
season in the triple jump competition on Friday, as the Lady Tigers'
junior reached a mark of 44-4 to earn a first-place finish in the
event.
Thursday's action saw Laura Gerraughty of North Carolina join the
elusive 60-foot club with her winning performance of 60'06"
in the shot put. It was Gerraughty's second consecutive Penn Relays
shot put victory. Ashland's Adriane Blewitt was second with her
toss of 58'11.50 which broke the Division II record.
In the women's long jump, Elva Goulbourne of Auburn showed once
again who is the favorite for the overall title with her winning
leap of 21'10". Goulbourne, a native of Jamaica, now owns both
the college women's and high school girls' long jump records of
the Penn Relays.
Candice Scott of Florida broke her own collegiate record in the
hammer throw with her mark of 223'10". Leshinda Demus of South
Carolina won the 400 meter hurdles in 56.90.
In other women's field event action from Thursday, April Steiner
of Arkansas took the pole vault title with her clearance of 14-feet
even. Christina Scherwin of Moravian had a big throw in the javelin
with her winning mark of 177 feet and Chaunte Howard of Georgia
Tech came up first in the high jump with her clearance of 6'02.25".
Mate Nemeth of Memphis won the steeplechase championship section
with his time of 8:49.92 while Jennifer Donovan of Boston College
took the title for the women with her clocking of 10:18.88. Also
of note is Briana Shook, competing unattached while redshirting
this season for Toledo, winning the Olympic development section
of the steeplechase with her time of 9:56.63.
Cantwell won the shot put at Drake while
tossing it over 69 feet (Missouri sports info) |
Drake Relays
The final day of events at the Drake
Relays on Saturday saw great relay action in the men's 4x400
meter relay as the quartet of Jason Barton, Seth Amoo, Stephen Fitch
and Lewis Banda led Arizona State to victory by .01 of a second
over Baylor. The Sun Devils' time of 3:02.81 took the national lead
while Baylor clocked 3:02.82 which is currently second.
Defending indoor champion Leo Bookman of Kansas made his outdoor
debut by winning the 200 meters in 20.82 with a headwind of -1.3.
The wind was no factor for Mitch Potter of Minnesota who took the
400 meters in 45.16.
Christian Cantwell of Missouri popped a huge throw in the shot
put with his winning mark of 69'05.25". Aisha James of Iowa
showed up big as well in the long jump with her winning leap of
22'03".
Jordan Desilets of Eastern Michigan won the 3000 meter steeplechase
in 8:55.96. Latonel Williams of Alabama faced a stiff headwind (-3.9)
while taking the 100 meters in 10.58.
Perdita Felicien of Illinois faced the same kind of headwind (-3.0)
but still managed to capture the 100 meter hurdles title in 13.43.
Beata Rudzinska of Akron was the top collegian in the 800 meters
with her time of 2:04.71.
Randy Lewis of Wichita State had a big leap in the triple jump
with his winning mark of 55'01.50". Gina Rickert of Iowa State
fared well in the high jump with her winning height of 6-feet even
and Amy Moritmer of Kansas State was the top collegian in the 1500
meters with her time of 4:17.56.
Lucais MacKay of Georgia continued his dominance in the hammer
throw with his mark of 221'08" while Blake Boldon of Southwest
Missouri State claimed the 1500 meters in 3:45.20.
Heading over on Friday, the Stanford 4x1 mile relay team of Ryan
Hall, Steve Loughlin, Louis Luchini and Grant Robison claimed the
title with their time of 16:31.19.
The men's javelin saw Bill Neumann of Iowa take the title with
his mark of 238'11". Janne Sakko of UTEP came in second with
his throw of 233'02". Abby Emsick of Kansas claimed the women's
discus title with her mark of 171'08".
The Stanford women were just as impressive in the distance medley
relay as the quartet of Malindi Elmore, Chinny Offor, Katie Hotchkiss
and Lauren Fleshman ran away with the title in 11:03.59 which also
set a new meet record.
It was another big day in the triple jump for Shani Marks of Minnesota
as she leaped to a mark of 45'03" to win the event. Ineta Radevica
of Nebraska placed second with her leap of 44'00.50".
Jason Young of Texas Tech put his name on the map in the discus
with his winning throw of 191'04" while Hans Schmidt of Wisconsin-LaCrosse
did the same in the pole vault with his 17'06.50" victory height.
Freshman Bobby Most of Texas Tech cleared the same, but finished
second due to more misses.
Westly Keating of Texas-Pan American got things started at the
Drake Relays on Thursday while claiming the 5000 meter title with
his time of 14:12.47.
Dan Ames won the shot put and discus (UCLA sports info) |
USC vs UCLA
In the hunt for the Lexus Gauntlet Trophy, UCLA
swept USC for the team titles for the men and women. The UCLA
men defeated the Trojans 82-81 before a crowd of 3,087 in the annual
dual meet, held at USC's Katherine B. Loker Stadium. The Bruin women
were also victorious against the Trojans, 104-59.
Junior Juaune Armon won the long jump for the second year in a
row for the Bruins with a season best jump of 25-8.75. The triple
jump, however, went to the defending NCAA indoor champion from USC,
Allen Simms, who leaped 56-4.
The Bruin men swept the shot put, scoring nine points. Junior Dan
Ames placed first with a throw of 64-1.75 while senior Scott Wiegand
was second at 63-1.25.
Trojan freshman Adam Midles won the men's hammer with a throw of
201-7, with senior teammate Michael Murray coming in second at 196-11.
On the women's side, Julianna Tudja of USC took the event with her
meet recrod throw of 212-5.
David Jaworski of USC captured the high jump with his clearance
of 7-01.75 and Lena Nilsson of UCLA sped to 2:05.36 to win the 800
meters.
JUCO Region IV
On the junior college scene, at JUCO
Region IV, Barton Community College ran the tables again as
the men and women claimed both meets. Highlight's included Erick
Wilson of Barton CC taking both the 100 meters (10.12, 3.0w) and
200 meters (20.40, 1.7w). Wilson also helped lead charge in the
4x100 meter relay as Barton clocked 39.17 to win the event.
Triton Invitational
Auburn's Gabor Mate broke his own NCAA track record in the discus
with a throw of 219 feet, 9 inches at the University of San
Diego Triton Invitational
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