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Flanagan
led North Carolina to the team title at the ACC Champs (TarHeelBlue.com) |
ACC Championships
The Florida State men and North Carolina women came away with the
team titles at the ACC
Championships. Friday's action led off with Lacy Janson of Florida
State capturing the pole vault title with her NCAA automatic clearance
of 14-00. The height also improves her mark to third in the nation
behind Niki McEwen of Oregon and Amy Linnen of Arizona. Freshman
Chaunte Howard of Georgia Tech cleared 6 feet even to capture the
high jump title. Another freshman, Garrett Johnson of Florida State,
won the shot put with his provisional mark of 60-11.50. Laura Gerraughty
of North Carolina had another huge throw in the shot put to place
her mark as the favorite for the title with her toss of 57-09. The
women's 5000 meters saw an automatic qualifier and five provisional
marks. Kristin Price of NC State took home the title with her time
of 16:09.80.
Saturday's action included Adam Shunk of North Carolina winning
the high jump with his leap of 7-3. Freshman Jesse Williams of NC
State also cleared 7-3, but finished second to Shunk due to more
misses. After winning the shot put on Friday, Laura Gerraughty of
North Carolina claimed the weight throw with her mark of 64-10.
Teammate Shalane Flanagan claimed the mile run with her season best
time of 4:38.25 which also met the automatic standard. Duke freshman
Shannon Rowbury also met the auto standard in the event with her
second place time of 4:42.45. Alice Schmidt of North Carolina improved
on her performance in the 800 meters with her conference title time
of 2:05.54. After winning the 5000 meters on Friday, Kristin Price
of NC State came back to win the 3000 meters in 9:29.06.
Big East Championships
Trackshark provided on-site
coverage of the Big East Championships.
Mountain Pacific Championships
The Mountain
Pacific Championships kicked off on Friday and concluded on
Saturday at Boise State. Results from Friday saw Louis Luchini of
Stanford taking the 3000 meter title while coming through in 8:12.21.
UCLA took the top two spots in the men's shot put as Scott Wiegand
took the title with his toss of 65-03.25 and teammate Dan Ames placed
second with his mark of 64-08.75. Amy Linnen of Arizona won the
pole vault with a new season's best vault of 14 feet, 5 inches to
move her atop the NCAA best lists. Becky Holliday of Oregon placed
second with her clearance of 14-01.75.
Saturday's results included Monique Henderson of UCLA winning the
200 meters in 23.72. Henderson ran 23.49 in the prelims on Friday.
Teammate Lena Nilsson won the 800 meters with her time of 2:05.15
which currently ranks her second in the nation. Alicia Craig of
Stanford won the 5000 meters with her season best and NCAA automatic
time of 16:05.24. Teammate Lauren Fleshman came in a close second
with her impressive time of 16:05.27. Jillian Camarena of Stanford
won the shot put with her NCAA automatic mark of 55-06.50. Stephanie
Brown of Cal-Poly SLO finished second, but also gained an automatic
spot with her throw of 55-03. Laura Sauao of Cal State Northridge
won the weigh throw with her toss of 63-08.25.
Atlantic 10 Championships
The LaSalle men
and Richmond women
took home the team titles Saturday at the Atlantic 10 Championships.
Southern Conference Championships
The Appalachian State men and women swept the team titles at the
Southern
Conference Championships over the weekend.
American East Championships
The University at Albany men claimed their first ever American
East Championship title.
MAAC Championships
The Manhattan College men's and women's track and field teams were
crowned champions of the 2003 Metro
Atlantic Athletic Conference Indoor Championships for the seventh
consecutive year. Senior Thomas Jacob Freeman broke the conference
record he set last year in the weight throw with a first place finish
of 21.33m.
Karen Freberg improved on her shot put national mark at Indiana (frebergsports.com) |
Hoosier Hills Open
Indiana hosted the Hoosier
Hills Open as the nationally ranked Florida women throwers made
the trip up north. Karen Freberg improved on her shot put national
mark with her toss of 16.73m. Gator teammate Erin Gilreath won the
weight throw with her toss of 20.54m. Jukina Dickerson placed second
in the weight as she threw 20.20m.
Idaho-Montana State Dual
McKay Womack of Idaho State had an NCAA provisional qualifying height
in the pole vault with his clearance of 17-5. at the Idaho-Montana
State Dual. Teammate Paul Litchfield has the best men's pole
vault mark in the nation with an 18-0 1/2 set earlier this season.
LSU Twilight
The LSU
Twilight took place on Friday night as several performances
of note were made. Daniel Trosclair's meet-winning 17-6.50 clearance
in the pole vault was a season-best effort for the LSU Tiger and
ranks as the 10th best mark in the nation in the event this season.
Mallory McDonald of LSU won the weight throw with her mark of 62-03.25.
DePauw Classic
It was another day of records for Jeremy
Scott of Allegheny as he cleared cleared 18-07.50" in the
pole vault at the DePauw
Indoor Classic which also places him as the top collegiate regardless
of division, #5 in the U.S. and #10 in the World.
Kansas State Open
The Wildcats held their open
meet for a final tune up before the Big 12 Championships. Brad
Teeple of Nebraska won the pole vault with his height of 17-05.
Coby Cost of Kansas State won the weight throw with his toss of
68-06.50.
Silverston Invitational
Michigan hosted the Silverston Invitational as results for the men
and women
are available. Rachel Sturtz of Michigan won the 600 meters in a
conference leading time of 1:32.90.
Ball State tri
The Ball State women held a tri
meet on Friday night between Western Michigan and Miami (OH).
Patricia Soman of Ball State continues to amaze the nation with
her performance in the long and triple jumps. She is undefeated
in long and triple jump competitions during this indoor season which
also included improving upon her mark in the long jump with her
mark of 21-01.50. Ball State won the three way match, finishing
with a score of 106.5. Miami finished out with a score of 100, placing
second over Western Michigan who finished with a score of 91.5.
Kent State Tune-up
The Golden Flashes held their annual tune-up
meet before the conference championships. Keith Roberts of Kent
State won the 55 meter hurdles in 7.28. Donielle Swany of Kent State
claimed the weight throw with her toss of 60-11.50 and teammate
LaShannon Foster scooted to a 24.12 clocking in the 200 meters.
Scarlet and Gray Invitational
Ohio State held the Scarlet
and Gray Invitational as Buckeye thrower Dan Taylor was impressive
once again. Taylor won both the shot put (66-03.25) and weight throw
(71-09) which both met the automatic standard. Teammate Joel Brown
won the 55 meter hurdles in 7.18. For the second week in a row,
freshman John Russell has set a new Akron record in the pole vault,
clearing a height of 17-0 3/4 to win the event.
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