February 2, 2013
For Immediate Release
IPFW Mastodon Invitational Results | IWU Invitational Results
Fort Wayne, Ind. – The Indiana Tech track and field teams split up over the weekend with the middle distance group traveling to the Indiana Wesleyan University Invitational and the rest of the athletes competing at the IPFW Mastodon Invitational.
Highlights from the weekend include:
The women’s 4x800 relay of Cherie Gaines (Farmington Hills, MI/Farmington Hills North), Brenna Conger (Packwood, IA/Pekin), Jasmine Lott (Hampton, VA/Bethel), and Emily Streahle (Warminster, PA/William Tennent) grabbed the national B standard in a time of 9:53.50.
Freshman Matt Adair (Ft. Wayne, IN/Concordia Lutheran) ran 2:30.95 to break the school record in the 1000 and grab the A standard. He is ranked sixth nationally in the event.
Sophomore Nick Radionoff (Benzie, MI/Benzie Central) won the 600 in a time of 1:21.12 good enough for the A standard. Radionoff is ranked seventh nationally.
Darryl Marlow (Norcross, GA/Chattahoochee Tech) broke two school records with his jumps of 23-11.5 in the long jump and 48-0 in the triple jump. The junior from Norcross, Georgia is ranks third in the NAIA in the long jump and fifth in the triple jump.
Another record tumbled as Stacia Murray (Ft. Wayne, IN/Elmhurst) broke her own school mark in the triple jump with a leap of 38-9.75. Murray is ranked first nationally by over a foot and half.
Katelyn Lewis (Brooklyn Park, MN/Osseo) and Jewel Thomas (Lathrup Village, MI/Lathrup Village) both ran season-best times in the 60-meter dash on the way to A standards. Lewis, who ranks fourth in the NAIA, would run 7.57 and Thomas, ranked fifth, clocked in at 7.62.
Mariama Waheed (St. Louis, MO/Missouri Baptist) and Andrea Ford (Ft. Wayne, IN/Harding) also ran season-best times of 9.11 and 9.17 in the 60-meter hurdles. Both young ladies are just off the A standard of 9.10.
Junior Cora Tatum (Ft. Wayne, IN/Elmhurst) would jump a season-best 17-11.5 in the long jump to improve her B standard and would have a lifetime-best triple jump of 11.17 to hit the A standard and move her into seventh place nationally.
TJ Williams (Stafford, VA/North Stafford) missed the B standard in the triple jump by just .01-m with a season-best mark of 13.99.
Senior Aaron Baker (Howe, IN/Lakeland) would hit the B standard in the weight throw with a toss of 54-8.75.
Coach Edgar on the weekend: “This was a great weekend for us in the middle distance down at IWU and the field events and sprints at IPFW. We sat out about 15 athletes to get ready for a big next three meets, but those that competed did an amazing job. We have the 'Big Meet' at Grand Valley this weekend and then all our focus will turn to our women trying to defend their back-to-back indoor WHAC titles and our men’s team looking to claim their first ever team title. It’s going to need to be an intense few weeks of training, but I think we are up to the task.”
The Warriors travel to Allendale, Michigan on Feb. 8 for the Grand Valley State Big Meet in preparation for the WHAC Championships on Feb. 16.
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