Monday, April 17, 2000

Angelo State Relays
TexAnns take third, Texans fourth

SAN ANGELO — Tarleton State led local teams at the Angelo State Relays held in San Angelo Thursday through Saturday.

The Tarleton women finished in third place and the men in fourth. The McMurry women finished in 11th place and its men finished in sixth. The Abilene Christian University women finished in 13th, and the ACU men claimed the No. 8 spot.

McMurry saw several athletes qualify for the national track meet in Naperville, Ill. at the relays.

Talitha Belcher earned an automatic qualifying mark in the 400, 200 and 100. The men’s 400 relay team also received an automatic qualification.

Qualifying provisionally for McMurry was the women’s 400-meter relay team.

McMurry and other American Southwest Conference teams will have another chance to qualify for the national meet Friday at the conference track meet hosted by McMurry.

Women

Team results — 1. Angelo State University, 106; 2. Texas-San Antonio, 89; 3. Tarleton State, 85.50; 4. New Mexico State, 81; 5. Wayland Baptist, 50; 6. Huston-Tillotson, 49; 6. Texas A&M-Commerce, 49; 8. Texas A&M-Kingsville, 48.50; 9. Odessa College, 46; 10. Trinity University, 18; 11. McMurry, 12; 12. Dallas Baptist, 10; 13. Abilene Christian University, 7; 14. South Plains, 5; 15. Southwestern University, 4; 15. Northwood University, 4.

800 — 2. Jennifer Winters, Tarleton State, 2:17.90

1500 — 2. Winters, Tarleton State, 2:54.65; 7. Sara Powlen, Tarleton State, 5:09.39; 8. Melissa Spencer, Tarleton State, 5:13.18

5000 — 3. Powlen, Tarleton State, 18:43.12; 6. Spencer, Tarleton State, 19:14.64; 8. Amanda Jones, Tarleton State, 20:13.16

100 hurdles — 4. Wendy Seitz, Abilene Christian, 14:18

400 hurdles — 1. Deidra Veitenheimer, Tarleton State, 1:05.17; 3. Amy Dodd, Tarleton State, 1:08.18

400 relay — 8. McMurry, 48.37; 10. Tarleton State, 49.33

1600 relay — 3. Tarleton State, 3:55.93

Pole vault — 4. Angela Parks, McMurry, 10-0; 5. Lara Woods, Tarleton State, 10-0; 7. Allyson Mavroulis, Abilene Christian, 9-0; 9. Adrienne Kerbow, McMurry, 8-0; 10. Cheyenne Oldham, McMurry, 8-0

Triple jump — 1. Woods, Tarleton State, 40-6.25

Discus — 4. Beth Wells, Tarleton State, 144-4; 6. Kelly Whitsell, Tarleton State, 137-0

Hammer throw — 4. Wells, Tarleton State, 142-02

Javelin — 3. Sunni Shore, McMurry, 104-10

Heptathlon

Total points — 5. Alison Brown, Tarleton State, 4484; 7. Shauna-Gaye Stephens, Abilene Christian, 4428

100 — Stephens 15.15; Brown 15.30

High jump — Brown 4-11.75; Stephens 4-7

Shot put — Brown 25-10.75; Stephens 32-5.75

200 — Stephens 26.73; Brown 27.55

Long jump (in meters) — Stephens 5.27; Brown 5.22

Javelin (in meters) — Brown 28.59; Stephens 27.48

800 — Stephens 2:23.72; Brown 2:28.62

Men

Team results — 1. Angelo State University, 151; 2. Texas-San Antonio, 135; 3. Texas A&M-Kingsville, 85.75; 4. Tarleton State, 79; 5. South Plains, 48; 6. McMurry, 42.75; 7. Huston-Tillotson, 39; 8. Abilene Christian University, 34.25; 9. Trinity University, 30; 10. Wayland Baptist, 21.25; 11. Texas A&M-Commerce, 21; 12. Sul Ross State, 13; 13. Northwood University, 3.

200 — 2. Tommie Jemerson, Tarleton State, 21.43

400 — 4. Marcus Mars, Abilene Christian, 48.44

800 — 2. Jason Pate, Tarleton State, 1:51.80; 4. Travis Covey, Tarleton State, 1:55.24; 10. Jeremy Labuff, Abilene Christian, 2:00.54

1500 — 3. Francis Kimeli, Abilene Christian, 4:03.32; 7. Braegan Enright, McMurry, 4:11.92

110 hurdles — 5. Nick Gaffney, Abilene Christian, 14.77; 6. Joe Poorman, McMurry, 15.05

400 hurdles — 3. David Jones, Abilene Christian, 54.93; 6. Ricky Hodges, Tarleton State, 56.40

Steeplechase — 5. Dustin Hawes, Abilene Christian, 10:09.09; 6. Ponch Villannuena, Tarleton State, 10:19.27; 7. Labuff, Abilene Christian, 10:28.34

400 relay — 3. McMurry, 41.25; 4. Tarleton State, 41.45

High jump — 1. Collat Johnson, Tarleton State, 6-8; 8. Thomas Draykeford, McMurry, 6-2

Pole vault — 1. Brad Parris, McMurry, 17-0; 3. Kris Jenkins, Abilene Christian, 15-6; 5. Calley Conner, McMurry, 15-0; 7. Paul Knigge, McMurry, 14-6; Nick Williams, Abilene Christian, 14-6

Long jump — 4. Kenny West, McMurry, 21-8; 7. Joshua Nunn, McMurry, 21-0.25

Triple jump — 4. Tommie Jemerson, Tarleton State, 46-9.5; 8. Aaron Barr, McMurry, 44-5.75

Shot put — 4. Dennie Oliver, Tarleton State, 52-2.5; 8. Nick Gray, Abilene Christian, 49-6; 9. Oranum Noble, Tarleton State, 47-10.5

Discus — 4. Freddie Cates, Tarleton State, 161-0

Hammer throw — 5. Jason Young, Tarleton State, 130-1

Javelin — 3. Freddie Cates, Tarleton Sate, 185-2; 4. Cale Melton, McMurry, 181-3; 7. Justin Bishop, McMurry, 161-10

1600 relay — 2. Tarleton State, 3:12.33; 11. McMurry, 3:24.53; 12. Tarleton State B, 3:25.01

Decathlon (Blue Division)

Total points — 2. Carl Stovall, Tarleton State, 6042

100 — Stovall 11.14

Long jump — Stovall 5.93m

Shot put — Stovall 10.61m

High jump — Stovall 1.77m

400 — Stovall 50.18

110 hurdles — Stovall 16.61

Discus — Stovall 29.41m

Pole vault — Stovall 3.75m

Javelin — Stovall 42.55m

1500 — Stovall 4:59.21