Feb. 2, 2004
Women Set Distance Medley Record at Penn State
University Park, Pa, --
Emily Schnitkey, Leslie Johnson, Lindsay Wojciak and Lisa Davies
teamed up to set the school record
in the distance medley relay with a
ninth-place time of 12 minutes,
12.52 seconds to highlight YSU's
performances at the Penn State
National Relay on Jan. 31.
Papis Joh led the YSU men with a 22nd-place time of 49.80 in
the 400 and a 31st-place time of
22.48 in the 200.
Also for the women, Laura Schatz finished 11th in the high
jump with 5-4 1/4 and Lisa Davies
finished 14th in the 3,000 with a
personal-best time of 10:10.55.
Lindsay Wojciak finished 21st in the
1,000 with a personal-best time of
3:03.16 and Danielle Bolt added a
29th-place finish in the 200 with a
time of 25.39. Gina Mavrikis,
Kim Jendre and Marielle Glanz
finished 27th, 29th and 30th in the
1,000.
The quartet of Alex Casi, Leslie Johnson, Bolt and Jeanna
Cunningham finished 18th in the
4x400-meter relay with a season-best
time of 3:58.20.
For the men, Scott Weiser finished 21st in the 400 with a
time of 49.74 while Nick Buzek
finished 22nd in the 3,000 with a
personal-best time of 8:36.89.
Adam Lewis finished 31st in the
60-meter hurdles in 8.73 while Chris
Hine finished 37th in the 1,000 and
Nick Kruse placed 39th in the mile.
Ryan Strzalka, Joh, Kevin Breckenridge and Weiser finished
21st in the 4x400 relay.
At the Doug Raymond Invitational at Kent State, Nikki Hooper
finished third in the triple jump
and sixth in the long jump to lead
the women. In the throws,
Lindsey Hill finished fifth in the
shot put with a throw of 41-1 3/4
while Kim Lammers finished eighth
and Amy Hill finished ninth.
Katy WIlliams added a 13th-place
finish in the weight throw.
Debbie Breunig finished fifth in the
5,000 while Cassandra Smith finished
eighth in the 60-meter hurdles in
9.87 and 11th in the 200.
Jeremy Riehm was the highest finisher for the men at Kent
State with a fifth-place time of
8:54.53 in the 3,000. Derek
Riker added a sixth-place finish in
the pole vault with a season-best
14-5 1/4 while Dave Mealy finished
ninth in the 3,000. Darius
Peterson posted 10th-place finishes
in the 60-meter dash and the long
jump.
In the throws, Jarrod Davis finished 13th in the weight throw
and 14th in the shot put. Drew
Weizer had season-best performances
in the shot put (41-11 1/4) and the
weight throw (43-8 1/2) while Mike
DeToro had a season-best in the
weight throw (34-1 1/4).
YSU will compete at the Rhode Island Invitational on Feb. 6. |
