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Feb. 26, 2006
Betts, Davis Earn Individual Honors; Teams Finish Second at League
Meet
Kent, Ohio -- Youngstown State freshman
Katie Betts and senior Jarrod Davis
earned high individual recognition
while both Penguin teams finished
second at the Horizon League
Indoor Track and Field Championships.
Betts (Cortland, Ohio) was named the Running Newcomer of the
Year with two individual third-place
finishes and a second-place finish
to her credit as the anchor of the
4x400-meter relay. Davis won the
weight throw with a meet-breaking
record Saturday and broke the YSU
record in the shot put Sunday with a
second-place mark of 53-11 1/4 to
earn Outstanding Field Performer
honors.
Both teams headed into today's portion of the two-day meet in
second with a shot at winning, but
both of UW-Milwaukee's squads came
up big for the sweep. The UWM men's
squad won its third-straight title
while the women's team won its first
title since 2003. YSU's women's team
had won the previous two indoor
titles and four league titles
overall.
"You have to give our kids a lot of credit," YSU head coach
Brian Gorby said. "I told them I
couldn't be more proud of them for
their effort. We had a few things go
wrong on the women's side and
Milwaukee's veterans stepped up."
The UW-Milwaukee women's team finished with 172 points to
edge YSU's 151. Loyola finished
third with 73.5, UIC was fourth with
56.5, Detroit was fifth with 47,
Butler placed sixth with 44 and
Wright State was seventh with 11.
The Panthers scored 164 points on
the men's side while YSU finished
with 132. UIC finished third with 82
points, Loyola placed fourth with 76
points, Butler was fifth with 53 and
Detroit placed sixth with 47 points.
Sophomore Yandeh Joh was the highest scorer of all YSU
athletes with 34 points with four
second-place finishes and a
fifth-place finish. She was the
conference runner-up in the 4x400
relay, the 400, the long jump and
the pentathlon, and she added a
fifth-place finish in the 60-meter
hurdles.
Also on the women's side, Bethany Anderson swept the throws
with a mark of 46-2 in the shot put
Sunday after winning the weight
throw with a mark of 58-4 3/4.
Satara Freeman also picked up a
victory in the 60 hurdles with a
time of 8.91.
Anderson lead a dominating throws group for YSU that racked
up a total of 50 points in two
events. In the weight throw, Katy
Williams placed second (53-11 3/4),
Amy Hill placed third (50-0 3/4) and
Lindsay Cobey finished fourth (48-8
3/4). Hill finished second in the
shot put (43-4 1/4) while her sister
Lindsey finished fourth (42-6).
"Coach Cobey and his throwers did an awesome job," Gorby
said. "We owe a big part of our
success to them."
In the sprints, Danielle Bolt placed second in the 60-meter
dash (7.65) and was part of the
4x400 relay with Betts, Joh and Kari
Kreutzfeld. Betts added third-place
finishes in the 60 (7.82) and the
200 (25.09).
Freshman Jen Grayson scored 18 points by finishing second in
the high jump (5-3 3/4), third in
the pentathlon (3,392 points) and
fourth in the 60 hurdles (9.01).
Carly Youlton was the final
top-three finisher for YSU with a
third-place mark of 36-10 1/4 in the
triple jump.
The men's team was solid in all areas as it scored in 16 of
the meet's 18 events and saw two
school records fall. Senior Adam
Lewis broke his own school record
and won the 60 hurdles with a time
of 8.31. Sophomore R.D. Goodright
broke the school record and placed
second in the 1,000 with a time of
2:27.70.
Damian Wright earned second-place finishes in the 60 with a
time of 6.94 and the 200 with a time
of 21.95. Goodright also scored 18
points with his second-place finish
in the 1,000, third-place finish in
the distance medley relay and
fifth-place finish in the 4x400
relay. John Sheppard, Justin
Carolyne and Harold Jones also
competed in the DMR.
Jason Greenamyer scored 15 points by finishing second in the
heptathlon (4,609 points), third in
the high jump (6-2 1/4) and sixth in
the 60 hurdles (8.75). Michael Perri
added a third-place finish in the
heptathlon (3,746 points), and Nick
Smith finished third in the 1,000
(2:28.12).
Behind Davis in the weight throw, Drew Weizer placed second
with a mark of 56-5 3/4 while Joe
Lahmon finished third with a heave
of 54-6 1/2. Aaron Merrill finished
third in the shot put with a mark of
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