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April 19, 2004
Davis, Gillespie Set Records at All-Ohio Championship
Columbus, Ohio -- Junior Jarrod
Davis bested his own school record
in the hammer and set three more
personal bests to lead Youngstown
State at the All-Ohio Championship
on Saturday at Ohio State.
Davis threw the hammer 163 feet, 9 inches to improve on the
record he set last week to finish
ninth. He also had a career
day in the discus (153-1, eighth),
javelin (158-5, ninth) and shot put
(47-3 1/2, 12th).
Sophomore Aaliyah Gillespie placed sixth in the 100-meter
hurdles with a school-record time of
14.34 seconds to lead the women.
On the men's side, Papis Joh had
a solid day in the sprints with a
third-place finish in the 400
(48.91) and an eighth-place spot in
the 200 (22.13). Also in the
sprints, Sherod Holmes finished
eighth in the 100-meter dash while
Scott Weiser plaed ninth in the 200.
In the distance events, Kurt Michaelis finished second in the
800-meters with a time of 1:54.35
while Dave Mealy placed third in the
10,000-meters in 32:25.37.
Chris Hine added a fourth-place
finish in the 3,000-meter
steeplechase with a personal-best
time of 9:41.97 and a seventh-place
finish in the 5,000-meter run.
Nick Kruse placed fifth in the
steeplechase.
Jeanna Cunningham led the women with a third-place finish in
the 400-meter dash (56.45) and a
ninth-place finish in the 200-meters
(24.76). Both of her times
were personal bests. Danielle
Bolt placed seventh in the 100 in a
personal-best time of 24.61 while
Leslie Johnson finished ninth in the
400 (57.88).
Emily Schnitkey finished third in the steeplechase (11:00.33)
and fifth in the 1,500 (4:40.90)
while Kim Jendre placed third in the
5,000 (18:58.85). Jenn Wenhold
added a fifth-place finish in the
5,000 and Lindsay Wojciak finished
seventh in the steeplechase
(11:41.33) to round out the distance
events.
In the field, Katy Williams threw the discus a personal-best
147-0 to place fifth while Laura
Schatz placed sixth in the high jump
with a mark of 5-2 1/4.
The Penguins will compete at the Penn Relays April 22-24. |
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