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Lincoln (Missouri) sprints to women's track crown


Jun 7, 2004 12:25:08 PM


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Defending champion Lincoln (Missouri) dominated the sprints and swept two relays to win the Division II Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships May 27-29 at Cal Poly Pomona.

The Blue Tigers' Shandria Brown was a double winner for the second straight year in the 100- and 200-meter dashes, and teammate Moya Thompson led a 22-point effort by four Lincoln runners in the 400-meter dash with her repeat victory in that event.

Lincoln sprinters added an additional 26 points to those two winners' 30 points in the three events, and other Blue Tigers added precious points by scoring in the 800-meter run, 400-meter hurdles and shot put, to go with the 20 points that Lincoln earned from the relay victories.

Lincoln needed nearly all of those points to outscore runner-up Adams State, which scored most of its points in the distance events but also made its presence felt in the sprints and finished only four points behind the Blue Tigers.

Adams State's Zoila Gomez joined Lincoln's Brown as the only double winners at the meet, winning the 10,000-meter run by nearly a minute with a time of 34:16.34, then posting a nearly 19-second victory in the 5,000-meter run with her time of 16:32.97. However, Gomez, who had qualified for the latter event with a time under 16 minutes, was unable to challenge Julie Bowers' 19-year-old record of 15:59.34, set for West Chester.

The Grizzlies' Stephanie Bylander finished second behind Gomez in the 10,000 meters, and Adams State also scored at least two runners in both the 3,000- and 5,000-meter events. The Coloradoans' Deborah Bome also contributed by scoring in the 100- and 200-meter dashes and by anchoring the Grizzlies' third-place performance in the 400-meter relay, but those efforts weren't quite enough to topple the Blue Tigers.

"We expected to get a lot more points in the 200 and we were concerned Adams State had a lot left," said Lincoln coach Victor Thomas, whose Blue Tigers actually trailed the Grizzlies entering the final event of the meet, the 1,600-meter relay.

"I take my hat off to the girls," Thomas said, after the relay team of Lileith Simms, Marlene Smith, Kelly Marshall and Thompson won the event, while Adams State finished sixth.

Abilene Christian, whose Stephanie Warren won the triple jump, finished third at the championships. North Dakota State, with Kinsey Coles' 800-meter victory, finished fourth, and Angelo State took fifth behind LaTisha Burns' victory in the long jump.

Cal State Bakersfield joined Lincoln and Adams State on the list of schools claiming multiple titles, as the Roadrunners' Cecilia Barnes won the discus throw and April Burton claimed the victory in the hammer throw.

There were no new championships records at the meet.

Team results

1. Lincoln (Mo.), 85; 2. Adams St., 81; 3. Abilene Christian, 61; 4. North Dakota St., 50; 5. Angelo St., 40; 6. Cal St. Bakersfield, 34; 7. Southern Ind., 30; 8. Western St., 28; 9. Truman, 24; 10. (tie) St. Augustine's and South Dakota, 23; 12. Ashland, 22; 13. Central Mo. St., 21; 14. (tie) Cal St. L.A. and Emporia St., 20; 16. Neb.-Kearney, 17; 17. (tie) Slippery Rock and Tex. A&M-Kingsville, 16; 19. Colorado Mines, 14; 20. (tie) Pittsburg St., Shippensburg and Fort Valley St., 13; 23. (tie) Cal St. Stanislaus, Mo. Southern St. and Minn. St. Mankato, 12; 26. Cal St. Chico, 11 1/2; 27. Neb.-Omaha, 11; 28. (tie) Saginaw Valley and Clark Atlanta, 10; 30. (tie) Northwest Mo. St. and North Dakota, 9; 32. Seattle Pacific, 8; 33. (tie) Grand Valley St. and San Fran St., 6; 35. (tie) Indianapolis, Albany St. (Ga.), Seattle, P.R.-Rio Piedras and SIU Edwardsville, 5; 40. (tie) Cal St. Dom. Hills, North Fla., Western Ore., Chadron St. and Lewis, 4; 45. (tie) Cal Poly Pomona, Hillsdale, UC Colo. Spgs., Edinboro, Mo.-Rolla, and Mass.-Lowell, 3; 51. (tie) Minn. St. Moorhead, Central Wash, Tampa and Tex. A&M-Commerce, 2; 55. (tie) Fort Hays St. and Augustana (S.D.), 1 1/2; 57. (tie) UC San Diego, Virginia St. and Minn. Duluth, 1; 60. Western Wash., 1/2.

Individual results

100-meter dash: 1. Shandria Brown, Lincoln (Mo.), 11.33; 2. Lashawndra Ratcliff, Tex. A&M-Kingsville, 11.49; 3. Simmy George, Lincoln (Mo.), 11.53; 4. Courtney Bruna, Emporia St., 11.64; 5. Marcia Fenton, Cal St. Dom. Hills, 11.65; 6. Deborah Bome, Adams St., 11.66; 7. Kari Harrison, Tex. A&M-Commerce, 11.77; 8. Jasmine Peck, Albany St. (Ga.), 11.78.

200-meter dash: 1. Shandria Brown, Lincoln (Mo.), 23.16; 2. Shami Vanhook, Ashland, 23.68; 3. Deborah Bome, Adams St., 23.79; 4. Moya Thompson, Lincoln (Mo.), 23.83; 5. Lashawndra Ratcliff, Tex. A&M-Kingsville, 23.84; 6. Simmy George, Lincoln (Mo.), 23.89; 7. Brooklyn Hunt, Abilene Christian, 24.15; 8. Jessica Hunt, Abilene Christian, 24.25.

400-meter dash: 1. Moya Thompson, Lincoln (Mo.), 52.61; 2. Nicole Shigg, North Dakota St., 53.47; 3. Marlene Smith, Lincoln (Mo.), 53.71; 4. Lileith Simms, Lincoln (Mo.), 54.49; 5. Kate Semin, Neb.-Kearney, 54.54; 6. Steph Gebhart, South Dakota, 54.72; 7. Terran Legard, Central Wash., 54.86; 8. Kelly Marshall, Lincoln (Mo.), 55.53.

800-meter run: 1. Kinsey Coles, North Dakota St., 2:06.49; 2. Maria Medina, St. Augustine's, 2:07.25; 3. Victoria Martinez, Adams St., 2:08.63; 4. Sarah Klein, North Dakota St., 2:09.60; 5. Jessica Schill, North Dakota, 2:11.43; 6. Carmen Franklin, Cal Poly Pomona, 2:13.15; 7. Kelly Marshall, Lincoln (Mo.), 2:17.40; 8. Lileith Simms, Lincoln (Mo.), 2:20.60.

1,500-meter run: 1. Alisha Williams, Western St., 4:21.08; 2. Adeh Mwamba, Abilene Christian, 4:26.69; 3. Sarah Bouchard, Cal St. L.A., 4:26.71; 4. Steph Kuhlman, Grand Valley St., 4:27.49; 5. Romy Krueger, North Fla., 4:28.01; 6. Kate Hamera, Mo.-Rolla, 4:28.35; 7. Margaret Pridgen, Cal St. Chico, 4:33.22; 8. Breanne Steffens, SIU Edwardsville, 4:33.63.

3,000-meter run: 1. Heather Cooksey, Southern Ind., 9:32.76; 2. Sarah Bouchard, Cal St. L.A., 9:38.75; 3. Emily Mortensen, Adams St., 9:39.47; 4. Kim Lorimer, Adams St., 9:43.45; 5. Heather Beresford, Colorado Mines, 9:45.05; 6. Jessica Neva, North Dakota, 9:51.84; 7. Olha Kryv'yak, Abilene Christian, 9:56.31; 8. Krista O'Dell, Grand Valley St., 9:59.14.

3,000-meter steeplechase: Hannah Davey, Colorado Mines, 10:33.72; 2. Kristin Anderson, Central Mo. St., 10:36.06; 3. Rebekah Walter, Adams St., 10:40.38; 4. Kelly Fullerton, Seattle, 10:45.35; 5. Lori Hubbart, Western St., 10:48.35; 6. Tina Gray, UC-Colo. Spgs., 10:49.10; 7. Jessica Moldovan, Edinboro, 10:49.47; 8. Jennifer James, Cal St. Chico, 10:51.31.

5,000-meter run: 1. Zoila Gomez, Adams St., 16:32.97; 2. Heather Cooksey, Southern Ind., 16:51.50; 3. Adeh Mwamba, Abilene Christian, 16:58.09; 4. Alisha Williams, Western St., 17:01.20; 5. Katie Lee, Cal St. Chico, 17:02.39; 6. Kristin Toney, Western St., 17:03.50; 7. Kim Lorimer, Adams St., 17:07.85; 8. Stephanie Bylander, Adams St., 17:13.14.

10,000-meter run: 1. Zoila Gomez, Adams St., 34:16.34; 2. Stephanie Bylander, Adams St., 35:15.63; 3. Kristin Toney, Western St., 35:23.96; 4. Kelly Stewart, Shippensburg, 35:34.28; 5. Katie Lee, Cal St. Chico, 35:44.23; 6. Beth Lee, Adams St., 35:57.99; 7. Allison Macsas, Tampa, 36:02.83; 8. Julie Nemergut, Edinboro, 36:10.95.

100-meter high hurdles: 1. Ebony McMath, Fort Valley St., 13.99; 2. Christina Winkler, Truman, 14.08; 3. Andi Rose, Slippery Rock, 14.10; 4. Zolymar Febles, P.R.-Rio Piedras, 14.24; 5. Denise Sandbothe, Central Mo. St., 14.35; 6. TiaNiecia Mosley, Adams St., 14.51; 7. Jamilah St. Cyr, Cal St. L.A., 14.57; 8. Jamie Thomas, SIU Edwardsville, 14.73.

400-meter intermediate hurdles: 1. Christina Winkler, Truman, 57.81; 2. Mary Still, Mo. Southern St., 58.22; 3. Mandie Gallier, Saginaw Valley, 59.27; 4. Sara Jessen, Truman, 60.00; 5. Nikita McCree, Lincoln (Mo.), 60.43; 6. Donta Hallmon, Fort Valley St., 60.65; 7. Dana Robinson, St. Augustine's, 61.48; 8. Heather Hamilton, Minn Duluth, 61.96.

400-meter relay: 1. Lincoln (Mo.) (Simmy George, Shandria Brown, Marlene Smith, Moya Thompson), 44.80; 2. St. Augustine's, 45.61; 3. Adams St., 45.73; 4. Angelo St., 46.22; 5. Albany St. (Ga.), 46.27; 6. Mass.-Lowell, 46.47; 7. North Dakota St., 46.49; 8. Neb.-Omaha, 46.50.

1,600-meter relay: 1. Lincoln (Mo.) (Lileith Simms, Marlene Smith, Kelly Marshall, Moya Thompson), 3:38.35; 2. North Dakota St., 3:39.10; 3. Ashland, 3:39.13; 4. Neb.-Omaha, 3:41.43; 5. St. Augustine's, 3:44.29; 6. Adams St., 3:45.25; 7. South Dakota, 3:45.97; 8. Truman, 3:46.80.

High jump: 1. Nikki Hill, Clark Atlanta 1.77 (5-9 3/4); 2. Jennifer Drum, Central Mo. St., 1.74 (5-8 1/2); 3. Stephanie Warren, Abilene Christian, 1.74 (5-8 1/2); 4. Lesley Crutcher, Neb.-Kearney, 1.71 (5-7 1/4); 5. Abby Boberg, Southern Ind., 1.71 (5-7 1/4); 6. Ashley Armstrong, Abilene Christian, 1.71 (5-7 1/4); 7. (tie) Amanda Poore, Fort Hays St., and Becky Schulz, Augustana (S.D.), 1.71 (5-7 1/4).

Pole vault: 1. Chaunte Mitchell, Cal St. Stanislaus, 3.90 (12-9 1/2); 2. Amanda Frame, Minn. St. Mankato, 3.80 (12-5 1/2); 3. Katie Eckley, Abilene Christian, 3.80 (12-5 1/2); 4. Val Gorte, Abilene Christian, 3.80 (12-5 1/2); 5. Angie Aguilar, Abilene Christian, 3.70 (12-1 1/2); 6. Kimberly Hilton, North Dakota St., 3.70 (12-1 1/2); 7. Amanda Aning, Minn. St. Mankato, 3.70 (12-1 1/2); 8. (tie) Danielle Juarez, Western Wash., and Rachelle Sabo, Cal St. Chico, 3.55 (11-7 3/4).

Long jump: 1. LaTisha Burns, Angelo St., 6.16 (20-2 1/2); 2. Candace Perry, Southern Ind., 6.14 (20-1 3/4); 3. Denise Scott, Angelo St., 5.97 (19-7); 4. Foluso Makinde, Neb.-Omaha, 5.86 (19-2 3/4); 5. Jen Schmidgall, Lewis, 5.75 (18-10 1/2); 6. Stephanie Warren, Abilene Christian, 5.74 (18-10); 7. Nicole Goosby, Adams St., 5.70 (18-8 1/2); 8. Yosmila Pinerez, St. Augustine's, 5.68 (18-7 3/4).

Triple jump: 1. Stephanie Warren, Abilene Christian, 13.21 (43-4 1/4); 2. Amanda Thieschafer, North Dakota St., 13.01 (42-8 1/4); 3. Cassandra Olson, North Dakota St., 12.39 (40-7 3/4); 4. Denise Scott, Angelo St., 12.31 (40-4 3/4); 5. Brianne Edwards, South Dakota, 12.25 (40-2 1/4); 6. Jamie Thomas, SIU Edwardsville, 12.21 (40-0 3/4); 7. Tunisia Lacy, Shippensburg, 12.09 (39-8); 8. Santresa Brooks, Virginia St., 11.90 (39-0 1/2).

Shot put: 1. Rachel Goetz, Emporia St., 14.61 (47-11 1/4); 2. Shauna Birchard, Neb.-Kearney, 14.56 (47-9 1/4); 3. April Burton, Cal St. Bakersfield, 14.46 (47-5 1/4); 4. Liga Klavina, Abilene Christian, 14.39 (47-2 1/2); 5. Tasha Savage, Tex. A&M-Kingsville, 14.21 (14-7 1/2); 6. Jacqueline Wells, Chadron St., 14.14 (46-4 3/4); 7. Elfreda Reid, Lincoln (Mo.), 14.08 (46-2 1/2); 8. Sagrario Hernandez, UC San Diego, 13.90 (45-7 1/4).

Discus throw: 1. Cecilia Barnes, Cal St. Bakersfield, 51.28 (168-3); 2. April Burton, Cal St. Bakersfield, 50.58 (165-11); 3. Mary Wirt, Northwest Mo. St., 50.30 (165-0); 4. Rachel Goetz, Emporia St., 47.60 (156-2); 5. Danee Jones, Mo. Southern St., 47.24 (155-0); 6. Laura Tave, Cal St. L.A., 46.69 (153-2); 7. Kami Sweet, Minn. St. Mankato, 46.10 (151-3); 8. Becky Haug, Central Mo. St., 45.66 (149-10).

Hammer throw: 1. April Burton, Cal St. Bakersfield, 57.20 (187-8); 2. Crystal Smith, Ashland, 57.11 (187-4); Cammie Carroll, San Fran. St., 54.15 (177-8); 4. Carie Roush, Indianapolis, 54.06 (177-4); 5. Jaci Cederberg, Western Ore., 53.81 (176-6); 6. Mary Wirt, Northwest Mo. St., 52.77 (173-1); 7. Belinda Eastlack, Minn. St. Moorhead, 52.39 (171-10); 8. Jacqueline Wells, Chadron St., 52.04 (170-9).

Javelin throw: 1. Karyn McCready, Slippery Rock, 50.00 (164-0); 2. Leah Shireman, Pittsburg St., 45.42 (149-0); 3. Kelly Frick, Shippensburg, 45.34 (148-9); 4. Anjanae Wilson, Pittsburg St., 44.77 (146-10); 5. Jennifer Brogger, Saginaw Valley, 44.51 (146-0); 6. Sara Johnson, Seattle Pacific, 44.27 (145-3); 7. Dana Olimb, North Dakota, 44.20 (145-0); 8. Maegan Bergeson, Cal St. L.A., 43.08 (141-4).

Heptathlon: 1. Brianne Edwards, South Dakota, 5,301; 2. Alissa Miller, Angelo St., 5,245; 3. Wendy Robertson, Angelo St., 5,126; 4. Danielle Ayers-Stam, Seattle Pacific, 4,955; 5. Sarah Hoffman, South Dakota, 4,750; 6. Tauna Blacquiere, Hillsdale, 4,716; 7. Amanda Oliver, Cal St. Stanislaus, 4,689; 8. TiaNiecia Mosley, Adams St., 4,657.


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