Huskies fair well at Drake and Oregon
April 30, 2001
The Husky track team split this weekend to compete in both the Oregon Invitational on Friday and the Drake relays Friday and Saturday. In both competitions, the Huskies faced a great deal of athletes as the Drake relays brought people from throughout the country and the Oregon Invite had a total of 855 competitors.
The Drake relays allowed the Huskies to face NCAA Championship-style competition. They took advantage by posting several improved marks and one first-place finish from Gillian Palmer in 5,000-meter run with a time of 16:25.13. Palmer is an NCAA provisional qualifier in the 5,000.
Continuing with the women, Kelsey Sheppard improved her NCAA provisional qualifying mark in the 400-meter hurdles from 58.76 to 58.75 and placed seventh in the 400-meter hurdles in a later heat with a 59.74. Heather Reichmann placed fourth in the javelin with a throw of 147-8, and Megan Spriesterbach was close behind at 138-11.
On the relay side, the women's distance medley team, 4x100-meter relay team and 4x200-meter relay team all had ninth-place finishes. The 4x100-meter team of Chelsie Pentz, Zee Ogarro, Jamarra Smith and Tesha Moore improved its season-best time from 46.56 to 46.16. The medley team was comprised of Susan Werner, Chelsie Pentz, Devin Golob and Anna Aoki.
For the men, the 4xMile, 4x100 and 4x400 each finished in fifth place with times of 16:51.53, 42.03 and 1:27.91, respectively. Both the 4x100 and 4x200 teams were composed of Andrae Alexander, Marc James, Greg Forni and Brad Goodrich while the 4xMile team was made up of Jason Fayant, David Bazzi, Dustin Duke, and Hendrik Kok.
In the Oregon invite, Sarah Peterson led the way with a first- and second-place finish in the 400- and 100-meter hurdles with times of 14.22 and 1:02.33, respectively. Polevaulter Brad Walker had a second-place finish with a 17-4 and Alex Jamie placed third with a 10-4. Two other third-place finishes came from Brittany Roberts in the triple jump and Anthony Walters in the 400-meter dash.
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