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Scots survive soggy weekend
Release Date:
April 25, 2009
MONMOUTH, Ill. —
The focus for the track team shifted from improving
performances to not getting injured at last weekend’s soggy Loras
Open held in Dubuque, Iowa.
No team scores were kept at the meet where two Fighting Scots’
athletes had their best performances of their careers at the
season’s largest meet despite cold, wet conditions.
High jumper Heather Hull cleared a career-best height of
5’3” to tie for second. Sam Cokinos’ hammer throw of 138’8”
was his personal-best by more than two feet and placed him 26th.
A pair of provisional times in the prelims and finals of the
100-meter hurdles were turned in by Shannon Turczyn, although
she had run faster times this season. The senior won the event in
14.93 after running a 14.83 in the prelims.
Katie Staab clocked a 5:00.69 in the 1500-meter run where
she was fifth. Lindsie Pettie handled the slippery conditions
in the 400-meter dash with a sixth-place finish. The sophomore
clocked a 1:01.32. Amy Aghababian’s time of 2:31.59 claimed
eighth in the 800-.
Three Scots placed in the top 10 of the women’s shot put and
javelin. Gloria Lehr led both groups. Her shot put of 41’5”
edged out Tanesha Hughes for fifth. Hughes threw the shot
40’8-1/2” and Amanda Streeter took 10th with a
throw of 39’5-1/4”. Lehr launched the javelin 115’10” to take
fourth. Hull was eighth with a mark of 100’9” and Streeter’s throw
of 90’11” placed her 10th.
Hughes took third in the discus with a mark of 144’5” and Lehr
placed seventh at 130’1”. Streeter placed 10th in the
hammer throw at 142’3”. Sarah Stinson tied for 10th
in the high jump, clearing 4’11”.
Shane Reschke had the men’s top track performance. The
freshman’s time of 50.03 in the 400- placed him third. Alan
Rosiquez ran a 35:25.55 to place seventh in the 10,000-.
Reschke, Kyle Prout, Aaron Daverin and Saidu
Sesay finished second in the 4x100 relay. Their time of 42.56
was just .25 off the pace.
While Reschke had the men’s top performance on the track,
Tyler Hannam turned in the best showing in the men’s field
events. Hannam placed second in the high jump, clearing 6’5-1/2”.
Matt Hassler was 10th at 5’11-1/2”.
Just an inch-and-a-half separated Monmouth’s top two long
jumpers. Nick Law soared 20’3-3/4” for a sixth-place finish
and Michael Blodgett tied for ninth at 20’2-1/4”. Sean Wells’
40’10-1/2” triple jump edged Blodgett for seventh. Blodgett triple
jumped 40’9-3/4”.
In the throws, Peyton Lumzy threw the shot put 48’10-1/4”
for a seventh-place finish. Cokinos was 10th with a mark
of 45’9-1/4”.
The Scots travel to Indiana State this weekend for the Indiana
Pacesetter Open for their final tuneup before next weekend’s Midwest
Conference Championships. The meet will have fewer teams than the
Scots meet last weekend, but will feature some Division I programs.
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