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Hughes is All-American, Turczyn advances in hurdles
Release Date: May 22, 2009
MONMOUTH, Ill. —
Monmouth
College thrower Tanesha Hughes (Peoria, Ill./Woodruff) earned
her first All-American award in her final season while hurdler
Shannon Turczyn (Peru, Ill./LaSalle-Peru) stayed on track to
reach outdoor All-American status for the fourth straight year after
performances Friday at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships
at Marietta College in Marietta, Ohio.
Hughes, who
entered the discus competition with the nation’s top throw, finished
her discus career with a throw of 150’5”. The senior’s toss placed
her fourth and gained her All-American status for the first time in
three trips to the National Championships. Hughes was just seven
inches out of a third-place finish. UW-Oshkosh’s Ellie Sitek won the
discus competition with a throw of 157’3”. Hughes will make her
first national appearance in the shot put Saturday afternoon.
Turczyn already
has four All-American awards – including three straight in the
100-meter hurdles. The senior could complete a four-year sweep in
the event and clocked a 14.40 in Friday’s prelims – her
third-fastest time this season – to advance to Saturday’s finals.
She is 25-hundreths back of the top qualifier and defending champion
– Sumer Rohrs of Frostburg State. The 100-meter hurdle finals will
be run Saturday afternoon.
Gloria Lehr
(Knoxville, Ill./Knoxville), making her first appearance at the
outdoor championships, threw the discus 132’3”. The junior’s effort
was among her best this season, but missed the finals cut by a mere
four feet.
Yesterday,
sophomore Logan Hohl (Orion, Ill./Orion) qualified for
Saturday’s finals in the men’s 400-meter hurdles with a time of
52.69. Hohl, a two-time All-American indoors, will run for his first
outdoor All-American honor Saturday afternoon.
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