April 22, 2011
Results
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -
The Illinois State track and field teams completed competition at the Lenny Lyles Invitational Friday, but inclement weather in the Louisville, Ky., area forced the cancellation of the final five events (men's and women's triple jumps, men's and women's 4x400-meter relays and the men's 3,000m steeplechase) of the meet at the Cardinal Park Track Stadium.
"We had a few good performances today, especially in the women's 800-meter run, as Jil Kerkman and Jess Husted ran personal-best times," said head track and field coach Elvis Forde. "Tori Ziegler also had a personal best in the women's hammer. It was nice to see Tori gain confidence and perform better. Again, there were good performances, but it was a long day today. The weather has been a factor throughout the outdoor season, but we are looking forward to the next three weeks, and hopefully we will get some better weather soon."
In the women's field events, Leigh Petranoff won the javelin throw with mark of 148-03, while Katelyn Massey (109-08), Becky Anderson (108-07) and Hilary Hobler (102-05) finished in fourth through sixth places, respectively. Brittany Smith took third in the hammer throw with a toss of 196-06, as Ziegler finished seventh with a personal-best toss of 168-08. The duo competed in the discus throw where Smith (161-06) was third followed by Ziegler (141-08) in seventh. Ziegler later competed in the shot put and finished fifth with a mark of 49-01.50.
In the jumping events, Rachelle Harbert cleared the bar set at 12-03.50 in the pole vault for a first-place finish, while teammates Emily Swift (11-07.75) and Rachel Kreuzer (10-06.00) took fourth and seventh places, respectively. Amanda Albrecht jumped a personal-best height of 5-09.75 in the high jump for second place, as Becky Anderson took ninth with a leap of 5-02.25. Lita Wynne (17-09.00) was sixth in the long jump followed by Kendall Rush (17-03.50) in seventh place and Hobler (17-00.50) in ninth.
On the track, Alia McAfee took sixth in the 100-meter dash finishing the race in a personal-best time of 12.37 and was followed by Hobler (12.81) and Wynne (13.02) in eighth and ninth places, respectively. McAfee was back in action in the 200-meter dash, where she took eighth in 25.71. Sade Sealy bested the competition in the 400-meter dash, finishing the race in 55.07. Shandel Ellis (57.42) and Jordan Frey (58.57) also ran to top-10 finishes in the 400. In the 400-meter hurdles, Jenna Combs took fifth with a personal-best time of 1:03.68.
Still on the track, Husted ran a personal-best time of 2:11.70 and finished second in the 800-meter run, as Kerkman (2:13.07) followed in third with a personal-best time. Kimberly Christensen was sixth with a personal-best time of 2:17.01 in the 800-meter run. Aisha Praught ran to a second-place finish in the 1500-meter run after crossing the finish line in 4:31.59 followed by Samantha Bluske, who finished the race in fourth with a personal-best time of 4:33.44. Olivia Myers (4:50.35) and Christensen (4:59.96) also grabbed top-10 finishes, completing the 1500-meter run in eighth and 10th places, respectively. In the 3,000-meter steeplechase Kristen Zillmer won in a personal-best time of 10:51.62, while Kirsten Lang followed in second place with a time of 10:59.57.
On the men's side, Akil Mills won the hammer throw with a personal-best mark of 190-03 and was followed by teammates Spencer Prince (169-10) in fifth, Curt Jensen (162-03) in eighth and Colin Fane (155-04) in 10th. Jensen took second in the shot put with a heave of 53-05.50, as Patrick Trofimuk (47-11.75) and Prince (46-01.25) took seventh and ninth places, respectively. In the discus, Michael Kroeger (140-08.75), Jensen (138-10.75), Trofimuk (135-03.75) and Fane (132-04.25) took sixth through ninth places, respectively. Brian Pflederer was second in the javelin throw with a personal-best mark of 177-05, while Ben Pratt finished fourth in the long jump with a personal-best mark of 21-11.00. Mike Ziegler leaped to third place in the pole vault with a jump of 14-05.25.
In running events, Kayode Adegoke crossed the finish line in second place in the 100-meter dash with a time of 10.76, while Coty Kramer (10.90) took seventh followed by Ben Sparkman (10.99) in eighth. Josh Pope ran to fifth place in the 110-meter hurdles in 14.85, while Alex Forde (15.16) and Nicholas Gallardo (15.61) finished in seventh and eighth place. Adegoke crossed the finish line in fourth place in the 200-meter dash with a time of 22.06 and was followed by teammates Fabian Norgrove (22.11), Kramer (22.16) and Sparkman (22.52) in sixth, seventh and ninth places, respectively. Then, Norgrove won the 400-meter dash in 48.00, while Forde ran to a fifth-place finish in 55.37. Gallardo (57.30) and Pope (57.45) ran to seventh and eighth places, respectively, in the 400-meter hurdles.
Elsewhere on the track, Mat Smoody ran to a first-place finish in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:53.65, while Yosef Tewolde (1:55.35), Nick Geyer (1:56.50) and Matt Wiggen (1:59.01) finished in third, fourth and seventh places, respectively. Matt Mroczynski finished fourth in the 1500-meter run with a time of 4:00.73.
The Redbirds will return to action Thursday, April 28 for the competitive Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa.
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