Track team completes final SLC warm-up
2/15/2009 1:00:00 AM | Women's Track & Field
Sophomore Dess Meek highlighted action for the Sam Houston State women's track and field team in the Bearkats' final warm-up for the upcoming Southland Conference championship meet.
Sam Houston participated in the Texas A&M Invitational in college station, going up against a field that included last year's indoor and outdoor national champion team Arizona State and this year's No. 1 ranked team Texas A&M.
“There were numerous top 25 teams on men's and women's side at the meet so this was a good experience for many of our young Bearkat track and field athletes as they were introduced to the big time,” SHSU head coach Curtis Collier said. “Dess had another outstanding meet, taking over the Southland Conference lead at 19 feet, 4.5 inches. She now leads the high jump and the long jump on the SLC list.”
Other top women's performances included Kristi Hermes tying for the SLC lead in the pole vault at 11-6.5 and freshman Ambra McCuin's season best of 38-9 in the long jump.
Top men's performances came from DJ Hayes in 400 meters, taking over the Southland Conference lead in 48.01, and redshirt freshman Henry Jordan in the long jump, moving ahead of two teammates and into second on the Southland Conference season best list.
Matt Stephenson set a school record in the rarely run 1000 meter run. Clint Anders, Julius Michael and Joseph Anderson also had outstanding times.
"This was a tune-up meet for next week's SLC Indoor,” Collier said. “We rested those who needed rest and competed those who needed the competitive stimulus. This was a great meet, at a great new indoor track facility, with much national level competition. We are pointing toward our best performances next weekend when we will be fresh and ready to compete at our best because of the reduced training load."
Texas A&M Indoor Invitational - 2/13/2009 to 2/14/2009
Gilliam Indoor Track & Field Stadium
College Station, Texas
Women 800 Meter Run
16 Devyn Mitchell Sam Houston St. 2:18.25
Women 60 Meter Hurdles Finals
10 Tiana Lee Sam Houston St. 8.71
14 Jordan Heggie Sam Houston St. 8.85
Women 60 Meter Hurdles Prelims
14 Tiana Lee Sam Houston St. 8.63q
20 Jordan Heggie Sam Houston St. 8.93
Women 4x400 Meter Relay
12 Sam Houston St. 3:46.26
1) Brittany Henson 2) Tiana Lee
3) Monika May 4) Devyn Mitchell
Women Pole Vault
9 Kristi Hermes Sam Houston St. 3.52m 1
14 Kris Wulfson Sam Houston St. 3.37m
Women High Jump
5 Dess Meek Sam Houston St. 1.67m 3.5
Women Long Jump
7 Dess Meek Sam Houston St. 5.91m 3.5
Women Triple Jump
15 Ambra McCuin Sam Houston St. 11.81m
Women Weight Throw
9 Christina Webb Sam Houston St. 16.11m
Men 60 Meter Dash
10 TyMagic Robinson Sam Houston St. 6.87q (Prelim)
12 TyMagic Robinson Sam Houston St. 6.91 (Finals)
Men 200 Meter Dash
61 Ruben Gutierrez Sam Houston St. 23.63
Men 400 Meter Dash
10 Darryl Hayes Sam Houston St. 48.01
45 Jay Newman Sam Houston St. 50.59
Men 1000 Meter Run
13 Matt Stephenson Sam Houston St. 2:34.82
14 Clint Anders Sam Houston St. 2:35.01
15 Julius Michael Sam Houston St. 2:35.67
18 Joseph Anderson Sam Houston St. 2:37.16
Men 60 Meter Hurdles
32 Matthew Johnson Sam Houston St. 8.88
Men 1 Mile Run
9 Taylor Ray Sam Houston St. 4:21.24
20 Dustin Joubert Sam Houston St. 4:29.92
21 Julius Michael Sam Houston St. 4:32.23
22 Travis Kocurek Sam Houston St. 4:33.76
25 Patrick Krol Sam Houston St. 4:38.36
Men High Jump
7 Chris Nelson Sam Houston St. 2.00m 2
Men Long Jump
10 Henry Jordan III Sam Houston St. 7.10m
12 Curtis Patterson Sam Houston St. 6.95m
Men Triple Jump
18 Artis Edwards Sam Houston St. 14.09m
Men Shot Put
28 Jacob Shultz Sam Houston St. 13.96m
29 Jon Tipton Sam Houston St. 13.92m
Men Weight Throw
8 Jason Russell Sam Houston St. 16.34m 1
9 Jon Tipton Sam Houston St. 16.20m
14 Jacob Shultz Sam Houston St. 14.50m
