Jenkins gold highlights Monday's Southland action
2/16/2015 10:48:00 PM | Women's Track & Field
Birmingham, Alabama – Ashley Jenkins brought the defending Southland Conference champions their first gold medal of the 2015 event Monday afternoon in the women's weight throw.
Jenkins lofted a school record throw of 62' 10” as the Southland Indoor Track & Field Championships opened at the modern CrossPlex facility. The championships run through Tuesday night.
After the first day of competition, the SHSU women stand in first place with 43 points. Lamar is in second with 34 points followed closely by Stephen F. Austin with 33 points.
Paula Smith leaped 19' 3.5” to finish as the runner-up in the long jump. Winnie Ileso placed third with a 19' 0” effort.
Ana Moreno finished fourth in the 5,000 meter run with a time of 17:22.06. Meaghen Seales, Camry Grigsby, Briana McCall and Olivia Olguin teams to place fourth in the women's distance medley realy with a time of 12:25.61
Nichole Jenrette placed fourth in the women's indoor pentathlon with a total of 3,470 points. Jenrette's top performances included a second place in the pentathlon high jump (5' 3.25”) and a third place finish in both the shot put (37' 5”) and the long jump (17' 11”).
Francis Porter also scored in the pentathlon, finishing seventh after scoring 3,255 points.
Adrienne Quillin also picked up points for the Bearkats with a fifth place with a weight throw of 60' 1”.
Complete women's results from the Southland Conference Indoor Championships Monday:
| Weight Throw | 1 | Ashley Jenkins | 62' 10" |
| 5 | Adrienne Quillin | 60' 1" | |
| 10 | Kristine Hanks | 50' 9.25" | |
| Long jump | 2 | Paula Smith | 19' 3.5" |
| 3 | Winnie Ileso | 19' 0" | |
| 9 | Kaylynne Wright | 18' 2.25 | |
| 16 | Khalaya Williams | 17' 6" | |
| 16 | Avery Zamzov | 17' 4.75" | |
| 60m Dash | 5 Q | Paula Smith | 7.63 |
| 15 | Winnie Ileso | 7.77 | |
| 18 | Elizabeth Ene | 7.81 | |
| 200m Dash | 6 Q | Paula Smith | 24.77 |
| 8 Q | Elizabeth Ene | 24.86 | |
| 9 | Jasmine Lewis | 25.84 | |
| 400m Dash | 1 Q | Kodii Church | 55.94 |
| 4 Q | Jordan Grady | 56.23 | |
| 6 Q | Ruth Amaku | 56.44 | |
| 800m Run | 5 Q | Briana McCall | 2:15.52 |
| 6 Q | Camry Grigsby | 2:18.60 | |
| 5,000m Run | 4 | Ana Moreno | 17:22.06 |
| 60m Hurdles | 1 | Danielle Demas | 8.31 |
| 16 | Avery Zamzov | 9.24 | |
| Pentathlon | |||
| 60m hurdles | 2 | Avery Zamzov | 8.96 |
| 6 | Francis Porter | 9.24 | |
| 7 | Nicole Jenrette | 9.28 | |
| 21 | Sarah Walker | 10.01 | |
| High jump | 2 | Nicole Jenrette | 5' 3.25" |
| 7 | Avery Zamzov | 5' 2.25" | |
| 7 | Sarah Walker | 5' 2.25" | |
| 17 | Francis Porter | 4' 11.5" | |
| Shot Put | 3 | Nicole Jenrette | 37' 5" |
| 4 | Avery Zamzov | 36' 11" | |
| 13 | Francis Porter | 30' 5" | |
| 18 | Sarah Walker | 27' 10.5" | |
| Long Jump | 3 | Nicole Jenrette | 17' 11" |
| 10 | Sarah Walker | 16' 11.25" | |
| 11 | Francis Porter | 16' 7.25" | |
| 23 | Avery Zamzov | 13' 8.25" | |
| 800m Run | 4 | Francis Porter | 2:29.07 |
| 14 | Nicole Jenrette | 2:40.95 | |
| 12 | Avery Zamzov | 2:37.08 | |
| 10 | Sarah Walker | 2:33.37 | |
| Pentathlon | 4 | Nicole Jenrette | 3,470 |
| 7 | Francis Porter | 3,255 | |
| 9 | Avery Zamzov | 3,193 | |
| 13 | Sarah Walker | 3,107 |
