AUSTIN, Texas — LSU concluded a strong weekend at the USTCA National Championships at Mike A. Myers Stadiumin Austin, Texas, as the men’s and women’s teams combined to win six events on the second day of competition. The Tigers finished second in the men’s team competition, while the Lady Tigers finished fifth in the women’s race.
The University of Texas swept both team titles. UCLA finished second in the women’s competition followed by Nebraska and South Carolina. Texas A&M finished third in the men’s competition followed by Nebraska and Southern California.
“We had a very good weekend, overall,” said LSU head coach Pat Henry. “Our top-shelf athletes proved what they are capable of doing this weekend and on a team level we were able to finish second in the men’s competition. Our sprinters and hurdlers looked very good, our men’s mile relay finished things up nicely and we did well in the jumps, so it was a very productive weekend.”
Russ Buller clinched second place for the Tigers with a victory in the pole vault, clearing 18 feet 6 + inches for his fourth straight win. In an event that finished an hour and a half after the running events concluded, Buller delivered with second place on the line. Buller needed to finish ahead of Jon Nance of Texas A&M to push the Tigers ahead of the Aggies for second place and did just that.
Buller entered the meet at 18-2 + and despite missing his first attempt, calmly negotiated the height on his second attempt, as Nance had already cleared the height. Buller then cleared 18-6 + on his first attempt, applying the pressure and Nance failed to clear the height giving the Tigers second place in the team competition.
Keisha Spencer would have broken her fourth stadium record in as many weeks had the wind been allowable. She did, however, improve to a perfect 10-0 on the year in the triple jump with a wind-aided mark of 46-5 1/4. The mark is the furthest jump by an LSU woman ever under all conditions but does not count as a school record because of the assistance of the wind.
Joyce Bates improved to 5-0 on the season in the 100-meter hurdles with her convincing victory. The senior All-American exploded out of the blocks to a decisive lead after the second hurdle, then completed a clean race in a season-best time of 12.79 seconds with the aid of a slight wind. It is the second fastest time in the world this season under all conditions.
Peta-Gaye Dowdie dominated the premier women’s sprinters in the nation to claim to the 200-meter title Saturday afternoon. Dowdie ran a time of 22.43 to win the 200-meter title, but a heavy wind of 4.7 meters per second, over the allowable 4.0, makes it ineligible for NCAA qualifying purposes.
Marcus Thomas continued his hot streak with an outdoor personal best NCAA automatic qualifying jump of 26-1 to win the long jump by nearly a foot, giving him his most significant win other than the SEC indoor title he won in March. Bashir Ramzy of Texas A&M finished second with a jump of 25-3 +.. Thomas later finished third in the triple jump with a mark of 52-2.
The Lady Tigers opened the day with a second place finish in the 4×100-meter relay, as the group of Bates, Valma Bass, Sa’Donna Thornton and Dowdie ran a time of 43.98 to finish just behind Texas which ran a season-best time of 43.89.
Dowdie nearly rallied the Lady Tigers with a remarkable anchor leg, but simply inherited too much of a deficit. Dowdie received the baton in third place and blew past South Carolina anchor Melissa Barber, but came up just short in her bid to catch Texas anchor Aleah Williams.
Moments later the Tigers finished third in the men’s short relay, as the group of Carlos Garcia, Derrick Brew, Deryell Patterson and Dwhyte Barrett ran a respectable 39.64 to finish behind defending NCAA champion South Carolina and Southern California.
Thornton, struggling through much of the outdoor season with a knee injury, came up with a strong showing in the 100-meter dash, finishing third in a time of 11.30, while Bass finished fifth in a time of 11.42. While both marks would move each up the NCAA provisional qualifying latter, a strong wind of 4.7 meters per second makes both times ineligible for NCAA qualifying purposes.
The Tigers concluded their day on the track by winning the 4×400-meter relay in a time of 3:06.21, just off their season-best time. Anchor Derrick Brew took the Tigers from third to first, running a brilliant final leg after Carlos Garcia, Deryell Patterson and Lueroy Colquhoun kick started the relay.
Brew also finished third in the 200 in a time of 20.59, while Patterson finished fourth in 21.00.
J.J. Barton gave World Championship silver medalist Mark Boswell all he could handle in the high jump. The two finished with identical marks of 7-2 1/4, but Boswell got the victory on a count back of clearances. The mark is a season-best for Barton and moves up the list of NCAA provisional qualifiers.
In other action in the field for LSU, Monique Freeman finished fourth in the long jump with a mark of 20-11 3/4, while Alex Forst finished sixth in the discus with a toss of 183-2.
In other action on the track for LSU on Saturday, Greg Scott finished fifth in the 110-meter hurdles in a time of 13.85, as did Bridget Cusack in the women’s 3,000-meter run with a time of 10:03.78. Claudine Williams finished seventh in the 400-meter dash in a time of 54.01
LSU returns to action next weekend at the 106th running of the Penn Relays Carnival at venerable Franklin Field in Philadelphia, Pa.
Agate to follow
USTCA National Championships
Day Two Results
April 22, 2000
Mike A. Myers Stadium
Austin, Texas
Men’s Results
Team Scores
1, Texas, 103.. 2, LSU 86, 3, Texas A&M, 81. 4, Nebraska, 63.50. 5, Southern California, 62. 6, Tennessee, 52. 7, Texas El-Paso, 53. 8, UCLA, 48. 9, Florida, 48.50. 10, Washington State, 35. 11, South Carolina, 30. 12, Houston, 26. 13, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, 24. 14, Fresno State, 12.
Track Events
100-meter dash (w=3.4)- 1, Lawrence Armstrong, Texas, 10.07. 2, Bernard Williams, Florida, 10.08. 3, Daymon Carroll, Florida, 10.17. 4, Chris Chandler, Nebraska, 10.24. 5, Kaaron Conwright, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. 6, Vitaly Medvedev, Texas El-Paso, 10.30.
200-meter dash- (w=4.3) 1, Lawrence Armstrong, Texas, 20.44. 2, Chris Chandler, Nebraska, 20.56. 3, Derrick Brew, LSU, 20.59. 4, Deryell Patterson, LSU, 21.00. 5, Kaaron Conwright, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, 21.02. 6, E.J. Jackson, Fresno State, 21.35.
400-meter dash- 1, Jimmie Hackley, South Carolina, 45.64. 2, Geno White, Florida, 45.76. 3, Anthony Authorlee, Houston, 46.55. 4, Shannon Wheatley, Tennessee, 46.91. 5, Malachi Davis, UCLA, 47.07. 6, Johan Lannefors, Texas A&M, 47.21.
800-meter run- 1, Jes Strutzel, UCLA, 1:49.66. 2, Karim Alston, Houston, 1:51.17. 3, Jebreh Harris, Tennessee, 1:51.33. 4, Chris Burns, Nebraska, 1:51.51. 5, Jordan McCambridge, Texas, 1:51.93. 6, Brian Rue, 1:52.31.
1,500-meter run- 1, Carlos Suarez, Texas El-Paso, 3:47.07. 2, Mike Hummel, Texas A&M, 3:48.33. 3, Marcus Tanner, Tennessee, 3:49.32. 4, Jeff Wood, Texas, 3:49.56. 5, Sean Phillips, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, 3:50.57. 6, Chris Duncan, Florida, 3:50.98.
3,000-meter steeplechase- 1, Anthony Famiglietti, Tennessee, 8:47.41. 2, Cesar Perez, Texas-El Paso, 8:48.54. 3, Chris Duncan, Florida, 9:16.14. 4, Jed Barta, Nebraska, 9:18.25. 5, Carl Stewart, Texas A&M, 9:21.06. 6, Dan Brecht, UCLA, 9:22.40.
110-meter hurdles (w=4.5)- 1, Terrence Trammell, South Carolina, 13.30. 2, Stephen Jones, Florida, 13.66. 3, Ryan Wilson, Southern California, 13.79. 4, Bashir Ramzy, Texas A&M, 13.80. 5, Greg Scott, LSU, 13.85. 6, Lee Mays, Texas-El Paso, 13.87.
400-meter hurdles- 1, David Aaron, Texas, 51.20. 2, John Hall, UCLA, 51.56. 3, Travis McAshan, Texas A&M, 51.57. 4, Calvin Williams, Texas, 52.42. 5, Hassaan Stamps, Tennessee, 52.96. 6, Greg Christie, Houston, 53.22.
400-meter relay- 1, South Carolina, 39.25. 2, Southern California, 39.59. 3, LSU, 39.64. 4, Texas, 40.04. 5, Texas A&M, 40.07. 6, Texas-El Paso, 40.13.
1,600-meter relay- 1, LSU, 3:06.21. 2, Southern California, 3:06.90. 3, Texas, 3:07.45. 4, Texas A&M, 3:08.56. 5, Tennessee, 3:10.32. 6, Texas-El Paso, 3:13.45.
Field Events
Shot Put- 1, Ian Waltz, Washington State, 62-3 3/4. 2, Van Mounts, Southern California, 61-5 +. 3, Jon Mayhew, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, 60-2. 4, Tyler Garrett, Tennessee, 59-8 1/4. 5, Jack Clamon, UCLA, 59-6 3/4. 6, Corey Middleton, Texas, 57-11 1/4.
Discus- 1, Tolga Koseoglu, Texas A&M, 203-10. 2, Stefanos Konstas, Texas El-Paso, 191-6. 3, Ian Waltz, Washington State, 190-7. 4, Scott Moser, UCLA, 188-6. 5, Vinnie Pecht, Washington State, 184-7. 6, Alex Forst, LSU, 183-2.
Long Jump- 1, Marcus Thomas, LSU, 26-1. 2, Bahsir Ramzy, Texas A&M, 25-3 +. 3, Chris Hercules, Texas, 24-10 +. 4, Kedjeloba Mambo, Southern California, 24-9 1/4. 5, Jerrod Sanders, Texas El-Paso, 24-5 3/4. 6, Duran Archie, Fresno State, 24-2 1/4.
Triple Jump- 1, Bashir Ramzy, Texas A&M, 53-8 +. 2, Chris Hercules, Texas, 52-4. 3, Marcus Thomas, LSU, 52-2. 4, Charncey Brown, Texas, 50-11. 5, Sheldon Hutchinson, Nebraska, 50-7 +. 6, Bobby Agins, Texas-El Paso, 50-6 3/4.
High Jump- 1, Mark Boswell, Texas, 7-2 1/4. 2, J.J. Barton, LSU, 7-2 1/4. 3, Nick Decker, Houston, 7-0 1/4. 4 (tie), David Furman, Florida, Shaun Kologinczak, Nebraska, 7-0 1/4. 6, Mitch Naber, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, 7-0 1/4.
Women’s Results
Team Scores
1, Texas, 109.50. 2, UCLA, 103. 3, Nebraska, 84. 4, South Carolina, 82. 5, LSU, 63. 6, Kansas State, 61. 7, Washington State, 59. 8, Southern California, 42.50. 9, Texas A&M, 39. 10, Houston, 33. 11, Texas-El Paso, 25. 12 (tie), Cal Poly San Luis Obispo,
Purdue, 14, Fresno State, 10.
Track Events
100-meter dash (w=4.7)- 1, Lakeesha White, Texas, 11.22. 2, Aleah Williams, Texas, 11.25. 3, Sa’Donna Thornton, LSU, 11.30. 4, Shakedia Jones, UCLA, 11.34. 5, Valma Bass, LSU, 11.42. 6, Melissa Barber, South Carolina, 11.45.
200-meter dash(w=4.7)- 1, Peta-Gaye Dowdie, LSU, 22.43. 2, Lakeesha White, Texas, 22.74. 3, Aleah Williams, Texas, 22.81. 4, Mechelle Lewis, South Carolina, 23.33. 5, Sharika Higgins, Washington State, 23.43. 6, Shakedia Jones, UCLA, 23.81.
400-meter dash- 1, Miki Barber, South Carolina, 51.54. 2, Demetria Washington, South Carolina, 51.96. 3, Moushaumi Robinson, Texas, 51.96. 4, Brigita Langerholc, Southern California, 53.32. 5, Stella Klassen, Nebraska, 53.43. 6, Lesley Owusu, Nebraska, 53.69.
800-meter run- 1, Liz Diaz, Texas, 2:06.18. 2, Alishia Booterbaugh, Washington State, 2:06.72. 3, Svetlana Badrankova, Texas-El Paso, 2:10.36. 4, Jose Van Der Veen, Texas-El Paso, 2:10.55. 5, Melissa Flynn, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, 2:11.55. 6, Ann Dwyer, Texas A&M, 2:12.02.
1,500-meter run- 1, Korene Hinds, Kansas State, 4:24.98. 2, Amy Mortimer, Kansas State, 4:25.42. 3, Michelle Brooks, Nebraska, 4:26.82. 4, Erin Sims, Texas, 4:28.84. 5, Christina Bowen, UCLA, 4:30.19. 6, Dawn Charlier, Houston, 4:34.49.
3,000-meter run- 1, Korene Hinds, 9:46.38. 2, Amy Mortimer, Kansas State, 9:46.94. 3, Melissa Gulli, Texas A&M, 9:55.05. 4, Christina Bowen, UCLA, 9:56.02. 5, Bridget Cusack, LSU, 10:03.78. 6, Barbara Wenger, Purdue, 10:05.83.
100-meter hurdles (w=3.7)- 1, Joyce Bates, LSU, 12.79. 2, Ellakisha Williamson, South Carolina, 12.93. 3, Nicole Hoxie, Texas, 12.96. 4, Jenny Adams, Houston, 13.07. 5, Christan Ohaeri, Texas A&M, 13.16. 6, Jackie Madison, South Carolina, 13.18.
400-meter hurdles- 1, Angel Patterson, Texas, 57.67. 2, Randi Smith, Washington State, 57.84. 3, Ellakisha Williamson, South Carolina, 58.50. 4, Saidat Onanuga, Texas-El Paso, 58.90. 5, Tacita Bass, South Carolina, 1:00.54. 6, Althea Thomas, LSU, 1:00.62.
400-meter relay- 1, Texas, 43.89. 2, LSU, 43.98. 3, South Carolina, 44.32. 4, Washington State,
45.85. 5, Kansas State, 46.28. 6, Nebraska, 46.89.
1,600-meter relay- 1, Southern California, 3:31.31. 2, South Carolina, 3:31.61. 3, Texas, 3:36.12. 4, Nebraska, 3:38.62. 5, UCLA, 3:41.39. 6, Houston, 3:47.19.
Field Events
Hammer Throw- 1, Melissa Price, Nebraska, 213-1. 2, Christian Tolson, UCLA, 208-11. 3, Jennifer Vail, Southern California, 202-7. 4, Meshel Trotter, Texas A&M, 200-0. 5, Erin Wibbels, Nebraska, 195-1. 6, Seilala Sua, UCLA, 193-9.
Discus- 1, Seilala Sua, UCLA, 208-4. 2, Mandy Borschowa, Washington State, 170-3. 3, Alana Robinson, South Carolina, 162-5. 4, Meghan Koonce, Texas A&M, 158-11. 5, Cynthia Ademiluyi, Southern California, 158-3. 6, Andrea Thornton, Washington State, 153-4.
Long Jump- Long Jump- 1, Jenny Adams, Houston, 21-9 +. 2, Keyon Soley, UCLA, 21-6 1/4. 3, Dalhia Ingram, Nebraska, 21-6 1/4. 4, Monique Freeman, LSU, 20-11 3/4. 5, Agneta Rosenblad, Washington State, 20-9. 6, Stephanie Jones, Southern California, 20-4 +.
Triple Jump- 1, Keisha Spencer, LSU, 46-5 1/4. 2, Dalhia Ingram, Nebraska, 43-3. 3, Deana Simmons, UCLA, 43-1. 4, Rodena Barr, South Carolina, 42-4 3/4. 5, Crystal Simmons, Fresno State, 41-8 3/4. 6, Tatyana Obuchova, Southern California, 41-0 1/4.
High Jump- 1, Carrie Braness, Nebraska, 5-10 +. 2, Erin Anderson, Kansas State, 5-10 +. 3, Robyn Burkhardt, Texas A&M, 5-10 +. 4 (tie), Natasha Danvers, Southern California, Erin Aldrich, Texas, 5-8 +.. 6, Jessica Thompson, Nebraska, 5-8 +..
Pole Vault- 1, Tracy O’Hara, UCLA, 14-7 1/4 (NCAA record, previous mark- 14-3 +, Melissa Price, Fresno State, 1998). 2, Rhian Clarke, 13-1 +, Houston. 3, Erin Anderson, Kansas State, 12-9 +. 4, Erica Hoernig, UCLA, 12-9 +. 5, Jeannette Martus, Washington State, 12-3 +. 6, Shannon Flett, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, 12-3 +..