Full Results
HOUSTON -- The ACU Wildcats got the 2010 indoor track and field season started on the right foot Friday at the Leonard Hilton Memorial indoor meet as they saw a combined four athletes post qualifying marks for the NCAA Division II indoor championship meet.
On the women's side,
Wanda Hutson posted a pair of provisional qualifying mark, while
Jessica Blair automatically qualified in one event and provisionally qualified in another. On the men's side,
Andrew McDowell automatically qualified in one event while
Ramon Sparks provisionally qualified in another event.
The 2010 indoor national championship meet will be March 12-13 in Albuquerque, N.M.
Blair punched her ticket to the championship meet with a second-place finish in the pole vault, finishing second with an automatic qualifying mark of 12 fett, 7.50 inches. She tied Texas pole vaulter Natasha Masterson for first, but Masterson won the event on fewer misses.
Blair also provisionally qualified for the indoor championship meet in the triple jump as she finished seventh with a mark of 38-2.75.
Hutson provisionally qualified in both the 60 meters and the 200 meters. She was second in the 200 meters with a time of 25.18, and she was seventh in the 60 meters with a time of 7.50.
On the men's side, McDowell finished third in the 60 hurdles with an automatic qualifying time of 7.99 seconds. Sparks provisionally qualified in the triple jump, finishing third with a mark of 48-9.50.
The Wildcats will be back in action next weekend at the Texas Tech Indoor Invitational in Lubbock.
