Waco - The Sam Houston State track and field team posted 21 top 10 finishes including two first places in a strong performance against some of the best squads in the Southwest Saturday in a rainy Michael Johnson Classic at Baylor University.
A. J. Edwards won the long jump with a leap of 24 feet, 5.75 inches and Chris Gilchrist took gold in the triple jump with a mark of 50 feet, 7.25 inches to highlight action for the Bearkats.
Curtis Patterson (23' 9") and Henry Jordan (23' 5.5") finished second and third behind Edwards as Sam Houston dominated the long jump.
Scottie Jones finished third in the 110 meter hurdles with a time of 14.48 seconds. Edwards also placed fourth in the triple jump with a mark of 49 feet, 8.25 seconds.
Ambra McCuin, Jordan Heggie and Christina Webb led the Bearkat women.
McCuin (39' 2.5") was third in the triple jump, Heggie (14.29) placed fourth in the 100 meter hurdles. Webb posted three top 10 finishes, finishing fourth in the shot put (43' 10.75"), sixth in the discus (134' 6") and eighth in the hammer (140' 5").
Other top 10 finishes for Bearkat men included Matt Stephenson (1:54.72) and Roger Rueweler (1:55.78) fourth and fifth, respectively, in the 800 meters and Johnson fifth in the javelin (188' 2").
Other top 10 finishes for Sam Houston women included Kristi Hermes (11' 11.75") and Shelibe Zotyka (11' 5.75") seventh and 10th in the pole vault; Folashade George (57.14) eighth in the 800 meters; Sara Collazos (12:21.30) and Kylie Fitzgerald (12:23.71) sixth and seventh in the 3,000 meter steeplechase; Courtney Haggard (18:54.08) ninth in the 5,000 meters and Alyssa Dooley (4:54.70) 10th in the 1500 meters.
Michael Johnson Classic - 4/17/2010
Hart/Patterson Track & Field Complex
Baylor University - Waco, TX
MEN
100 meters
30 Jordan III, Henry 11.20
33 Hickman, Jasen 11.25
200 meters
40 Hickman, Jasen 22.99
400 meters
28 Rueweler, Roger 50.30
800 meters
4 Stephenson, Matt 1:54.72
5 Rueweler, Roger 1:55.78
17 Michael, Julius 1:58.07
24 Anders, Clint 1:59.57
31 Kocurek, Travis 2:01.02
37 Anderson, Joseph 2:02.36
1500 meters
18 Michael, Julius 4:08.70
21 Anders, Clint 4:09.90
110 meter hurdles
Preliminaries
2 Jones, Scottie 14.71
6 Johnson, Matthew 14.97
Finals
3 Jones, Scottie 14.48
Long jump
1 Edwards, Artis 7.46m 24-05.75
2 Patterson, Curtis 7.24m 23-09.00
3 Jordan III, Henry 7.15m 23-05.50
15 Johnson, Matthew 6.52m 21-04.75
Triple jump
1 Gilchrist, Chris 15.42m 50-07.25
4 Edwards, Artis 15.14m 49-08.25
12 Chambers, Rickardo 14.17m 46-06.00
Javelin
5 Johnson, Matthew 57.36m 188-02
14 Blauser, Andy 42.89m 140-08
Shot put
23 Christensen, Brek 12.92m 42-04.75
WOMEN
400 meters
8 George, Folashade 57.14
13 Wimberly, Tonicia 57.68
15 May, Monika 58.00
34 McMichael, Monique 61.44
800 meters
13 Stewart, Dakota 2:18.46
15 Dooley, Alyssa 2:19.63
1500 meters
10 Dooley, Alyssa 4:54.70
18 Dunlap, Amanda 5:02.79
5000 meters
9 Haggard, Courtney 18:54.08
15 Farrell, Molly 19:31.38
17 Dunlap, Amanda 19:53.84
100 meter hurdles
Preliminaries
2 Heggie, Jordan 14.11
12 Moore, Pashe 15.20
22 Davis, Morgan 15.77
Finals
4 Heggie, Jordan 14.29
3000 Meter Steeplechase
6 Collazos, Sara 12:21.30
7 Fitzgerald, Kylie 12:23.71
Pole vault
7 Hermes, Kristi 3.65m 11-11.75
10 Zotyka, Shelbie 3.50m 11-05.75
Triple jump
3 McCuin, Ambra 11.95m 39-02.50
Discus
6 Webb, Christina 41.00m 134-06
13 Stephens, Ebonee 39.38m 129-02
Hammer
8 Webb, Christina 42.80m 140-05
Shot put
4 Webb, Christina 13.38m 43-10.75
11 Stephens, Ebonee 11.92m 39-01.25