LUBBOCK – ACU junior
Nick Jones wasted no time re-establishing himself as one of the top throwers in collegiate track and field Saturday, winning the shot put in his first event for the Wildcats since the 2009 outdoor championship meet.
Jones – the two-time NCAA Division II outdoor national champion in the discus who redshirted both indoors and outdoors in 2010 – won the shot put Saturday at the Texas Tech Open, posting a mark of 57-0.25 to provisionally qualify for the NCAA Division II indoor championship meet. The only other qualifier for the Wildcats on either the men's or women's team was
Kevin Johnson, who finished sixth in the 55 meter hurdles in provisional qualifying time of 7.72 seconds.
No female athlete posted a qualifying mark either Friday or Saturday in the season-opening meet for the ACU track and field team, but
Chloe Susset did win the 3000 meters on Saturday with a time of 10:49.84.
Both ACU teams will be back in action again next weekend at the Texas Tech Invitational inside the Athletic Training Center on the Tech campus.
TEXAS TECH OPEN
Friday, Jan. 14-Saturday, Jan. 15
Women
200 meters – 22. Michelle Ratliff, 27.04; 30. Shelby Young, 27.51; 35. Kelti Rippenhagen, 27.85; 37. Leslie White, 28.79
400 meters – 13. Lauren Atkinson, 1:00.96; 22. Cassie Brooks, 1:02.56; 28. Sydney Smith, 1:04.30
800 meters – 4. Karla Hope, 2:22.47
Mile – 21. Greta Porisch, 6:21.01
3000m – 1. Chloe Susset, 10:49.84; 2. Alyse Goldsmith, 11:01.86
55 hurdles (prelims) – Cassie Brooks, 8.44; Shelby Young, 8.75; Kelti Rippenhagen, 8.77; Leslie White, 9.59
55 hurdles (finals) – 4. Cassie Brooks, 8.44; 10. Kelti Rippenhagen, 8.77; 11. Shelby Young, 8.78; 15. Leslie White, 10.22
4x400 relay – 12. Abilene Christian, 4:13.06 (Lauren Atkinson, Cassie Brooks, Karla Hope, Kelti Rippenhagen)
600 yards – 10. Lauren Atkinson, 1:30.67
High Jump – 3. Kelti Rippenhagen, 5-2.50 (1.59m); 6. Michelle Ratliff, 4-10.50 (1.49m); 7. Leslie White, 4-8.75 (1.44m)
Long Jump – 8. Michelle Ratliff, 15-4.00 (4.67m); 10. Leslie White, 14-9.25 (4.50m); 11. Kelti Rippenhagen, 14-8.50 (4.48m)
Weight Throw – 3. Jessica Sloss, 52-3.50 (15.94m); 4. Paige Newby, 50-4.00 (15.34m)
Men
55 meters (preliminaries) – Paris Robertson, 6.62
55 meters (finals) – 3. Paris Robertson, 6.50
200 meters – 22. Caleb Gregory, 23.83; 26. Levi Gates, 24.10; 27. Matthew Stark, 24.12; 35. Parker Petty, 24.44
400 meters – 11. Jordan Geary, 50.03; 29. Robert Garnett, 53.43; 30. Eric Perkins, 53.60
800 meters – 14. Desmond Brown, 2:14.83
3000 meters – 5. Erik Forrestir, 9:18.99; 10. Soren Thompson, 10:06.07; 11. Gary Duncan, 10:09.76
55 hurdles (preliminaries) – Kevin Johnson, 7.89; Michael Rasor, 8.04; Parker Petty, 8.75
55 hurdles (finals) – ^ 6. Kevin Johnson, 7.72; 9. Michael Rasor, 7.93; 15. Parker Petty, 9.46; 18. Caleb Gregory, 8.83; 19. Levi Gates, 8.83; 21. Matthew Stark, 9.08
4x400 relay – 8. Abilene Christian, 3:24.92 (Desmond Brown, Robert Garnett, Paris Robertson, Jordan Geary); 13. Abilene Christian, 3:26.75 (Caleb Gregory, Levi Gates, Matthew Stark, Michael Rasor)
600 yards – 17. Jordan Geary, 1:16.44; 27. Robert Garnett, 1:21.30; 29. Eric Perkins, 1:22.92
Pole Vault – 3. Parker Petty, 14-1.25 (4.30m); 10. Austin Wooten, 12-7.50 (3.85m); 11. Matthew Stark, 12-1.50 (3.70m); 12. Levi Gates, 12-1.50 (3.70m)
Triple Jump – 7. Timothy Jones, 45-3.00 (13.79m)
Shot Put – ^ 1. Nick Jones, 57-0.25 (17.39m); 9. Bryceton Nichols, 38-6.75 (11.75m)
High Jump – 9. Levi Gates, 6-0.00 (1.83m); 10. Parker Petty, 6-0.00 (1.83m); 12. Matthew Stark, 5-8.00 (1.73m)
Long Jump – 14. Timothy Jones, 20-0.50 (6.11m); 15. Levi Gates, 19-11.0 (6.07m); 17. Caleb Gregory, 18-10.50 (5.75m); 19. Parker Petty, 18-5.75 (5.63m); 20. Matthew Stark, 19-5.25 (5.62m)
Weight Throw – 4. Tyler Fleet, 50-4.50 (15.35m)
* Automatic
^ Provisional
