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Teel Sets Pole Vault Record at Tyson Invitational
Feb. 16, 2008 FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Kaleigh Teel broke the school record in the pole vault on the second day of competition at the Tyson Invitational on Saturday afternoon. Teel's clearance of 3.81m (12-06) broke her old school record of 3.68m (12-00 ¾) by nearly more than five inches. Teel now holds seven of the top 10 clearances in Baylor history. Ashley Korol finished 27th with a height of 3.51m (11-06 ¼), setting a new personal best. LeJerald Betters finished third overall, and the top collegiate runner, in the finals of the men's 400 meters with a provisional qualifying time of 46.97. Tiffany Townsend won her heat and finished sixth overall in the preliminary rounds of the women's 200 meters. Townsend's time of 23.73 is a provisional qualifying mark and her second fastest time of the season. Carla Grace clocked a provisional qualifying time of 23.88, but just missed qualifying for the event finals with a 10th place finish. Brittany Carr dropped two-tenths of a second off her personal best to finish in 23rd place in 24.20. "We had a lot of positives after today," said head coach Todd Harbour. "Kaleigh had a great day to set a school record and we had several more provisional qualifying marks. This was a good meet before we go to the Big 12 (Championships). We kept our athletes healthy for the most part and now we need to get to work and get ready for the conference meet." The women's 4x400-meter relay won its heat easily and placed fifth overall with a time of 3:40.01, missing a provisional qualifying time by one one-hundredth of a second. Katrina Taylor led off for the Bears and handed off in first place with a 54.9 split. Carla Grace split 53.8 on the second leg extending the lead for the Lady Bears. Tiffany Townsend clocked 56.3 on her split to maintain the lead, and Brittany Bruce ran a 54.6 split to secure the win for Baylor. Loren Hodges won her heat of the women's 800 meters and placed fifth overall with a time of 2:12.52. Hodges led the race over the first two laps, but fell to second place after 400 meters. With less than 100 meters to go, Hodges passed on the outside and her lean at the finish line gave her the win by nine one-hundredths of a second. Leigh Ann Ganzar took eighth with a time of 2:12.65, while Kathryn Benvegnu placed 23rd in 2:16.25. Lauren Simpson (2:17.23) and Brittany Harlan (2:17.33) took 32nd and 34th, respectively. Danielle Bradley took fourth overall in the women's 800 meter championship race with a time of 2:12.07. Trey Harts finished third in his heat, and seventh overall, in the men's 200 meters with a time of 21.29 to qualify for the evening finals. Courtney Thomas clocked 21.45 to finish second in his heat and 11th overall, just missing the event finals. Stasia Kelly-Taylor finished 11th in the women's triple jump with a mark of 12.04m (39-06). Logan Roberts finished fourth in his section and 32nd overall in the men's 800 meters with a time of 1:59.67. Renae Van Wyhe finished fourth in the women's 3,000 meters in 10:00.88, while Jessi Barnes took fifth with a time of 10:01.70. Katie Shaw (10:06.40) and Caitlin Fairly (10:10.69) finished in ninth and 12th place, respectively. The Bears are off for two weeks before traveling to Lincoln, Neb. for the 2008 Big 12 Indoor Championships on Feb. 29-March 1.
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