April 12, 2008

Complete Results

LOGAN, Utah - Utah State's track and field team had 20 athletes place in the top 10 at UCLA's Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational in Los Angeles, Calif., this weekend led by senior Stacie (Lifferth) Dorius who won the 3000 meter steeplechase and junior Seth Wold who won the 10,000 meters.

"I think we did a good job the whole weekend," said USU head coach Gregg Gensel. "We had a lot of great performances and made a lot of improvements in many areas."

Dorius came in first-place in the 3000 meter steeplechase with a Western Athletic Conference leading and NCAA provisional qualifying time of 10:36.65, which is also her season best. Wold posted WAC leading times in the men's 5,000 and 10,000 meters as he won the 10,000 meters race recording a time of 30:58.35 and came in second-place in the 5,000 meters with a time of 14:31.55.

"Seth did a great job placing second in the men's 5,000 and then just an hour later, turning around and winning the 10,000 with a WAC leading time," added Gensel.

Senior Dasheek Akwenye, who leads the WAC in the men's 400 meters, finished in fourth-place with a time of 46.96, recording an NCAA provisional qualifying mark.

Junior Blake Hadfield also recorded a season best as he placed eighth in the men's triple jump with a distance of 47-10.00.

Other Aggies who posted NCAA provisional qualifying marks were junior Katie Thatcher, who ran the women's 400 meter hurdles in 60.68 coming in fifth-place, and freshmen Heidi Hopkins and Camille Fehlberg, who also ran the women's 400 meter hurdles, recording times of 62.71 and 63.25 respectively. Thatcher and Fehlerg both recorded season bests in their events. Sophomore Krista Larson had an NCAA provisional qualifying mark as she placed fourth in the women's hammer throw with a distance of 178-10.

On the men's side, sophomore Steve Strickland, who is second in the WAC in the men's 3,000 meter steeplechase, came in third-place with an NCAA provisional qualifying and season best time of 8:57.03.

Other Aggies who placed in the top 10 in their events include sophomore Erin Stratton, who finished the women's 3,000 meter steeplechase in 10:53.56 to come in fourth-place and junior Vanessa Hawkins, who recorded her season best by finishing sixth with a time of 10:59.70. Sophomore Kirsten Flesher placed sixth in the women's pole vault with a height of 11-01.75, while freshman Sonia Grabowska finished ninth with a height of 12-02.00, which is her season best as well.

Junior John Strang finished in sixth-place in the men's long jump with a distance of 22-09.00 and 12th in the 100 meters with a time of 11.05, both of which are season bests. Freshman Silas Pimentel posted his season best as he came in fourth in the men's 200 meters with a time of 21.63 and finished in eighth-place in the 100 meters recording a time of 10.93. Junior Keith Williams finished the men's 400 meter hurdles in sixth-place with a time of 52.90, recording his personal best.

While most of the Aggies competed in the UCLA Invitational, a few USU track and field athletes competed Saturday at the Wildcat Open hosted by Weber State. Among those athletes, three Aggies placed in the top five of their events. Senior Aimee Sauvageau posted her season best as she placed fourth in the women's high jump with a height of 5-03.00, and junior Sarah Young finished in fifth-place in the women's javelin throw with a distance of 111-06. For the men, sophomore Casey Snider came in fifth in the 800 meters recording his season best with a time of 1:56.10.

The Aggies will continue action at home Saturday, April 19 as they host the Mark Faldmo Invitational at the Ralph Maughan Track Stadium.

UCLA RAFER JOHNSON/JACKIE JOYNER-KERSEE INVITATIONAL APRIL 10 - 12, 2008 UTAH STATE RESULTS WOMEN: 100 Meter Open: 13. Kimiko Kamo, 12.36; 17. Maria Halton, 12.45; 24. Brittany Chadwick, 12.59

100 Meter Hurdles Open: 5. Ashlee Cannon, 14.29; 31. Camille Fehlberg, 16.36; 33. Jennifer Scheiss, 17.04

200 Meter Open: 31. Maria Halton, 25.95; 44. Kimiko Kamo, 27.03

400 Meter Open: 16. Katelyn Jensen, 56.62; 21. Elaine Connolly, 57.05; 29. Jen Day, 58.33; 36. Cachet Webb, 59.48

400 Meter Hurdles Open: 7. Heidi Hopkins, 62.71; 9. Camille Fehlberg, 63.25

400 Meter Hurdles Invite: 5. Katie Thatcher, 60.68

1500 Meter Open: 12. Alicia Holt, 4:40.94

3000 Meter Steeplechase Invite: 1. Stacie Lifferth, 10:36.65; 4. Erin Stratton, 10:53.56; 6. Vanessa Hawkins, 10:59.70

4x100 Meter Relay: 8. K.Jensen, A.Cannon, K.Kamo, B. Chadwick, 49.09

4x400 Meter Relay: 9. K.Thatcher, C. Fehlberg, C. Webb, J. Day, 3:47.76

Pole Vault Open: 6. Kirstin Flesher, 3.40m (11-01.75)

Pole Vault Invite: 9. Sonia Grabowska, 3.71m (12-02.00)

Long Jump Open: 17. Sonia Grabowska, 5.38m (17-08.00); 21. Katelyn Jensen, 5.28m (17-04.00)

Shot Put Open: 16. Brooke McNaughton, 11.42m (37-05.75)

Discus Throw Open: 7. Krista Larson, 43.98m (144-03); 22. Brooke McNaughton, 35.29m (115-09)

Javelin Throw Open: 7. Jennifer Scheiss, 30.94m (101-06)

Hammer Throw Invite: 4. Krista Larson, 54.51m (178-10); 25. Brooke McNaughton, 41.78m (137-01)

MEN: 100 Meter Open: 8. Silas Pimentel, 10.93

110 Meter Hurdles: 14. Keith Williams, 14.81; 16. John Strang, 14.83; 25. Blake Bolen, 15.74; 28. Logan Moore, 16.01

200 Meter Open: 4. Silas Pimentel, 21.63

400 Meter Open: 15. Brandon Waller, 48.95; 30. Brett Knighton, 50.28

400 Meter Invite: 6. Dasheek Akwenye, 46.96

400 Meter Hurdles Open: 6. Keith Williams, 52.90; 20. Lukasz Wicha, 54.84

800 Meter Open: 12. Andrew Niccoli, 1:54.51; 18. James Allred, 1:56.14; 19. Heath Wing, 1:56.40

1500 Meter Open: 8. Andrew Niccoli, 3:54.91; 10. Eric Larson, 3:55.70

3000 Meter Steeplechase Invite 3. Steve Strickland, 8:57.03; 13. Jared Glenn, 9:16.41; 14. Chio Lopez, 9:18.78

5000 Meter Invite: 2. Seth Wold, 14:31.55; 6. Jason Holt, 14:53.56

10000 Meter Invite: 1. Seth Wold, 30:58.35

4x100 Meter Relay: 8. J. Strang, S. Pimentel, L. Brown, D. Akwenye, 41.73

4x400 Meter Relay: 7. D. Akwenye, K. Davis, L. Wicha, B. Waller, 3:12.54

High Jump Invite: 10. Casey Parker, 2.00m (6-06.75)

Hammer Throw Open: 14. Tyler Ellis, 42.86m (140-07)

Long Jump Open: 6. John Strang, 6.93m (22-09.00)

Triple Jump Invite: 8. Blake Hadfield, 14.58m (47-10.00)

Discus Throw Open: 14. Tyler Ellis, 42.29m (138-09); 22. Joe Canavan, 37.61m (123-05)

Javelin Throw Open: 7. Logan Moore, 47.62m (156-03)

Javelin Throw Invite: 7. Chase Taylor, 57.47m (188-06)

2008 JAVIER'S WILDCAT OPEN APRIL 12, 2008 UTAH STATE RESULTS WOMEN: 100 Meter: 6. Michelle Theurer, 12.93; 10. Kandace Shoell, 13.27

100 Meter Hurdles: 12. Aimee Sauvageau, 16.26

200 Meter: 11. Michelle Theurer, 26.13; 17. Kandace Shoell, 27.61

1500 Meter: 10. Justine Baugh, 5:02.99

High Jump: 4. Aimee Sauvageau, 5-03.00(1.60m)

Javelin Throw: 5. Sarah Young, 111-06(33.98m); 14. Kali Vickers, 81-07(24.86m)

Men: 100 Meter: 8. Jordan Weidel, 11.56

800 Meter: 5. Casey Snider, 1:56.10; 13. Nate Lloyd, 2:00.86

1500 Meter: 7. Nate Lloyd, 4:13.32

Pole Vault: 8. Jake Maybe, 14-06.25(4.43m)

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