Tarleton track and field compete at Trinity
By JARON COVEY
Issue date: 3/11/10 Section: Sports
The Tarleton track & field teams traveled to San Antonio on Saturday to compete in their second meet of the season at the Trinity Invitational. The teams competed well as they took first place in two events, and 15 top-three finishes.
"Overall I thought we had a really good meet," Tarleton Track & Field Head Coach Pat Ponder said. "It was tough because there wasn't a lot of down time with everyone going from event to event the whole time, but I thought it gave our teams some good experience for the conference meet."
Leslie Jordan started off the women's field events with a third-place finish in the shot put with a throw of 12.99 meters. She also finished second in the discus with a throw of 40.82 meters.
In the men's field events, Casey Keeter earned a second-place finish in the shot put with a throw of 15.74 meters. Hayden Eubanks finished in second place in the discus with a throw of 48.59 meters, while his brother, Nolan Eubanks, finished third with a 48.04 meter throw. Andrew Grant had a third-place finish in the pole vault with a 4.44 meter vault. Cyler Matlock took second in the high jump with a jump of 1.93 meters while Tyler Rushing finished third with a 1.88 meter jump.
For the women's running events, Kandis Brooks just missed the provisional mark as she ran a 14.56 in the 100 meter hurdles. Brooks also had a fourth-place finish in the women's 200-meter run with a time of 26.03. Danitra Marshall took fourth place in the women's 400 with a 59.46 time. In the women's 1600 relay, the Tarleton women finished in fourth place with a time of 3:59.77.
Aaron Donahue finished in third place for the men in the 400 meter dash with a time of 49.68, while Chase Graf took fifth with a 50.29 time. Jared McNeil took second place in the 800 with a 1:56.81 time and finished first in the 1500 by running 3:58.64. Travis Montgomery and Jamal Mays finished fourth and fifth with Montgomery logging a time of 11.29 and Mays also finished with an 11.29 time, but just a split second slower. In the men's 200 Graf came in second with a time of 22.58 while Montgomery took fifth with a 22.77 time.
In the men's 5K event, Gerzain Valenzuela finished in second place with a time of 15:24.00. Garrett Thomas took first place in the 110 hurdles with a time of 15.03.
"I thought all of our kids competed well and it was refreshing to go to a meet where we got our results after we were finished," said Coach Ponder. "We are looking forward to getting back to work and running our home meet here on Thursday."
The Texan track teams will host the Tarleton Relays in Stephenville on Thursday, March 11.
"Overall I thought we had a really good meet," Tarleton Track & Field Head Coach Pat Ponder said. "It was tough because there wasn't a lot of down time with everyone going from event to event the whole time, but I thought it gave our teams some good experience for the conference meet."
Leslie Jordan started off the women's field events with a third-place finish in the shot put with a throw of 12.99 meters. She also finished second in the discus with a throw of 40.82 meters.
In the men's field events, Casey Keeter earned a second-place finish in the shot put with a throw of 15.74 meters. Hayden Eubanks finished in second place in the discus with a throw of 48.59 meters, while his brother, Nolan Eubanks, finished third with a 48.04 meter throw. Andrew Grant had a third-place finish in the pole vault with a 4.44 meter vault. Cyler Matlock took second in the high jump with a jump of 1.93 meters while Tyler Rushing finished third with a 1.88 meter jump.
For the women's running events, Kandis Brooks just missed the provisional mark as she ran a 14.56 in the 100 meter hurdles. Brooks also had a fourth-place finish in the women's 200-meter run with a time of 26.03. Danitra Marshall took fourth place in the women's 400 with a 59.46 time. In the women's 1600 relay, the Tarleton women finished in fourth place with a time of 3:59.77.
Aaron Donahue finished in third place for the men in the 400 meter dash with a time of 49.68, while Chase Graf took fifth with a 50.29 time. Jared McNeil took second place in the 800 with a 1:56.81 time and finished first in the 1500 by running 3:58.64. Travis Montgomery and Jamal Mays finished fourth and fifth with Montgomery logging a time of 11.29 and Mays also finished with an 11.29 time, but just a split second slower. In the men's 200 Graf came in second with a time of 22.58 while Montgomery took fifth with a 22.77 time.
In the men's 5K event, Gerzain Valenzuela finished in second place with a time of 15:24.00. Garrett Thomas took first place in the 110 hurdles with a time of 15.03.
"I thought all of our kids competed well and it was refreshing to go to a meet where we got our results after we were finished," said Coach Ponder. "We are looking forward to getting back to work and running our home meet here on Thursday."
The Texan track teams will host the Tarleton Relays in Stephenville on Thursday, March 11.
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