Jan. 30, 2000

Another School Record Falls At South Dakota Invitational

The Truman women's indoor track and field team competed Saturday at the Hy-Vee/University of South Dakota Track and Field Invitational in Vermillion, S.D.

Junior Natasha Carter (Chicago/South Shore) broke her own week-old school record in the 20-pound weight throw with a toss of 56'-11.5" (17.36 meters), taking first in that event. The mark was an improvement on her already provisionally qualifying mark for the NCAA Division II Championship. Carter also took first place in the shot put with a heave of 45'-7.00" (13.89 meters) another improvement on her provisional mark.

Three other Bulldogs collected first-place finishes on the day, including junior Kristi Morton (Mexico, Mo.), who cleared 10'-9.00" (3.28 meters) in the pole vault.

Sophomore Karena Singleton (Glenwood, Ill./Homewood-Flossmoor) bettered her provisional mark with a leap of 37'-6.00" (11.43 meters) for first place in the triple jump. Sophomore Beth Luebbering (St. Thomas, Mo./Helias) finished first in the mile with a time of 5:19.32.

Sophomore Megan Williams (Columbia, Mo./Hickman) provisionally qualified for nationals in the 55-meter hurdles, turning in a time of 8.37 seconds, good enough for a second-place finish on the day.

Truman Place Finishers At South dakota open
55-Meter Dash       2nd   Molly Kandlbinder (Washington, Mo./St. Francis Borgia)    7.31
                    7th   SaTonya Carter (St. Louis/Pattonville)                    7.52
400-Meter Dash      5th   Kasye Hahn (St. Louis/Ladue Horton Watkins)            1:00.99
                   10th   Jill Lowry (Jefferson City, Mo.)                       1:03.14
                   12th   Alison Sparks (Olathe, Kan./Olathe South)              1:03.65
800-Meter Run       4th   Emily Komiskey (Galena, Ill./Dubuque-Walhert)          2:23.85
                    5th   Beth Luebbering                                        2:24.18
                    9th   Jody Shanks (Liberty, Mo.)                             2:26.13
                   15th   Jamille Curry (Chicago/Morgan Park)                    2:28.09
3000-Meters         3rd   Leah Zidon (Bondurant, Iowa/Bondurant-Farrar)         10:28.78
                    5th   Brandy Leffler (Gibbs, Mo./Brashear)                  10:52.80
                   10th   Suzanne Schmidt (Omaha, Neb./Elkhorn)                 10:59.84
                          Melissa Linden (Chesterfield, Mo./Parkway West)       12:13.00
                          Brittan Hallar (Holden, Mo.)                          12:23.04
Mile Run            1st   Beth Luebbering                                        5:19.32
                    3rd   Emily Komiskey                                         5:28.53
                          Jody Shanks                                            5:38.60
                          Jennifer Tesmer (Harrisonville, Mo.)                   5:39.94
                   13th   Amy Johnson (Blue Springs, Mo./Blue Springs South)     5:49.81
55-Meter Hurd.      2nd   Megan Williams                                            8.37
4x400 Meters        2nd   Karena Singleton, Lauren Dorsey (Hannibal, Mo./NWMSU),
                          Molly Kandlbinder, Jamille Curry                       4:03.13
Pole Vault          1st   Kristi Morton                                        10'-9.00"
                   11th   Lauren Dorsey                                         8'-3.00"
Long Jump           2nd   Dafros Mudyirwa (Westview Kadoma, Zimbabwe/Jameson)  18'-3.00"
                    5th   Karena Singleton                                     17'-0.00"
Triple Jump         1st   Karena Singleton                                     37'-6.00"
Shot Put            1st   Natasha Carter                                       45'-7.00"
                          Becky Kudrna (Jefferson City, Mo.)                   34'-2.00"
Weight Throw        1st   Natasha Carter                                      56'-11.50"
                   11th   Heidi Shearer (Higginsville, Mo./Holden)             39'-7.00"
                   11th   Becky Kudrna                                         39'-4.00"


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