Feb. 7, 2000

Women's Track Team Takes Third At Missouri Southern Invitational

The Truman women's indoor track and field team competed against sevral Division I squads and finished third on Saturday at the Fazoli's Missouri Southern Invitational.

Truman junior Natasha Carter (Chicago/South Shore Acad.) broke her own school record in the weight throw with a mark of 57'-9". The throw was good enough for first place in that event and was an improvement on her provisional mark of 56'-11.5", her old school record which was set this season on Jan. 29 at the South Dakota Invitational.

Carter was also second in the shot put at the Missouri Southern Invitational, finishing with a mark of 45'-2.25".

Sophomore Beth Luebbering (St. Thomas, Mo./Helias) finished the mile run in 5:07.00, good enough for third and an NCAA Division II provisional qualifying mark. Luebbering was also second in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 10:17.34.

Senior Lauren Dorsey (Hannibal, Mo./Northwest Missouri State Univ.) cleared 10'-2" in the pole vault, also a provisional markl, to take fifth overall. Senior Dafros Mudyirwa (Westview Kadoma, Zimbabwe/Jameson) improved upon her already provisional mark when she recorded a jump of 18'-10" in the long jump to take fourth at the meet. Mudyirwa also provisionally qualified in the 55-meter hurdles and Megan Williams (Columbia, Mo./Hickman) improved her provisional time in the same event.

 

Truman Place Finishers At Fazoli's Missouri Southern Invitational

200-Meter Dash     10th, Molly Kandlbinder (Washington, Mo./St. Francis Borgia)     26.20
                   16th, Megan Williams (Columbia, Mo./Hickman)                     26.55
                   21st, Jamille Curry (Chicago/Morgan Park)                        27.12
                   22nd, Satonya Carter (St. Louis/Pattonville)                     27.26
                   23rd, Karena Singleton (Glenwood, Ill./Homewood-Flossmoor)       27.36
                   26th, Jill Lowry (Jefferson City, Mo.)                           27.50
                   29th, Kristi Morton (Mexico, Mo.)                                27.84
400-Meter Dash     11th, Lauren Dorsey                                            1:00.21
                   19th, Jill Lowry                                               1:02.63
                   20th, Alison Sparks (Olathe, Kan./South)                       1:04.11
800-Meter Dash      8th, Leah Zidon (Bondurant, Iowa/Bondurant-Farrar)            2:24.25
Mile Run            3rd, Beth Luebbering                                          5:07.00
                   10th, Leah Zidon                                               5:18.01
                   11th, Emily Komiskey (Galena, Ill./Dubuque Walhert)            5:20.83
                   18th, Jody Shanks (Liberty, Mo.)                               5:30.12
3,000 Meters        2nd, Beth Luebbering                                         10:17.34
                    9th, Emily Komiskey                                          11:03.26
                   16th, Amy Johnson (Blue Springs, Mo./Blue Springs South)      11:52.35
                   17th, Jody Shanks                                             11:55.40
5,000 Meters        6th, Jennifer Tesmer (Harrisonville, Mo.)                    18:49.04
                    7th, Suzanne Schmidt (Omaha, Neb./Elkhorn)                   18:59.34
                    8th, Brandy Leffler (Gibbs, Mo./Brashear)                    19:07.99
55-Meter Hurdles    3rd, Megan Williams                                              8.33
Pole Vault          4th, Kristi Morton                                             10'-8"
                    5th, Lauren Dorsey                                             10'-2"
Long Jump           4th, Dafros Mudyirwa                                          18'-10"
                   11th, Karena Singleton                                        17'-3.5"
Triple Jump         4th, Karena Singleton                                          37'-4"
Shot Put            2nd, Natasha Carter                                          45'2.25"
                   13th, Becky Kudrna                                           35'-6.75"
Weight Throw        1st, Natasha Carter                                         ** 57'-9"

** School Record


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