MARCH 25, 2002
Women's Track & Field Opens Outdoor Season at Augustana
Winkler Wins Heptathlon at CMSU
Team Scoring-Augustana Opener | ||
| Rank | Team | Pts. |
| 1 | Augustana | 223.8 |
| 2 | Truman | 215.0 |
| 3 | Monmouth | 118.5 |
| 4 | Carroll | 95.3 |
| 5 | St. Francis | 39.3 |
| 6 | St. Ambrose | 24.0 |
| 7 | Iowa Wesleyan | 14.0 |
| 8 | Trinity | 9.0 |
| 9 | Quincy | 8.0 |
| 10 | North Iowa | 3.0 |
The Truman State University women's track & field team won 13 of the 20 events and collected a second-place finsh on Saturday at the Augustana (Ill.) Early Spring Opener in Rock Island, Ill.
The Bulldogs won every running event in the meet, which marked the start of the outdoor track & field campaign.
Junior Jill Lowry (Jefferson City, Mo.) and senior Beth Luebbering (St. Thomas, Mo./Helias) each won two individual events. Lowry captured top honors in the 100- and 200-meter dashes, while Luebbering won the 1,500- and 3,000-meter events.
Senior Megan Williams (Columbia, Mo./Hickman) finished the 100-meter high hurdles in a meet record time of 14.68 seconds, a figure that was just three one-hundredths of a second off an NCAA Division II provisional qualifying pace. Sophomore Sara Jessen (Brookfield, Mo.) collected a first-place showing in the other hurdling event, the 400-meter variety.
In the 400-meter dash, senior Kasye Hahn (St. Louis/Ladue) collected another Bulldog victory and led three Truman finishers in the top four of that event. Freshman Candice Hoskins (Grandview, Mo.) came home first in the 800-meter run.
Junior Suzanne Schmidt (Omaha, Neb./Elkhorn) collected top honors in the 2,000-meter steeplechase, leading a Truman 1-2-3 finish.
Senior Karena Singleton (Glenwood, Ill./Homewood-Flossmoor) posted the Bulldogs only victory in a field event as she won the triple jump in 37'-2.25".
Truman also won each of the three relay events, and set meet records in the 4x100 and 4x400.
Next on the schedule for the women is their lone home meet of the season. The Bulldogs host the Truman Open on Saturday (March 30) at the Kenneth L. Gardner Track. The meet begins at 10:30 a.m.
AT THE VERNON KENNEDY HEPTATHLON in Warrensburg, Mo., Truman freshman Christina Winkler (High Ridge, Mo./Northwest) won three of the seven events and captured first place with 4,310 points. She won the 200-meter dash (26.59), 800-meter run (2:19.70) and 100-meter high hurdles (15.65) to outdistance second-place by 125 points.
In all, the Bulldogs collected three of the top eight spots. Sophomore Jackie McDuffey (Pineville, Mo./McDonald County) was third with 4,042 points and freshman Karla Jordan (Liberty, Mo.) was eighth with 3,759.
Truman Results - Augustana Early Spring Opener (Mar. 23, 2002) WOMEN'S RESULTS 100-meter dash 1st, Jill Lowry 12.48 4th, Karena Singleton 12.94 200-meter dash 1st, Jill Lowry 25.30 3rd, Kasye Hahn 25.86 4th, Megan Williams 26.18 400-meter dash 1st, Kasye Hahn 58.47 2nd, Candi Jones 58.97 4th, Jamille Curry 59.17 800-meter run 1st, Candice Hoskins 2:25.09 13th, Amy Johnson 2:39.10 1,500-meter run 1st, Beth Luebbering 5:00.78 2nd, Dani Rawlings 5:00.88 5th, Cammie Ewing 5:10.02 3,000-meter run 1st, Beth Luebbering 10:40.03 2nd, Alisha Smyth 10:45.54 3rd, Jennifer Tesmer 10:45.74 2,000-meter steeplechase 1st, Suzanne Schmidt 7:36.08 2nd, Sonya Yamnitz 7:53.97 3rd, Amy Johnson 8:06.78 Long Jump 2nd, Karena Singleton 17'-7" Triple Jump 1st, Karena Singleton 37'-2.25" Shot Put 6th, Becky Kudrna 37'-3.75" Discus 4th, Becky Kudrna 115'-1" 4x100m Relay 1st, Williams, Curry, Hahn, Lowry 48.70 4x400m Relay 1st, Hahn, Jessen, Jones, Curry 3:57.89 4x800m Relay 1st, Rawlings, Hoskins, Ewing, Yamnitz 10:07.18
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