April 15, 2002

Women's Track & Field Team Places Second at Division II Challenge

The Truman State University women's track & field team placed second out of 16 teams on Saturday at the Division II Challenge, hosted by Emporia State University (Kan.). The Bulldog women collected three first-place finishes and scored 93 points for the meet. North Dakota State won the meet with 105 points, while Emporia State was third with 77.

Senior Kasye Hahn (St. Louis/Ladue) was one of the Bulldogs' three first-place finishers as she won the 400-meter dash in a personal best time of 56.26 seconds. That time also gives Hahn an NCAA Division II provisional qualifying mark in the event.

Senior all-America hurdler Megan Williams (Columbia, Mo./Hickman) earned her 11th consecutive win in the 100-meter high hurdles, dating back to last season and excluding the 2001 NCAA Division II Outdoor Championships. She finished in 14.12 seconds, a mark that improves her previously established NCAA provisional mark.

In the 3,000-meter steeplechase, the Bulldogs posted another victory as sophomore Sonya Yamnitz (Hallsville, Mo./Helias) completed the course in 11:34.62.

Like Williams in the 100-meter hurdles, freshman Christina Winkler (High Ridge, Mo./Northwest) bettered her already established provisional in the 400-meter variety. Winkler placed second in the event in 1:02.41.

Two more new provisionals were added, bringing the Bulldogs' number of provisional qualifications to seven. Senior Karena Singleton (Glenwood, Ill./Homewood-Flossmoor) placed third and earned a provisional spot in the triple jump with a mark of 11.64 meters or 38'-2.25". Truman's 4x400-meter relay, which includes Hahn and Winkler along with senior Jamille Curry (Chicago, Ill./Morgan Park) and sophomore Candi Jones (Oskaloosa, Iowa) placed second in 3:50.77, another provisional. Hahn and Curry are two-time all-Americas in the 4x400, and Jones captured her first all-America honor last year.

Up next, the Bulldog men's and women's track & field teams will head to Warrensburg, Mo. this Friday (April 19) for the Mule Relays.

Truman Women's Results - Division II Challenge
(April 13, 2002, Emporia, Kan.)
100-meter dash          6th, Jill Lowry, 12.50
  (Prelims)                  Jill Lowry, 12.47
200-meter dash          2nd, Jill Lowry, 25.22
                       10th, Megan Williams, 25.84
                       17th, Karena Singleton, 26.26
400-meter dash          1st, Kasye Hahn, 56.26
                        5th, Candi Jones, 58.23
                        8th, Jamille Curry, 58.48
800-meter run          18th, Candice Hoskins, 2:21.15
1,500-meter run         9th, Dani Rawlings, 4:53.31
                       10th, Emily Komiskey, 4:54.59
                       15th, Cammie Ewing, 5:05.12
                       16th, Suzanne Schmidt, 5:10.28
3,000-meter run         4th, Beth Luebbering, 10:22.94
5,000-meter run         4th, Jennifer Tesmer, 18:01.88
                        5th, Alisha Smyth, 18:39.48
100-meter hurdles       1st, Megan Williams, 14.12
  (Prelims)                  Megan Williams, 14.63
                             Christina Winkler, 15.35
                             Jackie McDuffey, 15.94
                             Karla Jordan, 15.95
400-meter hurdles       2nd, Christina Winkler, 1:02.41
                        4th, Jackie McDuffey, 1:04.26
3,000-m steeplechase    1st, Sonya Yamnitz, 11:34.62
                        7th, Amy Johnson, 12:21.25
4x100-m Relay           5th, Williams, Hahn, Curry, Lowry, 48.29
4x400-m Relay           2nd, Hahn, Winkler, Curry, Jones, 3:50.77
High Jump              20th, Christina Winkler, 4'-9"
Triple Jump             3rd, Karena Singleton, 38'-2.25"
                       10th, Karla Jordan, 35'-8.75"
Discus                 19th, Becky Kudrna, 119'-10"
Hammer                 19th, Becky Kudrna, 131'-2"

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