FEB. 18, 2002

Truman Women's Track & Field Team Heads to MIAA Championships This Weekend

The Truman State University women's track & field team will look for its fourth consecutive top-two finish on Friday and Saturday at the MIAA Championships in Joplin.

The Bulldogs are coming off a first-place finish over the weekend at the Knox College Invitational in Galesburg, Ill. Five Truman women logged first-place showings as the Bulldogs tallied 171.5 points in the 16-team meet.

Senior Megan Williams (Columbia, Mo./Hickman) highlighted the Bulldogs' top finishers, as she ran the 55-meter hurdles in 8.21 seconds to capture first place. That time equates to 8.78 seconds in the 60-meter variety, which improves her NCAA Division II provisional qualifying mark. Williams' previously had run the 60-meter hurdles in 8.86 seconds.

Seniors Kasye Hahn (St. Louis/Ladue) and Emily Komiskey (Galena, Ill./Dubuque Wahlert) also had first-place marks in the 400- and 1,500-meter events, respectively. Hahn won the 400 in 58.27 seconds, while Komiskey ran the 1,500 meters in 4:50.80. Bulldog runners occupied each of the top five spots in the 1,500 meters.

Juniors Suzanne Schmidt (Omaha, Neb./Elkhorn) and Jill Lowry (Jefferson City, Mo.) brought home Truman's remaining first-place showings. Schmidt won the 3,000-meters in 10:49.10, while Lowry was first to the line in the 200-meter dash with a time of 26.09 seconds.

Second-place finishes went to Lowry in the 60-meter dash, Hahn in the 200, freshman Candice Hoskins (Grandview, Mo.) in the 800, senior Beth Luebbering (St. Thomas, Mo./Helias) in the 1,500, junior Alisha Smyth (Fairbanks, Alaska/Lathrop) in the 3,000 and freshman Karla Jordan (Liberty, Mo.) in the triple jump.

Western Illinois placed second in the final team standings, 42.5 points behind the Bulldogs.

Last year, the Bulldogs placed second at the MIAA meet. The team also garnered second place in 1999, a year before winning the conference title.

Truman Results - Knox Invitational, Feb. 16, 2002 (Galesburg, Ill.)
WOMEN'S RESULTS
60-meter dash	2nd, Jill Lowry	7.26
200-meter dash	1st, Jill Lowry	26.09
	2nd, Kasye Hahn	26.60
	3rd, Megan Williams	26.62
	4th, Jamille Curry (Chicago/Morgan Park)	26.90
	16th, Karla Jordan	29.23
400-meter dash	1st, Kasye Hahn	58.27
	4th, Jamille Curry	1:00.29
800-meter run	2nd, Candice Hoskins	2:23.63
	4th, Cammie Ewing (Hannibal, Mo.)	2:26.86
1,500-meter run	1st, Emily Komiskey	4:50.80
	2nd, Beth Luebbering	4:54.27
	3rd, Sonya Yamnitz (Hallsville, Mo./Helias)	4:55.10
	4th, Dani Rawlings (Fargo, N.D./Fargo South)	4:56.48
	5th, Jennifer Tesmer (Harrisonville, Mo.)	4:58.46
	10th, Alisha Smyth	5:13.11
3,000-meter run	1st, Suzanne Schmidt	10:49.10
	2nd, Alisha Smyth	10:58.40
	6th, Amy Johnson (Blue Springs, Mo./Blue Springs South)	11:15.62
	7th, Brandy Leffler (Gibbs, Mo./Brashear)	11:22.89
55-meter hurdles	1st, Megan Williams	8.21
	3rd, Christina Winkler (High Ridge, Mo./Northwest)	8.70
	4th, Jackie McDuffey (Pineville, Mo./McDonald County)	8.71
55-m hurdles prelim	Megan Williams	8.39
	Christina Winkler	8.68
	Jackie McDuffey	8.86
	Karla Jordan	9.12
4x400-meter relay	3rd, Sara Jessen (Brookfield, Mo.), Ewing, McDuffey, Hoskins	4:07.54
High Jump	8th, Karla Jordan	4'-9.75"
Pole Vault	5th, Merande Green (Independence, Mo./Blue Springs)	8'-11.75"
Long Jump	3rd, Karla Jordan	17'-2.75"
	6th, Karena Singleton (Glenwood, Ill./Homewood-Flossmoor)	16'-7.25"
Triple Jump	2nd, Karla Jordan	36'-5"
Weight Throw	3rd, Becky Kudrna (Jefferson City, Mo./Helias)	43'-6.50"

Women's Schedule/Results | Releases | Women's Indoor/Outdoor Track | Truman Athletics