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| ASU sweeps indoor championship
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Allie Woods
Sports Minor Beat |
Appalachian
State University continued its quest for the triple-crown as the
Mountaineers won the 2003 Men’s and Women’s Indoor Track
and Field Championships in Johnson City, Tenn.
The victory gave ASU a conference record 13 men’s and 10 women’s
indoor team titles.
Daniel Duckworth started things off for the Mountaineers with a
winning weight throw of 58 feet, 1.25 inches.
ASU took the top two spots in the 55-meter dash. Jason Green picked
up the victory with a time of 6.26 seconds. Not far behind was Earnest
Wiggins, who finished second. Green and Wiggins also finished first
and second, respectively, in the 200-meter dash.
Head coach John Weaver was named the men’s indoor Coach of
the Year. Appalachian’s Holt McPherson and Anthony Greer were
selected the Men’s Indoor Field Performers of the Year.
For the women’s team, Ronda White set a conference record in
the 55-meter hurdles, turning in another NCAA provisional mark time
of 7.86 seconds.
Mountaineer Katie Sujkowski won the 800-meter race with a time of
2:19.45, and Sarah Primeau won the 5,000-meter race with a time
of 17:43.56.
ASU women dominated the field events when LaShana Poole, who was
selected the women’s Field Performer of the Year, won the weight
throw with a mark of 57 feet, 2 inches.
The Mountaineers swept the triple jump. Ronda White won her second
event of the day by hitting an NCAA provisional mark of 41 feet,
4.5 inches.
Tondra White and Jennifer Claud finished second and third to complete
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