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| Track wins second triple crown |
Brad
Norman
Sports Beat |
There is a dynasty in the making at Appalachian State University,
or maybe the dynasty is already running at full steam.
Appalachian State competed in both the Men’s and Women’s
Outdoor Track and Field Championships, held in Boone April 18 and
19, at which both teams placed first. The first place finishes brought
triple crowns for the men’s and women’s teams.
The triple crowns were achieved by winning the conference championship
in cross country and both outdoor and indoor track.
For the men, this is their second triple crown in a row, and only
a second place finish in the 2001 Indoor Championships kept them
from having three straight triple crowns.
The Appalachian men’s team started the day off with the 100-meter
relay and the team finished first and set a new school and Southern
Conference record with a time of 39.91 seconds.
In the 100-meter dash, Appalachian swept the top three places. Jason
Green finished first with a time of 10.42 seconds, good enough to
qualify for the NCAA Regionals. Behind Green were teammates Ernest
Wiggins and Sean Jackson.
Green also won the 200-meter dash with a time of 21.27 seconds and
claimed the award of the 2003 Southern Conference Most Outstanding
Track Performer.
Appalachian combined the top finishes by the runners with a good
field performance to outdistance Western Carolina University, who
finished second with 178 points compared to Appalachian’s 229.
Gerald Foreman, Arthur Robertson, Deon Britton, Holt McPherson,
Dan Utley and Matt Carr all placed second or third in their respective
field event, and Anthony Greer and Jon Norman placed first in the
shot put and pole vault.
The women’s team got off to a slower start than the men’s
and would have to rely on the field events for the majority of their
points.
Sarah Primeau and Janelle Silvermann finished second and third in
the 5,000-meter run, Jennifer Claud finished second in the 100-meter
dash and Katie Sujkowski placed first in the 1,500-meter run and
the 200-meter dash.
Ronda and Tondra White gave Appalachian a tremendous effort and
allowed ASU to surpass Georgia Southern in total points.
Ronda White finished in first place in the long jump, 100-meter
hurdles and triple jump, with the latter two being good enough to
send her to NCAA Regionals.
Tondra finished third in the 100-meter hurdles, triple jump and
high jump and finished first in the heptathlon.
LaShana Poole, 2003 Most Outstanding Field Performer, finished first
in the discus and second in the shot put.
Behind Poole in the shot put was Beverly Burnett finishing third
and Suzanne Makinson finishing second in the pole vault.
Overall, the men’s and women’s teams will compete in the
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