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For Immediate Release 26 January 2002
The men’s
and women’s track and field teams from Southwest Baptist
competed in the Radio Shack/Missouri Southern Invitational
on Saturday.
The two teams were using the meet as a warmup for the indoor
season.
T.Jay Sanderson highlighted the men’s team with a sixth
place finish in the 3,000-meter run. He crossed the line in
a time of 8:53.69. Also running in the event was Clint Davis
(9.22.27), Tom Miner (9:36.45), John Harris (9:38.19) and
Michael Haub (9:47.50).
Brandon Sherrer ran in his first indoor meet and finished
with a 500-yard time of 1:20.53. Joe Wieschhaus finished with
a 1:30.27 in the 600-yard dash.
Ivan Peterson and David Sepanski opened their 2003 indoor
track season in the 60-meter dash. Peterson finished second
in his heat and 14th overall with a time of 7.18 seconds.
Sepanski also finished second in his heat and finished 16th
with a time of 7.30.
Peterson also competed in the long jump and bested at 21’-2
3/4”. He fouled on a 24-foot jump that would have put
him in fourth place overall. He was 11th Saturday.
The women were highlighted with a fourth place finish from
Karen Sancken in the 3,000-meter race. She had a time of 10:55.98.
Jackie Dunn finished in ninth and Jenny Doke finished in 10th
with times of 11:17.22 and 11:36.27, respectively. Also running
in the race was Susan Greer with a time of 12:18.19 and Erika
Anderson with a time
of 12:47.73.
Sara Tedford ran a 1:39.40 in the 600-yard dash and Christina
Showler completed the women’s mile in a time of 5:44.85
to round out the women’s competition for SBU.
“Overall, I felt like we accomplished some good things
on Saturday,” said SBU Head Track and Field Coach Mark
Misch. “We had several people running their first indoor
meet ever. I was very happy with our efforts and attitudes.
Of course, we held out several people to train or work through
their injuries, and we have a long season ahead of us. It’s
always good to get the first meet out of the way.”
The SBU teams ran against teams from the University of Oklahoma,
the University of Arkansas, Missouri Southern, Oklahoma Baptist,
Pittsburg State and several others.
The teams will return to action on Saturday, Feb. 1 when they
travel to the Kansas Indoor Invitational.
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