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For Immediate Release 25 March 2003
TALLAHASSEE,
Fla. – The men’s and women’s track and
field teams are coming off an excellent showing at the Florida
State Relay in Tallahassee, Fla. last weekend.
The Lady Bearcats were highlighted by a first through fourth
place sweep of the women’s Garnett 5,000-meter run. Karen
Sancken took home top honors after leading from wire-to-wire.
She finished with a time of 19:00.69. She was followed by
Jackie Dunn with a time of 19:06.97. Christine Showler (19:38.39)
finished third after passing teammate Jenny Doke (19:40.63)
down the home stretch. Doler finished fourth. Also running
in the race was Erika Anderson (21:32.53) and Susan Greer
(21:58.85).
The Bearcats were highlighted by Jon Clemence’s win in
the men’s Garnett 5,000-meter race. Clemence crossed
the line in a time of 15:33.39 and grabbed his first collegiate
victory on the track. He took the lead over after seven laps
and finished with decreasing splits and finished 10 seconds
ahead of second place. Also running for SBU in the race was
Tom Miner (16:39.06) and Michael Haub (17:33.27).
SBU’s Sara Tedford ran a personal best 2:28.39 in the
800-meter run. Jenni Duren ran a 13.68 100-meter time and
a 27.90 200-meter time.
For the men, Brandon Sherrer finished with a time of 2:02.71
in the men’s 800-meter race. Joe Wieschhaus finished
with a 2:16.88 in the 800 meters.
Clint Davis finished in sixth place in the men’s 3,000-meter
steeplechase. He finished with a time of 9:45.02 while John
Harris finished the race in 10:32.91.
T.Jay Sanderson ran a tough race where he was the only non-Division
I or unattached runner in the Gold 1,500-meter field. He finished
with a time of 3:56.82. He passed several runners down the
home stretch to turn in one of the top freshmen performances
in the MIAA this season.
David Sepanski finished with a time of 11.20 and second in
his heat of the 100-meter dash. He ran a 22.72 in the 200-meter
dash.
Ivan Peterson finished with a 100-meter time of 11.58 and
a 200-meter time of 23.62. He also long jumped a distance
of 5.92 meters.
“This was probably the best overall ‘team effort’
we’ve ever had at SBU in track,” said SBU Head Coach
Mark Misch. “In cross country, we have had some good
meets this season when everything came together, but track-wise,
this was the best three days we’ve ever seen for this
program.”
The meet had over 40 schools from around the country represented,
as well as numerous top unattached and post-collegiate athletes
competing.
“It was a great atmosphere and I am proud of the way
we stepped up and competed at a high level,” Misch said.
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