January 28, 2006 NEW WEEK, SIMILAR RESULT FOR TRACK AND FIELD WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Indiana State had to once again relinquish the ownership of the Gene Edmonds Cup to the Purdue Boilermakers after the combined scores of the men and women’s track team weren’t quite enough to surpass their in-state rival. The men got the better of Purdue for the second week in a row with an 81-78 win, while the women also repeated the outcome of a week ago on the losing side 96-62. The combined scores came up short against the Boilermakers 174-143. Laura Engle and Santia Spight were the lone individual winners for the Sycamore women in the mile and high jump, respectively. Engle’s 4:57.92 time in the mile was a season-best for the junior while Spight’s jump of 1.69m propelled the junior to first after a three-way jump-off determined the winner. The men ran to the win with points on the track came from ISU sprinters while the distance runners were a few steps behind. Senior Jerry Clopton swept both the 60-meter and 200-meter dash events with times of 6.94 and 22.15. Teammate Damani Morris was a stride behind in the 200-meter with a second place finishing time of 22.54. The men would come close in every other track event with second-place finishes in every distance but the 3000-meter run. The field events for Indiana State would once again prove to be a strength for the men with wins coming in every event, but the pole vault. Drew Truab’s personal-best 17.65m in the shot put and Jason Carruthers’ distance of 19.18m in the weight throw were both good for first place. Freshmen Curt Sunderland continued his dominance in the high jump with his fourth-straight first-place finish (2.02m). In the other jumping events Hanif Muhammed’s bound of 7.01m in the long jump and Paladin Jordan’s distance of 15.02m took top honors in their respective events. The Sycamores also crossed the line first in the 4x400-meter relay for the second week in a row with a time of 3:17.15. Both teams will return to Bloomington next week for the Hoosier
Relays. The track on the campus of Indiana University was kind to
the men’s team last week with wins over IU, Purdue and Ohio
State. The meet is schedule for Friday and Saturday with starting
times at 3:00 p.m. and Noon.
|