March 3, 2007 SYCAMORES COMPETE AT ALEX WILSON INVITATIONAL SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The Indiana State track and field teams competed at the Alex Wilson Last Chance meet at Notre Dame University this weekend and didn’t quite get the results that they were hoping for. One of the Sycamores who had already clinched a provisional qualifying mark for the NCAA Indoor Championships was Terre Haute freshman Kylie Hutson. However, Hutson injured her ankle in warmups for the women’s pole vault today. “It is a severe sprain so she was not able to compete,” women’s coach John Gartland said. “She is tied for 13th going into the NCAA’s and may still be invited to compete. However, we will just have to wait until Monday night to see if she is invited and then have to make a determination if she is able to compete.” The highlight for the Lady Sycamores was the performance of Erica Moore, who won the pentathlon at the Missouri Valley Conference championships last weekend in Carbondale, Ill. Moore ran in the 800 meters and finished in eight with a time of 2:09.49, the second fastest time in ISU history. The men did have a new school record established on Saturday as Sean Wright finished fourth in the 400 meters with a time of 47.01. That broke the mark set by Dwight Williams in the early 1980s. The time was also surpassed the provisional qualifying mark but he sits in about 25th place. In the triple jump, Paladin Jordan was fourth with a leap of 51-feet-2 ¾. Jordan, Steve Daniel, who was seventh Saturday despite a sore hamstring, and Cory Dowden, who was ninth overall, have each achieved provisional marks in the triple jump “We will have to wait and see who gets an invitation to the championships and who doesn’t,” men’s coach John McNichols said. “They are a long shot to get an invitation but you just never know.” In his final indoor meet for Indiana State, Jordan Fife did not have the kind of race he usually has in the mile. Fife was not placed in one of the fastest heats and had to take the race early. “He was boxed in by some of the other runners, which they are taught to do, and finished fifth in the heat and 17th overall,” McNichols said. “This is not the way we had hoped his career at Indiana State would end. He has meant so much to this school and this team.” In other results for the Lady Sycamores, Jeanne Bridges was fifth in the long jump, Satia Spight seventh in the high jump, Dani Prince 10th in the 5000 meters and Laura Engle 27th in the mile. For the men’s team Adam Lies was third in the 200 meters (22.77) and Justin Kunz seventh in the 5000 meters. The NCAA will release the full list of competitors for next weeks’ NCAA Indoor Championships at Fayetteville, Ark., at 7 p.m. (EST) Monday. |