Track falls to CMS despite efforts
Campus Times
April 19, 2002
Senior business administration major Jason Riley cleared 6' 6"
to win the high jump in the final SCIAC quad meet at Occidental on April
13. Riley holds the school record for the high jump at 6' 8 3/4". Riley
has provisionally qualified for the NCAA Division III track and field nationals
to be held during the week of finals on May 23-25 in St. Paul, Minn.
As most students headed to the beach on what seemed like the hottest
day of the year, the University of La Verne track and field team headed
to Occidental College for the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic
Conference Dual Meet Championship.
Schools competing for the title were Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, Occidental,
Pomona-Pitzer and ULV.
The Leopard's biggest competition came from CMS.
"We had superb performances, excellent marks by almost everyone,
to compare other dual meets, this is by far the best one," said La
Verne assistant coach Cres Gonzalez
Jason Riley finished first in high jump with a height of 6'6".
Kelly Wood took second in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 9:59.44,
behind Pat McGrail of CMS.
He also finished fourth in the 5,000.
Will Lawson took the top spot in 400-meter intermediate hurdles and
the 400-meter dash with times of 53.28 and 48.19, respectively.
The 200-meter dash saw a close finish between winner Kameron Jones of
Occidental, and Eric Thomas of ULV, with the times 21.75 and 21.98, respectively.
Thomas finished third in the 100-meter dash, just outracing the Leopards'
Dimitri Watson.
In the men's events, Brandon Tedrow, currently third in the conference
in the javelin, placed in the top five in all of his competing events.
Tedrow placed second in the javelin and the discus with respective distances
of 183'03", just behind Ryan Gibson of CMS, and 152'10".
"I do so much stuff that I'm never going to have a huge day in
one event," Tedrow said. "But overall they (the scores) were pretty
consistent, like what I've been doing all year."
Ryan Cairney placed fourth in the javelin, behind Justin Gruber of Occidental.
Both freshman Jeremiah Fellows and Tedrow tied for third in pole vault
with a height of 12 feet.
ULV finished second in both the men's and women's 4x100-meter relay,
finishing behind the Stags.
The men placed second in the 4x400-meter relay, while the women placed
third behind Occidental and CMS.
The women's events saw top finishes from Liz Lucsko, Lori Waters, Christy
DuLapp, Dejuana Satchell, in long jump, shot put, high jump, and 100-meter
dash.
Lucsko's long jump distance is among the top three in Division III.
Leti Arroyo's time in the 1,500-meter run came close to a school record.
ULV took second and third place in the triple jump from Lakia Sims and
Liz Lucsko, respectively.
Luckso placed second in the high jump and the 100-meter high hurdles
with a time of 15.18.
Waters finished second in discus with a distance of 119'03", just
behind the Stags' Sarah DeGraw.
Monica Martinez had strong second place finishes in the 3,000-meter
steeplechase with a time of 11:54.21, and the 400-meter intermediate hurdles
finishing after the Stags' Andrea Haver.
Leti Arroyo placed second in the 1,500 meter run with a time of 4:53.02.
Dejuana Satchell finished second in the 200-meter dash with a time of
25.04.
The Leopards finished second in the meet. Currently, ULV stands second
in the conference with CMS going undefeated. The Leopards only have one
loss to Claremont.
"We wanted to win against Claremont. It wasn't possible, but it
was a valiant effort from everyone," Gonzalez said.
The next meet is Friday's Pomona-Pitzer Invitational. Will Lawson will
be among the competitors Sunday at the prestigious Mt. SAC relays, where
he will be competing against Division I schools.
