Troy University Athletics
Track Teams Enjoy Success at Auburn Invitational
4/23/2007 12:00:00 AM | Track & Field
AUBURN, Ala. -- Troy's third trip to Auburn this season for a spring track meet turned out to be its most successful as three school records were broken and several Trojans enjoyed personal bests.
All three school records occurred on the women's side on Saturday, with two coming in the discus. Monique Johnson broke Tiphanie Baker's school record with heave of 150-feet, 9-inches, only to have Baker come back on the next throw and toss it 152-feet, 11-inches. Their efforts earned them second and third overall with Shenita Howell finishing sixth with a distance of 136-feet, 5-inches.
Jenean Corcoran set a new school record in the 3000-meter steeplechase, covering the distance in 11:42.18. Her time, 23 seconds better than her mark last year, placed her second.
Agata Cichoszewska improved her NCAA Regional qualifying mark in the triple jump with a 41-feet, 1/2-inch effort to earn third place, while Meghan Young finished fourth in the javelin at 122-feet, 1-inch, her second best throw ever. Howell was also sixth in event with a throw of 118-feet, 6-inches.
Juzil Rudolph had another career day in her multiple events. She ran a personal best of 14.26 in the prelims of the 100-meter hurdles,then comes back in the finals and runs 14.46 for fifth place in the elite field. Rudolph also finished third in the high jump at 5-feet, 5-inches.
On the men's side, Micheal Heck threw his best performance of the season in the shot put at 54-feet, 1-inch, placing fifth, while also hitting 151-feet, 4-inches in the discus (fourth place).. Ryan Schmeling (151-feet, 2-inches) and Drew Oliver (149-feet) finished fifth and seventh in discus behind Heck.
Norman Austin had his second-best javelin throw of season at 196-feet, 7-inches to finish third. He had four of his throws reach the 192-feet marker.
On the track, Lamar Hicks ran 10.58 in the 100 meter prelims -- his best time of the year -- then finished sixth in the final with a time of 10.78 into a headwind. Matavis Madden moved down to the 200 from his usual 400 and ran a personal best of 21.88 for ninth place.
In relays, the 4 x 100 team of Tevis Wells, Madden, AC Culbertson and Hicks finished fifth at 41.19 seconds, the second best effort of season, while the 4 x 400 team of Madden, Burke Leonce, Culbertson, and Hicks finished third at 3:16.8, also second best of the year.
The Trojans return to action on Saturday at the ULM Warhawk Classic in Monroe, La. The meet will be the last one for the full team before the Sun Belt Conference Championship next month. Monique Johnson, who has missed the last two meets with an illness, and O'Darien Bassett, who has taken time off after his record-setting performance at the Coach O Invitational last month, are both expected to compete. Monique Johnson on road to recovery from gall bladder infection sat out meet, as did Odarian Basssett. Both hope to compete in next week's meet at ULM.
