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HCC Sports Information
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
HIGHLAND – The Hutchinson
Community College women’s track and field team opened the 2009 indoor season
on Saturday with a strong effort on the track and one NJCAA Indoor national
qualifier at the Highland Classic.
The Lady Dragons captured
two event victories and had 12 top-three finishes at Highland.
Freshman Leeza Henry
produced the second-best shot put mark in the nation this season when she
went 39 feet, 0.5 inches to win the event. Henry just missed qualifying in
the weight throw. She finished second in that event with a throw of 43-8.5
inches, which is fourth in the nation, but just one-quarter inch short of
the national qualifying standard.
Henry led what was a strong
overall showing in the throws for the Lady Dragons.
In the shot put, freshman
Megan Woods finished sixth (34-1.5) and freshman Kyleigh Edwards was seventh
(33-3.25). Ashton Wendler was ninth (31-5.75), Kristen Arneson finished 11th
(30-11.75) Christina Davis was 12th (30-9) and Samantha Owens was 15th (30
feet).
In the weight throw, Edwards
was third (39-1.25), David was sixth (35-11.25) and Arneson was eighth
(34-8.5). Owens was ninth (34-4) and Wendler was 12th (33-5.75).
On the track, the Lady
Dragons scored well in the sprints.
Sophomore Ashton Trotter won
the 600 meters with a time of 1:49.93.
Sprinters Breanna Mason and
Jackie Ford finished 2-3 in the 55 meters with times of 7.72 and 7.83
seconds, respectively. Ford also finished second in the 200 meters (28.38
seconds) with freshman Lydia Leija placing fourth (29.19 seconds).
The Lady Dragons finished
2-3-4 in the 1,000 meters with sophomore Andrea Schurman leading the way in
second place with a time of 3:36.73). Sophomore Mychala Money was third
(3:38.77) and freshman Samantha Martin taking fourth (3:39.17).
Hutchinson will compete in
the Oklahoma Christian Invitational on Saturday at the University of
Oklahoma in Norman, Okla.
WOMEN'S RESULTS
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