EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. - Three SIUE performances were school records
Saturday as the Cougars played host to the Inaugural Gateway
Classic.
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville's Dana Fischer broke
her own record in the pole vault. She finished fourth in her event
and cleared 10 feet, 2 inches.
Aftan Noon
set her second school record in as many weeks. This time she topped
the 800-meter run in a winning time of 2 minutes, 10.46 seconds.
The old record was 2:12.32 set by Ann Miklovic in 2000. Noon won
the event for the Cougars by nearly five seconds.
Chris
Littleton broke the 200-meter record for the Cougar men with a
winning time of 21.30. Littleton broke the record set by Kyle Rose (21.39) set in
2008. Alphonso
Shepherd also posted a personal best with a 21.43, placing
second. Littleton was a double winner Saturday as he posted the
best time of the season in the 100-meter dash with a winning time
of 10.76.
Eastern Illinois and SIUE finished 1-2 in the team scoring for
both the men and the women. Eastern Illinois scored 234 points in
the women's events with SIUE coming in with 112.50. Saint Louis
(108) was third and was followed by North Dakota (101), Bradley
(53.5) and Wisconsin (12).
On the men's side, EIU edged SIUE 162-149. SLU (102) finished in
third place. Wisconsin (74), North Dakota (40) and Bradley (19)
followed.
Kaya Senaya
turned in her season best at 100 meters in 12.03 and at 200 meters
in 24.81. Valery
Taylor recorded her best leap of the season in the long jump at
18-9.75. Freshman Colleen
McDonough tossed the best throw of the season in the hammer
(155-4).
Marc
Presley turned in the best 800-meter men's time of the season.
He took third place in 1:56.59. Shawn Dillard bested
his season-low in the 1,500-meter run with a third-place finish of
4:04.22. Aaron
Werths improved his season-best time at 10,000 meters in
33:10.38. Maurice Jackson
took over as the top triple jumper for the Cougars, recording a
season-best mark of 46-5.5.
SIUE's schedule includes a second home meet of the season next
week. SIUE plays host to the Twilight Invite next Saturday at Korte
Stadium.
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