Sjogren Sets School Record; Williams, Walker Win as Track & Field Competes at Occidental and San Diego State
3/08/08

Full Results (Oxy)
Full Results (SDSU)

Coach Steve Scott's track & field team posted a couple more impressive showings on Friday, as the distance runners competed at the Occidental Distance Carnival while the rest took part in the Aztec Track and Field Classic.

The story was Morgan Sjogren, who set a school record en route to winning the 10,000-meter.  She finished first among  the women with a time of 35:28.  The junior was the cross-country team's #1 runner last season and top finisher at Nationals, and she is certainly poised to make an impact this spring.

For the second time in as many meets, Dallon Williams and Billy Walker came away winners.  Williams won the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase at Occidental with a time of 10:48.16, while Walker won the 100-meter dash at SDSU in 10.73 seconds.

The Cougars had a number of other high finishers as well.  At Occidental, Sergio Gonzalez made his season debut in impressive fashion, placing second in the 10,000-meter with a time of 30:25.90.  Tony Guadagnini took fourth in the men's 1,500-meter with a time of 3:57.06, and Stephanie Cook ran 4:52.46 in the women's 1,500-meter for sixth.

At SDSU, Nicholas Stein finished second in the 400-meter dash, running 49.98.   David Freund continued his great performances in the pole vault, clearing 4.47 meters for second place.  Stephanie Erdodi took fourth in the women's 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:08.31.  Jaime Carillo rounded out the top-five finishers, placing fifth in the 800-meters with a time of 2:07.16.

The rest of the team will compete on Saturday at day two of the Aztec event.