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March 10, 2002

Cal State San Marcos Track Team Competes in Benny Brown Invitational--Another Cougar Qualifies for NAIA Nationals

The Cal State San Marcos Track and Field team competed in the Benny Brown Invitational on Saturday, March 9, 2002. The meet was hosted by California State University Fullerton.

Highlights of the day included a first place finish by freshman Jason Williams in the men's 400 m intermediate hurdles with a time of 52.52 seconds. Last week he qualified for NAIA Nationals in this event at USC's Trojan Invitational.

For the women of Cal State San Marcos, senior Renee McDonald placed third in the women's 5,000 m run with a time of 18:01.96. With this time, she has qualified for the NAIA Nationals. The NAIA standard qualifying time is 18:06.35. She ran against 25 other women.

Cal State San Marcos Women's Results

100 m dash:   Autumn Right, a freshman, finished in 12.17 seconds, the 9th fastest time; Andrea Jackson, a sophomore, finished in 13.23 seconds, the 31st fastest time; Jessica Walker, a junior, finished in 13.29 seconds, the 33rd fastest time; and Tiffany Lowery, a freshman, finished in 13.38 seconds, the 35th fastest time. There were 47 runners.

200 m dash:   Andrea Jackson finished in 27.68 seconds, the 33rd fastest time; Jessica Walker finished in 27.78 seconds, the 34th fastest time.

400 m dash:   Amy Cutshaw, a junior, finished with the seventh best time, 58.10 seconds; and Luci Downey, a junior, finished with the ninth fastest time, 58.21 seconds.

5,000 m run:   Renee MacDonald, a senior, finished in 18:01.96, the third fastest; Lanele Cox, a junior, finished in 18:36.30, the eighth fastest time; and Katherine Niblett, a sophomore, finished with the 10th fastest time, 18:45.29.

100 m hurdles:  Abril Jiminez, a sophomore finished in 15th with a time of 16.48 seconds. There were 20 runners.

4x100 relay: Finished in second place with a time of 49.73 seconds. There were 5 teams in the event.

4x400 relay: Finished in third place with a time of 4:00.35.  There were 6 teams in the event.

Cal State San Marcos Men's Results

100 m dash: Yanta Morrow, a sophomore, finished in 12th with a time of 11.19 seconds. There were 35 runners.

200 m dash:   Greg Hollinsworth, a freshman, finished in 23rd with a time of 22:93; Yanta Morrow finished in 24th with a time of 23:04. There were 44 runners.

800 m run:   Brandon Cline, a sophomore, finished in 26th with a time of 2:06.21. There were 40 runners.

1,500 m run:   Brandon Cline finished in 24th with a time of 4:32.15. There were 26 runners.

5,000 m run: Kris Houghton, a junior, finished in 13th with a time of 15:03.28; and Omar Zavala, a junior, finished in 22nd with 15:41.22. There were 26 runners in the event.

400 m high hurdles:   Jason Williams, a freshman, finished in 1st place out of 19 runners with a time of 52.52 seconds.

3,000 m steeplechase:  Brian Sullivan, a junior, finished in 5th with 9:28.50. There were 15 runners.

4x400 relay: Finished in 3rd place with a time of 43.15 seconds. There were 7 teams.

Men's High Jump:   Ryan Miller, a junior, finished is 12th with a jump of 6'00'' (1.83 m). There were 15 competitors.

Men's pole vault "B":   James Barbour, a sophomore, finished second out of 18 jumpers in with a jump of 15'00'' (4.57 m).

Men's Long Jump:   Patrick Juba, a freshman, had the 20th best jump at a height of 19'11'' (6.07 m); followed by John Feehan, a freshman, in 21st with a jump of 18'11.75 (5.78 m).

Men's javelin throw:  Ed Wurz, a junior, finished in fifth place out of 17 ahtletes with a distance of 177'05''.

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The full results are currently available at www.flashresults.com/flashwest.