April 27, 2002

Cal State San Marcos Qualifies 16th Athlete for NAIA Track Nationals at UCSD Open

The Cal State San Marcos track and field team competed in several events and qualified another runner for the NAIA Nationals, today, April 27, during the UC San Diego Open. Junior Kris Houghton qualified for nationals and finished in 5th of 45 runners in the men's 1,500 m run with a time of 3:53.60. Earlier in the season, Houghton qualified for the 5,000 m run.

Second-day results from Cal State San Marcos women's team:

100 m dash: Autumn Right, freshman, finished 7th of 32 with 12.13 seconds; Andrea Jackson, sophomore, finished 18th with 12.92 seconds; Tiffany Lowery, freshman, finished 22nd with 13.00 seconds; Jessica Walker, junior, finished 27th with 13.33 seconds.

200 m dash: Tiffany Lowery finished 21st of 30 with 26.58 seconds; Andrea Jackson finished 23rd with 26.67 seconds

400 m dash: Amy Cutshaw, junior, finished 5th of 23 with 57.02 seconds; Luci Downey, junior, finished 12th with 59.11 seconds.

800 m run: Felisha Mariscal, sophomore, finished 13th of 33 with 2:19.67; Manal Yamout, freshman, finished 25th with 2:26.15; Camille Wilborn, junior, finished 27th with 2:27.89.

1,500 m run: Katherine Nibblet, sophomore, finished 18 of 30 with 4:59.68.

4x100 relay: Women's team finished in 3rd of 6 with 48.17 seconds.

4x400 relay: Women's team finished in 5th of 9 with 3:53.87.

High Jump: Abril Jiminez, sophomore, finished 15th of 16 with 4'09"00.

(First Day Results)

3,000 m run: Katherine Nibblet, sophomore, finished in 9th out of 21 runners with a time of 10:49.22. She has already qualified for NAIA Nationals in the 5,000 m run.

5,000 m run: Lanele Cox, junior, finished 7th out of 16 runners with a time of 18:41.15.

Second-day results from Cal State San Marcos men's team:

100 m dash: Yanta Morrow, sophomore, finished 13th of 24 with 11.30 seconds.

400 m dash: John Feehan, freshman, finished 8th of 28 with 49.92 seconds; Greg Hollingsworth, freshman, finished 9th with 49.95 seconds; Shaun Bright, sophomore, finished 20th with 51.74 seconds; Jeremy Taylor, freshman, finished 22nd with 52.53 seconds.

800 m run: Kris Houghton, junior, finished 13th of 40 with 1:56.59; Justin Lessel, freshman, finished 28th with 1:59.45; Dax Solorzano, junior, finished 31st with 2:00.66; Brandon Cline, sophomore, finished 37th with 2:05.30.

1,500 m run: Kris Houghton, junior, finished 5th of 45 and qualified for NAIA Nationals with 3:53.60; Robby McClendon, junior, finished 12th with 3:58.12; Brian Sullivan, junior, finished 16th with 3:59.71.

110 m hurdles: Anthony Blacksher, junior, finished 3rd of 15 with 14.84 seconds.

400 m hurdles: Jason Williams, sophomore, finished 5th of 14 with 53.52 seconds.

High jump: Ryan Miller, junior, finished 10th of 13 with 6'00"00.

Pole vault: James Barbour, sophomore, finished 12th of 29 with 15'03"00; Moises Loza, freshman, finished 18th with 13'05"25.

Javelin: Ed Wurz, junior, finished 8th of 12 with 172'06"00

(First-day Results)

5,000 m run: Renee Reyes, freshman, finished in 9th out of 27 runners with a time of 15:37.86.

10,000 m run: Omar Zavala, junior, finished in 9th out of 10 runners with a time of 34:24.80.

3,000 m steeplechase: Robby McClendon, junior, finished in third out of 11 runners and qualified for NAIA Nationals with a time of 9:23.80.

Full results from the UC San Diego Open are available at www.athletics.ucsd.edu.

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