Stephen F. Austin
Ty Terrill Relays
SFA Wins Six Titles at Lamar
4/11/2009 12:00:00 AM | Track & Field
April 11, 2009
BEAUMONT, Texas - The Stephen F. Austin men's and women's track and field team recorded six individual titles at the ExxonMobil Ty Terrill Relays Saturday in Beaumont, Texas. The Ladyjacks recorded five titles, while the 'Jacks brought home one.
Sophomore thrower Kaitlyn Andrews led the Ladyjacks by winning the shot put and discus events. The defending indoor conference shot put champion won the event Saturday with a throw of 13.75 meters. Andrews followed that up with a mark of 41.10 meters to win the discus. Junior Frednisha Marshall won the Ladyjacks third individual title of the throws events when she posted a mark of 57.10 meters to win the event. Marshall's mark was good enough to set a new school record and qualify for the NCAA regional championships.
Sophomore Whitney Trimble cleared a height of 1.70 meters in the high jump to tie for the individual title in the event. She recorded the best jump of all collegiate athletes in the event. Two Ladyjacks tied for an individual title in the pole vault. Senior Kelsea David, and freshman Macy Wade cleared heights of 3.40 meters to finish in a three-way tie, along with Southeastern Louisiana's Lacey Sachez, for first in the event.
Freshman Nick McCloud recorded the Lumberjacks' lone individual title of the meet. McCloud clocked a time of 14.33 to win the 110-meter hurdles. He just missed an NCAA regional mark by three-hundredths of a second.
Marshall finished second in the shot put, just behind Andrews, with her throw of 13.65 meters, while freshmen Makayla Elliott and Caitlyn Gaston recorded third (38.28 meters) and fourth-place (36.89 meters) finishes in the discus. Gaston also recorded a third-place finish in the hammer throw with her mark of 44.48 meters.
The SFA men also had several athletes just miss an individual title in Beaumont. Freshman David McKenzie cleared a height of 4.45 meters to finish second overall in the pole vault, but was the highest-placed collegiate athlete in the event. Junior Josh Cruse was second in the men's triple jump with a mark of 14.45 meters, while freshman Jon Arthur recorded a toss of 16.18 meters to finish second in the shot put. Sophomore Adam Wolfe was second overall in the javelin (54.49 meters), but recorded the best throw of all collegiate athletes. SFA's 4X400-meter relay team recorded a time of 3:23.36 to place second overall.
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