Stephen F. Austin
SFA QUAD and ALUMNI MEET
SFA Records 19 Titles at Home Meet
4/2/2011 12:00:00 AM | Track & Field
April 2, 2011
NACOGDOCHES, Texas -
2011 SFA Alumni Invitational Results
The Stephen F. Austin men's and women's track and field team wrapped up their second home meet of the season with another dominating performance Saturday afternoon at Fletcher Garner Track. SFA finished the day with 19 individual titles. The Ladyjacks recorded eight, while the SFA men won 11 titles. SFA also swept the top three spots in three events, and took the top-two spots in two others. Junior Jon Arthur got the SFA men out to a good start in the field events when he won the hammer throw with a mark of 184-4. It was one of four SFA individual titles on the day, and one of two for Arthur. He returned to the throwing circle to win the men's shot put (58-8.75).
Freshman Clint Harris added another title for the SFA men in the discus throw (173-5), while senior Kaitlyn Andrews made it a clean sweep in the shot put. The school-record holder won the women's shot with a throw of 51-0.75. SFA continued to pile on the wins in the field events with titles in the pole vault (Colton Ross), women's high jump (Heather McPherson), and the men's (Jamal Peden) and women's (Camelia Sams) long jump.
SFA was just as impressive on the track with numerous titles. The relay teams got SFA out to an early start by sweeping the 400-meter relay. The Ladyjacks recorded a time of 46.45 for the title, while the SFA men won the relay with a time of 40.30. The Ladyjacks also won the 1,600-meter relay with a time of 3:44.19. The SFA men clocked a time of 3:11.37 to complete the sweep of all four relay events. Junior Nick McCloud continued the winning theme by clocking a time of 14.12 to win the 110-meter hurdles. Junior Mary Dickerson added a title for SFA in the 400-meter dash with a time of 54.24.
Christian Donald led a women's sweep in the 400-meter hurdles. Donald clocked a time of 1:03.34 to lead a pack of five Ladyjacks across the finish line. In similar fashion, Josh Taylor took the title in the men's 400-meter hurdles with a time of 53.35.
Randi Wymer led a trio of Ladyjacks in the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase. Wymer clocked a time of 11:03.31 to win the event. Junior Mitch Ownbey wrapped up the meet with one final individual victory for SFA. Ownbey crossed the finish line with a time of 15:21.07 to win the 5,000 meters.
SFA returns to action Wednesday when they travel to Austin, Texas, to compete in the Texas Relays. The meet will run through Saturday.
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