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Tarleton College Relays
Tech Ends Competition at Tarleton Relays with Three Gold Medals
April 06, 2003 | Track and Field
April 6, 2003
Stephenville, Texas - Freshman Kyle Atwood took top honors in both the 800-meter run and the 1,500, while Katie Leonard placed first in the 3,000-meter steeplechase Saturday at the Tarleton College Relays in Stephenville, Texas.
"I felt good," commented Leonard. "I had never run a race with pits before, so I was trying to survive the race without falling. I loved the race. There is something different to think about every lap because there are five barriers and people are in different positions on each lap."
The freshman from Burkeburnett, Texas, posted a time of 11-minutes, 245.40-seconds finishing almost one-half minute in front of the second-place finisher.
Atwood (Muleshoe, Texas) posted a pair of first-place finishes as his time of 1:53.59 in the 800 edged out Abilene Christian's Martin Okello (1:53.88) and his mark of 3:58.87 in the 1,500 was almost five seconds better than second-place. Tech's Adam Lawless also competed in both events finishing with marks of 2:03.06 and 4:12.87, respectively.
The men's team also sent Seth Harris (Boyd, Texas) who tied for first with a vault of 16-feet, 1-inch and Daniel Fuller (Midland, Texas) placed fifth in the shot put with a mark of 47'-5.75".
Stefanie Calhoun (Goliad, Texas) and Abby Schuebert (Albuquerque, N.M.) posted a pair of third place finishes as Calhoun ran a 2:21.04 800 and Schuebert raced to an 18:31.29 finish in the 5,000.
Up next for the track and field teams is the UTEP Invitational in El Paso, Texas, Sat., April 12.
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