Tech In Ninth After Day One At Big 12 Championships

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Junior Albert Booker sets pr with a time of 20.99 in the 200m

Tech In Ninth After Day One At Big 12 Championships

February 27, 2004 | Track and Field

With 13 athletes earning All-big 12 honors in front of a crowd of 1,977, the Red Raiders finished day one of competition a the Big 12 Championships in Lincoln, Neb., at the Devaney Sports Complex. Tech heads into day two with the women and men in ninth place with eight and five points, respectively.

Senior Aki Heikkinen, in his first competition in the heptathlon of the season, is in good contention heading into day two events. Heikkinen is in third with 2,921 points with the 60m hurdles, pole vault and 1000m run ahead of him tomorrow.

In the 60m dash junior Shereefa Lloyd had an overall place of eighth in the prelims with a time of 7.49 while on the men's side junior Tyree Gailes finished in eighth with a mark of 6.85. With these times, Gailes and Lloyd advanced to the semifinals. Lloyd ran a semifinal time of 7.50 finishing just one place short, ninth, of advancing to finals. Gailes improved to 6.78 with a sixth-place finish to advance to finals. In the semi finals of the 60m dash hurdles, freshman Shawon Harris finished in seventh with a time of 8.21, advancing to finals.

Junior Brionne Yosten on the final lap of the mile edged her lead to first but on the backstretch fell to second, only .05 seconds behind the winner of the heat, Renee Metivier. Yosten finished fourth with a time of 4:48.16, her second provisional qualifying time of the season in the mile, to advance to finals.

In the 600 yard, junior Jonathan Johnson moved ahead of Ashton Collins, 2003 indoor 400 Champion, on the final lap to win the heat with a time of 1:10.13. Johnson advances to finals in a second-place position.

In the women's 400m, junior Licretia Sibley advanced to finals in sixth place after turning in a time of 55.12. The men's team in the 400 advanced two to finals with junior Albert Booker turning in a third-place finish in a time of 47.71 and junior Matt Stewart finishing in eighth with a time of 48.25.

Booker turned in a personal best and his third provisional qualifying mark as he ran the 200 in 20.99. Booker won his heat, finishing first overall to advance to finals. His previous best mark of 21.21 was set last year at the Conference Championships. On the women's side, Lloyd advanced to finals with a time of 23.91 and a seventh-place finish, her first provisional qualifying time in the 200 of the year.

Tech turned in two all-big 12 honors in field events. Senior Jason Young, in the weight throw, finished in fourth with a toss of 60'-7.75" (18.48m). In the long jump, sophomore Tori Polk earned all-big 12 honors with a mark of 18'-10.75" (5.76m) for an eighth-place finish.

Tech turned in two all-big 12 performances in the 5000. Junior Bridget Tidwell finished in fifth in 16:56.56.1, her best mark in the 5000 this season. In her first appearance of the season in the 5000, senior Tracie Akerhielm trailed closely behind in sixth with a time of 17:02.26.

Complete results and live stats of tomorrow's finals can be found at www.huskers.com. Tech will conclude action tomorrow beginning at 9:30 a.m. with the multis, field events at 1:30 p.m. and running events at 3:00 p.m.

February 27, 2004 Results

Event Athlete Mark Finish Heptathlon Aki Heikkinen 2921 pts 3rd-Day one

Pole Vault (W) Kelley Schulz 12'-1.50" (3.70m) 11th Dana Rosenbladt 11'-7.75" (3.55m) 14th Krista Grantham 11'-7.75" (3.55m) 14th Ashley Rodgers 11'-7.75" (3.55m) 16th

Weight Throw (M) Jason Young 60'-7.75" (18.48m) 4th

Weight Throw (W) Olivia Clardy 50'-10.25" (15.50m) 10th

Long Jump (W) Tori Polk 18'-10.75" (5.76m) 8th

Long Jump (M) Clifton Eddington 23'-0" (7.01m) 11th

60m dash (W) LaToya Fry 7.95 (p) 21st Ronita Johnson 7.85 (p) 19th Shereefa Lloyd 7.50 (p), 7.50 (s) 9th

60m dash (M) Tyree Gailes 6.85 (p), 6.78 (s) Qualif./6th

60m hurdles (M) Shawon Harris 8.21 (p) Qualif./7th

200m (W) LaToya Fry DNF DNP Shereefa Lloyd 23.91 (p) 7th Ashley Stevens 25.59 20th

200m (M) Orin Darrington 22.41 18th Albert Booker 20.99 (p) 1st

400m dash (W) Ashley Stevens 58.59 15th Licretia Sibley 55.12 (p) Qualif./5th Rachelle Evans 56.73 10th

400m (M) Albert Booker 47.71 (p) 3rd Matt Stewart 48.25 (p) 8th

600y run (W) Ruth Camacho 1:26.66 12th Kathy Nwagbo 1:28.66 16th Tenaya Mumphrey 1:30.60 18th