School Records fall at Eye Opener
March 2, 2010SAVANNAH, Ga. -- The Anderson track and field teams took full advantage of their first opportunity to get outside by setting new school records at the Savannah State Eye Opener held this past weekend at held at T. A. Wright Stadium. The two squads combined to set three new school records en route to claiming six first-place finishes in addition to claiming another 12 top-10 finishes at their first outdoor meet of the 2010 season. On the womens side sophomore
Whitney Bishoff set a new school record as the Winder, Ga., native took the top spot in the 1500m with a time of 4:52.30, while freshman Krishaun Hall posted a pair of fourth-place finishes, first in the 100m (13.00) and the 200m dash (26.83), respectively. Fellow freshman ReJeania Evans notched a 10th-place finish in the 100m dash, crossing the line with a time of 13.74. Freshman Isabel Berry finished sixth with a time of 2:39.49 in the 800m run, while junior Katelyn Rodgers posted a school-record17.61 time in the 100m hurdles, then teamed with sophomore Lauren Sloan as the duo finished 1-2 in the javelin throw, with Rodgers (860) just behind Sloans distance of 862. Rodgers also collected a first-place finish in the high jump (52) and 10th in the long jump with a distance of 157. Sloan garnered second in the shot put with 395 and fifth in the discus throw at 1079. The mens side saw senior Alex Jordan post a school-record time of 1:59.33 in the 800m run, while freshman
Josh Butler finish ninth in the 100m dash with a time of 11:57. Sophomore Drew Mahaffey earned seventh in the 800m and freshman Nigel Reynolds picked up second in the 1500m event. Another freshman,
Alex Pena crssed the line in second with a time of 10:14.88 in the 3000m steeplechase and freshman
Zach Hart finished first in the pole vault with 136. Freshman
Will Byars earned first in the shot put (439), second in the discus throw (1155) and fourth in the javelin throw (143), with junior Derricke Black collecting a sixth-place finish in the shot put (344) and sixth with a distance of 805 in the javelin. MENS TEAM RESULTS 1 UNC Pembroke 111 2 Savannah State 107 3 Albany State 85 4 Anderson (S.C.) 84 5 Clark Atlanta 77 6 Bethune-Cookman 68 7 South Carolina-Beaufort 34 8 Savannah College of Art & Design 23 9 Edward Waters 22 10 Twinz 18 11 Unattached Runners 5 12 GA Cheetahs 4 13 Central Park TC 3 WOMENS TEAM RESULTS 1 Savannah State 129 2 Albany State 110.5 3 Bethune-Cookman 106.5 4 Clark Atlanta 64.5 5 Anderson (S.C.) 63 6 UNC Pembroke 49 7 Speed Index 25 8 Walsh 24 9 Edward Waters 20.5 10 South Carolina-Beaufort 16 11 Morris 11 12 Unattached Runners 11 13 Savannah College of Art & Design 6
