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Weekend Review: January 24, 2011; Van Buskirk Sets Collegiate Record
Collegiate Indoor Track & Field Weekend Review
Weekend’s Top Stories
Duke’s Van Buskirk Runs for 1000-Meter Collegiate Record
BLACKSBURG, Va. — At this weekend’s Hokie Invitational, hosted by Virginia Tech, Duke’s Kate Van Buskirk came back from anchoring the Blue Devils to a 4×800 victory the night before to win the 1000 meters in a collegiate-record time of 2:41.00.
“In 20 years I’ve never seen a Duke athlete set a collegiate record,” said Director of Track and Field Norm Olgilvie. “It just goes to show how strong our program has become.”
The previous record of 2:41.56 was set in 1989 by Teena Colebrook of Cal Poly. (read more)
Aggies Sweep LSU in First Dual Meet
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (Texas A&M release) — As the No. 2 Texas A&M women pulled away from No. 3 LSU for a 91-67 victory, the No. 3 Aggie men were tied with No. 2 LSU at 55 and 66 before claiming an 84-75 team win in front of 2,054 fans at Gilliam Indoor Track Stadium.
"It’s important for this group to know they are a national caliber team as well as a very good dual meet team," Texas A&M coach Pat Henry said. "We always try to have a balanced track team."
Jessica Beard (women’s 200 and 400) and Gerald Phiri (men’s 60 and 200) supplied sprint doubles to the Aggie effort. (read more)
Ole Miss’ Robertson Sets New Heights in High Jump
JONESBORO, Ark. (Ole Miss release) — Ricky Robertson broke his own school high jump record again as he posted the top jump in the nation this year to lead the Rebels at the Arkansas State Invitational on Saturday.
Robertson leaped 7-5¾ (2.28m) to break his own record of 7-5 he set earlier this season at the Arkansas State Kickoff Klassic. The jump topped the nation’s previous high mark of 7-5¼ by Indiana’s Derek Drouin and Kansas State’s Erik Kynard from earlier this season.
Southern Illinois’ Berry Tops Uses Collegiate Leader to Top Stacked Field
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Southern Illinois senior Gwen Berry won the women’s weight throw at Indiana’s Gladsetin Invitational on Saturday with a personal-best and collegiate leading throw of 74-6¼ (22.71m). Berry topped teammate Jeneva McCall and defending national champion D’Ana McCarty of Louisville for the victory. The event also snapped McCarty’s nine-meet winning streak that dated back to January 9, 2010.
"Gwen had an excellent throw," said SIU Head Coach Connie Price-Smith. "It was really surprising. She had a really big throw, so that was exciting. Probably the most exciting thing that happened this meet." (read more)
Weekend’s Best Marks
(week ending January 23, 2011, marks unconverted)
| MEN | |||||
| 55m | Markus Henderson | Texas Tech | 6.16 | CL | |
| 60m | Joe Morris | Colorado | 6.63 | ||
| Gerald Phiri | Texas A&M | 6.63 | |||
| 200m | Kirani James | Alabama | 20.58 A | WL, CL | |
| 300m | Brandon Byram | Florida State | 33.19 | CL | |
| 400m | Demetrius Pinder | Texas A&M | 46.87 | ||
| 500m | Aaron Younger | Rutgers | 1:02.73 | ||
| 600yd | LaToy Williams | Texas Tech | 1:10.73 | ||
| 600m | Harun Abda | Minnesota | 1:17.85 | ||
| 800m | Miles Batty | BYU | 1:49.49 | ||
| 1000m | Jeremy Rae | Notre Dame | 2:22.53 | ||
| Mile | David McCarthy | Providence | 4:00.74 | CL | |
| 3000m | Andrew Bayer | Indiana | 7:48.35 | WL, CL | |
| 5000m | Jeff Schirmer | Southern Illinois | 14:07.32 | CL | |
| 55mH | Bryce Brown | Texas Tech | 7.19 | CL | |
| 60mH | Terence Somerville | Cincinnati | 7.68 | CL | |
| 4x400m | South Plains # | 3:05.18 (ov) | |||
| Texas A&M | 3:06.16 | WL, CL | |||
| Tran Howell (46.93), Tabarie Henry (46.18), Bryan Miller (46.58), Michael Preble (46.48) | |||||
| 4x800m | VMI | 7:48.35 | |||
| Andrey Dmitriev (1:57.16), Dean Gonsalves (1:54.37), Jacob Lysher (1:55.12), Felix Kitur (1:52.10) | |||||
| DMR | Virginia | 14:07.32 | |||
| Taylor Gilland (3:00.98), Aaron Shepperd (49.70), Drew Paisley (1:52.64), Patrick Todd (4:05.99) | |||||
| HJ | Ricky Robertson | Mississippi | 2.28m | 7-5¾ | CL |
| PV | Victor Weirich | BYU | 5.50m | 18-½ | CL |
| LJ | Bryce Lamb | Texas Tech | 7.98m | 26-2¼ | |
| TJ | Chris Carter | Houston | 16.12m | 52-10¾ | |
| SP | Kurt Roberts | Ashland* | 19.42m | 62-8¾ | |
| WT | Walter Henning | LSU | 22.04m | 72-3¾ | CL |
| PENT | Evan Davis | Southern Maine** | 3347 | ||
| HEPT | Ben Jasinski | South Dakota State | 5429 | ||
| WOMEN | |||||
| 55m | Terre Evans | Texas Tech | 6.90^ | ||
| 60m | Stormy Kendrick | Clemson | 7.22 | WL, CL | |
| 200m | Jessica Beard | Texas A&M | 22.95 | WL, CL | |
| 300m | Marlena West | Clemson | 38.09 | CL | |
| 400m | Jessica Beard | Texas A&M | 52.97 | CL | |
| 500m | Heidy Palacios | Manhattan | 1:14.27 | ||
| 600yd | Kianna Elahi | Iowa State | 1:21.92 (ov) | CL | |
| 600m | Bethany Praska | Iowa | 1:29.60 | ||
| 800m | Chanelle Price | Tennessee | 2:07.93 | ||
| 1000m | Kate Van Buskirk | Duke | 2:41.00 | ||
| COLLEGIATE RECORD | |||||
| (old: 2:41.56, Teena Colebrook, Cal Poly, 1989) | |||||
| Mile | Rebecca Tracy | Notre Dame | 4:42.14 | ||
| 3000m | Chelsea Blanchard | Indiana | 9:24.41 | ||
| 5000m | Katherine Devlin | Texas A&M | 16:50.37 | ||
| 55mH | Kelsey Lloyd | Texas Tech | 7.79 | ||
| 60mH | Brianna Rollins | Clemson | 8.15 | ||
| 4×400 | LSU | 3:37.49 | |||
| Cassandra Tate (54.74), Siedda Herbert (54.66), Jonique Day (54.17), Rebecca Alexander (53.92) | |||||
| 4×800 | Duke | 8:42.54 | CL | ||
| Cydney Ross (2:10.15), Esther Vermeer (2:13.02), Devotia Moore (2:15.23), Kate Van Buskirk (2:04.15) | |||||
| DMR | Virginia | 11:21.19 | CL | ||
| Vanessa Fabrizio (3:32.01), Jennifer Weatherly (57.64), Colette Gnade (2:09.92), Stephanie Garcia (4:41.63) | |||||
| HJ | Langley Iverson | Utah | 1.85m | 6-¾ | |
| PV | Shade Weygandt | Texas Tech | 4.40m | 14-5¼ | |
| LJ | Sonnisha Williams | Central Florida | 6.32m | 20-9 | |
| TJ | Nkeiruka Domike | Neb.-Omaha* | 13.00m^ | 42-8 | |
| SP | Faith Sherrill | Indiana | 17.39m^ | 57-¾ | |
| WT | Gwen Berry | Southern Illinois | 22.71m | 74-6¼ | CL |
| PENT | Malaikah Love | Southern Illinois | 3979 | ||
^ Athlete/relay has a better mark this season
* NCAA Division II Institution
** NCAA Division III Institution
# Junior College
A – Performance occurred at altitude
(ov) – Performance occurred on an oversized track; not-eligible for WLs
CL – Collegiate-leading mark
WL – World-leading mark (verified by Track & Field News)
Active Collegiate Winning Streaks
(known winning streaks)
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MEN Individuals & Relays
60m
ALL ROUNDS
5: Kind Butler, Indiana
400m
INDOOR FINALS
6: Torrin Lawrence, Georgia (last loss: 5/17/09, SEC Indoor Championships [DNF])
INDOOR RACES
8: Torrin Lawrence, Georgia (last loss: 5/17/09, SEC Indoor Championships [DNF])
Win streak in races finished: (11) does not include DNF at 2009 SEC Indoor (has yet not lost a collegiate race in which he finished)
800m
INDOOR FINALS
3: Robby Andrews, Virginia
INDOOR RACES
5: Robby Andrews, Virginia
60m HURDLES
FINALS
3: Adams Abdulrazaaq, Virginia
RACES
6: Adams Abdulrazaaq, Virginia
4x400m
OVERALL
5: Texas A&M (last loss: 2010 Penn Relays)
OVERALL RACES (all rounds)
7: Texas A&M
INDOOR FINALS
5: Texas A&M (last loss: 2/13/10, 2nd to Texas Tech)
HIGH JUMP
OVERALL
10: Derek Drouin, Indiana (last loss: 2/13/10, Tyson Invitational, 6th place)
All competitions: (12) includes wins in summer 2010 (including Canadian national championships)
POLE VAULT
INDOOR
6: Scott Roth, Washington
(last collegiate loss: 3/14/08, NCAA Indoor Championships [10th place])
All competitions: (8) won two meets in 2009 while redshirting (last loss: 1/31/09, UW Invitational)
TRIPLE JUMP
OVERALL
5: Christian Taylor, Florida (last collegiate loss: 6/13/09, NCAA Championships [3rd place])
Taylor was second at the USATF Championships in 2010
4: Chrys Jones, Centre (last loss: 3/20/10 Rhodes Open)
Jones has won 12 of the last 13 competitions, beginning with the 2009 indoor season
INDOOR
5: Christian Taylor, Florida (lass loss: 2/14/09, Tyson Invitational [5th place])
5: Chrys Jones, Centre (last loss: 2008 NCAA Indoor Championships)
SHOT PUT
INDOOR
6: Vincent Elardo, Monmouth (last loss: 3/6/10, IC4A Indoor)
5: Kurt Roberts, Ashland (last loss: 2/13/10, Akron Invitational)
WEIGHT THROW
6: Walter Henning, LSU (last loss: 3/14/09, NCAA Indoor Championships [4th place])
JAVELIN
FINALS
4: Craig Kinsley, Brown (last loss: 6/12/09, NCAA Championships [3rd place])
WOMEN Individuals & Relays
200m
INDOOR RACES
4: Sheniqua Ferguson, Auburn (last loss: 2/13/10, Tyson Invite [3rd place in heat/7th overall])
3000m
OVERALL
9: Neely Spence, Shippensburg (has not lost as a collegian)
INDOOR
5: Neely Spence, Shippensburg (has not lost as a collegian)
HIGH JUMP
ALL FINALS
4: Amber Kaufman, Hawaii
4: Priscilla Frederick, St. John’s (N.Y.)
TRIPLE JUMP
INDOOR
6: Kim Williams, Florida State
(last loss: 2008 NCAA Indoor Championships, 2nd place to Erica McLain)
PENTATHLON
2: Brianne Theisen, Oregon (last loss: 3/13/09, NCAA Indoor Championships, 3rd place)