SDSU's Tonette Dyer Fourth In 200 Meters As NCAA Track & Field Meet Concludes

Dyer earns fourth career All-America distinction.

Tonette Dyer became just the second Aztec to earn All-America honors four times or more in their career
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June 12, 2004

SAN DIEGO - San Diego State senior Tonette Dyer (Shreveport, La.) earned All-America honors for the second straight night and for the fourth time in her career, coming in fourth in the 200 meters with a time of 22.68 at the 2004 NCAA Track & Field Championships in Austin, Texas. Dyer trailed event winner Arkansas' LaShaunte'a Moore (22.37) by just 0.31 seconds, while only 0.13 separated the second through fourth-place finishers at Mike A. Myers Stadium.

Combined with her fifth place in the 100 meters on Friday, Dyer is now one of two Aztecs to earn All-America honors four times or more in their career at SDSU, joining Laura DeSnoo (1982, 84-86). Dyer was an All-American once in both 2003, as a member of the team's eighth-place 4x400 relay, and in 2002, with her ninth place in the 400 meters.

Dyer also became just the third Aztec to garner All-America honors in two different events in one season. DeSnoo was an All-American in both the shot put and discus in 1984, while current SDSU senior Nicole Ireland (Las Vegas, Nev.) turned the trick in 2003, as a member of the team's 4x400 relay and in the 400 hurdles.

As a team, San Diego State jumped two spots from Friday to 27th with nine points, posting its best-ever team finish in Aztec head coach Rahn Sheffield's 13-year tenure. A year ago, SDSU also tallied nine team points, but ended up coming in tied for 29th.

UCLA won the team title by just one point over LSU (69-68), while Nebraska was third with 58 points.

2004 NCAA Championships (June 9-12 - Austin, Texas)

200-Meter - Finals
  1 LaShaunte'a Moore         JR Arkansas                 22.37   2.3  10
  2 Muna Lee                  SR LSU                      22.55   2.3   8
  3 Ashlee Williams           SO Texas                    22.62   2.3   6
  4 Tonette Dyer              SR San Diego State          22.68   2.3   5
  5 Connie Moore              SR Penn State               23.05   2.3   4
  6 Emma Wade                 SR SC State                 23.14   2.3   3
  7 Tremedia Brice            JR Texas Southern           23.42   2.3   2
  8 Amandi Rhett              SR Georgia Tech             23.56   2.3   1
      -- Stephanie Durst           SR LSU                         DQ

Final Team Scores
1. UCLA 			69 pts.
27. San Diego State		9 pts.