Rams Win Women's Jack Christiansen Meet; Men Finish Second

Jacob Benson won both the long jump and high jump for the Rams.

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April 23, 2005

Fort Collins, Colo. - At the seventh annual Jack Christiansen Invitational, the Colorado State women's track and field team won the meet with 237 points, while the men's team finished second with 167 points behind Air Force's 185 points.

Senior Jacob Benson won both the long jump and high jump this afternoon, leaping 23-11.5 in the long jump and clearing 6-6.75 in the high jump. Freshman Collin Ferguson was right behind him, placing second in the high jump at 6-4.75.

Junior Matt Cianciulli won the 1500 meters on the men's side with a personal best time of 3:55.31 and the men's 4x100 team was victorious with a time of 41.42.

Freshman Jason Schutz was the top collegian in the discus, finishing behind former Colorado State All-Americans Casey Malone and Brian Trainor. Schutz threw a personal best 168-3 and qualified for the NCAA Regionals. Senior Adam Trainor placed second in the hammer throw with a toss of 210-11 and junior Jace Rivera was third with a throw of 189-1.

Junior Mike Horton was the top collegian and finished third overall in the 110 meter hurdles, clocking in at 14.87. Senior Brandon Kent was second in the 400 meters with a season-best time of 48.19 and junior Paul Michel was third overall and the second collegian in the 800 meters with a season-best time of 1:51.81.

Sophomore Trey Eder was second in the shot put with a personal best and NCAA Regional qualifying throw of 56-6.75 and freshman Clayton Eilert jumped 44-8.75 to finish second in the triple jump.

On the women's side, freshman Rachelle Mims won the 100 meter hurdles with a time of 14.38, while fellow freshman Linnea Pudwill was victorious in the 5000 meters with a time of 18:10.35. The women's 4x100 meter relay team also placed first, clocking in at 46.15.

Juniors Katie Hansen and Jill McCormick took the top two spots in the discus, with Hansen winning with a throw of 166-9 while McCormick was second recorded a personal best throw of 161-9.

Senior Loree Smith won the hammer throw with a toss of 213-10, while Jaimee Troth was third overall and the second collegian with her throw of 167-98.

Sophomore Janay DeLoach won the long jump with her leap of 20-7 and was second in the 100 meters with a time of 11.95 and junior Amanda Huddleston won her fourth triple jump competition in five weeks with a leap of 40-11.

Sophomore Katie Lloyd, who finished second in the heptathlon yesterday, came back to finish second in the long jump with a jump of 18-10. The Rams swept the top four spots in the high jump, with junior Crissy Gourdin winning after clearing 5-7. Freshman Anne McLaughlin was second, also at 5-7, while Jenny Higgason was third and Rheannon Backes was fourth.

Freshman Ashleigh Morton cleared a personal best 11-5.75 to win the pole vault in a jump off, bettering her personal best by almost two feet.

Colorado State will split up next weekend and travel to three different meets, with some heading to Des Moines, Iowa to compete in the prestigious Drake Relays, some going to Albuquerque for the Modrall Sperling Lobo Open and others going to Greeley to compete in the Cowtown Classic.