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Colorado State Weekly Release
Rams headed to Modrall Sperling Don Kirby Invitational.
April 27, 2004 FORT COLLINS, Colo. - The Colorado State track & field team will head to the site of the 2003 Mountain West Conference Championship: New Mexico. The Rams will compete in the Modrall Sperling Don Kirby Invitational along with New Mexico, Adams State, Air Force, Dine', Fort Lewis, Northern Colorado and Wyoming. A Third One Falls: The third school record of the season fell on Saturday as senior Christine Ahn broke her own school record in the pole vault after clearing 12-8. She breaks her record of 12-4.5 from the 2001 season. Earlier this season, junior Loree Smith broke the school and Mountain West record in the hammer for the second straight week after winning the Texas Relays with a throw of 220-0. She breaks the old record of 193-10 held by Shelly Borrman from 1998. Freshman Magnus Lohse broke the Colorado State record in the shot put at the Rob Upton Invitational. In his first outdoor collegiate event, Lohse threw 60-7.25 to break the old record of 58-8.5 held by both Tony Sotelo in 1999 and current senior Jeremy Graff from 2002. Nationally Ranked: The women's team jumped to 15th in the Trackwire 25 polls. The Trackwire 25 projects a hypothetical score for the NCAA meet and many other factors to complete the poll. This is the highest ranking for the women's team this season and the Rams are getting 16 points in the poll. Victory: Both the men's and women's teams were victorious at the Jack Christiansen Invitational. The men's team scored 203 points, while Air Force was second with 128 and the women team scored 226 points to win, while Wyoming was second with 129. Loree Smith broke the only stadium record on the day, throwing 214-7 to win the hammer to remain undefeated on the season. Smith breaks the old record of 212-0 held by Jessica Cross from the New York Athletic Club. Christine Ahn broke her own school record in the pole vault, clearing 12-8 to break her previous record of 12-4.5. Freshman Janay DeLoach and sophomore Candace Lelo took the top two spots in the 100 meters, running 12.17 and 12.58, respectively. Freshman Megan Fox was a double winner, winning the 200 meters in 24.37 and regionally qualifying for the NCAA Championship in the 400 meters with her time of 54.41. Senior Katie Yemm, running her first 800 of the season, won the meet with her time of 2:10.52. The trio of Colleen Blair, Sarah MacKay and Crystal Clark took second through fourth in the 1500 meters, respectively and freshman Rebekah Yetzer was the first collegian across the finish line in the steeplechase, placing second in 11:52.25. Freshman Rheannon Backes finished second in the high jump and regionally qualified after clearing 5-8. DeLoach was also victorious in the long jump while juniors Amanda Huddleston and Kat Cirone finished second and third, respectively in the triple jump. Senior Keela Niemeyer won the shot put with her throw of 49-3.5 and then finished second in the discus behind teammate Katie Hansen who threw 167-10. On the men's side, sophomore Chris Grapsas was the top collegian in the 200 meters, finishing second in 21.69. Freshman Drew Morano improved his career best by over two seconds in the 400 meters to win with a time of 47.29 and senior Brian Kelly won the 800 meters with a time of 1:50.87. The trio of Mike Horton, Justin Hazzard and Henry Manuel took the top three collegiate spots and finished second through fourth, respectively, in the 110 meter hurdles and Hazzard and Dave Hoesly finished second and third, respectively, in the 400 hurdles. Junior Jacob Benson and freshman Jon Uher tied for second in the high jump after clearing 6-8.75 and Benson was the top collegian and second overall in the triple jump with his leap of 48-4. Jeremy Graff, Trey Eder and Nate Heyrman finished second through fourth in the shot put, respectively, with Eder regionally qualifying for the first time this season. Graff was also the top collegian in the discus, placing second behind former Ram standout Casey Malone. Sophomore Jace Rivera, James Cale and Eder took the top three collegiate spots in the hammer, finishing fourth through sixth. Glenn Morris Recap: Freshman Katie Lloyd won the Glenn Morris Heptathlon, scoring 4,961 points and missing the NCAA qualifying standard by just 39 points as a true freshman. Freshman teammate Tonya Cure finished second with 4,492 points, while freshman Kelly Marquardt finished sixth with 3,646 points. Lloyd's two-day total of 4,961 is also the third best in school history behind the school record of 5,160 held by current assistant coach Lindsey Malmgren and current junior Cristina Gourdin's total of 5,136 from earlier this season. Drake Recap: At the Drake Relays, senior John Woods was third in the 100 meters with a time of 10.51 and he was fourth in the invitational 200 meters with a time of 21.45 -- and was the top collegian. Magnus Lohse placed fifth in the invitational shot put with a toss of 59-7 and was the second collegian. The distance medley team of Bill Michel, Brandon Kent, Paul Michel and Mike Nicks finished second in 9:51.92. Freshman Ryan Kirkpatrick ran a 3:55.07 in the 1500 meters to finish 10th. Jeremy Graff began the second day (Friday) for the Rams in the shot put, where he placed 12th with a throw of 53-3.75. The men's 4x1600 relay team consisting of Paul Michel, Bill Michel, Kirkpatrick and Nicks finished second with a time of 16:24.83. Woods then won his heat of the 100 meters in 10.45. Graff then completed the Rams competition for the day in the discus, finishing 16th with a throw of 164-11. Sophomore Matt Cianciulli started the Rams off on Thursday with a sixth place finish in the 5000 meters, running a time of 14:34.38, which is a personal best time for him. Senior Jennifer Kintzley competed in the women's 10,000 meters, placing third with a time of 36:05.63. Both junior Josh Glaab and senior Dylan Olchin ran in the men's 10,000 meters, taking the top two spots, respectively. Glaab won the event with a time of 29:41.72, while Olchin finished in 29:58.30. Career Bests: Several Rams recorded season best times or marks over the weekend. Those Rams include: Christine Ahn, pole vault; Rheannon Backes, 200 meters, high jump; Colleen Blair, 800 meters; Danielle Buzzell, 1500 meters; Matt Cianciulli, 5000 meters; Kat Cirone, triple jump; Tonya Cure, 200 meters, 800 meters, shot put; Trey Eder, shot put; Megan Fox, 400 meters; Kristina Glawe, hammer; Katie Hansen, discus; Dave Hoesly, 110 hurdles; Mike Horton, 400 meters; Ryan Kirkpatrick, 1500 meters; Kelli Kunz, 400 hurdles; Katie Lloyd, 100 hurdles, 200 meters, 800 meters, high jump, shot put, heptathlon; Ryan Lowen, 200 meters, 800 meters; Sarah MacKay, 1500 meters; Henry Manuel, 110 hurdles, 400 hurdles; Kelly Marquardt, 100 hurdles, 200 meters, 800 meters, high jump, long jump, shot put, javelin, heptathlon; Jill McKenzie, triple jump; Brett Melin, 200 meters, 400 meters; Drew Morano, 400 meters; Nelson Palacios, 1500 meters; Jace Rivera, shot put, hammer; Kara Swindler, 800 meters; Sara Taylor, shot put; Laura Tingle, 800 meters; Katie Yemm, 800 meters and Rebekah Yetzer, steeplechase. USA Qualifying: The 2004 U.S. Olympic Team Trials will be held July 9-18, 2004 at the Alex G. Spanos Sports Complex in Sacramento. Current Ram Loree Smith has automatically qualified to compete in the hammer and has surpassed the provisional standard in the discus throw. Several former Colorado State athletes have also qualified to have a chance to represent the United States in the next Olympic games. Bryan Berryhill has the top qualifying time in the 1500 meters while Drew Loftin has the top qualifying mark in the hammer throw. Casey Malone has qualified in the discus and Megan Addy will compete in the 400 meter hurdles.
Athletes of the Week: Junior Loree Smith has been honored by the
Mountain West Conference office three times this season as the Women's
Track & Field Athlete of the Week. Smith earned the honors on March 31,
April 7 and April 22 after breaking at least one record in each of the
three weeks.
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