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2001 Wyoming Track And Field Informational Release
Prior to the MWC Outdoor Championships.
May 14, 2001 LARAMIE, Wyo. - Next Up For Wyoming: The Cowboys and Cowgirls will travel to San Diego, Calif., for the Mountain West Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships which run from May 16-19. Last season the both the Cowboys and Cowgirls placed third at the MWC Championships.
Modesto Relays (May 12): The University of Wyoming track and field team took a squad of four athletes to the prestigious Modesto Relays in Modesto, Calif., on Saturday, May 12, and came away with four solid performances. Senior Jason Hammond was the top finisher of the four Poke athletes placing second in the hammer with a toss of 220-3. Teammate Derek Woodske also competed in the hammer, placing 10th with a mark of 190-00. Jason Gervais finished in the top three of the discus event, placing third with a throw of 200-1. Rounding out the results for the Cowboys was sophomore Seth Billy who placed fourth in the 400-meter intermediate hurdles with a time of 51.77.
Cowgirl Team/Swaby Awarded Academic Honors: The United States Track Coaches Association (USTCA) has awarded the University of Wyoming women's indoor track team and UW long jumper Mervin Swaby with USTCA All-Academic Honors for their accomplishments in the classroom as student-athletes. The Cowgirls were awarded All-Academic Team honors by meeting the criteria which required the team to have a cumulative grade point average of 3.10 (on a 4.0 scale) with a minimum of 14 athletes on the team. The 25 member Cowgirl squad had a cumulative team GPA of 3.173. Wyoming junior long jumper Mervin Swaby was awarded individual All-Academic Team honors for not only excelling in the classroom but by also succeeding on the track. In order to earn this award from the USTCA, Swaby had to both have a cumulative GPA of 3.25 (on a 4.0 scale) and compete at the NCAA Track and Field Championships. Swaby, an accounting major with a 3.278 GPA, competed at the 2001 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships in the long jump where he finished 15th.
Senior Gervais Automatically Qualifies for NCAA's: Senior Jason Gervais automatically qualified for the 2001 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the discus after a qualifying toss of 198-3 at the Pomona-Pitzer Invite on April 20. He improved upon his season best throw the next day with a toss of 201-9 at the Mt. Sac Relays. Gervais competed in the discus at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Five UW Athletes Provisionally Qualified for Nationals: Five Wyoming athletes have provisionally qualified for the 2001 NCAA Championships. Those athletes are freshman Andrea Batt (javelin), senior Joe Hall (10,000-meter run), senior Jason Hammond (hammer), junior Julie Thomas (hammer) and senior Derek Woodske (hammer).
Six Wyoming Athletes Ranked Nationally: Wyoming athletes are represented well nationally with six members of the UW track team being ranked nationally in their respected events. The highest ranked Cowboy is Jason Gervais who has the fourth best mark in the nation in the discus. Jason Hammond has the eighth best mark in the hammer, Derek Woodke has the 18th best mark in the hammer and Joe Hall has the 20th best time in the country in the 10,000-meter run. The Cowgirls are represented nationally by Andrea Batt, who has the
14th best javelin mark in the nation, and Julie Thomas, who is ranked
34th in the hammer.
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