Colorado State University Athletics
Hansen and Trainor Earn All-American
6/10/2005 12:00:00 AM | Outdoor Track & Field
Sacramento, CALIF. ? With her second throw of the day, junior thrower Katie Hansen unleashed a throw of 172-11 to finish eighth in the discus at the 2005 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships and earn All-American for the first time in her career.
Senior Adam Trainor also earned All-American today, finishing eighth in the hammer with his throw of 207-5 ? earning his first-ever All-American award.
Hansen?s throw of 172-11 is a personal best and is the fifth best throw in school history, bettering her previous best of 170-7 from the Mountain West Conference Championship earlier this year.
?I felt really solid on my turn and snapped my head through,? said Hansen of her personal best throw. ?I?ve had a rough career up to this point. It?s been a long, hard road. I?m so excited but I don?t think it?s sunk in yet.?
The third Ram competitor on the day, junior Cristina Gourdin, had a rough start to the day. She stumbled in the hurdles, the opening event of the heptathlon, running an 18.18 and then failed to clear a height in the high jump. She rebounded in the third event, throwing a personal best 40-2.25, surpassing her previous best of 39-7 from the Glenn Morris meet earlier this year. She then ran a 28.12 in the 200 meters to end the day with 1,769 points.
Gourdin will finish the heptathlon tomorrow, while senior Loree Smith will compete in the finals of the women?s hammer at 1:30 p.m. (Pacific).