Colorado State University Athletics
Indoor Track Splits Into Two Squads
2/7/2007 12:00:00 AM | Indoor Track & Field
Feb. 7, 2007
Weekly Notes: February 7, 2007 Splitting Up:
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Winning Ways: For the fourth straight season and the ninth time in the last 10 years, the women's team won the Air Force Invitational. The Rams scored 131 points, while Wichita State was second with 96 points. The men's team finished third with 79 points behind host Air Force (129.5) and Colorado (109).
Helping Hands: Several members of the Colorado State football team are contributing to the indoor track & field season. Sophomore Rashaun Greer (wide receiver) ranks fourth in the Mountain West Conference in the 60 meter hurdles, while junior Jason Smith (kicker) ranks third in the triple jump and sophomore Ciarre Campbell (defensive back) ranks second in the long jump. Also competing for the Rams is senior Chase Weber (wide receiver), who posted the 18th fastest 60 meter time in school history. Redshirting the indoor season is volleyball player Katelin Batten, who throws the shot put.
Freshman Phenoms: Colorado State has eight true freshmen who rank in the top five in the Mountain West Conference in their respective events. Sulaiman Sayyid ranks third in the 60 meters, while Derek Mansur ranks fifth in the high jump, Tyson Williams is fifth in the shot put and Doug Dieker is fourth in the heptathlon. For the women, Elizabeth Dunfield ranks third in the 5000 meters, Tanesha Johnson is fourth in the triple jump, Jennifer Ugochukwu is second in the shot put and Kristen Kugler ranks fifth in the pentathlon.
Event Champions: At the Air Force Invitational, Tanesha Johnson won the 60 meters with a personal best 7.69, which is also the sixth fastest time in school history, while juniors Kirsten Anthony and Heather Loseke swept the top two spots in the 800 meters. Beth Dunfield was victorious in the 5000 meters, while senior Ryan Kirkpatrick posted the best collegiate time and was second overall in the 5000 meters, finishing behind former Ram standout Josh Glaab. Senior Katie Lloyd won the high jump, while Jennifer Ugochukwu won the shot put and junior Emily Pearson was victorious in the pentathlon, missing the NCAA provisional qualifying mark by just 10 points.
Honored: Seniors Katie Lloyd and Kevin Johnson were named the Mountain West Athletes of the Week for their record-breaking performances in the pentathlon and heptathlon, respectively. Senior Janay DeLoach was honored after breaking the school record in the long jump, while Drew Morano was honored after provisionally qualifying in the 400 meters.
Record & Title: Katie Lloyd won the Roger Cox Heptathlon en route to a new Colorado State record an NCAA provisional qualifying mark. Lloyd tallied 3,929 points, breaking her previous school record of 3,898 from last season's MWC Championship. Lloyd ran a personal best 8.73 in the 60 meter hurdles, then cleared 5-4.5 in the high jump, threw a personal best 39-7.75 in the shot put, had a long jump of 19-2.75 and ran a personal best 2:28.94 in the 800. Her time of 8.73 in the hurdles also ranks as the fourth fastest at CSU.
Falling By The Wayside: Kevin Johnson also broke his own school record, finishing fourth in the heptathlon with an NCAA provisional qualifying mark of 5,330 points. Johnson ran an 8.13 in the 60 meter hurdles, the fifth fastest time in Colorado State history. Then in the pole vault, Johnson cleared a personal best 14-9. In the 1000 meters, he finished in 3:00.53. The first day, he ran a personal best time of 7.10 in the 60 meters, then finished third in the long jump with a leap of 22-11.25, threw 38-6 in the shot put and rounded out the day by clearing 6-2.75 in the high jump.
Etching Their Name: The top 10 lists at Colorado State are riddled with this performances from this season.
• Tanesha Johnson ranks sixth in the 60 meters at 7.69.
• Katie Lloyd ranks fourth in the 60 meter hurdles at 8.73.
• Emily Pearson now ranks sixth in the 60 meter hurdles and junior Niomi Ridge is ninth, with times of 8.90 and 8.98, respectively.
• Heather Loseke and Kirsten Anthony rank seventh and eighth, respectively in the mile at 4:53.47 and 4:53.61.
• Nicole Feest and April Thomas rank fifth and sixth, respectively in the 3000 meters at 9:43.09 and 9:45.46.
• Emily Pearson ranks ninth in the high jump at 5-6.
• Janay DeLoach and Katie Lloyd hold the top two spots in the long jump at 21-0.75 and 19-11, respectively.
• Tanesha Johnson ranks third in the triple jump at 39-0.5
• Sophomore Kate Colvin ranks seventh in the pole vault, clearing 11-5.75.
• Jennifer Ugochukwu ranks sixth in the shot put at 47-9.25.
• Katie Lloyd and Emily Pearson rank first and fourth in the pentathlon at 3929 and 3690, respectively.
• Kevin Johnson and Rashaun Greer ranks fifth and sixth in the 60 meter hurdles, while Robert Marin is 10th, with times of 8.13, 8.19 and 8.29, respectively.
• Drew Morano ranks fourth in the 200 meters and second in the 400 meters at 21.40 and 47.25.
• Sophomore Scott Sanders ranks sixth in the mile at 4:05.84 and seventh in the 800 meters at 1:52.39.
• Sophomore Jeremy Freed ranks 10th in the mile at 4:12.41.
• Jason Smith is fifth in the triple jump at 48-10.25.
• Kevin Johnson and Doug Dieker are first and second in the heptathlon at 5,330 and 4,713, respectively.
Adding To Her List: Senior Nicole Feest won the 3000 at the adidas Classic and posted the fifth best time in school history, adding her name to the annals again, as she already holds the school record in the 5000 meters. Feest is the defending Mountain West Conference champion in both events, earning High Point Award honors in 2006.
Tops In The Nation: Janay DeLoach currently ranks first in NCAA Division I in the long jump. She automatically qualified for the NCAA Championship, winning the Wyoming Open with her record leap of 21-0.75, breaking the school record for the third time in her career. It is also the third best leap in Mountain West Conference history. For her efforts at the Wyoming Open, she was named the Mountain West Athlete of the Week.
Dandy Dozen: According to the Dandy Dozen, the top 12 athletes in each event released by trackwire.com, Katie Lloyd is the eighth best pentathlete in the nation.
In Defense: The women's team looks to defend its 2006 Mountain West Conference title in 2007. The Rams won the crown in exciting fashion, winning the first heat of the 4x400 relay to defeat perennial champions BYU, 156.5-155.5. The women return 18 off that championship roster, including Mountain West Conference High Point Award Winner Nicole Feest, who won both the 3000 and 5000 meters a year ago and Janay DeLoach, who finished 14th in the 60 meters at the NCAA Championship.
Roster Breakdown: Fifteen states and four countries are represented on the 2007 Rams' rosters. Besides the United States, the Rams have student-athletes from Canada (Ontario), Australia and Sweden. The majority of the rosters (74) are home-grown, hailing from the state of Colorado, while there are four each from California and Oregon, three from Arizona and New Mexico, two each from Kansas, South Dakota and Texas and one from Illinois, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Ohio and Utah.
Personal Bests: Several Rams posted a personal best mark in an event over the weekend. That list follows with the event the mark was made.
Women: Kirsten Anthony (800 meters); Kate Colvin (pole vault); Chardae Hancock (60 meters, 60 hurdles); Jennifer Johnson (400 meters); Tanesha Johnson (60 meters); Kristen Kugler (60 hurdles, 800 meters, shot put, pentathlon); Katie Lloyd (60 meters); Jennifer Mack (shot put); Sarah Manuel (60 hurdles, 800 meters, shot put, pentathlon); Renee Mayer (5000 meters); Emily Pearson (60 hurdles, pentathlon); Niomi Ridge (60 hurdles, 200 meters, 400 meters); Sonni Russell (60 hurdles, 800 meters, shot put, pentathlon); Jennifer Ugochukwu (shot put).
Men: Ryan Billups (triple jump); Doug Dieker (60 meters, 60 hurdles, 1000 meters, high jump, long jump, shot put, heptathlon); Kevin Johnson (200 meters); Zach Jordan (60 meters); Robert Marin (60 hurdles, 200 meters); Tim Sterrenberg (200 meters); Kip Taylor (mile); Cole Tucker (200 meters, 400 meters); Chase Weber (60 meters).