Major props to Coach Raske to not only defend the men's title, but win the women's one as well for the first time.
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MEN AND WOMEN BOTH WIN BIG SKY INDOOR TEAM TITLES; McFARLANE HAS RECORD MEET
3/1/2008
POCATELLO, Idaho — Track and field has always been a sport measured by fractions of an inch or a split second, no where was that more evident than on Saturday at the 2008 Big Sky Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships where the Sacramento State men’s and women’s team won both team titles by one point.
The men’s team finished with 141 points and defended its title from a season ago by holding off Weber State (140) and Northern Arizona (108). The women tallied 112 points to edge Weber State (111) for its first team title in school history.
Individually, senior Raphael McFarlane was named the Men’s Track Athlete of the Meet and the Field Athlete of the Meet, joining Dan O’Brien as the only people to win both awards at the same meet in conference history. McFarlane, who won the long jump on Friday, also set the record for individual points at the championships by winning the 60-meter dash and the 200 on Saturday and placing second in the triple jump. His 38 points accounted for 27 percent of the team’s total.
“This is the most special moment I have had in 18 years of coaching,” Sacramento State Director of Track and Field Kathleen Raske said. “Both of the teams came together and overcame some setbacks, it is just amazing.”
Both team titles came down to the 4x400 relay. The men entered the race trailing by four points to Weber State and needed to win while the Wildcats had to finish no higher than third. The Hornets did their part of the equation as the team of Jason Nelson, Alex Jackson, Jermaine Wilson and Jody Johnson ran 3:13.43. Johnson, who had never competed in the 400, ran the anchor leg in 47.2 seconds to catapult the team to victory. Northern Arizona then provided some help by sneaking past Weber State by .32 seconds to finish second.
The women’s task was a little simpler in the 4x400. The team just had to finish ahead of Weber State in the race and they did just that, running 3:38.55 to place second while WSU clocked 3:48.75. The Hornets featured three freshmen (Victoria Humphrey, Chelsea Davis, Renisha Robinson) in the opening three legs but closed with senior Tyreina Henley-Henderson.
The women’s team, which had never finished higher than fifth at the Big Sky Indoor meet, became just the second California team to win the conference indoor title, joining Cal State Northridge who also won at Holt Arena in 1999.
On Saturday, the women were aided by three individual victories. Freshman Alicia Truesdale won the 60 in 7.62 seconds, Robinson won the 800 in 2:10.26 and senior Lori Vaught followed her win in the long jump on Friday by winning the triple jump at 41-01.75. Other scorers included Henley-Henderson who added three points n the 200 (25.40) and six in the 400 (56.56). Humphrey also scored a point in the 400 after running 58.09. Kristina Holtz provided three points in the mile (5:05.23) and senior Tiffany Hall scored one in the 3K (10:11.08). Truesdale (8.73) and Moira Robinson (8.76) finished second and third, respectively in the 60-hurdles to add a combined 14 points.
In the field, freshman Kaitlynne Moore scored one in the pole vault (11-11.75) and Moira Robinson, Natalia Wright and Naima Goodwin (all freshmen) combined for 10 points in the long jump.
Senior Jeffrey Paneda and junior AJ Reed also recorded wins on Saturday for the men. Paneda won the 800 in 1:54.34 while Reed ran 8.15 to win the 60-hurdles. Johnson provided eight additional points with a second-place showing in the 60 (6.78). Jackson was fourth in the 400 (48.64) for five points, and Ronald Brookins tallied six points by placing third in the 60-hurldes in 8.24 seconds.
The men also scored in the field where sophomore Emilio Hernandez cleared 6-06.75 to place third in the high jump and jumped 46-03.25 to finish fifth in the triple jump. Freshman Derek Hammond was fourth in the triple (46-06.25) and senior Robert Brazier broke his own school record to finish second in the heptathlon with 5,062 points.
A complete list of results can be seen by selecting the link at the top of the page.
http://www.hornetsports.com/sports/track/release.asp?release_id=7114
MEN AND WOMEN BOTH WIN BIG SKY INDOOR TEAM TITLES; McFARLANE HAS RECORD MEET
3/1/2008
POCATELLO, Idaho — Track and field has always been a sport measured by fractions of an inch or a split second, no where was that more evident than on Saturday at the 2008 Big Sky Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships where the Sacramento State men’s and women’s team won both team titles by one point.
The men’s team finished with 141 points and defended its title from a season ago by holding off Weber State (140) and Northern Arizona (108). The women tallied 112 points to edge Weber State (111) for its first team title in school history.
Individually, senior Raphael McFarlane was named the Men’s Track Athlete of the Meet and the Field Athlete of the Meet, joining Dan O’Brien as the only people to win both awards at the same meet in conference history. McFarlane, who won the long jump on Friday, also set the record for individual points at the championships by winning the 60-meter dash and the 200 on Saturday and placing second in the triple jump. His 38 points accounted for 27 percent of the team’s total.
“This is the most special moment I have had in 18 years of coaching,” Sacramento State Director of Track and Field Kathleen Raske said. “Both of the teams came together and overcame some setbacks, it is just amazing.”
Both team titles came down to the 4x400 relay. The men entered the race trailing by four points to Weber State and needed to win while the Wildcats had to finish no higher than third. The Hornets did their part of the equation as the team of Jason Nelson, Alex Jackson, Jermaine Wilson and Jody Johnson ran 3:13.43. Johnson, who had never competed in the 400, ran the anchor leg in 47.2 seconds to catapult the team to victory. Northern Arizona then provided some help by sneaking past Weber State by .32 seconds to finish second.
The women’s task was a little simpler in the 4x400. The team just had to finish ahead of Weber State in the race and they did just that, running 3:38.55 to place second while WSU clocked 3:48.75. The Hornets featured three freshmen (Victoria Humphrey, Chelsea Davis, Renisha Robinson) in the opening three legs but closed with senior Tyreina Henley-Henderson.
The women’s team, which had never finished higher than fifth at the Big Sky Indoor meet, became just the second California team to win the conference indoor title, joining Cal State Northridge who also won at Holt Arena in 1999.
On Saturday, the women were aided by three individual victories. Freshman Alicia Truesdale won the 60 in 7.62 seconds, Robinson won the 800 in 2:10.26 and senior Lori Vaught followed her win in the long jump on Friday by winning the triple jump at 41-01.75. Other scorers included Henley-Henderson who added three points n the 200 (25.40) and six in the 400 (56.56). Humphrey also scored a point in the 400 after running 58.09. Kristina Holtz provided three points in the mile (5:05.23) and senior Tiffany Hall scored one in the 3K (10:11.08). Truesdale (8.73) and Moira Robinson (8.76) finished second and third, respectively in the 60-hurdles to add a combined 14 points.
In the field, freshman Kaitlynne Moore scored one in the pole vault (11-11.75) and Moira Robinson, Natalia Wright and Naima Goodwin (all freshmen) combined for 10 points in the long jump.
Senior Jeffrey Paneda and junior AJ Reed also recorded wins on Saturday for the men. Paneda won the 800 in 1:54.34 while Reed ran 8.15 to win the 60-hurdles. Johnson provided eight additional points with a second-place showing in the 60 (6.78). Jackson was fourth in the 400 (48.64) for five points, and Ronald Brookins tallied six points by placing third in the 60-hurldes in 8.24 seconds.
The men also scored in the field where sophomore Emilio Hernandez cleared 6-06.75 to place third in the high jump and jumped 46-03.25 to finish fifth in the triple jump. Freshman Derek Hammond was fourth in the triple (46-06.25) and senior Robert Brazier broke his own school record to finish second in the heptathlon with 5,062 points.
A complete list of results can be seen by selecting the link at the top of the page.
