March 10, 2007

HUNTSVILLE, Texas - The Lamar University men's and women's track and field teams opened the 2007 outdoor season with a solid showing at the Meredith York Relay's, hosted by Sam Houston State University on Friday night.

Amanda King highlighted the meet for Lamar with a first place finish in the women's 3,000 meter run, posting a time of 9:49.50. Her performance ranks second on the LU all time list, and is the fastest time run by a Lady Cardinal since Becky Brooke posted a time of 9:54.59 in 1986.

Clerc Koenck also picked up an individual win for the Lady Cardinals, winning the 1,500 meter run in a time of 2:15.89.

Frank Bwambale picked up a win for the Cardinal men, posting a time of 3:57.17 in the 1,500 meter run. Michael Gauthier was the top collegiate finisher in the 100 meter dash, with a third place finish in a time of 10.95 seconds.

The Cardinals track teams will be in action again when they run at the Texas Invitational in Austin, Texas on March 24.

Results

Women's 100 Meter Dash

4th Sahara Abraham - 12.78

5th Brittany Pollard - 12.82

8th Porsche Williams - 13.04

11th Secret Thomas - 13.49

Women's 200 Meter Dash

2nd Brittany Pollard - 25.36

4th Adrianne Johnson - 25.82

5th Porsche Williams - 26.09

6th Secret Thomas - 26.52

7th Jessika Johnson - 26.69

Women's 400 Meter Dash

6th Kayla LeBlanc - 1:00.03

Women's 800 Meter Run

1st Clerc Koenck - 2:15.89

Women's 1500 Meter Run

2nd Merci Bungei - 4:55.80

3rd Andrea Smith - 4:56.40

Women's 3000 Meter Run

1st Amanda King - 9:49.50

3rd Renee Graham - 10:08.75

4th Rachel Kingsford - 10:24.33

5th Stacey Monteau - 10:42.18

7th Mary Johnson - 11:02.80

Women's 400 Meter Hurdles

2nd Alexandria Mayfield - 1:03.20

Women's 4X100 Meter Relay

2nd Lamar `A' - 48.29

3rd Lamar `B' - 48.92

Women's 4X400 Meter Relay

2nd Lamar `A' - 3:53.38

5th Lamar `B' - 4:00.39

6th Lamar `C' - 4:05.45

Women's Pole Vault

4th Fawn Turk - 2.75 m; 9-00.25

Women's Long Jump

2nd Dominique Jenkins - 5.04 m; 16-06.50

3rd Tamia Washington - 4.96 m; 16-03.25

Men's 100 Meter Dash

3rd Michael Gauthier - 10.95

13th Jordan Lewis - 11.37

15th Andy Haeggquist - 11.40

17th Cody Roberts - 11.75

Men's 200 Meter Dash

8th Andy Haeggquist - 22.43

20th Cody Roberts - 23.84

Men's 800 Meter Run

2nd Danny Shaw - 1:54.90

3rd Ewan Simpson - 1:55.70

6th Austin Turnbull - 2:00.77

11th Hope Ngumezi - 2:27.43

Men's 1500 Meter Run

1st Frank Bwambale - 3:57.17

Men's 3000 Meter Run

3rd Randy Becker - 9:10.38

Men's 400 Meter Hurdles

5th Stephen Boone - 55.22

8th Obie Iredia - 57.56

Men's 4X100 Meter Relay

5th Lamar `A' - 42.93

6th Lamar `B' - 44.43

Men's 4X400 Meter Relay

7th Lamar `A' - 3:25.36

8th Lamar `B' - 3:31.86

Men's Long Jump 6th JaMarkus Tolbert - 6.56 m; 21-06.25

Men's Triple Jump

3rd JaMarkus Tolbert - 13.52 m; 44-04.25