Purdue Fort Wayne
Jane Hermann Invitational
`Dons Set Three School Records at Bowling Green
1/24/2009 12:00:00 AM | Women's Track and Field
Jan. 23, 2009
Bowling Green, OH – A trio of school records went by the wayside on Friday night at the Jane Hermann Invitational hosted by Bowling Green University, as Crystina Martinez broke the school record in the 3,000, Katy Moore in the High Jump, and Whitney Lane in the triple jump.
For Martinez, it was her second school record in as many weeks, as her 9:57.60 in the 3,000-meter run broke her own school record that she set a season ago. Last week, also at Bowling Green, she set the new school record in the 5,000-meter run.
Moore, who set the high jump school record in the opening meet of the season, topped her previous mark by clearing 5-feet, 2.25-inches (1.58 meters), topping the previous school record of 1.53 meters, and placing third overall in the process.
Lane also broke a school record that she set earlier in the season, as she leapt to a metric distance of 10.30 (33-9.50), further than the 10.03 that she jumped in the opening meet of the season in December, placing second at this weekend’s meet in the event. Lane also competed in the long jump, where she placed fifth with a leap of 4.67 (15-4).
Ali Paul took second in the 5,000-meter run, crossing the tape in a time of 18:47.99, with teammate Kim Matusik placing fourth in a time of 19:30.40.
The remainder of the 3,000-meter crew, although not setting school records, competed well, with Crystal Martinez taking third overall in a time of 10:10.78, with Sarah Hutchings (6th/10:50.98), Jessica McNulty (9th/11:09.65), and Kayla Sweet (11th/11:22.60) all finishing inside of the top 15 overall in the 15-lap race.
Beth Hoekstra placed third overall in the 800-meter run, finishing the half-mile in a time of 2:25.34, with three of her teammates Katy Moore (2:28.77), Felicia Mondry (2:30.55), and Annina Gruber (2:45.27), placing sixth, seventh, and eighth, respectively.
Mondry, in addition to her seventh place finish in the 800, took seventh in the open mile, finishing in a time of 5:21.65. Jill Edmonds took third in the 200-meter dash in a time of 29.21, as weight thrower Sarah Branam placed second in her event, with a toss of 12.60 (41-4.25).
In a week the Mastodons travel back, for the third straight weekend, to Bowling Green, where they will compete in the two-day Tom Wright Classic on January 30 and 31.
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