Track and field hosts 2004 Spring Break Challenge

    The UCSD men’s and women’s track and field teams played host to the 2004 Spring Break Challenge at Triton Track and Field Stadium. They competed well, but faced off against such formidable foes as Cornell University, which had its Division I men’s and women’s teams defeat the rest of the field.

    The Cornell women scored 213 points to finish ahead of UCSD (172.5), Azusa Pacific (84) and Claremont (81), among the 12 teams total. In the 10-team men’s field, Cornell produced 200 points to come in ahead of UCSD (149), Claremont (90.5) and Azusa Pacific (75).

    Hernandez performed her usual solid work in shot put, with a throw of 42-06.75 that landed her in first place. Hernandez also took seventh in her other event, the hammer throw, making it to the 147-11 mark.

    Another thrower, Beebe, took first in the javelin throw with a distance of 133-02.

    Freshman Elisa Holiday took first in the long jump at 18-02.25, and captured the second-place position in the 100-meter race, running 12.12. Holiday also snagged a third-place finish in the 200-meter run, clocking a 25.10.

    Senior Liz Tsu placed fourth in the 400-meter race, finishing in 58.69, while sophomore teammate Sandy Schaefer was right on her heels, running 58.71 and taking fifth place.

    Seniors Clara Wilson and Hillary Mills ran close together in the 400-meter hurdles. Wilson finished fourth in 1:04.13, while Mills was fifth in 1.04.25.

    Teammates Meredith Perry and Kaylin Siever were in a close pack in the 100-meter hurdles. Perry, a junior, took third in 14.83, while Siever, a sophomore, finished right behind her in fourth at 15.08.

    Both women also performed well in other events. Perry took third in the pole vault, reaching a height of 10-11 while Siever placed first in the triple jump with a height of 39-03.25.

    Senior Katie Bunker ran the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 12:04.29 and took third place.

    The team of Holiday, Siever, Tsu and junior Aileen Sabio excelled in the 400 meter relay, taking fourth with a time of 48.41.

    The 1,600 meter relay took first place, and was comprised of Schaefer, Mills, Tsu and Wilson. The women finished in only 3:55.26.

    Junior Kelsey Turner was another Triton event winner, jumping 5-5 and taking first in the high jump.

    The Tritons performed well in the difficult long-distance races. Junior Lindsay Stalker ran the 800-meter race in 2:19.48, taking fourth. Sophomore Michelle DiMeo also took fourth in the 1,500-meter race, finishing in 4:46.36.

    Sophomore Erin O’Donnell performed well on the grueling 3,000-meter race, finishing in 18:34.50, good enough for fifth place.

    On the men’s side, freshman Matt Maybeno took sixth place in the 100-meter race, running 11.03, while his performance in the 200-meter race, finishing in 22.20, earned him an even stronger fifth place.

    Sophomore Matt Borzage took sixth in the 400-meter race, running 49.355. Borzage was also last week’s California Collegiate Athletic Association Male Track and Field Athlete of the Week.

    Sophomore Mike Cunningham won the 110 hurdles in a personal-best time of 14.73, which was good enough for No. 2 all-time in the Triton record book. Cunningham also was a member of the winning 1,600 relay team (3:18.10), along with Borzage, freshman J.C. Inauen and sophomore Matt Horner.

    Sophomore Jon Patton was first ahead of Cunningham in the 400 hurdles, racing a 53.43, and second behind him in the 100 hurdles, hitting the finish line in 15.12. His teammate, senior John Morrison, took fifth in the 800-meter race, finishing in 1:56.54.

    The long-distance races saw some outstanding UCSD performances. Sophomore Carl Lostrom placed second in the 1,500-meter race, finishing in 3:57.73.

    Josephat Keino of Alliant International University was a double-event winner in the 1,500 meters, racing in 3:52.91, and the 5,000, running the lengthy course in 14:50.39. Cornell athletes won five of the seven field events.

    The UCSD track and field teams will next compete at the prestigious California-Nevada State Championships on April 3 and April 4 in Fresno, Calif. The teams will host one final home meet at Triton Track and Field Stadium, the UC San Diego Triton Invitational, on April 23 and April 24.

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