Tulsa
John McDonnell
2 School Records Fall In Fayetteville
4/24/2011 12:00:00 AM | Track and Field
April 24, 2011
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - The University of Tulsa track and field teams won five event titles and two school records fell at the John McDonnell Invitational Saturday at John McDonnell Field.
Sophomore Chris O'Hare broke the school record in the 1,500 meters when he posted a time of 3:42.54. His mark was the 15th-fastest in the nation up to this point. O'Hare placed second in the 1,500m Invite, just .31 seconds behind event champion Thomas Farrell of Oklahoma State.
Senior Justin Duncan placed fourth in the same event with a time of 3:42.80. His mark was second in school history and is currently the 19th-fastest time posted in the NCAA this season.
Senior Brianna Steel won the Heptathlon with a school-record 5,158 points, and her total was good for 26th in the nation. Sophomore Carolin Imhof placed third in the event with 4,807 points, which was third in school history.
Senior Kelsey Klein finished second in both the Hammer and Discus. Her toss of 46.93m in the Discus was second in school history, and she posted a Hammer mark of 49.17m.
Senior Jennifer Mace won the 400m dash with a mark of 54.98, and freshman Katherine Camp captured the 400m Hurdle event with a time of 1:05.15.
Mace was the anchor of the 1,600m Relay champions. The other members of the relay team were sophomore Caroline Schuster, junior Racquell Powell and sophomore Lenora Guion-Firmin.
Guion-Firmin also finished third in the 100m dash (12.32) and fourth in the 200m dash (24.78).
Sophomore Erin Huddleston finished third in the 3,000m Steeplechase with a time of 11:27.16. Her mark was the third-fastest in school history.
Junior Jacqueline Fairchild crossed the line in third place in the 1,500m Invite (4:31.76), while sophomore Jaclyn Rollins and freshman Melanie Hughes were fifth and sixth, respectively.
Sophomore Tricity Andrew placed fifth in the 5,000m run (18:32.13).
Over on the men's side, the 1,600m Relay team won the title with a mark of 3:25.98. The team consisted of juniors David Fitter and Justin Smith, sophomore Alex Sementelli and freshman Brian Tabb.
Smith placed fourth in the 400m dash with a mark of 48.36. Senior Brett Koehn placed fourth in the 3,000m Steeplechase (9:31.91).
Freshman Ryan Minkley competed unattached in the discus, and he finished fifth with a toss of 45.78m. The mark was third-best in school history.
Sophomore Kolton Taylor placed eighth in the Decathlon with 5,444 points, which was fourth-most in school history.
The Golden Hurricane will next travel to Des Moines, Iowa on April 28-30 for the Drake Relays.
