Men's Track Places Third at Vanderbilt Invitational

Saturday, April 19

Nashville, Tenn.

All Day

University of Louisville

at Commodore Invitational

Tim Franxman set personal records in both the 800m and 1500m

April 20, 2003 | Men's Track and Field

April 20, 2003

Results

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The University of Louisville men's track and field team set 13 personal records en route to a third-place finish at the Vanderbilt Invitational Saturday in Nashville.

The Cardinals tallied 81 points for their third-place showing. Middle Tennessee State won the 18-team competition with 148 points, edging Illinois State by one point for the title.

Junior Eric Cockley finished second in the pole vault after clearing a personal-best height of 15 feet, 9 inches. The mark was two inches higher than his previous best and was his third top-three finish of the spring.

In the 3000-meter run, junior Josh Gentry placed second with a time of 8:42.53.

The Cardinals had two finishers among the top five in both the discus and javelin events. Freshman Arthur Turland placed second in the discus with a throw of 159-2, while junior Troy Williams was fourth with a distance of 152-1. Senior Brad Roach was third in the javelin with a toss of 165-10 and freshman Brandon Cook was fifth with a personal-best mark of 158-3. Turland also finished fifth in the hammer throw (162-2).

Sophomore Matt Berrier rounded out the Cardinals' top-five finishers with a fourth-place showing in the high jump. Berrier cleared 6-6 in the event.

Other Cards turning in personal-best marks were Marques Robie (200m), Vernon Stephen (800m, 1500m), P.J. Fox (800m), Tim Franxman (800m, 1500m), Chris Davis (800m, 1500m) and Shawn Denk (high jump).

Louisville will play host to the Cardinal Open Friday at Cardinal Park. A complete schedule of events will be finalized later this week.

VANDERBILT INVITATIONAL

LOUISVILLE FINISHERS
100m    9.  Marques Robie 10.82200m    9.  Marques Robie 21.66400m    10. Jonathan Combs   50.01    11. Steven Perkins   50.55800m    8.  Vernon Stephen   1:55.15    9.  P.J. Fox     1:55.32    12. Josh Gentry 1:55.88    13. Dennis Wolff   1:56.48    19. Tim Franxman   1:57.36    32. Chris Davis 1:59.85    49. Dan Barczak 2:02.371500m    6.  Tim Franxman   3:57.90    11. Vernon Stephen   4:02.30    18. Chris Davis 4:04.453000m    2.  Josh Gentry 8:42.535000m    11. Mike Horan       15:28.72100m Hurdles    12. Jonathan Combs   58.021600m Relay    6.  Louisville          3:20.82High Jump    4.  Matt Berrier   6-6/1.98m    7.  Shawn Denk       6-2/1.88mPole Vault    2.  Eric Cockley   15-9/4.80mLong Jump    13. Marques Robie 20-9.75/6.34mShot Put    7.  Arthur Turland   47-11.25/14.61m    8.  Troy Williams 47-1.75/14.37m    11. John Blackwell   46-8/14.22mDiscus    2.  Arthur Turland   159-2/48.52m    4.  Troy Williams 152-1/46.37mJavelin    3.  Brad Roach       165-10/50.56m    5.  Brandon Cook   158-3/48.23mHammer Throw    5.  Arthur Turland   162-2/49.42m    18. Brandon Cook   120-9/36.82m