Louisville Men in Second Place After Saturday's Action at BIG EAST Championships

Saturday, May 3

Philadelphia, Pa.

9:00 AM

University of Louisville

BIG EAST Outdoor Championships

Louisville Men in Second Place After Saturday's Action at BIG EAST Championships

May 03, 2008 | Men's Track and Field

May 3, 2008

Results

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - Sophomore thrower Jere' Summers won two event titles and set two meet records to lead the University of Louisville women's track and field team to the lead after Saturday's action at the 2008 BIG EAST Outdoor Championships at Villanova Stadium. On the men's side, the Cards won six medals and stand in second place after Saturday's competition.

The Louisville women scored 51 points on Saturday to lead the field of 16 teams through eight scored events, while Notre Dame is second with 38 points. Syracuse is third with 31 points, followed by USF in fourth with 26 points and Pittsburgh in fifth with 24 points.

In the men's race, the Cards finished with 54 points through the first eight scored events to trail Notre Dame's 58 points. Connecticut is third with 35 points, followed by Rutgers in fourth with 34 points and USF in fifth with 30 points.

Leading the charge for the Louisville women was Summers with wins in the discus and shot put. In the discus, she had a throw of 185 feet, 11 inches, the third best mark in the nation this season and an impressive improvement on her previous school record throw of 171-03. The throw, which broke the previous meet record of 184-08 set by Cheree Hicks of Syracuse in 2000, is also a "B" qualifying mark for the US Olympic Trials and could put Summers in position to compete for a spot on Team USA for the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing.

In the shot put, Summers set another meet record with her first-place mark of 54-05.50, breaking the previous BIG EAST record of 54-05.25 by Syracuse's Hicks in 2000.

Joining Summers with medal-winning performances for the Louisville women on Saturday was freshman Chinwe Okoro with third-place finishes in the discus and shot put. In the discus, she had a regional qualifying and personal best throw of 168-02, while in the shot put, she had a mark of 49-03.50 to clinch her second bronze medal of the day.

The Louisville men won six medals on Saturday led by silver medal winning performances from Andre Black, Soimo Kiplagat and Cory Thorne. Black finished second in the long jump with a regional qualifying leap of 25-02.50, while Kiplagat was second in the 10,000m with a time of 29:17.85. Thorne finished second in the 3,000m steeplechase with a regional qualifying time of 9:03.42 in his first steeplechase race this season.

Also earning medals for the Louisville men on Saturday was junior Rudon Bastian with a third-place finish in the long jump with a leap of 24-03.75, redshirt freshman Michael Eaton in the 10,000m with a time of 29:32.86 and freshman Josh Greenwald with a third-place finish in the discus with a throw of 171-03.

Other point-scorers for the Louisville women on Saturday include Taryn Gibson (fifth) in the 10,000m; Amaka Omenyinma (fourth), Rachel Gehret (seventh) and Seidre Forde (eighth) in the long jump; Andrea Sabbatine (seventh) in the pole vault; D'Ana McCarty (seventh) and Lindsey Cook (eighth) in the discus; and ZeNai Savage (sixth) in the shot put.

Also scoring points for the Louisville men on Saturday was Phil Feinberg (fourth) in the high jump and Andrew Hackney (fourth) and Weston Banks (seventh) in the discus.

The Louisville women had three athletes advance to event finals with strong performances on Saturday, led by junior Heather Trimiew in the 400m hurdles with a season's best time of 1:00.98 to finish second overall on Saturday. Sophomore Tarah McKay will compete in the 1500m final after finishing fifth in the prelims with a time of 4:26.32, while Theresa Lewis finished seventh in the prelims of the 100m hurdles with a time of 14.03.

The men's team had two athletes advance to event finals on Saturday as senior Chris Danks finished fourth in the prelims of the 800m with a regional qualifying time of 1:50.19, while senior Nathan Navaro was seventh in the prelims of the 400m hurdles with a time of 52.88.

The final day of competition at the 2008 BIG EAST Outdoor Championships is set to begin at 10 a.m. ET. Following the BIG EAST Championships, the Cards will have a weekend off from competition before returning to action on May 17 at home at the Cardinal Twilight in Louisville. The Cardinal Twilight will be the final opportunity for Louisville athletes to earn bids to the NCAA Mideast Regional on May 30-31 in Fayetteville, Ark.

BIG EAST Outdoor Championships - Philadelphia, Pa.Saturday Results
Men's Team Standings (Through 8 events)1   Notre Dame  58 points2   LOUISVILLE  54 points3   Connecticut 35 points4   Rutgers 34 points5   USF 30 points6   Cincinnati  27 points7   Syracuse    22 points8   Georgetown  20 points
U of L Men's Individual Results100m Dash - Prelims9   Edmund Yeboah    10.7410  Tony Baffour  10.75
110m Hurdles - Prelims11  Chris Brautzsch    14.5612  Brad Keys    14.78
200m - Prelims9   Tony Baffour  21.62
400m Hurdles - Prelims7   Nathan Navaro    52.88 q12  Brad Keys    53.4513  Joey Hodges    53.64
800m - Prelims4   Chris Danks    1:50.19 # q
3000m Steeplechase - Final2   Cory Thorne    9:03.42 #
10000m - Final2   Soimo Kiplagat  29:17.853   Michael Eaton    29:32.86
High Jump - Final4   Phil Feinberg    2.07m/6-09.509   Neil Angermeier    1.99m/6-06.25
Long Jump - Final2   Andre Black    7.68m/25-02.50 #3   Rudon Bastian    7.41m/24-03.75 #10  Brandon Newell  6.76m/22-02.25
Discus - Final3   Josh Greenwald  52.19m/171-03 #4   Andrew Hackney  52.13m/171-00 #7   Weston Banks  49.74m/163-02
Shot Put - Final10  Weston Banks  15.55m/51-00.25-   Josh Greenwald  FOUL
Decathlon - Final9   Robbie Moore  6,251 points
Decathlon - Event by Event(D) 110m Hurdles11  Robbie Moore  16.74(D) 1500m4   Robbie Moore  4:43.68 (D) Pole Vault2   Robbie Moore  4.35m/14-03.25 (D) Discus7   Robbie Moore  34.15m/112-00 (D) Javelin9   Robbie Moore  43.63m/143-02
Women's Team Standings (Through 8 events)1   LOUISVILLE  51 points2   Notre Dame  38 points3   Syracuse    31 points4   USF 26 points5   Pittsburgh  24 points6   Georgetown  22 points7   Cincinnati  19 points8   Marquette   14 points
U of L Women's Individual Results100m Hurdles - Prelims7   Theresa Lewis    14.03 q
400m Hurdles - Prelims2   Heather Trimiew    1:00.98 q
800m - Prelims19  Kat Alcorn  2:22.63
1500m - Prelims5   Tarah McKay    4:26.32 q
10000m - Final5   Taryn Gibson  35:40.15
Long Jump - Final4   Amaka Omenyinma    6.02m/19-09.00 #7   Rachel Gehret    5.81m/19-00.758   Seidre Forde  5.80m/19-00.50
Pole Vault - Final7   Andrea Sabbatine  3.50m/11-05.75
Discus - Final1   Jere' Summers 56.67m/185-11 # m *3   Chinwe Okoro  51.25m/168-02 #7   D'Ana McCarty 44.46m/145-108   Lindsey Cook  44.15m/144-10
Javelin - Final9   Holly Geibel  40.92m/134-03
Shot Put - Final1   Jere' Summers 16.60m/54-05.50 # m3   Chinwe Okoro  15.02m/49-03.506   ZeNai Savage  14.78m/48-06.0012  D'Ana McCarty 13.10m/42-11.75
* = School record# = NCAA Mideast Regional Qualifierq = Qualifies for event finalm = Meet record