Fresno State Athletics
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Cal-Nevada Championships
Track and Field Finishes Day One of Cal-Nevada Championships
3/29/2002 12:00:00 AM | Track & Field
March 29, 2002
FRESNO, Calif. - The 2002 Cal-Nevada Championships, held at Fresno State's Warmerdam Field, finished the preliminary events today, Friday, March 29. For the men, UCLA has 28 points heading into the finals day. Nevada has a narrow lead over Fresno State's women with 18 points.
Sophomore Kara June won the women's steeplechase, the first championship for the Bulldogs at the 2002 Cal-Nevada Championships. After running the event for the first time this season, the middle distance runner left her competitors in the dust by crossing the finish line with a time of 11:05.27. Her time was more than 24 second faster than Nevada's Ginny Johnson, who crossed in 11:29.53. Also, junior Crystal Simmons advanced to the final round in all five of her events. She ran the second leg of the 4x100-meter relay, which finished in a time of 46.01- a season-best. She then ran the 100-meter hurdles in a time of 14.21. Her third event saw her jump 17-10.25 in the long jump. Simmons then toggled between the triple jump and high jump. In the triple jump she marked 41-5.75, while setting a personal-best in the high jump at 5-6. Senior April Wiechmann will compete in four of five of her events. The thrower advanced in the discus, high jump and javelin and will compete in the finals of the hammer on Saturday. She threw a personal-best 158-7 in the discus, jumped 5-3.75 in the high jump and marked 131-6 in the javelin.
On the men's side, the 'Dogs have four competing in the finals of the triple jump and three in both the 1500 meters and 200-meter dash. In the triple jump, junior Kyle Carano led the 'Dogs with a leap of 48-10.75. Brother, junior Kevin Carano, qualified with a mark of 48-9.50, while senior Kyrah Ayers marked at 48-3.25 and senior Duran Archie finished with a 47-3.50. Next, in the 1500, juniors Alex Mason and Philip Ogilvie will join senior Roosevelt Cook. Mason advanced with a time of 3:57.09, Ogilvie with 3:58.74 and Cook at 3:58.53. Finally, in the 200, the men will showcase sophomore Chad Seiler, freshman Chris Berrian and junior Darnell Hammock. Seiler led the 'Dogs with a time of 21.76, while Berrian clocked 21.87 and Hammock finished in 22.19.
Finals begin tomorrow at 8:00 a.m. with the women's hammer throw. The track events begin at 1 p.m. with the women's 5,000 meters.
View complete results from day one and the heat sheet for Saturday's finals at www.gobulldogs.com.
Standings for Day One
Men
1. UCLA (28)2. Cal Poly-Pomona (17)3. CS Bakersfield (16)4. CS Northridge (12)5. UC Riverside (5)6. Fresno State (4)6. Cal Poly SLO (4)8. UC Irvine (3)9. Long Beach State (2)10. CS Fullerton (1)
Women
1. Nevada (18)2. Fresno State (13)3. UCLA (11)4. UC San Diego (10)5. Pomona-Pitzer (8)6. UC Santa Barbara (7)6. CS Northridge (7)8. LaVerne (5)9. Cal Poly SLO (4)9. San Diego State (4)11. Occidental (2)11. Westmont (2)13. CS Fullerton (1)
Head Coach Bob Fraley (Thoughts on the Meet)
"We came into the meet with the goal for us to qualify in all of our events. For the most part we did that. Along the way we had a few surprise performances. A lot of our freshmen advanced to the finals from both the men's and women's teams. I am pleased with our performance on the first day. Now we'll see what our team is really made of tomorrow in the finals."
Women's Distance Coach Shannon Lieder (Comments on Kara June in the Steeplechase)
"I am ecstatic for her victory. We both knew coming into the event that she was favored. I am proud of her performance, especially after setting a personal-best in the 1,500 meters and then running another 3,000. Kara has a lot to be proud of."
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