Spring Break
Track and field impressive in first meet
Blake DuDonis
Issue date: 3/25/09 Section: Sports
Opening up its outdoor season for 2009, the Gardner-Webb track and field team went into Charlotte and came out with some good performances to build on.
Participating in the 49er Classic at UNC-Charlotte, the Bulldogs saw a total of nine athletes set new personal best in their events.
On the woman's side, senior Kelly Bridges soared to a first place finish in the pole vault, making it over the bar at 3.40 meters.
Senior Victoria Argus also came in first place, her event being the woman's heptathlon, with a score of 4,432.
Yet another senior, Bree Tharpe, put out an impressive performance. She came in second place in the 3,000 meter steeplechase with a time of 12:02.58, just seconds off of the school record.
Other impressive performances on the woman's side included a second place finish by freshman Gwenetta Jones in the shot put, with a distance of 12.77 meters. Abby Callahan set new personal-best times in the 800 and 1,500 meter run.
Laura Scott, Lia Hudak, Diana Palka, Allye Littrell and Rebecca Silleman all set new personal best in the 3,000 meter run, with Scott coming in fourth place overall.
For the men, senior Jake Didion won the triple jump with an outstanding leap of 14.82 meters. Didion also turned in a seventh place finish in the long jump with a distance of 6.69 meters.
Sophomore Johnathan Rucker set a new personal best time in the 110 meter preliminaries with a time of 14.88.
Rucker also came in ninth place in the high jump, clearing the bar at a height of 1.95 meters.
Another Bulldog who left the event with his head held high was junior Paul Steinke. He broke his old personal best in the 400 meter hurdles, turning in a time of 53.68, which put him in second place.
The Bulldogs will head to Rock Hill, S.C., this weekend to Winthrop University to participate in the Asics Winthrop Invitational.
Participating in the 49er Classic at UNC-Charlotte, the Bulldogs saw a total of nine athletes set new personal best in their events.
On the woman's side, senior Kelly Bridges soared to a first place finish in the pole vault, making it over the bar at 3.40 meters.
Senior Victoria Argus also came in first place, her event being the woman's heptathlon, with a score of 4,432.
Yet another senior, Bree Tharpe, put out an impressive performance. She came in second place in the 3,000 meter steeplechase with a time of 12:02.58, just seconds off of the school record.
Other impressive performances on the woman's side included a second place finish by freshman Gwenetta Jones in the shot put, with a distance of 12.77 meters. Abby Callahan set new personal-best times in the 800 and 1,500 meter run.
Laura Scott, Lia Hudak, Diana Palka, Allye Littrell and Rebecca Silleman all set new personal best in the 3,000 meter run, with Scott coming in fourth place overall.
For the men, senior Jake Didion won the triple jump with an outstanding leap of 14.82 meters. Didion also turned in a seventh place finish in the long jump with a distance of 6.69 meters.
Sophomore Johnathan Rucker set a new personal best time in the 110 meter preliminaries with a time of 14.88.
Rucker also came in ninth place in the high jump, clearing the bar at a height of 1.95 meters.
Another Bulldog who left the event with his head held high was junior Paul Steinke. He broke his old personal best in the 400 meter hurdles, turning in a time of 53.68, which put him in second place.
The Bulldogs will head to Rock Hill, S.C., this weekend to Winthrop University to participate in the Asics Winthrop Invitational.
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