Jan. 20, 2007

2007 Lobo Invitational Results
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Gold medal performances in the men's 400 and the men's 4 x 400-meter relay team, and two school record efforts, highlighted Baylor's appearance at the Modrall Sperling Lobo Invitational contested in the Albuquerque Convention Center, Jan. 19-20.

"It was a good second meet all the way around and we finished on a positive note," said Baylor head coach Todd Harbour. "We had several personal bests despite the fact that we were running at altitude.

"Overall, I was very pleased with our performance," he added. "We had some disappointments, but that's track and field. It was a sprint-loaded meet."

Senior Reggie Witherspoon (Marietta, Ga.), the reining Big 12 Indoor Male Athlete of the Week, won the 400-meter dash in an NCAA provisional qualifying time of 47.21, then came back to help the Bears' 4 x 400-meter relay team to a gold medal by running the second leg.

Also in the open 400, sophomore Quentin Iglehart-Summers (San Antonio, Texas) placed fourth in 47.30 and freshman J.T. Scheuerman (Littleton, Colo.) was eighth in 47.39.

Baylor's 4 x 400-meter relay team of Scheuerman, Witherspoon, senior Kevin Mutai (Round Rock, Texas) and Iglehart-Summers, was clocked in a first-place, track record and NCAA provisional qualifying time of 3:06.61. LSU, which set the track record a year ago in 3:08.01 en route to winning the 2006 NCAA title in the event, was second in 3:07.39, while Texas A&M placed third in 3:10.02. The top three men's 4 x 400-meter relay teams all ran under the NCAA provisional standard.

For the second straight week, freshman Katie Stoever (Tulsa, Okla.) broke her own school record in the pole vault with a second-place mark of 3.60 meters (11-9 ¾) to lead a 2-3-4 finish by the Bears in that event. A week ago at Arkansas, Stoever vaulted 11-7 ¾. Sophomore Kaleigh Teel (Friendswood, Texas) placed third in the pole vault with a mark of 3.60 meters (11-5 ¾), while sophomore Ashley Korol (Wheaton, Ill.) was fourth with a vault of 3.40 meters (11-1 ¾).

Like Stoever, senior Chris Cardwell (Abilene, Texas) wiped out his own school record in the men's weight throw for the second straight week with a third-place toss of 16.77 meters (55-0 ¼). In last week's season-opener at the Arkansas Invitational, he had a throw of 54-10 3/4.

Sophomore Courtney Thomas (Kilgore, Texas) placed third in the men's 60-meter dash (6.82) and eighth in the 200 meters (21.48).

Junior Jeremy Jackson (Round Rock, Texas) was second in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.00, while freshman Trey Harts (Lake Charles, La.) placed fifth in the 200-meter dash (21.30), John Robertson (Greensboro, N.C.) was seventh in the 800-meter run (1:54.87) and Josh Camp (Baytown, Texas) placed seventh in the triple jump with a leap of 13.84 meters (45-5).

On the women's side, freshman DeAna Carson (Long Beach, Calif.) placed fourth in the long jump with a personal-best 5.98 meters (19-7 ½) and junior Brittany Devereaux (Denton, Texas) finished fourth in the weight throw with a mark of 16.97 meters (55-8 ¼).

Freshman Kathryn Benvegnu (Kingwood, Texas) was fifth in the 800 meters (2:18.35).

Baylor's 4 x 400-meter relay team of junior Carla Grace (San Antonio, Texas), senior Lauren Tillman (Lawrenceville, Ga.), sophomore Tiana Hood (Long Beach, Calif.) and sophomore Katrina Taylor (Baton Rouge, La.) ran fifth in 3:45.35. Grace also placed eighth in the 200 meters (24.12) and Tillman was eighth in the open 400 (56.75).

Sophomore Rachael Long (Houston, Texas) finished eighth in the 60-meter hurdles (8.99).

Junior Kayla Smith (Arlington, Texas) was sixth in the high jump with a mark of 1.65 meters (5-5) and sophomore Stasia Kelly-Taylor (Atlanta, Ga.) placed eighth in the triple jump with a leap of 11.92 meters (39-1 ¼).

Texas A&M won the men's meet with 118 points, while Baylor placed fifth with 63 points. LSU took home the women's trophy with 118 points and Baylor was sixth (44 points).

Both Baylor teams left their distance runners home to train for next weekend's UW Invitational at Seattle, Wash., Jan. 26-27.