Jan. 26, 2008

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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Lauren Hagans set a school record in the mile and Quentin Iglehart-Summers led Baylor to two event victories on the second day at the Razorback Invitational at the Randal Tyson Track Center.

Overall, Baylor recorded seven provisional qualifying times and tallied six event victories on the weekend.

"Our athletes did a lot of good work today," said head coach Todd Harbour. "We had numerous personal bests and provisional times, and we even had a school record. Overall it was an outstanding day, and we were able to stay healthy."

Hagans ran 4:41.67 in the women's mile championship to set a provisional qualifying time and break the school record by two seconds. Natalie Nalepa set the previous Baylor standard of 4:43.31 at the 1991 Southwest Conference Championships. Nichole Jones also provisionally qualified with a time of 4:45.73 to finish in third place. Jones' time ranks as the third-fastest in school history.

"This was an outstanding effort by both Lauren and Nichole," said Harbour. "This is the first mile for Lauren since her freshman year, and to break the school record is quite an accomplishment. Nichole worked hard to set the pace and it was an outstanding effort by both of them."

For the second-straight meet, Iglehart-Summers was the top collegiate finisher in the men's 400 meters. The junior All-American set a nation-leading time of 46.77 to finish third overall. Justin Boyd finished eighth, the fourth collegian, at 47.56 and J.T. Scheuerman took 23rd in 48.78 in his first action of the season. James Gilreath (49.57) and David Gettis (50.92) finished 33rd and 46th, respectively.

"I thought that Q [Iglehart-Summers] looked very strong in the 400 meters," said Harbour. He also ran a great anchor leg on the 4x400 relay. I think that he is further along now than he was at this time last season"

The men's 4x400-meter relay lowered its nation-leading time to 3:09.49. Trey Harts led off for the Bears with a 47.6 split and handed off in second place. J.T. Scheuerman split 48.0 and passed to Justin Boyd still in second place. Boyd got out quickly and overtook the leaders, splitting 47.0. Iglehart-Summers split 46.5 and held off LSU, Oral Roberts and Texas A&M to win.

The 4x400-meter relay win is the 15th-straight event final win for the Bears against collegiate competition. Baylor has won 17 of its last 18 races against NCAA teams. The race is also the eighth straight indoor race 2qthat Baylor recorded at least an NCAA provisional time.

Lyndsy Bedell was the first collegiate runner, and second overall, in the women's 3,000 championship with a time of 9:49.18. Jessi Barnes finished fourth overall with a time of 9:51.35, and Renae Van Wyhe, who was tripped to the ground during the fifth lap, took ninth with a time of 10:07.73.

Baylor claimed the first two spots in the women's 3,000 meters with Katie Shaw running a personal best time of 10:06.31 to take first place. Caitlin Fairly also ran a personal best time of 10:09.06 to finish second.

Whitney Prevost finished second in the men's 60 meters championship with a provisional qualifying time of 6.68, the third-fastest in Baylor history. Jacob Norman finished fifth in 6.78 and Trey Harts took sixth in 6.80. Courtney Thomas took 18th with a time of 6.92, while Antareis Bryan finished 30th in 7.13.

Tiffany Townsend finished fourth in the women's 60 meters championship with a time of 7.48. Townsend provisionally qualified in the preliminary rounds clocking a time of 7.43. Her time ranks as the fourth fastest in Baylor history. On Friday, Townsend recorded the fourth fastest 200 meters time in Baylor history at 23.65.

"We had a lot of outstanding performances in our sprints today," said Harbour. "We got some good contributions and provisional times from Whitney [Prevost] and Tiffany [Townsend], two of our many solid freshmen."

The women's 4x400-meter relay finished fourth overall with a time of 3:42.53. Brittany Bruce led off with a 56.6 split out of the blocks. Carla Grace split 53.2 to bring the Lady Bears back into the race. Brittany Carr split 56.4 on the third leg and Katrina Taylor anchored a 55.9 split.

Jessica Gregory won the 60 meters consolation with a time of 7.51, while Brittany Carr finished seventh with a time of 7.68. Carla Grace took 22nd overall with a time of 7.67, while Mardavia Lynch placed 44th in 8.05.

Jeremy Jackson finished third in the men's 60-meter hurdles in 8.00, while Laszlo Vandracsek finished sixth with a time of 8.11. In the women's 60-meter hurdles consolation, DeAna Carson finished fifth in 8.72. Rachael Long took 18th in 9.03.

Danielle Bradley finished fifth in the women's 800 meters championship with a final time of 2:10.31. Leigh Ann Ganzar ran 2:13.82 to finish in ninth place.

Katrina Taylor took 14th in the women's 400 meters with a time of 56.25, a one-second improvement from the Lady Bears' first meet. Bruce finished 16th in 56.94, two seconds faster than her first performance of the year. Rachel Long placed 40th with a time of 1:00.90.

Stasia Kelly-Taylor finished seventh in the women's triple jump with a season-best leap of 12.02m (39-05 ¼). Kaleigh Teel placed 14th in the women's pole vault with a clearance of 3.62m (11-10 ½), while Ashley Korol finished in 20th place with a height of 3.42m (11-02 ½)

In the men's 3,000 meters, Ben Haby clocked 8:42.94 to place 11th overall. Jordan Hiller set a new personal best with a time of 8:54.00 to finish in 15th place. Michael Williams (8:59.54) and Jeff Sadler (9:14.81) finished 17th and 19th, respectively.

Logan Roberts finished 18th in the men's 800 meters with a season-best time of 1:59.11. Joseph Hawkins also ran a season-fastest time of 2:02.44 to finish in 25th place.

Kathryn Benvegnu placed second overall in the women's 800 meters with a time of 2:16.07. Loren Hodges finished eighth with a season-best 2:18.22. Lauren Simpson (2:19.17) and Brittany Harlan (2:19.62) set season-best times to finish 10th and 11th, respectively. Sydney Jackson ran 2:29.18 to finish in 19th place.

Baylor returns to action next weekend as the Bears and Lady Bears travel to Lincoln, Neb. for the two-day Husker Invitational. A select group of athletes will travel to Seattle, Wash. to compete in the UW Invitational.