March 21, 2009

Complete Results

WACO, Texas - The Baylor track and field team set regional qualifying times in all four relays and the Bears combined to win 13 events at the Dr Pepper Invitational on Saturday at the Hart-Patterson Track and Field Complex.

"We were really excited with how we performed today," said head coach Todd Harbour. "Coming off indoor nationals last week, we wanted to get some people some races that they needed, but we didn't want to overwork some of our athletes that ran in College Station. We had a beautiful day and a great crowd, so I think that we are pretty happy with our meet. We had some great performances and some regional marks, so it was a good opening meet."

Nichole Jones led a Baylor sweep of the top three spots in the 800 meters with a time of 2:12.47. Jessica Gregory won the 100 meters with a time of 12.04 in her first race of the season, while Danielle Bradley won the women's 1,500 meters in 4:28.67. DeAna Carson won the women's long jump with a regional qualifying leap of 6.31m (20-08 ½), setting a new outdoor personal best.

The women's 4x100-meter relay won with a regional qualifying time of 45.50, while the men's squad won with a regional mark of 40.08. The women's 4x440-yard relay set a regional time of 3:42.48 to win the event by more than six full seconds. The men's mile relay extended its winning streak to 36 straight races, clocking 3:10.54 to win by nearly five seconds.

Whitney Prevost won the men's 100 meters with a regional qualifying time of 10.55, while Courtney Thomas won the 200 meters as the top-finishing collegian with a regional time of 21.17. J.T. Scheuerman won the men's 400 meters with a time of 47.44, while Chris Gowell won the men's 800 meters with a regional time of 1:49.33.

Joe Farley won the men's pole vault at 5.00m (16-04 ¾), just five centimeters away from a regional qualifying height. Nick Lyons finished second in the men's javelin at 62.03m (203-06) to set a regional mark.