The University of Louisville men’s and women’s track and field team had a dazzling meet Saturday at the Meyo Invitational held in the Loftus Sports Center. The Cardinals rounded out the competition by posting an NCAA automatic qualifying mark, nine NCAA provisional qualifying marks and winning three event titles, while setting a school record in the process.
“It was a great meet! We had a number of athletes who had national level performances and it was the purpose of going to this meet,” said head coach Ron Mann. “It was a great day for our team.”
The No. 14 ranked Cardinal women were led on the second day of competition by throwers Jere’ Summers and D’Ana McCarty who placed first and third in the shot put, respectively.
Summers, a redshirt senior from Oakland, Calif., broke her own school record in the shot put set two weeks ago in South Bend with her throw of 55-09.25 (17.00m). That mark was an NCAA automatic qualifier and the third best throw in the nation this season.
McCarty, who won and broke her own school record in the weight throw yesterday and is the reigning NCAA Indoor weight throw champion, finished third in the shot put with a NCAA provisional qualifying toss of 50-11.50 (15.53m).
Senior sprinter Saravia Richardson posted NCAA provisional qualifying times in both the 60m (7.41) and the 200m (24.19) dash while senior Rachel Gehret cleared an NCAA provisional qualifying 5-10.00 (1.78m) to place second in the high jump.
U of L’s men were led by their jumping squad which won both the long jump and the triple jump.
Redshirt senior Tone Belt, the 2007 NCAA indoor long jump champion, won the event (25-06.25/2.14m) while sophomore Wesley Smith (25-00.50/7.63m) and redshirt senior Rudon Bastian (24-11.25/7.60m) placed second and third, respectively, as all three reached NCAA provisional qualifying marks. Belt’s jump is the seventh best in the nation this season, while Smith had the ninth best going into the competition. Belt also picked up another NCAA provisional mark in the high jump as he cleared 7-00.25 (2.14m).
Redshirt senior Andre Black, the 2007 NCAA indoor triple jump champion, won the competition with an NCAA provisional qualifying distance of 51-09.75 (15.79m).
The Cards will return to action next Friday, Feb. 12, at the Hoosier Hills Invitational in Bloomington, Ind.
Notre Dame Invitational – NOTRE DAME, Ind.
U of L Women’s Individual Results
60m – Finals
2 Richardson, Saravia p7.41
54 Burbage, Danielle 7.91
60m Hurdles – Finals
5 Lewis, Theresa 8.52
200m
3 Richardson, Saravia p24.27
61 Burbage, Danielle 25.90
400m
23 Brown, Chelsea 56.88
800m
68 Alcorn, Kat 2:22.54
Mile
56 Cunningham, Caitlin 5:17.53
High Jump
2 Gehret, Rachel p1.78m/5-10.00
7 Schubert, Megan 1.70m/5-07.00
15 Theophille, Michelle J1.70m/5-07.00
26 Pressley, Jenean 1.60m/5-03.00
Triple Jump
13 Gehret, Rachel 11.90m/39-00.50
17 Omenyinma, Amaka 11.78m/38-07.75
Shot Put
1 Summers, Jere’ *#17.00m/55-09.25
3 McCarty, D'Ana p15.53m/50-11.50
6 Okoro, Chinwe 15.09m/49-06.25
10 Kendall, Amashi 14.48m/47-06.25
4x400m Relay
14 Richardson, Saravia 3:50.49
Mullany-Banks, Shane
Gehret, Rachel
Brown, Chelsea
U of L Men’s Individual Results
60m – Preliminaries
13 Baffour, Tony 6.98
28 Caldwell, Jacques 7.08
200m
15 Caldwell, Jacques 22.08
28 Baffour, Tony 22.44
400m
35 Hobbs, Marcellus 49.33
800m
16 Shepard III, Howard 1:51.55
60 Wolfe, Chris 1:56.57
Meyo Mile
9 Hughes, Matt 4:06.78
34 Lovelace, Luke 4:16.74
Ryan Shay 3,000m Run
5 Hughes, Matt 8:09.25
-- Eaton, Michael DNF
High Jump
4 Belt, Tone p2.14m/7-00.25
12 Angermeier, Neil 2.01m/6-07.00
Long Jump
1 Belt, Tone p7.78m/25-06.25
2 Smith, Wesley p7.63m/25-00.50
3 Bastian, Rudon p7.60m/24-11.25
4 Black, Andre 7.48m/24-06.50
Triple Jump
1 Black, Andre p15.79m/51-09.75
6 Powell, Seon 14.72m/48-03.50
8 Belt, Tone 14.54m/47-08.50
9 Bastian, Rudon 14.53m/47-08.00
Pole Vault
11 Gann, Kyle 4.75m/15-07.00
Weight Throw
16 Banks, Weston 16.55m/54-03.75
Shot Put
4 Banks, Weston 16.63m/54-06.75
4x400m Relay
13 Hobbs, Marcellus 3:16.51
Frazier, Jordan
Wolfe, Chris
Shepard III, Howard
* = School record
P = Provisional NCAA Indoor qualifying mark
# = Automatic NCAA Indoor qualifying mark
