North Carolina State University Athletics
Smoke Breaks School Discus Record, Again
5/1/2005 12:00:00 AM | Track
May. 1, 2005
PHILADELPHIA - Kelly Smoke led a small contingent of the NC State outdoor track & field teams this weekend at the Penn Relays, by winning the discus throw with a regional-qualifying mark of 163-10, breaking the school record, which she set last week at the ACC Championships. Smoke, a senior from Durham, N.C., also competed in the hammer throw, posting a season-best mark of 159-0.
Ginger Wheeler took ninth place in the 5,000m with a regionally-qualifying time of 16:47.07 and Josianne Lauber shaved 14 seconds off her NCAA Championships Provisional Qualifying time in the 10,000m with a 34:33.15 for fifth place finish.
Mattie Bethea and Laila Thomas placed 12th and 13th respectively in the high jump at the Penn Relays while Dexter Adams reached 23-3 ¼ in the men's long jump for eighth place and Michael Hill posted a 47-11 ¼ in the triple jump for eighth place. Mitchell Pope regionally qualified again in the shot put, finishing ninth with a mark of 58-0 ¼ and John Henderson captured 12th in the steeplechase with a time of 9:18.59.
On Sunday Andy Smith and Renee Gunning led a group of Wolfpack distance runners at the Cardinal Invitational in Stanford, Calif. Smith cracked 14 minutes in the 5,000m, running a NCAA Regional Championship qualifying time of 13:59.59, the best time in the ACC this season. Gunning placed ninth in the women's 5,000m, running a regional-qualifying time of 16:08.35, the second fastest time in the ACC this season behind teammate Julia Lucas.
Lucas posted another regional-qualifying time of 4:22.91 in the 1,500m Sunday, while Chris Kollar regionally-qualified in the men's 1,500m with a fifth place finish at 3:46.05, the ACC's second-fastest time this season. Magin Kebert ran another regional-qualifying time of 4:27.51 in the women's 1,500m, taking fifth place and Angelina Blackmon finished sixth with a 4:28.04, just missing the regional qualifying time in her first attempt in the event.
John Crews just missed the regional qualifying time in the men's 5,000m, finishing in 14:16.47 and Wesley Smith also competed in the 5K. Kristina Roth ran another regional-qualifying time in the women's steeplechase, nabbing 10th place with a 10:42.95.
Complete results from the Penn Relays are available at www.thepennrelays.com and complete results from the Cardinal Invitational are available at www.sml1.com. The Wolfpack returns to action next weekend when it splits up for some last chance meets at the Orange & Purple Classic in Clemson, S.C. and the Duke Twilight Meet in Durham, N.C.
