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Charlotte Invitational
Pope, Blackmon Regionally Qualify At Charlotte Invitational
4/1/2006 12:00:00 AM | Track
April 1, 2006
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Angelina Blackmon regionally qualified in the 800m with a time of 2:09.11 for second place and Mitchell Pope won the shot put with a regionally qualifying mark of 59-3.5 to lead the NC State outdoor track & field teams at the Charlotte Invitational Saturday on the University of North Carolina-Charlotte's Irwin Belk Track.
The night before, at the Stanford Invitational in the Stanford, Calif., John Crews ran a 29.38.05 in the 10,000m for 28th place. Also at the Stanford Invitational, Ginger Wheeler placed eighth in the women's 10,000m with a time of 35:20.32.
Back in Charlotte, Georgia Davis finished sixth in the 800m with a career-best time of 2:14.89. Kristina Roth placed fourth in the 1,500m with a time of 4:38.69, Amy Kelly finished sixth in 4:40.71, Michele Popple came in eighth at 4:44.63 and Jennifer Boyd crossed the finish line ninth with a time of 4:48.06.
Joya Rodgers took third in the 100m dash with a time of 11.94. The Wolfpack placed eighth in the women's 4x100m relay with a time of 48.20 and finished sixth in the women's 4x400m relays with a time of 3:56.43.
Mattie Bethea cleared 5-7 in the high jump to tie for fifth place and Laila Thomas tied for seventh place at 5-5. Bethea reached a career best 18-7 in the long jump for third place and Thomas tied placed ninth at 17-5.5. Tabitha Woodard cleared 11-5.75 in the pole vault to tie for sixth place.
T.J. Sheppard finished ninth in the 100m with a time of 10.89. Steve Gardner placed eighth in the 400m with a time of 49.95. Kevin Hutton took fifth place in the 400m hurdles with a time of 52.99. NC State was the runner-up in the men's 4x100m relay with a time of 41.40 and placed third in the men's 4x400m relay with at time of 3:14.52.
Chris Crawford hit 53-8.5 for third place in the shot put, 139-10 in the discus throw for sixth place and 176-2 in the hammer throw for fourth place. Pope reached 148-11 for fourth place in the discus and 177-8 for third in the hammer.
Complete results from the Charlotte Invitational are available at www.flashresults.com and complete results from the Stanford Invitational are available at www.gostanford.com. NC State returns to action next weekend when the Wolfpack will send a few athletes to Austin, Texas for the Texas Relays and the rest of the squads to Durham, N.C. for the Duke Invitational.
