North Carolina State University Athletics
Track Wraps Up Final Qualifying Meet
3/8/2009 12:00:00 AM | Track
BLACKSBURG, Va. - The NC State track and field team wrapped up the final qualifying meet before the NCAA Indoor Championships on Saturday, March 7 in Blacksburg, Va.
For the men, sprinter A’Tolani Akinkuotu matched his own school record with a 6.66 in the 60m dash, after running times of 6.70 and 6.68 in the earlier heats. All three times were NCAA Indoor Provisional qualifying marks.
Lamont Savage hit his third NCAA Indoor Provisional qualifying mark in the long jump.
For the women, Lawanda Henry was just over three inches short of what would have been her sixth NCAA provisional time. Her school record throw earlier this year was just over two inches short of an automatic qualifying standard.
Alesha Patterson and Mattie Bethea both finished in the top-7 of the high jump. Bethea already has NCAA provisional marks in the high jump and the pentathlon this season.
WOMEN’S RESULTS
60m
17 Gabrielle Daniel NC State 8.10 1
200m
13 Gabrielle Daniel NC State 25.54 4
High Jump
5 Alesha Patterson NC State 1.67m 5-05.75
7 Mattie Bethea NC State 1.67m 5-05.75
Long Jump
10 Ashley Neal NC State 5.00m 16-05.00
Triple Jump
9 Ashley Neal NC State 11.52m 37-09.50
Shot Put
8 Lawanda Henry NC State 15.13m 49-07.75
MEN’S RESULTS
60m
6 Atolani Akinkuotu NC State 6.70Q 4
6 Atolani Akinkuotu NC State 6.68q 2
3 Atolani Akinkuotu NC State 6.66
Long Jump
7 Lamont Savage NC State 7.52m 24-08.25
20 Travis Weston NC State 6.08m 19-11.50
Triple Jump
14 Kwame Boatwright NC State 14.25m 46-09.00
17 Travis Weston NC State 13.32m 43-08.50
Shot Put
7 Jason Jones NC State 17.43m 57-02.25
