Henry Wins Weight Throw for 2nd Time This Season

Friday, January 20

Blacksburg, Va.

All Day

NC State

Hokie Invitational

Henry Wins Weight Throw for 2nd Time This Season

1/20/2012 12:00:00 AM | Track

Jan. 20, 2012

Day 1 Results  | Day 2 Live Results

BLACKSBURG, Va. - NC State senior Lawanda Henry of Dunn, N.C., won the 20-pound weight throw on Friday night in the first day of competition at the Hokie Invitational indoor track meet at Virginia Tech's Rector Field House.

Her throw of 60-feet, 1-½ inches is her second best mark of the season and gave the Wolfpack standout her second win in three meets this season. Last weekend, at the Virginia Tech Invitational, Henry finished second with her best throw of the year, 61-feet, 4 ¾-inches. 

Teammate Kortney Pearce of Willow Spring, N.C., was fourth in the event.

In the men's 35-pound weight throw, NC State's Nathaniel Williams was seventh, followed by senior Grant Pearce at eighth and redshirt freshman Jule Rich in 11^th.

Freshman Rueben Malone of Lillington, N.C., was fourth in the triple jump, with a mark of 50-feet, ½-inch. Teammate Kwame Boatwright of Durham, N.C., was fifth and freshman Carl Marant of Raleigh was seventh.

The Wolfpack will continue its participation in the meet, beginning at 10 a.m. on Saturday. Live scoring for Saturday's action is available here.

NC State's Hokie Invitational Results
Day 1

Men 3,000m
7 Michael Mansy         8:29.28
14 Andrew McCullen      8:41.09
28 John Sharpe          9:04.90

Women's 60m
10 Paige Eley                    7.71
26 Kerrie Davis                 8.02
32 Taylor Graham            8.15
35 Stephanie Ellis             8.20

Women's 600m
13 Marika Walker           1:36.85
20 Amira Chowyuk          1:39.48
22 Brittany View               1:42.28
28 Shelby Phillips             1:46.56

Men's weight throw
7 Nathaniel Williams         55-08.25
8 Grant Pearce                   55-05.50
11 Jule Rich                       54-01.25

Women's weight throw
1 Lawanda Henry      60-01.75
4 Kortney Pearce     55-04.75

Women's triple jump
5 Karimah Shepherd         40-05.50
14 Jazueline Daniels       37-06.00

Men's triple jump
4 Rueben Malone           50-00.50
5 Kwame Boatwright     49-08.50
7 Carl Marant                  47-08.50

Men's mile
12 Matt Schick                 4:19.41
20 Trey Geiger                  4:24.87
21 John Harwell                4:26.39 

Women's 300
14 Jazueline Daniels               40.99               
20 Sharese Roberts                42.25
25 Shelby Phillips                    45.18               

Men's 300m
16 Dorian Crawford                 36.29
17 Martin DeFrancesco          36.31               