NC State
Hokie Invitational
Kornegay-Gober, Taylor Win Events at Hokie Invitational
1/21/2012 12:00:00 AM | Track
Jan. 21, 2012
BLACKSBURG, Va. – NC State junior Kris Kornegay-Gober of Washington, D.C., established a new personal record and won the high jump on the final day of the Hokie Invitational indoor track meet at Virginia Tech’s Rector Field House on Saturday.
The three-time All-ACC performer joined redshirt freshman Tremanisha Taylor of the Wolfpack women’s team in winning events on Saturday. Friday evening, senior Lawanda Henry won the 20-pound weight throw.
Kornegay-Gober hit a mark of 7-feet, 2 ¼-inches to tie with unattached performer Joe Kindred. Kornegay-Gober’s previous top indoor mark was 6-feet, 10 ¾-inches and his best outdoor mark was 7-feet, ¼-inch.
For Taylor, of Henderson, N.C., her mark of 47-feet, 11-inches gave her the second win in the shot put in the Wolfpack’s three meets this season. She also won the event at the Christopher Newport Invitational in Newport News, Va., in December.
In other events, junior Karimah Shepherd finished third in the long jump, while All-American mid-distance runner Kenyetta Iyevbele was third in the 1,000-meter run, followed closely by teammates Tiayonna Blackmon, Erin Mercer and Deanna Foshee in fifth, sixth and seventh, respectively.
Junior Daniel Fretz was fifth in the men's 400 meters.
Hokie Invitational Saturday Results
NC State results
Women’s 400m
18 Colleen McGuire 59.70
20 Morgan Love 1:00.61
Men’s 400m
5 Daniel Fretz 49.31
12 Kwame Boatwright 50.03
Women’s 800m
8 Anna Gillespie 2:17.70
Men’s 800m
18 Matt Schick 1:57.41
25 John Harwell 1:59.21
Women’s 200m
17 Paige Eley 25.79
31 Sharese Roberts 26.59
32 Colleen McGuire 26.60
36 Stephanie Ellis 27.22
Men’s 200m
21 Daniel Fretz 22.96
22 Martin DeFrancesco 23.05
23 Kevin Permenter 23.08
Women’s 1,000m
4 Kenyetta Iyevbele 2:54.35
5 Tiayonna Blackmon 2:54.51
6 Erin Mercer 2:54.74
7 Deanna Foshee 2:56.75
Women’s 4x400 relay
14 NC State 3:59.34
1) Morgan Love 2) Marika Walker
3) Kenyetta Iyevbele 4) Tiayonna Blackmon
Women’s high jump
8 Lacey Shuman 5-04.25
Caitlynn Filla NH
Danielle Adams NH
Men’s high jump
1 Kris Kornegay-Gober 7-02.25
Women’s shot put
1 Tremanisha Taylor 47-11.00
Men’s shot put
8 Jule Rich 49-05.00
11 Nathaniel Williams 47-03.00
Women’s long jump
3 Karimah Shepherd 19-05.25
Men’s long jump
6 Emmanuel Davis 22-11.25
-- Carl Marant FOUL
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