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Mountain West Outdoor Championships
TCU Dominates On Final Day Of MWC Championships
5/15/2010 12:00:00 AM
May 15, 2010
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The TCU women, who entered the day with only 24 points, finished in second-place with 121 points, while the Horned Frog men collected third-place honors with 149 points. BYU won both the men and women's titles with 211 and 204 points, respectively.
Following the meet, freshman Charles Silmon was honored with the Men's Most Outstanding Performer award, marking the second-time in program history TCU has garnered the prestigious honor.
"I thought our women had a really good meet. We are a very young team and only have one senior in Neidra Covington, who did a very good job of leading this team this week," said head coach Darryl Anderson. "I was quite pleased with how our women performed this week. We are moving forward with the women and this was a good step heading into the West Regional in two weeks."
"On the men's side, I am disappointed with our performance today," said Anderson. "We made some mistakes and had some individuals not run up to our expectations, but at the end of the day, we had a lot of positives as well. Charles Silmon was outstanding today and really did some nice things for us on the track. Overall, we had a lot of good performances on the men's side, we now just need to get ourselves mentally prepared for the West Regional."
In the men's 100 meters, the Frogs simply dominated the final round, claiming three out of the top four spots on Saturday afternoon at the UNM Track Stadium. Silmon captured the event-title, blazing to a personal-best time of 10.24 seconds to capture his first conference title of his young career. Silmon's time, which set a new Mountain West Conference Championship record, is No. 5 in the West Region and No. 12 in the NCAA this spring. By winning the 100 meters, Silmon was named the Mountain West Conference Men's Most Outstanding Performer. Junior Mychal Dungey followed in third-place on Saturday with a seasonal-best time of 10.38 seconds, while sophomore Mark Barnes crossed the finish line in fourth-place in the event with a seasonal-best time of 10.41 seconds.
By winning the 100 meters, TCU has now captured the conference title in the event five-straight years.
Chaniqua Corinealdi, a freshman from Killeen, led TCU in the women's 100 meters on Saturday, earning runner-up accolades with a seasonal-best time of 11.71 seconds.
Dungey continued TCU's dominance in the sprints, coming back later in the day to edge Silmon in the men's 200-meter finals. The junior clipped Silmon at the line with a personal-best time of 20.64 seconds to win his second-consecutive conference title in the 200 meters. Dungey's time is the second-fastest time ever recorded in MWC Championship history and the third-best all-time in league history. Silmon, a freshman from Waco, just missed his second conference title on the day, earning runner-up accolades with a personal-best time of 20.65 seconds. Dungey's time is currently No. 10 in the NCAA, while Silmon moved to No. 12 overall in the NCAA on Saturday. Dell Guy and Barnes followed in fourth and fifth-place with seasonal-best times of 21.01 and 21.03, respectively. Finally, senior Clemore Henry placed sixth with a seasonal-best time of 21.37 seconds.
With the win, Dungey became only the second Horned Frog in TCU history to capture Mountain West Conference Championship accolades twice during a career.
On the women's side, Corinealdi finished third overall in the women's 200 meters with a seasonal-best time of 23.93 seconds. Junior Kristal Juarez followed in fourth-place at the UNM Track Stadium on Saturday.
In the women's 400 meters, Juarez captured gold medal accolades with a seasonal and personal-best time of 52.91 seconds. Freshman Quinterra Charles was also stellar in the event, crossing the finish line in third-place with a personal-best time of 53.58 seconds. With the win, Juarez, who became the second-consecutive Horned Frog to capture first-place accolades in the 400 meters, moved into the top 15 in the NCAA. She also posted the fourth-best mark in program history on Saturday. By recording a time of 53.58 seconds, Charles currently sits No. 29 on the national descending order list.
The Frogs were just as dominate on the men's side with Guy, a senior from Las Vegas, closing his MWC career in style, capturing first-place with a blazing personal-best time of 46.39 seconds. With his personal-best time, Guy, who captured the Frogs' first title in the event since 2006, moved up to No. 16 in the West Region. Fellow senior Henry placed third overall in the event with a time of 46.95 seconds.
After placing third overall in the women's long jump on Friday, senior Neidra Covington closed her remarkable Mountain West Conference career on Saturday, crushing the rest of the field in the women's triple jump with a new stadium, school and MWC Championships record. The four-time All-American, who bettered her previous school record on Saturday, soared 44 feet, 2 inches to win championship accolades. Covington's leap is currently No. 2 in the NCAA and the top-mark in the West Region this spring. It is also the 15th-best jump in the World this spring and the third-best leap in MWC history all-time.
In the women's 100-meter hurdles, freshman Larissa Matthews became only the second Horned Frog in TCU history on Saturday to win a Mountain West Conference title in the event. Matthews blew by the competition with a winning-time of 13.49 seconds. The Purple and White have now won five-straight conference titles in the 100-meter hurdles.
On the men's side, Jordan Pitts made conference history on Saturday becoming the first student-athlete in MWC history to claim three-straight 110-meter hurdle titles. Pitts crossed the finish line in 14.18 seconds to win his third-consecutive conference title.
Clint Renfro just missed his second-conference title of his career in the men's 400-meter hurdles later in the day, clocking a personal-best time of 50.82 seconds to earn runner-up accolades. By recording a time of 50.82 seconds, Renfro smashed Clayton Brookings previous school record of 50.90 seconds, which he set in 1998. Pitts earned third-place honors in the event, recording a personal-best time of 51.17 seconds, which is the second-fastest time recorded in program history. With his record-breaking performance, Renfro currently sits No. 18 in the NCAA, while Pitts moved to No. 26 in the NCAA on Saturday.
In the women's 5,000 meters, junior Rose Tanui continued her domination on the track on Saturday, winning her second-title of the meet, clocking a time of 17:21.06. Tanui also captured the women's 10,000 meters gold medal on Friday.
"Rose Tanui had an exceptional meet for us in winning both the 5,000 and 10,000 meters this weekend," said Anderson.
In the relays, the men's 4x100 opened the day recording a time of 39.69 seconds to capture first-place accolades. With the win, TCU has now won five-straight conference titles in the men's 4x100. On the women's side, TCU placed third overall.
In the women's 4x400, the quartet of Hayley Shade, Charles, Sade' Shari St. Louis and Juarez won with a seasonal-best time of 3:38.72. The men's 4x400 brought home runner-up accolades with a time of 3:09.76.
Other highlights on the day included, Stormy Harrison capturing second-place honors in the women's shot put with a seasonal-best throw of 50 feet, 11 ½ inches. Freshman Kelsey Samuels followed in third-place with a personal-best throw of 50 feet, 2 inches, which currently sits fourth all-time in program history.
On the men's side, the Frogs placed fourth through sixth with freshman Cameron Tabor tossing the shot 56 feet, 1 ¼ inches to earn fourth-place honors with a seasonal and personal-best throw. Junior Marcus Cannon and senior Tommy Killen followed in fifth and sixth-place, respectively, with personal-best throws. Cannon tossed the shot 55 feet, 11 ¼ inches, while Killen closed out his MWC career, throwing the shot 54 feet, 7 ½ inches. Tabor currently sits No. 33 in the West Region, while Cannon moved to No. 35 in the West Region.
In the men's 800 meters, sophomore Jack O'Brien clocked a personal-best time of 1:50.39 seconds to place fifth overall in a highly competitive field in Albuquerque.
TCU will have a week off before traveling to Austin for the NCAA West Regional.
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