Frogs Enjoy Solid Day To Wrap-Up Tyson Invitational
2/12/2011 12:00:00 AM
Feb. 12, 2011
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - The Horned Frog track and field program concluded action at the 2011 Tyson Invitational Saturday.
"We wrapped up the weekend with a pretty good day today," TCU head coach Darryl Anderson said. "Our field event kids did a great job. Kelsey Samuels came away with a personal best in the shot at 52 feet, 7 inches to finish in second and Stormy Harrison came in third. On the men's side, Cameron Tabor picked up the pace and keeps preparing himself for conference and Cameron Parker continues to be consistent in the triple jump. Our women's mile relay has also been consistent and finished second in our heat."
Sophomore Kelsey Samuels had a stellar day in the women's shot put, tossing a personal-best 52 feet, 7 ¼ inches for silver medal honors. The distance currently ranks tops in the MWC and 15th in the country. TCU hasn't had a woman throw a shot that far since former Frog All-American Stevanie Wadsworth-Ferguson (1992-94). Senior Stormy Harrison followed in third place with a season's best distance of 51 feet, 8 ½ inches.
In the men's shot put, sophomore Cameron Tabor also performed well, earning third place honors with a seasonal-best toss of 56 feet, 3 inches. The mark moves Tabor into second overall in the MWC and sixth overall in the nation.
The women's 4x400 quartet of Quinterra Charles, Kristal Juarez, Teneshia Peart and Jessica Young stormed around the track at 3:35.44 to claim third place overall and remains the top relay squad in the MWC. On the men's side, Frogs' team of Lavon Collins, Jordan Pitts, Jack O'Brien and Sean Zurko placed third in the their heat.
Junior Whitney Gipson earned 10th place honors in the women's triple jump, leaping 38 feet, 10 1/2 inches in her second attempt. Saturday was Gipson's triple jump debut for TCU in the 2011 season, ranking fifth in the conference. Cameron Parker exploded for a mark of 51 feet, 3 ¾ inches to garner eighth place honors in the men's long jump invitational.
Other highlights on the first day of competition included Agnes Kemboi (7th) and Kelly Dawson (8th) finishing back-to-back in the women's 3,000 meters. In the men's 200 meter dash, senior Mychal Dungey won his heat with a seasonal-best time and place 17th overall. The three-time All-American crossed the finish line with the top-time in the Mountain West Conference this season at 21.38 seconds.
"There is still a lot of room for improvement and it looks like the weather forecast looks good for the next 10 days, so we should be able to train," Anderson said. "The one thing that is very clear to me is that we obviously need to train and we haven't been able to do that for the last two weeks. As we move forward in preparations for the conference meet, things can only get better."
TCU will now focus on getting ready for the 2011 Mountain West Conference Indoor Championships in Albuquerque, N.M., Feb. 24-26.
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