Wednesday, February 04, 2009

MACON, Ga. - The ETSU track and field team closed out the 31st Niswonger Invitational with a bang on Saturday, as five Buccaneer athletes claimed titles. Senior Heidi Dahl set an NCAA provisional mark in the mile run, earning her a third Athlete of the Week award, the conference announced Wednesday.

The Orem, Utah, native, now the ninth fastest miler in the collegiate level, set a time of 4:43.85 to not only win the event but break her previous ETSU mark and better her NCAA Provisional time, which she set two weeks ago at Kentucky (4:47.39).

Dahl, was back in action for the first time since breaking Val Urchison’s ETSU record in the mile at Kentucky, clipped time off her provisional mark on Saturday evening. The interdisciplinary studies major blew past the 15-woman field. Wake Forest’s Anna Noesnko was nowhere near catching Dahl, as she finished second in 4:56.07.

The Buccaneers return to action on Friday when they compete at the two-day Virginia Tech Invitational.

Other Top Performers:
Jessica Lumpkin, Kennesaw State (Weight Throw - Calhoun, Ga. - So. - History Education) --Placed second in the weight throw at the Niswonger Invitational with a throw of 16.44m to set a Kennesaw State record.

Emily Tangwar, USC Upstate (Distance - Eldoret, Kenya - So. - Nursing) -- Tangwar earned a fourth-place finish of nearly 60 runners in the 3,000-meter run with a 10:22.77 finish. Tangwar finished behind only runners of Georgia State and Queens. Tangwar also had a solid performance in the mile run, where she finished first in her heat and posted another overall top-ten finish, finishing seventh of 57 with a time of 5:19.88, even after running the 3,000 meters shortly before competeting.

Jocelya Webb, Campbell (Jumps - Creedmoor, N.C. - Sr. - Biology) -- Senior Jocelya Webb tied for the title in the women's high jump, posting a leap of 1.63 meters along with North Carolina’s Alexandra Coppadge and Richmond’s Megan Ney. The win was Webb's first of the indoor season, and the second of her career. Webb holds a share of the Campbell women's indoor and outdoor records, setting those marks last season.

Weekly Notes:
Campbell: Junior Desiree John broke the Campbell women's 60 meter hurdles record for the second time this season, highlighting the Camels' efforts over the weekend at the Carolina Classic. John’s school record performance, a 9.14 in the event’s preliminaries, seeded her third in the finals, but the junior ended the event in fourth with a time of 9.36. Freshman Courtney Raynor also set a new Campbell record in the indoor pole vault, registering a mark of 3.10 meters to break Ginger Dulaney’s record of 2.90 meters, set in 2003. Raynor placed third on the day, while North Carolina’s Abby Kimball won the event with a mark of 3.40 meters.

Camels took the second, third and fourth positions in the women's 400 meter dash, with John taking the number two spot in the race with a time of 58.43. Senior Karlyn Duncan and freshman Courtney Kinlaw took the three and four positions with times of 59.04 and 59.13, respectively. Senior Jocelya Webb tied for the title in the women’s high jump, posting a leap of 1.63 meters along with North Carolina's Alexandra Coppadge and Richmond’s Megan Ney. The Campbell 4x400 meter squad finished as the runner-up in its event, posting a 3:55.56 with John, Duncan, Kinlaw and junior Jen Anderson. Sophomore Baillie Locke also finished sixth in the women’s 3000 meters, posting a personal mark of 10:38.29.