Marquette University
C-USA Championships
Men's Track Finishes Sixth at C-USA Championships
5/12/2001 12:00:00 AM | Men's Outdoor Track
May 12, 2001
TAMPA, Fla. - The Marquette men's track team finished sixth among 10 teams at the 2001 Conference USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships on the campus of South Florida.
Sixteen finals were held on the final day in the men's division with MU picking up one victory. Senior Greg Uher was the winner in the discus with a throw of 177 feet, two inches. He picked up 10 points toward the Golden Eagles' team total.
Marquette picked up two second place finishes, each earning eight team points in the overall competition. Ryan Jacobson turned in a time of 1:51.86 in the 800 meters to place behind Clement Abai of Tulane who posted a 1:50.51. Also finishing second for MU was Joe Herrington in the 5,000 meters. Solomon Kandie of Tulane won the event with a time of 14:45.05. Herrington came in at just over a second behind with a time of 14:46.38.
Marek Krawczyk turned in a third place performance in the 400 meters with a time of 47.62. He placed behind Chris Ingram of Memphis (47.33) and Kenny Johnson of Southern Miss (47.35).
Other point scorers for MU in the final day of the meet were Brian Hardin (sixth, 400 meters), Ken Mueller (fifth, 800 meters), Luke Kunze (fourth, 1,500 meters), Nic Wurcherer (fifth, 110 meter hurdles) and the 4x400 meter relay team (fourth).
FINAL MEN'S STANDINGS 1. Cincinnati 104 6. South Florida 81 2. Memphis 103 Marquette 81 3. Houston 98 8. Tulane 79 4. Charlotte 87 9. DePaul 50 5. Southern Miss 84 10. Louisville 49100 Meter Dash -- FINAL 1. Foster, Robert, Houston 10.32 2. Day, Fred, Houston 10.47 3. Crawford, Larry, Memphis 10.48
200 Meter Dash -- FINAL 1. Foster, Robert, Houston 20.70 2. Crawford, Larry, Memphis 21.15 3. Day, Fred, Houston 21.38
400 Meter Dash -- FINAL 1. Ingram, Chris, Memphis 47.33 2. Johnson, Kenny, Southern Miss 47.35 3. Krawzcyk, Marek, Marquette 47.62 6. Hardin, Brian, Marquette 48.77
800 Meter Run -- FINAL 1. Abai, Clement, Tulane 1:50.51 2. Jacobson, Ryan, Marquette 1:51.86 3. Gang, Isaac, Southern Miss 1:52.29 5. Mueller, Ken, Marquette 1:52.78
1,500 Meter Run -- FINAL 1. Salo, Janerick, South Florida 3:51.65 2. Kandie, Solomon, Tulane 3:52.78 3. Smith, Andrew, South Florida 3:54.38 4. Kunze, Luke, Marquette 3:55.49
5,000 Meter Run -- FINAL 1. Kandie, Solomon, Tulane 14:45.05 2. Herington, Joe, Marquette 14:46.38 3. Sherry, Vince, Charlotte 14:47.74
110 Meter High Hurdles -- FINAL 1. Riley, Wenston, Southern Miss 13.74 2. Atkins, Henry, Charlotte 13.98 3. Davis, Delando, Tulane 14.17 5. Wucherer, Nic, Marquette 14.44 9. Harvey, Cameron, Marquette 14.58
400 Meter Int Hurdles -- FINAL 1. Hon, Brandon, Cincinnati 51.68 2. Harmon, Kris, Memphis 52.05 3. Daley, George, Southern Miss 52.13 6. Wucherer, Nic, Marquette 54.69
4x100 Meter Relay -- FINAL 1. Memphis 40.19 2. Southern Miss 40.65 3. Cincinnati 41.36
4x400 Meter Relay -- FINAL 1. Memphis 3:11.00 2. Cincinnati 3:13.02 3. Southern Miss 3:13.22 4. Marquette 3:14.27
High Jump -- FINAL 1. Baxter, Jimmy, South Florida 7'02.50 2. Burkholder, Jared, Cincinnati 7'00.50 3. Ketterl, Stephen, So. Florida 6'10.75
Pole Vault -- FINAL 1. Wolfe, Mike, Louisville 15'07.00 2. Yoder, Mike, Cincinnati 15'07.00 3. Wineberg, Chris, Cincinnati 15'01.00
Triple Jump -- FINAL 1. Comrie, Noel, Tulane 52'01.75 2. Pullins, Dywon, So. Miss 51'01.00 3. Osabutey, Emmaneul, So. Miss 50'03.25
Discus -- FINAL 1. Uher, Greg, Marquette 177'02.00 2. Wawrysh, John, Louisville 171'04.00 3. Marsh, Rory, South Florida 166'05.00 12. Roussel, Heath, Marquette 132'07.00
Javelin -- FINAL 1. Junius, Nathan, Tulane 218'10.00 2. Doughty, Greg, Memphis 192'03.00 3. Bondurant, Andre, So. Fla. 184'11.00
