Marquette University Athletics
Marquette University
Badger Track Classic
Marquette Track and Field Back in Action
1/12/2008 12:00:00āÆAM | Track & Field
Jan. 12, 2008
MADISON - Men's Results Women's Results
In its first meet back from the winter break, the Marquette men's and women's track team had success on Saturday in the Badger Track Classic at the Camp Randall Memorial Sports Center, in Madison, Wis.
"Overall, it was a good meet for our first competition after the winter break," head coach Bert Rogers said. "We were rusty in some areas. The throwers came out firing and we all will continue to improve. We have work to do in all of the events. Our goal is to get ready for the BIG EAST indoor championships and we will look forward to heading to Iowa next week to continue to get ready."
Multiple athletes qualified for the BIG EAST Championships, and to date, 18 athletes have qualified in 21 events in the first two meets of the indoor season.
For the men, Tyler O'Brien finished second in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.04. Jay Emmer was third in the 400m, finishing in 51.63, while Eric Meissner placed third in the 600m (1:23.16) and Johnny Wright finished second in the 800m (2:02.33).
Mike McCarthy claimed the mile run, finishing in 4:34.46.
The throwers saw Joseph Kohut place third and Eric Matuszewski fourth in the shot put with throws of 48-4 and 48-2 respectively.
On the women's side, Katlin Millin finished second in the 400m with a time of 59.90, while Sarah Verdoliva was right behind her, coming in third with a 1:00.58 finish.
Cassie Peller and Jayne Grebenski finished in first and second in the 3,000 meter run with times of 10:00.51 and 10:08.39 respectively.
Erynn James was second in the high jump, leaping 5-5.75, while Carrie Schmid broke the Marquette record in the pole jump. Schmid cleared 11-11.75 to win the event.
In the triple jump, Sharon Fritz finished third with a jump of 38-8.
Jenna Mahaffey placed third in the weighted throw, throwing 55-5, while Rachael Thiel threw 49-9.75 to place fifth. Both throws were BIG EAST qualifying marks and personal bests.
The MU track teams will head to the Iowa Invitational on Jan. 19 to compete in the all day meet.
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