McCarty Breaks Own School Record in Weight Throw

McCarty Breaks Own School Record in Weight Throw

Junior Thrower Breaks Her Own NCAA Best Mark Share

SOUTH BEND, Ind. - The University of Louisville men's and women's track and field team finished the first day of the Meyo Invitational with a bang as throwers D'Ana McCarty and Jere' Summers (Berkeley High School, CA; Cal State Northridge) took first and second in the women's weight throw.

McCarty broke her own school record with a NCAA automatic qualifying throw of 73-04.50 (22.36m). That mark is currently the best throw of the 2010 indoor season.

Summers placed second, right behind McCarty, with an NCAA automatic qualifying throw of 70-05.75 (21.48m). That mark is currently the second-best throw in the nation behind McCarty.

On the men's side, junior Matt Bruce won the men's 5,000-meter run. Bruce, a native of Oshawa, Ont., picked up an NCAA provisional qualifying mark by finishing in 14:03.36. That mark is currently the fourth-best in the nation this season.

The meet will recommence on Saturday at 9:00 a.m. (CST) with the unseeded section of the women's 3,000-meter run. The meet is tentatively set to conclude at 4:40 p.m. (CST) with the men's 4x400-meter relay.

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Meyo Invitational - South Bend, Ind.
U of L Women's Individual Results
Weight Throw
1 McCarty, D'Ana *#22.36m/73-04.50
2 Summers, Jere' #21.48m/70-05.75
10 Cook, Lindsey 17.43m/57-02.25
18 Kendall, Amashi 16.15m/53-00.00
Long Jump
4 Omenyinma, Chiamaka 6.04m/19-09.75
6 Gehret, Rachel 5.98m/19-07.50
500m Dash
9 Mullany-Banks, Shane (Bishop O'Dowd HS, Oakland) 1:15.14
19 Scott, Rebecca 1:18.50
U of L Men's Individual Results
500m Run
13 Frazier, Jordan 1:04.61
5,000m Run
1 Bruce, Matt P14:03.36
* = School record
# = Automatic NCAA Indoor qualifying mark
P = Provisional NCAA Indoor qualifying mark

Courtesy Louisville