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Weekend’s Top Stories in Collegiate Track & Field



Duke’s Van Buskirk Runs for 1000-Meter Collegiate Record

BLACKSBURG, Va. -- At this weekend’s Hokie Invitational, hosted by Virginia Tech, Duke’s Kate Van Buskirk came back from anchoring the Blue Devils to a 4x800 victory the night before to win the 1000 meters in a collegiate-record time of 2:41.00.



“In 20 years I’ve never seen a Duke athlete set a collegiate record,” said Director of Track and Field Norm Olgilvie. “It just goes to show how strong our program has become.”



The previous record of 2:41.56 was set in 1989 by Teena Colebrook of Cal Poly. (read more)



Aggies Sweep LSU in First Dual Meet

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (Texas A&M release) -- As the No. 2 Texas A&M women pulled away from No. 3 LSU for a 91-67 victory, the No. 3 Aggie men were tied with No. 2 LSU at 55 and 66 before claiming an 84-75 team win in front of 2,054 fans at Gilliam Indoor Track Stadium.



"It's important for this group to know they are a national caliber team as well as a very good dual meet team," Texas A&M coach Pat Henry said. "We always try to have a balanced track team."



Jessica Beard (women’s 200 and 400) and Gerald Phiri (men’s 60 and 200) supplied sprint doubles to the Aggie effort. (read more)



Ole Miss’ Robertson Sets New Heights in High Jump

JONESBORO, Ark. (Ole Miss release) -- Ricky Robertson broke his own school high jump record again as he posted the top jump in the nation this year to lead the Rebels at the Arkansas State Invitational on Saturday.



Robertson leaped 7-5¾ (2.28m) to break his own record of 7-5 he set earlier this season at the Arkansas State Kickoff Klassic. The jump topped the nation’s previous high mark of 7-5¼ by Indiana’s Derek Drouin and Kansas State’s Erik Kynard from earlier this season.



Southern Illinois’ Berry Tops Uses Collegiate Leader to Top Stacked Field

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Southern Illinois senior Gwen Berry won the women’s weight throw at Indiana’s Gladsetin Invitational on Saturday with a personal-best and collegiate leading throw of 74-6¼ (22.71m). Berry topped teammate Jeneva McCall and defending national champion D’Ana McCarty of Louisville for the victory. The event also snapped McCarty’s nine-meet winning streak that dated back to January 9, 2010.



"Gwen had an excellent throw," said SIU Head Coach Connie Price-Smith. "It was really surprising. She had a really big throw, so that was exciting. Probably the most exciting thing that happened this meet." (read more)





Weekend’s Best Marks

(week ending January 23, 2011, marks unconverted)



MEN

55m
Markus Henderson
Texas Tech
6.16
CL

60m
Joe Morris
Colorado
6.63

Gerald Phiri
Texas A&M
6.63

200m
Kirani James
Alabama
20.58 A
WL, CL

300m
Brandon Byram
Florida State
33.19
CL

400m
Demetrius Pinder
Texas A&M
46.87

500m
Aaron Younger
Rutgers
1:02.73

600yd
LaToy Williams
Texas Tech
1:10.73

600m
Harun Abda
Minnesota
1:17.85

800m
Miles Batty
BYU
1:49.49

1000m
Jeremy Rae
Notre Dame
2:22.53

Mile
David McCarthy
Providence
4:00.74
CL

3000m
Andrew Bayer
Indiana
7:48.35
WL, CL

5000m
Jeff Schirmer
Southern Illinois
14:07.32
CL

55mH
Bryce Brown
Texas Tech
7.19
CL

60mH
Terence Somerville
Cincinnati
7.68
CL

4x400m
South Plains #
3:05.18 (ov)

Texas A&M
3:06.16
WL, CL

Tran Howell (46.93), Tabarie Henry (46.18), Bryan Miller (46.58), Michael Preble (46.48)

4x800m
VMI
7:48.35

Andrey Dmitriev (1:57.16), Dean Gonsalves (1:54.37), Jacob Lysher (1:55.12), Felix Kitur (1:52.10)

DMR
Virginia
14:07.32

Taylor Gilland (3:00.98), Aaron Shepperd (49.70), Drew Paisley (1:52.64), Patrick Todd (4:05.99)

HJ
Ricky Robertson
Mississippi
2.28m
7-5¾
CL

PV
Victor Weirich
BYU
5.50m
18-½
CL

LJ
Bryce Lamb
Texas Tech
7.98m
26-2¼

TJ
Chris Carter
Houston
16.12m
52-10¾

SP
Kurt Roberts
Ashland*
19.42m
62-8¾

WT
Walter Henning
LSU
22.04m
72-3¾
CL

PENT
Evan Davis
Southern Maine**
3347

HEPT
Ben Jasinski
South Dakota State
5429


WOMEN

55m
Terre Evans
Texas Tech
6.90^

60m
Stormy Kendrick
Clemson
7.22
WL, CL

200m
Jessica Beard
Texas A&M
22.95
WL, CL

300m
Marlena West
Clemson
38.09
CL

400m
Jessica Beard
Texas A&M
52.97
CL

500m
Heidy Palacios
Manhattan
1:14.27

600yd
Kianna Elahi
Iowa State
1:21.92 (ov)
CL

600m
Bethany Praska
Iowa
1:29.60

800m
Chanelle Price
Tennessee
2:07.93

1000m
Kate Van Buskirk
Duke
2:41.00

COLLEGIATE RECORD

(old: 2:41.56, Teena Colebrook, Cal Poly, 1989)

Mile
Rebecca Tracy
Notre Dame
4:42.14

3000m
Chelsea Blanchard
Indiana
9:24.41

5000m
Katherine Devlin
Texas A&M
16:50.37

55mH
Kelsey Lloyd
Texas Tech
7.79

60mH
Brianna Rollins
Clemson
8.15

4x400
LSU
3:37.49

Cassandra Tate (54.74), Siedda Herbert (54.66), Jonique Day (54.17), Rebecca Alexander (53.92)

4x800
Duke
8:42.54
CL

Cydney Ross (2:10.15), Esther Vermeer (2:13.02), Devotia Moore (2:15.23), Kate Van Buskirk (2:04.15)

DMR
Virginia
11:21.19
CL

Vanessa Fabrizio (3:32.01), Jennifer Weatherly (57.64), Colette Gnade (2:09.92), Stephanie Garcia (4:41.63)

HJ
Langley Iverson
Utah
1.85m
6-¾

PV
Shade Weygandt
Texas Tech
4.40m
14-5¼

LJ
Sonnisha Williams
Central Florida
6.32m
20-9

TJ
Nkeiruka Domike
Neb.-Omaha*
13.00m^
42-8

SP
Faith Sherrill
Indiana
17.39m^
57-¾

WT
Gwen Berry
Southern Illinois
22.71m
74-6¼
CL

PENT
Malaikah Love
Southern Illinois
3979






^ Athlete/relay has a better mark this season

* NCAA Division II Institution

** NCAA Division III Institution

# Junior College

A – Performance occurred at altitude

(ov) – Performance occurred on an oversized track; not-eligible for WLs

CL – Collegiate-leading mark

WL – World-leading mark (verified by Track & Field News)



Active Collegiate Winning Streaks

(known winning streaks)

Report streaks to tom@ustfccca.org

MEN Individuals & Relays
60m
5: Kind Butler, Indiana



400m
INDOOR FINALS
6: Torrin Lawrence, Georgia (last loss: 5/17/09, SEC Indoor Championships [DNF])



INDOOR RACES
8: Torrin Lawrence, Georgia (last loss: 5/17/09, SEC Indoor Championships [DNF])

Win streak in races finished: (11) does not include DNF at 2009 SEC Indoor (has yet not lost a collegiate race in which he finished)



800m
INDOOR FINALS
3: Robby Andrews, Virginia



INDOOR RACES
5: Robby Andrews, Virginia

60m HURDLES
FINALS
3: Adams Abdulrazaaq, Virginia



RACES
6: Adams Abdulrazaaq, Virginia



4x400m
OVERALL
5: Texas A&M (last loss: 2010 Penn Relays)



OVERALL RACES (all rounds)
7: Texas A&M



INDOOR FINALS
5: Texas A&M (last loss: 2/13/10, 2nd to Texas Tech)

HIGH JUMP
OVERALL
10: Derek Drouin, Indiana (last loss: 2/13/10, Tyson Invitational, 6th place)

All competitions: (12) includes wins in summer 2010 (including Canadian national championships)



POLE VAULT
INDOOR
6: Scott Roth, Washington

(last collegiate loss: 3/14/08, NCAA Indoor Championships [10th place])

All competitions: (8) won two meets in 2009 while redshirting (last loss: 1/31/09, UW Invitational)



TRIPLE JUMP
OVERALL
5: Christian Taylor, Florida (last collegiate loss: 6/13/09, NCAA Championships [3rd place])

Taylor was second at the USATF Championships in 2010

4: Chrys Jones, Centre (last loss: 3/20/10 Rhodes Open)

Jones has won 12 of the last 13 competitions, beginning with the 2009 indoor season



INDOOR
5: Christian Taylor, Florida (lass loss: 2/14/09, Tyson Invitational [5th place])

5: Chrys Jones, Centre (last loss: 2008 NCAA Indoor Championships)



SHOT PUT
INDOOR
6: Vincent Elardo, Monmouth (last loss: 3/6/10, IC4A Indoor)

5: Kurt Roberts, Ashland (last loss: 2/13/10, Akron Invitational)



WEIGHT THROW
6: Walter Henning, LSU (last loss: 3/14/09, NCAA Indoor Championships [4th place])



JAVELIN
FINALS
4: Craig Kinsley, Brown (last loss: 6/12/09, NCAA Championships [3rd place])







WOMEN Individuals & Relays
200m
INDOOR RACES
4: Sheniqua Ferguson, Auburn (last loss: 2/13/10, Tyson Invite [3rd place in heat/7th overall])



3000m
OVERALL
9: Neely Spence, Shippensburg (has not lost as a collegian)



INDOOR
5: Neely Spence, Shippensburg (has not lost as a collegian)



HIGH JUMP
ALL FINALS
4: Amber Kaufman, Hawaii

4: Priscilla Frederick, St. John’s (N.Y.)



TRIPLE JUMP
INDOOR
6: Kim Williams, Florida State

(last loss: 2008 NCAA Indoor Championships, 2nd place to Erica McLain)



PENTATHLON
2: Brianne Theisen, Oregon (last loss: 3/13/09, NCAA Indoor Championships, 3rd place)













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