McCarty Breaks Own School Record in Weight Throw
Junior Thrower Breaks Her Own NCAA Best Mark
 
Weight Thrower D'Ana McCarty

Weight Thrower D'Ana McCarty

Feb. 5, 2010

Complete Results

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 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	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

 

 

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