Loebl,
Sampson lead 49ers at Big West meet
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Loebl and Stephanie Sampson led the way
as Long Beach State track and field put
together a strong showing at the Big West
Championship meet over the weekend
Both
Loebl and Sampson won Big West Championship
titles. Loebl carried his season-long success
into the championship meet as he won the
discus event with a throw of 183 feet 9
inches to attain his first ever Big West
title.
Not
to be outdone, Sampson came through in the
hammer throw as she outdistanced the competition
with a throw of 177 feet 3 inches to also
win her first career Big West title.
It
was an all around spectacular meet for Loebl,
a team captain, who finished with all-conference
honors in the discus, hammer throw and shot
put events. After winning the discus Friday
Loebl returned to the track Saturday and
recorded two second place finishes in the
hammer throw and shot put events.
Loebl
recorded a toss of 196 feet 2 inches in
the hammer throw but was outdone by Utah
State’s Ryan Bruhn, who finished in first
place with a throw of 199 feet 4 inches.
Utah State got the best of Loebl again in
the shot put event as Josh Sides placed
first with a toss of 59 feet 10.25 inches,
eclipsing Loebl’s second place toss of 54
feet 2.75 inches.
A
strong fifth place showing in the javelin
competition with a longest attempt of 189
feet 0 inches rounded out Loebl’s weekend.
Loebl’s
accomplishments this season and at the meet
also garnered the senior the Big West
Conference Athlete of the Year award.
Joining
Sampson and Loebl as all-conference honorees
were several other 49er athletes.
Jennifer
Yadon finished the 3,000 meter steeplechase
event in second place with a time of 10
minutes 37.18 seconds to secure her all-conference
honors. Terrence Wroblewski finished third
in the men’s 10,000 meter run with a time
of 31 minutes 34.52 seconds to achieve all-conference
honors as well.
Senior
Frank Rodriguez joined his teammates as
an all-conference honoree as he placed third
in the javelin competition with a throw
of 202 feet 2 inches.
Also
garnering all-conference accolades were
Gladys Iwuaba and Adrian Ruark.
Iwuaba
finished in third place in the triple jump
competition with a score12.45 meters. The
senior missed a second conference honor
in the long jump as she recorded a long
of 5.67 meters but finished fourth behind
Cortney Strafford of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo,
who recorded a jump of 5.73 meters to finish
in third place.
Rurark
was named all-conference for his effort
in the pole vault competition. Ruaurk finished
third behind Giovanni Lannaro [17 feet 8.5
inches] of Cal State Fullerton and John
Takahashi [17 feet 4.5 inches] of Cal Poly
San Luis Obispo, with a vault of 16 feet
4.75 inches.
As
a team the 49ers finished in the middle
of the field. The women’s team finished
sixth in a field of nine teams with an overall
score of 64, while the men only fared marginally
better as they finished fifth in the field
of nine teams with a total score of 81.
The
49ers will return to competition this weekend
at the NCAA Regionals at Stanford then travel
to Sacramento for the NCAA Championships
starting June 11
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