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Lewis
and Deardorff step up to Big West Challenge
Gone
• Junior Charlene Deardorff took home
two titles in the Big West Challenge. CSULB
Sports Information.
By
Matt Pearson
Sports Editor
Online Forty-Niner
The Long Beach State track and field squad
displayed their talented personnel as freshman
Charles Lewis finished in the top three
in sprints and junior Charlene Deardorff
ended the meet with two titles on Saturday.
"This
meet always brings out the best performances,
and I think we performed better than we
have this season," Head Coach Andy
Sythe said.""I think it really
opened a lot of our athletes' eyes as to
what they could accomplish, and that is
what I'm excited about."
On
the men's side, the 49ers finished second
behind UC Irvine, 185-183. UC Santa Barbara
finished with 154, followed by CS Fullerton
with 120. On the women's side, LBSU's total
of 189 finished second behind UC Santa Barbara's
202. CS Fullerton finished third (135),
followed by UC Irvine (94).
Lewis
ran a time of 10.65 to take the 100-meter
event, and also ran a time of 21.45 to win
the 200-meter dash. Lewis was also on the
4x100-meter relay team that finished first
and the 4x100-meter relay team that finished
second.
Deardorff
ran 11.73 to win the 100-meter, which was
an LBSU-best. She was also part of the 4x400-meter
relay team that set a match-record with
a scorching time of 3:46.38. She finished
second in the 200-meters with a time of
24.45, and was on the 4x100-meter relay
team that led the whole race but was unfortunately
disqualified.
Although
freshman Patrice White primarily runs the
100 and 200-meter dash, White came up big
as he finished second in the 400-meter event
with a time of 56.01. Sophomore Emily Forsythe
finished first in the high jump with 5'8.75",
junior Holly Lipscomb topped the competition
in the long jump with 18'2.25", and
freshman Kim Heinz finished first in the
javelin with 152'7".
Other
top finishes included sophomore Donald Carter
who took first in the triple jump with 14.54m,
and junior Haben Hagos finished second in
the same event with 14.46m.
LBSU
are in action on Wednesday as they travel
to Azusa where they will compete in the
California Decathlon-Heptathlon at Mt. SAC.
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