6/21/1999 12:00:00 AM | Women's Track & Field
May 21, 1999
FT. COLLINS, COLO - The first full day of competition concluded in Ft. Collins, Colo. and the Rebels are in eighth place with 17 points. BYU is leading the meet currently with 68.5 points and the nearest competitor is San Diego State with 35 points.
Heather Steadham finished second in the heptathlon Thursday to earn the Rebels their first eight points of the meet. Steadham finished with 4835 points behind Aja Frary of San Diego State who had 5152 points. In competition Friday, Jessica Marable had the second best throw in the shot put with a distance of 51'05.50 as she collected 8 points. The Rebels only other scorer was Charlotte McGee in the pole vault. McGee took eighth place and one point for her jump of 10'06.00.
A number of the preliminary races were run Friday as well. Alicia Tyson had the best time of the meet in the 100-meter dash. Tyson ran to a time of 11.49. Freshman Michelle Davis holds the second best time in both the 200-meter dash ( 23.65) and the 400-meter dash (53.03) in prelims. Her time in the 400 was a NCAA provisional qualifying time. Eulista Clemons was second in her heat of the 800 meters with a time of 2:12.52. Rounding out the top performers was Angie Fortner who took third in heat two of prelims with a 4:44.40 mark in the 1500-meter run.
The meet concludes tomorrow with field events and the 100, 400, 800, 1500, and the 5000, the 100 and 400 hurdles, and the 4x100 and 4x400 relays.
TEAM RESULTS THROUGH DAY THREE1. BYU 68.52. San Diego St. 353. Colorado St. 294. Fresno St. 27.55. SMU 226. New Mexico 197. Wyoming 188. UNLV 179. Utah 1110. Air Force 1111. Rice 612. TCU 513. UTEP 4
