April 7, 2000
LAS VEGAS - Southern Utah leads the men's competition and Idaho is atop the women's standings after the first day of competition of the UNLV Track and Field Invitational at Myron Partridge Stadium and Sheila Tarr Smith Field Friday.
Idaho scored 34 points through the only two events contested on Friday - the hammer and the shot put. The Vandals went 1-2 in the hammer, with Aloha Santiago winning the event (165-3) and Molly Leonard finishing second (158-2).
Shana Ball gave the Vandals a second victory as she topped UNLV's Jessica Marable in the shot put. Ball tossed a NCAA provisional qualifying mark of 51-2.75. Marable, who only used one throw, finished second with a mark of 50-10.25, which also provisionally qualifies her for the NCAA Championships.
Western State follows Idaho in the team standings with 12 points while both BYU and UNLV have 10 apiece.
On the men's side, Troy Ford of Southern Utah won the shot put with a heave of 52-0 while teammate Gjaison White finished second (50-8.25) to lead a 1-2 finish by the Thunderbirds and give them a slight 19-16 edge in the team standings of Western State.
J.D. McCormack was the men's hammer throw winner (138-4) and led a 1-2 finish by the Mountaineers.
Action in the second and final day of the meet will resume tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. with the women's javelin and pole vault. Running events will begin at 11:00 a.m. and should continue through 4:00.
WOMEN'S OVERALL STANDINGS (Day 1)Idaho 34Western State College 12UNLV 10BYU 10Southern Utah 9Cal State Dominguez Hills 0
MEN'S OVERALL STANDINGS (Day 1)Southern Utah 19Western State College 16BYU 0
WOMEN'S FINAL RESULTSSHOT PUT1. Shana Ball Idaho 15.61m 51-02.752. Jessica Marable UNLV 15.50m 50-10.253. Katja Schieiber Idaho 15.01m 49-03.004. Aloha Santiago Idaho 13.88m 45-06.505. Katie Tuttle Idaho 13.58m 44-06.756. Kassandra Harrell SUU 13.28m 43-07.007. Natasha Clove SUU 13.26m 43-06.008. Jamila McCoy WSC 12.55m 41-02.259. Chantel Yates UNLV 11.97m 39-03.2510. Vanessa Wynne WSC 11.84m 38-10.2511. Heather Steadham UNLV 11.73m 38-06.0012. Mary Caruso Idaho 11.40m 37-05.0013. Nicole Martinez UNLV 11.09m 36-04.75 Luana Vaimagalo WSC 11.09m 36-04.7515. Aimee Nichols BYU 11.01m 36-01.50 Charissge Reider WSC SCR SCR
HAMMER THROW1. Aloha Santiago Idaho 50.36m 165-03.002. Molly Leonard Idaho 48.22m 158-02.003. Salote O'Reilly BYU 47.69m 156-05.504. Mary Caruso Idaho 44.30m 145-04.005. Jamila McCoy WSC 41.65m 136-07.506. Aimee Nichols BYU 39.51m 129-08.007. Vanessa Wynne WSC 38.16m 125-03.008. Luana Vaimagalo WSC 37.24m 122-02.009. Katie Tuttle Idaho 36.52m 119-10.0010. Carrie Swinney WSC 36.50m 119-09.00
MEN'S FINAL RESULTSSHOT PUT1. Troy Ford SUU 15.85m 52-00.002. Gjaison White SUU 15.45m 50-08.253. J.D. McCormack WSC 14.43m 47-04.254. Brad Wyatt SUU 12.46m 40-10.50
HAMMER THROW1. J.D. McCormack WSC 42.17m 138-04.002. Chris Bomba WSC 41.32m 135-07.003. Gjaison White SUU 39.76m 130-06.004. John Mikesell WSC 39.58m 129-10.005. Troy Ford SUU 34.42m 112-11.00
