2008 Woodie Awards
Track team prepares for upcoming MIAA Championship
Erik Johnson
Issue date: 5/2/08 Section: Sports
The Southwest Baptist men's and women's track teams took to the track for their final tune-up for the MIAA Championship last weekend at the Bob Laptad/Bill Williams Invitational.
The meet started out well for the Bearcats as sophomores Michael McCampbell and Cameron Ayers took their first shot at the 3,000-meter steeplechase.
McCampbell used a strong second half of the race to pass a couple of competitors on his way to a second place finish (10 minutes, 13 seconds). Ayers also ran well for his time in such a unique event by finishing fourth in 10:32.
After the steeplechase, the meet took on the speed the Bearcats have become accustomed to this year - slow. Due to problems with the timing system and scoreboard, the meet was delayed for more than an hour while the women's 4x100-meter relay team of freshman Kassidy Porter and sophomores Jennifer Gillespie, Katie Ware and Jenny Blair waited.
Once the timing system was fixed, the SBU relay team responded with a school record and second place finish. The team's time of 49.59 seconds just clipped the old record of 49.63 that was set last year.
Once the 4x100 relay was done, Gillespie and Porter had to regroup quickly as they had almost no time before the start of their next race.
Competing in the 100-meter hurdles, Gillespie turned in a personal best of 15.48 seconds, which was good for third place.
In her second race of the day, Porter took fourth place in the 400-meter dash with a time of one minute, 1.19 seconds.
On the men's side of the 400-meter dash, junior Jeff Weseloh continued his breakout season by taking third in 50.12 seconds. The time marked a personal best for Weseloh and ranks him eighth in the conference, heading into next week.
After the 400, Blair took to the line for her second race of the day, the 100-meter dash. In an event where the 'Cats usually struggle to place, Blair edged out the competition by one one-hundredth of a second to take first place in 12.54 seconds. Blair now ranks in the top-eight in the MIAA in the 100 and 200.
The meet started out well for the Bearcats as sophomores Michael McCampbell and Cameron Ayers took their first shot at the 3,000-meter steeplechase.
McCampbell used a strong second half of the race to pass a couple of competitors on his way to a second place finish (10 minutes, 13 seconds). Ayers also ran well for his time in such a unique event by finishing fourth in 10:32.
After the steeplechase, the meet took on the speed the Bearcats have become accustomed to this year - slow. Due to problems with the timing system and scoreboard, the meet was delayed for more than an hour while the women's 4x100-meter relay team of freshman Kassidy Porter and sophomores Jennifer Gillespie, Katie Ware and Jenny Blair waited.
Once the timing system was fixed, the SBU relay team responded with a school record and second place finish. The team's time of 49.59 seconds just clipped the old record of 49.63 that was set last year.
Once the 4x100 relay was done, Gillespie and Porter had to regroup quickly as they had almost no time before the start of their next race.
Competing in the 100-meter hurdles, Gillespie turned in a personal best of 15.48 seconds, which was good for third place.
In her second race of the day, Porter took fourth place in the 400-meter dash with a time of one minute, 1.19 seconds.
On the men's side of the 400-meter dash, junior Jeff Weseloh continued his breakout season by taking third in 50.12 seconds. The time marked a personal best for Weseloh and ranks him eighth in the conference, heading into next week.
After the 400, Blair took to the line for her second race of the day, the 100-meter dash. In an event where the 'Cats usually struggle to place, Blair edged out the competition by one one-hundredth of a second to take first place in 12.54 seconds. Blair now ranks in the top-eight in the MIAA in the 100 and 200.
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