Patriots Compete at Texas Tech Indoor Invitational
2/8/2010 1:35:09 PM
Junior Tabbitha Ashford and the Women's Distance Medley Relay lead the DBU Patriot Track and Field teams at the Texas Tech Indoor Invitational this past weekend. Ashford finished second overall in the Women's Mile and ran the 400m leg on the Women's DMR as they won the event, smashed the school record, and provisionally qualified for the NCAA DII Indoor National Championships.
Ashford was followed in by teammate Monica Zuniga in seventh place with an NCCAA qualifying mark of 5:35.57.
The Women's DMR ran a provisional qualifying time of 12:08.81 to win the race; team members included Laura Mucho (1200m leg), Tabbitha Ashford (400m leg), Ashley Alford (800m leg), and Hannah Steffan (Mile leg). Currently the women are ranked 7th in DII.
The Men had a run of personal bests as well as Freshmen Tommy Parker, Andrew Price, Caleb Collins, Sophomores Zach Morgan, John Millsap, Jordan Koser and Senior Felix Rodriguez all set their best marks. Parker and Koser set PR's in the 800 meters with times of 2:02.31 and 2:04.42. Price ran personal bests in the 400m and 200m with times of 54.40 and 24.66. Morgan set his best in the 5000 meters with a time of 16:06.05, while Collins, Millsap, and Rodriguez all set PR's in the Mile with times of 4:44.62, 4:35.55, and 4:27.35.
The majority of the Patriots are off this weekend before heading to the NCCAA Indoor National Championships in Cedarville, Ohio. Seniors Laura Mucho and Hannah Steffan will be competing at the University of Washington Dempsey Invite this Friday in the 5000 meters as they chase an NCAA automatic qualifying time.