Sports > April 19, 2007
Track sees success before the cancellation of meet
By Michael Parker | Staff writer
The Wake men’s and women’s track and field teams competed in the Sea Ray Relays April 13-14, in Knoxville, Tenn.
The event served as Wake’s final tuneup before the ACC championships, April 19-21.
However, the event was hit by the rain storms that plagued the east coast all weekend and was cancelled, with four events in progress.
The cancellation was the first in the event’s 41 year history.
The four events still in progress were the men’s open javelin, long jump and women’s shot put and long jump.
Wake’s star of the weekend was senior distance runner Michelle Sikes, who ran a 4:19.07 in the 1,500 meter run.
The time was good enough to win the event and beat the regional standard by over 8 seconds.
Wake finished in the top five in the women’s 4x100 meter shuttle race.
The team of freshmen Caroline Vaughn and Alexandra Gove, junior Molly Kennedy and senior Kristen Edgar placed third in the event with a time of 59.80.
Also placing in the top five was Wake’s women’s 4x1,500 relay team, who finished second with a time of 19:26.67.
The team consisted of freshmen Whitney Curry and Kelly Polisin, junior Caitlin Chrisman and redshirt sophomore Merry Placer, who were edged out by Virginia Tech with a time of 18:22.65.
On the men’s side, junior Chris Catton ran a seasonal best of 1:52.98 in the 800-meter run, placing 22nd in the finals of the event.
In the field, senior Catherine Muehleib finished 6th in the shot put competition with a toss 42-7.
Sophomore Carly Mauch placed fourth in the javelin competition with a 129-11, who was barely edged out of the top three by University of Richmond thrower Beth Crocus, who threw 130-02.
Freshman Tyler Dodds finished 32nd in the finals of the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.01. The winner of the event, Demi Omole from Wisconsin University ran a 10.28.
The Wake Forest track team will travel to compete April 19-21 in the ACC Championships at College Park, Md., at the University of Maryland.
Tickets are available for the event and are free.