MARCH 30, 2003

PALADIN TRACK TEAMS COMPETE AT EMORY CLASSIC

ATLANTA, Georgia -- The Furman women’s track team placed fourth with 61.50 points and the men took 11th with 26 points at the annual Emory Classic, Saturday, March 29, in Atlanta, Ga.

Regan LeBlanc, the reigning Southern Conference champion in the javelin, won the Emory Classic event on Saturday with a throw of 180’1”. Other top Furman finishes included a second place time of 3:58.65 by Tyler Johnson in the 1500m run, a seventh place showing in the 800m run (1:57.00) by Chris DeCamps, a seventh place finish in the 3000m steeplechase (10:19.67) by Ben Whitaker, and a seventh-place leap of 41’5-3/4” by Kenny Surkin in the triple jump.

The Lady Paladin track team was paced by sprinter Candii Woodson, who placed second in the 100m dash with a time of 12.72, and took third in the 200m with a 26.58 mark. In addition, Bev Roberts placed second in the 1500m run in 4:54.72, Katie Poole placed third in the 3000m steeplechase in 11:47.31, and Whitney Sharp was fourth in the 10,000m run in 38:30.27.

The Paladin track teams will host the annual Furman Invitational next Saturday, April 5, at the Irwin Belk Complex for Track and Field/Kelsey-West Track on the campus of Furman University.

Complete Furman Results

Women - 4th of 25 - 61.50 points
100m Dash
2nd Candii Woodson 12.72
200m Dash
3rd Candii Woodson 26.58
800m Run
3rd Sarah Johnson 2:22.21
10th Suzanna Bailey 2:27.47
1500m Run
2nd Bev Roberts 4:54.72
5th Tessa Cook 5:00.23
7th Brittany Thompson 5:03.87
5000m Run
5th Molly Mungovan 18:58.40
10,000m Run
4th Whitney Sharp 38:30.27
8th Rebekah Potts 41:15.85
11th Meg Langhauser 42:39.45
3000m Steeplechase
3rd Katie Poole 11:47.31
4x100m 3rd Furman 49.64
4x400m 5th Furman 4:11.88
High Jump
7th Amanda Owens 4’9”
Triple Jump
9th Crystal Dobson 32’7-3/4”
12th Leslie Elliott 31’2-1/2”

Men - 11th of 22 - 26 points
100m
19th/prelem Ahman Peeples 11.86
26th/prelem Lawrence Hilton 12.03
400m
26th Edward vander Heijden 54.87
800m
7th Chris DeCamps 1:57.00
11th Andrew Mullen 1:58.68
24th Luke Gittmeier 2:02.67
25th Josh Shadle 2:02.87
1500m
2nd Tyler Johnson 3:58.65
20th Grady Powell 4:15.05
24th Clay Nolen 4:17.78 5000m
30th Frank Akers 17:06.80
35th Hunter Hicklin 17:34.26
10,000m
13th Mitch Gober 34:24.56
3000m Steeplechase
7th Ben Whitaker 10:19.67
4x400m 7th Furman 3:29.25
Long Jump
17th Kenny Surkin 18’8”
Triple Jump
7th Kenny Surkin 41’5-3/4”
Shot Put
35th Kelsey Grodzicki 30’4-1/4”
Hammer
18th Kelsey Grodzicki 82’
Javelin
1st Regan LeBlanc 180’1”