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South Dakota Men and Women Get Three-Peat in GWC Indoor Track and Field
Feb. 28, 2011 New York City, N.Y. - 2011 GWC Indoor Track & Field Results The South Dakota men's and women's track teams captured the 2011 GWC Indoor Track and Field Championships, giving the Coyotes a three-peat and making them the only GWC indoor champions in the league's history. The Coyotes, who won both men's and women's titles in 2009 and 2010, completed their sweep on Monday at the championships held at The Armory Track and Field Center in New York City, N.Y. The women came back from a second-place first day finish to take the championship with a score of 222 points, while the men held their day one lead to win with 170.5 points. The Coyote women’s team won eight events overall, including the distance medley relay captured on Sunday, while the Coyote men won three events. Both teams displayed the depth that has helped them win titles the previous two years. Alexa Duling won the 400-meters with a GWC meet record time of 55.36, and also took the gold in the 200-meters with a 24.80. Gabriel Williams captured the 60-meter dash with a 7.69 after setting a new GWC record in the prelims with a time of 7.58, while Morgana Running won the 800-meter run with a GWC meet record 2:13.33. Jasmine Mosley earned the shot put title with a distance of 13.99m, and Kenna Wolter claimed the triple jump for the second straight year with a leap of 12.10m. The three men's events won by South Dakota were the 800 meters, the triple jump and the high jump. Casey Shade repeated as the men's 800-meter run champion with a GWC meet record time of 1:53.30, while Cody Linder also successfully defended his triple-jump title with a jump of 14.41m, besting his record of 14.28m set last year. Utah Valley finished second in both the men's and women's standings with 138.5 and 154 points, respectively. The Wolverine men won the mile run, pole vault, 60m and 200m, and 4x400m relay. Tim Rowberry won the mile run with a GWC meet record of 4:10.53, while Matt Williams took the pole vault with a winning vault of 4.55m. Allah Laryea-Akrong was a double winner, taking the 60m with a time of 6.80 and the 200m with a GWC meet record time of 21.54. Laryea-Akrong also came away from the championships with a GWC meet record in the 60m as he posted a 6.79 in the prelims. The UVU team of Drew Clarke, Allah Laryea-Akrong, Akwasi Frimpong and Skylar Burningham won the 4x400m relay in a GWC record time of 3:20.37. The Wolverine women took the weight throw and high jump, with Becky Reeves winning the weight throw with a 16.75m and Makira Kuan winning the high jump with a jump of 1.65m. UVU also won the 4x400 relay with a GWC meet record time of 3:48.99. The team of Zandrea Nelson, Rebecca Brown, Sally Hansen and Chelsea Baker edged out HBU which finished second in 3:49.50. Houston Baptist finished third in the men's meet with 122 points and fourth in the women's standings with 81.5 points. The HBU men were led by Men's Athlete of the Year honoree Jonathan Staples, who won the long jump with a 7.29 GWC meet record distance. Jake Adkins took the shot put with a mark of 15.69m, and Maximo Mendoza successfully defended his 5000m title with a 15:03.18. Mendoza finished second in the 3000m to North Dakota's Josh LeBlanc, who had finished second to Mendoza in the 5000m. Lindsay Anderson, who was honored as the GWC Women's Athlete of the Year, won three events to lead the North Dakota women to a third-place finish of 102 points. Anderson posted a 5:00.53 time in the mile run, while winning the 3000m in a time of 10:02.32. She set a new GWC meet record with her winning time of 17:28.64 in the 5000m. Jessica Butler also won for the Fighting Sioux in the 60m hurdles, where she set a new GWC meet record with a time of 8.74. On the men's side for UND, LeBlanc won the 3000m in a GWC meet record time of 8:31.15, helping the Sioux to a fourth-place men's standing with 59 points. Rounding out the women's team standings were Seattle with 46 points, led by Emily Walters winning long jump of 5.56m, Texas-Pan American with 33.5 points, Chicago State with 16 points and NJIT with seven points. The men's standings finished with Seattle in fifth place with 55 points, followed by Texas-Pan American with 52 points, NJIT with 31 points and Chicago State with 30 points.
Seattle's men were led by Zach Stanfield who set a GWC meet record with a winning 400m time of 48.76. Texas-Pan American's Oscar Barrera won the weight throw with a distance of 16.78 and the Broncs' distance medley relay team of Andrew Lopez, Guillermo Martinez, Wally Gonzales and Omar Doria placed first with a time of 10:12.75. Chicago State's Kelvin White won the 60m hurdles in a GWC meet record time of 8.33. 2011 GWC Indoor Track and Field Awards Women Athlete of the Year - Lindsay Anderson - UND Freshman of the Year - Tansha Clarke - USD Coach of the Year - Lucky Huber - USD Most Outstanding Performance Award -Bethany Buell - USD - Pole Vault (13'6) Men Athlete of the Year - Jonathan Staples - HBU Freshman of the Year - Kelvin White - CSU Coach of the Year - Dave Gottsleben - USD Most Outstanding Performance Award - Tim Rowberry - UVU - Mile Run (4:10)
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