March 22, 2003
SAN DIEGO - In its first of two home meets this season, the San Diego State women's track and field squad combined to win six events Saturday at the 2003 Aztec Classic at the SDSU Sports Deck.
Aztec junior Candace Hill (San Diego, Calif.) came away as the big winner of the day, claiming half of the team's first-place finishes with victories in the discus (149-00.00), shot put (47-04.50) and the hammer (147-11.00). Her throw in the shot put was an NCAA regional qualifying mark and a career best, moving her up in the school's top 10 by two spots to fourth all-time. Hill's mark in the hammer was also more than two feet past her previous career best of 145-03.00.
For the second time this year, SDSU junior Tonette Dyer (Shreveport, La.) swept both the 100 and 200 meters. Dyer beat out 37 competitors in the 200, finishing with a season-best time of 24.07. The All-American then edged former Aztec standout and school record-holder Miesha McKelvy in the 100 meters, crossing the line in 11.74, just 0.02 ahead of McKelvy.
The other Aztec event title went to Nicole Ireland (Las Vegas, Nev.) in the triple jump. The junior beat out two of her teammates with a leap of 39-02.25, eighth-best in school history, and also qualified for the NCAA regional meet with a time of 59.24 in the 400 hurdles.
Second-place finishes also went to Lisa Smith (La Mirada, Calif.) in the triple jump (38-06.00), Leslie Miller (Humble, Texas) in the javelin (133-07.00), Alisha Lasswell (Kilbride, Ont.) in the high jump (5-04.00), Shayla Balentine (Los Osos, Calif.) and Jesika Englebretson (Salinas, Calif.) in the pole vault (12-08.25) and the NCAA regional qualifying 4x400-meter relay (3:45.08).
SDSU will be back in action when it travels to the University of Florida for the Florida Relays in Gainesville, Fla., March 28-29.
2003 Aztec Classic Event Winners
Women's Pole Vault 1. Erin Anderson (Paradise Valley) 13-00.25
Men's Pole Vault 1. TBA
Women's High Jump 1. Kristy Laramee (Mid-Vt TC) 5-08.00
Men's High Jump 1. D'Noir Flax (Mt. Sac) 7-00.00
Women's Long Jump 1. Lena Swan (Stars and Strides)19-11.75
Men's Long Jump 1. Kenta Bell (High Performance)25-06.00
Women's Triple Jump 1. Nicole Ireland (SDSU) 39-02.25
Men's Triple Jump 1. Von Ware (High Per. TC) 51-09.00
Women's Discus 1. Candace Hill(SDSU) 149-00.00
Men's Discus 1. TBA
Women's Shot Put 1. Candace Hill (SDSU) 47-04.50^
Men's Shot Put 1. TBA
Women's Hammer 1. Candace Hill (SDSU) 147-11.00
Men's Hammer 1. Rene Bustamante (Unattached) 190-07.00
Women's Javelin 1. Casey Lertorich (UNLV) 148-10^
Men's Javelin 1. Tim Rozborski (El Camino) 207-03
Women's 100 Meters 1. Tonette Dyer (SDSU) 11.74^
Men's 100 Meters 1. Mickey Grimes (Nike) 10.26
Women's 100 Hurdles 1. Natasha Danvers (Nike) 13.52
Men's 110-Meter Hurdles 1. Micah Harris (High Performance TC) 14.11
Women's 200 Meters 1. Tonette Dyer (San Diego State) 24.07
Men's 200 Meters 1. B. Ridley (Stephen Club) 21.37
Women's 400 Meters 1. Brenda Taylor (Sheffield Elite) 52.56
Men's 400 Meters 1. Navarro Jordan (Southern Calif TC) 46.78
Women's 400 Hurdles 1. Brenda Taylor (Sheffield Elite) 55.38
Men's 400 Hurdles 1. Orentheus Hutchinson (Stars & Strides) 52.30
Women's 800 Meters 1. Linetta Wilson (South Bay TC) 2:08.04
Men's 800 Meters 1. Majeed Abudu (Southern Utah) 1:53.56
Women's 1500 Meters 1. Genevieve Ermeling (Puro Pro TC) 4:33.44
Men's 1500 Meters 1. Brad Parker (Southern Utah) 3:56.88
Men's 3000 Meters 1. Shane Dougherty (Santiago Canyon) 8:37.88
Women's 3,000 Meter Steeplechase 1. Krysta Young (Paradise Valley) 11:06.63
Men's 3,000 Meter Steeplechase 1. Cody Moat (Southern Utah) 9:10.93
Women's 5000 Meters 1. Alisha Bezanson (Southern Utah) 17:43.64
Men's 5000 Meters 1. TBA
Women's 4x100 1. UNLV 46.81
Men's 4x100 1. Mt. Sac 40.52
Women's 4x400 1. Sheffield Elite TC 3:39.11
Men's 4x400 1. Mt. SAC 'A' 3:16.13
^ = Reached the 2003 NCAA Women's Regional Qualifying Standard