May 7, 2005
LOS ANGELES - Junior Nicole Carmier took third of 38 competitors in the 800-meter run to lead the San Diego State track and field team at the Oxy Invitational in Los Angeles on Saturday afternoon.
Carmier was the top collegiate finisher with a NCAA regional qualifying and personal-best time of 2 minutes, 8.50 seconds. The 2004 Olympic trials fifth-place finisher, Frances Santin, won the event in 2:03.08.
Two other Aztecs - sophomore Manhattan College transfer Lisa Naucler (seventh place, 2:10.32) and sophomore Nicole Rothert (24th, 2:19.89) - set personal-best times in the 800, while sophomore Ali Baker was 20th in the 1,500 with a 10-second personal-best time of 4:52.23.
SDSU heads to Fort Collins, Colo., next week to compete in the Mountain West Conference Championships, beginning May 11 and running through May 14.
Oxy Invitational
SDSU Results Only
800
3. Nicole Carmier, 2:08.50
7. Lisa Naucler, 2:10.32
24. Nicole Rothert, 2:19.89
1,500
20. Ali Baker, 4:52.23.