March 13, 2010
NCAA Indoor Championship Complete Results | Aztec Track and Field Classic Complete Results
SAN DIEGO - Senior Karoline Koehler wrapped up a stellar career with San Diego State when she finished fourth in the triple jump on the final day of the 2010 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships in Fayetteville, Ark. Redshirt junior Stephanie James, meanwhile, finished in a tie for 12th in the pole vault, while the rest of the Aztecs competed in the Aztec Track and Field Classic.
Koehler earned her sixth career All-America certificate with a school-record jump of 44 feet, 10 ¾ inches. Koehler was in sixth after her first three jumps, but vaulted into fourth place with her personal-best leap in the final flight. Yesterday, Koehler was fourth in the long jump with a school-record effort of 21-07.50.
James finished in a tie for 12th in the pole vault with Purdue's Brianna Neumann with a jump of 13-09.25. James came into the weekend with the school record, the Mountain West Conference record and the MWC championship meet record mark of 14-01.25 in the event.
The rest of the SDSU team continued its start to the outdoor season at the Aztec Track and Field Classic. Eight Aztecs won their respective event, including Kai Wheeler in the triple jump, Katie Morgan in the pole vault and Nicole Stone in the 400-meter dash. Wheeler set a collegiate best mark in the triple jump of 40-07.00, the sixth-best mark in school history. Morgan vaulted 13-01.50, a San Diego State personal best and seventh-best in program history, while Stone put together one of the fastest 400's in the country this early in the season with a time of 53.93.
Other winners in the invite events on the day were Alicia King in the 100 (12.24), Josefine Koskinen in the 800 (2:14.16), Alma Escobar in the 5,000 (18:51.63) and Kierstan Kirkland in the 400-meter hurdles (1:03.46).
SDSU will be back in action on Saturday (March 20) at the Trojan Invitational in Los Angeles, Calif.
NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships Fayetteville, Ark. Day Two Results
Final Team Scores (First five and SDSU listed out of 61 scoring teams) 1. Oregon - 61; 2. Tennessee - 36; 3. LSU - 35; 4. Florida - 33; 5. Texas A&M - 31; T-21. SDSU - 10.
Individual Results Pole Vault: T-12. Stephanie James- 13-09.25
Triple Jump: 4. Karoline Koehler - 44-10.75
Aztec Track and Field Classic San Diego, Calif. Day Two Results (No Team Scores; SDSU individual results listed only)
100 Meters Invite: 1. Alicia King - 12.24; 3. Amber Waddell - 12.77
200 Meters Invite: 6. Thoraya Maronsey - 28.07
400 Meters Invite: 1. Nicole Stone - 53.93; 2. Jessika Hornsby - 57.33
800 Meters Invite: 1. Josefine Koskinen - 2:14.16; 5. AnSherae Devine - 2:26.83
1,500 Meters Invite: 7. Michelle Martinez - 4:50.36; 10. Sara Beyers - 5:03.02; 12. Leigh Rutherford - 5:18.38
3,000 Meters Invite: 5. Makenzie Mabry - 12:25.49
5,000 Meters Invite: 1. Alma Escobar - 18:51.63; 3. Jordan Davis - 19:05.66; 4. Missy Bunn - 20:03.94
100-Meter Hurdles Invite: 2. Annimari Korte - 14.18; 3. Briana Johnson - 14.47; 5. Kierstan Kirkland - 15.08; 11. Julianne Alarcio - 15.98
400-Meter Hurdles Invite: 1. Kierstan Kirkland - 1:03.46; 6. Kelsey Kaster - 1:10.17
4x100-Meter Relay: 1. San Diego State `A' - 47.23
High Jump Invite: 2. Natalie Peterson - 5-03.00; 3. Sarah Kaster - 5-03.00; 4. Kelsey Kaster - 5-01.00; 4. Kierstan Kirkland - 5-01.00; 7. Julianne Alarcio - 4-11.00
Pole Vault Invite: 1. Katie Morgan - 13-01.50; 2. Katie Vo - 12-00.50; 3. Kelsy Hintz - 11-06.50; 4. Christina Jakymiw - 11-00.75; 5. Moriah Roberge - 11-00.75
Long Jump Invite: 2. Shana Watson - 18-10.75; 3. Julianne Alarcio - 18-03.00; 4. Alex Evans - 17-03.50; 5. Thoraya Maronsey - 17-03.25
Triple Jump Invite: 1. Kai Wheeler - 40-07.00; 2. Thoraya Maronsey - 37-03.25
Shot Put Invite: 2. Jeanette McConnell - 45-03.75; 3. Maria Rodriguez - 42-08.75; 12. Julianne Alarcio - 30-09.75
Discus Throw Invite: 2. Jeannette McConnell - 147-01; 3. Robyn Guzman - 140-09.