| Bienvenue NCAAs
Four Athletes Headed for NCAA Championships in Baton Rouge May 23, 2002 BATON ROUGE, LA--The Beach will send four athletes in five events to the NCAA Track and Field Championships in Baton Rouge May 29 to June 1. Senior Jon O'Neil, was the only 49er who had already booked his flight, with automatic qualifying marks in the shot put and discus. O'Neil has the third-best discus mark in the country, at 201'8.00" and the 11th-best shot put (63'4.75"). O'Neil will compete against 18 other competitors in both events, including teammate junior Cory Loebl, in the discus. Loebl, who was one of only two 49ers to earn all-conference in two events at last week's Big West Championships, is 17th in the discus with a toss of 195'11". On the women's side, sophomore Connie Jerz will compete in her fourth NCAA Championship, as her school-record breaking pole vault of 13'5.25" currently ranks 11th in the country. Eighteen other athletes qualified for the vault. Freshman Emily Forsythe inched her way into the national high jump championships with a height of 5'10.50". Forsythe's mark ranks 22nd of 22 competitors in the field. Forsythe continues the tradition of Long Beach State high jumpers at the NCAA Championships, following Tayyiba Haneef, who graduated last year. |
