Long Beach State University Athletics
Trio Earns All-MPSF Honors
2/24/2007 12:00:00 AM | Track and Field
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Trio Earns All-MPSF Honors SEATTLE, WA-- Brent Gray, Chris Richardson and Ronald Carter each earned all-conference honors at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Indoor Championships on Saturday, with Gray and Carter winning their respective events and Richardson finishing third. Gray tied his school-record in the 200-meter with an NCAA provisional time of 21.15, while Carter bettered his own school-record in the triple jump with a provisional mark of 52'7.25". Jimmy Grabow, who joins Carter in his final indoor season, bettered his school-record in the 3000-meter, finishing sixth with a provisional time of 7:59.40. Richardson, who led the heptathlon after day one, finished with a season-best 5363 points, also a provisional mark. Richardson is the first LBSU athlete to compete in the indoor multi-event in school-history. Jenessa Botello ran the third-fastest indoor mile in school-history, racing to a time of 4:55.90 for eighth place, while Alex Freitas missed the school-record in the 800-meter by .17 seconds, running 1:51.57, finishing second all-time. LBSU's current long distance squad has now set eight of the 10 indoor school-records on the men's and women's side. The men finished eighth of nine teams wiht 50 points, while the women finished ninth of 10 teams with 15 points. With NCAA provisional marks, each athlete will be ranked according to their best mark on the season (check www.trackshark.com), and a set number of athletes will head to the NCAA Championships in Fayetteville, AR on March 9 and 10. Grabow is already headed to the event in the 5000-meter, as the program's first indoor distance runner at the NCAA's. |
