Long Beach State University Athletics
Richardson and Carter Solid on Day Two
2/3/2007 12:00:00 AM | Track and Field
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Richardson Wins Heptathlon, Carter, Gray Score School-Records LONG BEACH, CA-- Chris Richardson won the heptathlon, scoring a personal-best in five of seven events, and Ronald Carter joined him as one of three 49ers with NCAA provisional qualifying marks this season, with a school-record in the triple jump, to highlight Long Beach State on the second day of the Air Force Invite. Richardson tallied a mark of 5312 points to win his first indoor event of the season and was forced to run the 60-meter hurdles twice due to a timing malfunction. Carter posted a mark of 51'8.5" in the triple jump, while Brent Gray bettered his school-record from Friday with a mark of 21.14 to finish second in the 200-meter. Gray was also third in the 60-meter, tying his school-record set last week, at 6.85aa. Ezra Kwong and David Sampson finished 1-2 in the indoor shot, as Kwong's mark of 58'.6.5" was also a personal-best. On the women's side, Jessica Branker finished second in the 60-meter finals and fifth in the 200-meter dash. Jill Reyolds was third in the pole vault with a mark of 12'0". Miia Mobley rounded out the meet with the fourth-best triple jump in school-history, at 38'10.75", which was also fourth at the meet. "As a group, we had a lot of improvement," said Head Coach Andy Sythe. "After last week's disappointing finish, it was a good week. We are moving forward and look forward to next week at NAU." |
