Long Beach State University Athletics
Duo Headed to NCAA's, Rest to Fullerton
3/6/2007 12:00:00 AM | Track and Field
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Grabow, Carter Headed to NCAA's LONG BEACH, CA-- Long Beach State seniors Jimmy Grabow (Running Springs) and Ronald Carter (Gardena) will head to the NCAA Indoor Championships in Fayetteville, AR on Friday and Saturday with a chance at All-America honors. Grabow will compete on Friday at 5:30 p.m. Pacific, with Carter goes on Saturday at 3:15 p.m. Pacific. Grabow enters the meet with the sixth-fastest 5000-meter time in the country at a school-record 13:44.04. Grabow is the first LBSU distance runner to make nationals since Jennifer Bessell was an All-American in the outdoor 5000-meter in 1990. Carter posts the third-best indoor triple jump in the country (52'7.25"), as he looks for his second-straight All-America certificate after reaching the national championship during the 2007 outdoor season. Both athletes own school-records in their events, as this is their last season, indoor or otherwise, of competing.The last indoor All-American for the 49ers came in 2000 when Tayyiba Haneef, now with the U.S. National Volleyball Team, was sixth in the high jump. The rest of the 49ers will head to the Ben Brown Invitational hosted by CS Fullerton on the campus of Mt. SAC. The hammer throw and long distance events will be on Friday and the rest of the competition on Saturday. The 49ers began the season last week when they competed at the UCLA Invitational with their throwers and jumpers. Jennifer Onyeabako finished in the top-10 in three throwing events, including the fourth-best hammer throw in LBSU history, while Robert Jennigns posted the seventh-best mark in the discus. |
