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Chico State women rule Wildcat Relays, winning 15 of 19 events
Brandy Tummings won the triple-jump with a leap of 1.62 meters.
2/27/2010 9:43:32 PM
CHICO – “And the winner, from Chico State…” The track announcer at University Stadium repeated that line so often Saturday that it’s a wonder he didn’t screw it up at least one of the four times a Chico State athlete didn’t win an event. The Chico State women won 15 of 19 events Saturday at University Stadium to blow away the field in the opening meet of their 2010 season. The Wildcats outdistanced their nearest competitor, Sacramento State, 260-116.
Ashley Webster, Katrina Rodriguez, Julianne Conrad, Kelly Clancey, and Brandy Tummings set the tone early by winning field events. Webster won the shot put with a heave of 12.8 meters. Rodriguez cleared 11 feet to win the pole vault. Conrad won the high jump with a leap of 1.62 meters. Clancey, who finished third in the high jump, won the long jump with a leap of 5.49 meters. Tummings won the triple jump, soaring 10.65 meters to nip Conrad, who finished second.
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Katrina Rodriguez won the pole vault, clearing 11 feet.
On the track, Aimee Rodgers won the 100-meter hurdles in 15.44. Katie Prucha won the 400-meter hurdles, clocking in at 1:05.33, while Rodgers finished second. Michelle Burley broke the tape first in the 400 meters in 59.60 with Sierra Owens and Amber Maheu following close behind. Skylar Young and Ana Marquez went 1-2 in the 800-meters, posting times of 2:21.07 and 2:21.76, respectively. Kara Lubieniecki won the 3000-meters in 10:05.60.
The Wildcats’ relay teams then completed the dominating day, winning all seven relay competitions. Lindsey Witteman, Audane Hayes, Iesha Roberts, and Annelise Weber won the 800-meter sprint medley. Samantha Racine, Anna Eicholtz, Julie Platero, and Stephanie Consiglio teamed up to win the 4x800-meter relay. Rodgers, Witteman, Burley, and Nicole Cooper were the first to cross the line in the 4x100-meter relay. Eicholtz, Platero, Racine, and Alyssa Berryman broke the tape in the women’s distance medley. And Clancey, Weber, Burley, and Prucha won the day’s final event, the 4x400-meter relay.
Oregon Tech finished third with 80 points, Humboldt State was fourth with 77, Shasta College came in fifth with 37, Butte College was sixth with 23, and College of the Siskiyous recorded 22 to finish seventh.
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Wildcats of the Week
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Softball
Kacie McCarthy’s freshman season as a Wildcat has been filled with highlights, but the Shingletown native turned in her most memorable performances of the year last weekend in the NCAA West Sub-Regional at Sonoma State, posting three straight victories and helping Chico State advance to the West Super Regional in Hawaii. The Wildcats are just two wins away from reaching the Division II College World Series, thanks in large part to the pitching prowess of McCarthy, who is the latest recipient of Wildcat of the Week honors.
In Friday’s Sub-Regional opener, McCarthy took over for Chico State starter Jessica McDermott and tossed seven-and-a-third innings of relief, striking out a career-high 11 batters and earning the win as the Wildcats beat 15th ranked Grand Canyon University 5-4 in eight innings. In Saturday’s winner’s bracket game versus No. 14 Sonoma State, McCarthy twirled a one-hit shutout in Chico State’s 7-0 victory over the host Seawolves. Sunday McCarthy completed the postseason trifecta, going the distance for the 18th time this year and getting credit for the “W” as the ’Cats rallied back from three runs down to score four times in the bottom of the sixth inning and pull out a 4-3 victory over Dixie State to sweep through the Sub-Regional and advance to this weekend’s West Super Regional.
McCarthy, now 16-10 on the season, lowered her season ERA to 1.92 with the three weekend wins and is ranked third among California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) pitchers. She also is sixth in the conference in victories and innings pitched (164.1). She leads the Wildcats in wins, complete games, innings pitched and appearances (29).
Chico State takes on the No. 3 ranked Sea Warriors of Hawaii Pacific Friday at 5 p.m. Pacific time in the opener of the West Super Regional in Kaneohe, Hawaii. The winner of the best-of-three set will advance to the Division II College World Series May 27-31 in St. Joseph, Missouri.
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Men's Track
As a decathlete, Brian Beeman is used to running all over the place. But he took it to a new level last week. After competing in the decathlon, high jump and javelin to help lead the Chico State men’s track & field team to the California Collegiate Athletic Association Championship March 6-8, he got on a bus and arrived back in Chico in the wee hours of Sunday morning. Then, he turned around to head back to Southern California for the Claremont Classic Decathlon and turned in an NCAA Provisional Qualifying mark and personal best score of 6,512 on Thursday and Friday.
That iron-man feet has earned him Wildcat of the Week honors.
Beeman finished sixth at the Burns Track and Field Complex while logging the 15th best score in the nation this year. He won the 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:31.75, placed third in the 400-meter dash (51.19 seconds) and tied for third in the high jump (6-feet-02.75).
Beeman and a number of his Wildcats teammates now await Wednesday morning’s NCAA Track and Field Championships selection show to found out if he’s earned a berth to the National Championships May 27-29 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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6.24.10 | Women's Track
CHICO – Chico State women’s track and field Head Coach Oliver Hanf, fresh off a California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) championship and the No. 18 ranking in the nation, has not wasted any time in replenishing his roster for next spring. The reigning CCAA Coach of the Year stayed fairly close to home in selecting his latest batch of recruits, as Chico High School’s Kasey Barnett, Daniella Dumitras of Live Oak High and Davis High’s Kaitlin Clancy have each signed their National Letter of Intent to compete for the Wildcats in 2011.
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6.7.10 | Women's Track
CHICO – The 2010 season may be over, but the awards continue to roll in for three members of the Chico State women’s track and field team…this time for their success in the classroom. The College Sports Information Directors Association (CoSIDA) has announced that Wildcat distance runner Kara Lubieniecki has been named to ESPN The Magazine’s Academic All-District Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country first team, while teammates Anna Eicholtz and Alia Gray were honored with All-District second team selections.
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5.29.10 | Men's Track, Women's Track
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – In a track meet marred by gloomy clouds and thunderstorms, it was only fitting that the one they call “The Hurricane” provided the Wildcats with a lightening-rod of joy. Katrina Rodriguez won the national pole vault crown to start Saturday’s action at the NCAA Track & Field Championships at Johnson C. Smith University’s Irwin Belk Track Complex in Charlotte, N.C., and in doing so sparked a storm of Chico State success. The Wildcats netted six All-America awards Saturday. Michael Wickman finished second in the 1,500 meters and seventh in the 800 meters, Beau Rogers finished third in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, Kara Lubieniecki was fifth in the 1,500 meters, and Ryan Bertucci eighth in the high jump, giving him three straight top-10 finishes at the National Championships. The Wildcats men’s and women’s teams logged their best finish since 2007, finishing eighth and 18th, respectively.
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5.28.10 | Men's Track, Women's Track
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Talor Fulfer capped off an outstanding 2010 season with a strong showing Friday in the NCAA Track and Field Championships, placing high in four of the final five Decathlon events to collect 6,794 points and a fourth place overall finish to earn All America honors at Johnson C. Smith University’s Irwin Belk Track Complex in Charlotte, N.C. Then the thunderstorms came, postponing all of Friday's action aside from the multi events.
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5.27.10 | Men's Track, Women's Track
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Jimmy Elam is starting to make a habit of making good on his final All-America opportunities. Elam, who finished 15th at the National Cross Country Championships to earn All-America honors in the fall – the final cross country race of his collegiate career – raced to a fourth-place finish and another All-America award in the 10,000 meters at the NCAA Track & Field Championships Thursday at Johnson C. Smith University’s Irwin Belt Track Complex. If only he could be a senior again next year…
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5.25.10 | Men's Track, Women's Track
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – “I know how strong I am and that I have the wheels to throw it down at the end of the race that others are going to be hard-pressed to find.” With that, you are introduced to Michael Wickman, the seemingly soft-spoken centerpiece of the Chico State men’s track team.
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5.19.10 | Track and Field, Men's Track, Women's Track
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Cardinal and White of Chico State will be prominently displayed early and often at the 2010 NCAA Division II Track & Field Championships hosted by Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, N.C., May 27-29. Thirteen Chico State athletes were awarded NCAA Championship berths Wednesday, including Michael Wickman, Jimmy Elam, and Tori Tyler, who will participate in two events apiece.
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