Wake Forest Athletics
Wake Forest Track Starts Outdoor Season
3/17/2002 12:00:00 AM | Women's Track and Field
March 17, 2002
The Wake Forest men's and women's track & field teams got the outdoor season underway this weekend as the Demon Deacons split up over three meets. Jill Kovalcik competed in the heptathlon at the Texas A&M Multi-Event Festival in College Station, TX and a few other Deacs competed in the College Station Relays, also at Texas A&M, while a majority of the others saw action at the 49er Classic in Charlotte, NC.
COLLEGE STATION, TX - Kovalcik finished 11th in the Women's Heptathlon Bronze with a score of 4296. Adralyn Wendel placed third in the 800m with a time of 2:20.53 and ran a 4:49.35 in the 1,500m to finish sixth. Jill Keating ran a 2:29.42 to take ninth in the 800m and placed 10th in the 1,500m with a time of 4:59.57. Risa Rutland captured fifth place in the 5,000m with a time of 18:08.36. Sandra Jenkins placed eighth in the shot put with a mark of 43-11.25 and 17th in the discus throw with a mark of 121-1.
On the men's side, Cliff Neal picked up third place in the hammer throw with a mark of 188-6. Alan Susi placed 10th in the javelin throw with a mark of 190-6. Susi also finished 19th in the discus throw with a mark of 144-1. Tom Tymann reached 47-2.5 in the shot put to take 17th place.
CHARLOTTE, NC - Jamie Grayzer won the heptathlon with a personal-best score of 4641 and Kara Mullin won the 3,000m steeplechase with a time of 12:03.69. Rachel Burns took eighth in the heptathlon with a score of 3649. Catherine Fortin-Major placed seventh in the 1,500m with a time of 4:45.06 and finished 11th in the 800m with a time of 2:20.32. Lauren May crossed the finish line 18th in the 1,500m with a time of 4:54.72 and ran a 2:24.80 in the 800m for 20th place. Danielle Coon was seventh in the 3,000m with a time of 10:10.34. Tess Fath (10:29.37), Becca Veenstra (10:37.58) and Caitlin Dempsey (10:56.49) also finished in the top 20 of the 3,000m. Denise Hefferin came in 7th in the 5,000m with a time of 19:13.80. Cassy Richards was the runner-up in the long jump with a mark of 18-3.75 and placed 11th in the 200m preliminaries with a time of 25.17. Detra Chambers finished 18th in the 100m hurdles prelims with a time of 16.19. Jackie Muscente took fourth in the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:04.54.
On the men's side, Ted DeVos won the 5,000m with a personal-best time of 14:25.76, while Brian Smith (5th, 14:45.31), Jimmy Butler (6th, 14:53.30), Brandon Bartholomew (9th, 14:59.18), Sean Nagorny (10th, 15:05.67), Philip Wiles (14th, 15:13.63) and Chris Demetra (18th, 15:23.81) all finished in the top 20. Mike Altieri ran a 3:49.20 in 1,500m for third place and Kevin Jones came in 10th with a time of 3:55.16. Fabian Davis placed fifth in the triple jump with a mark of 44-9.75 and also cleared 6-2 in the high jump for 14th place. Luke Orman cleared a career-best 6-6 for 10th place in the high jump and reached 21-0.5 in the long jump for 19th place. Jesse Richert tied for 18th place in the high jump with a mark of 6-0. Zach Hamilton cleared 14-9 for fifth place in the pole vault. Mike Piscetelli finished seventh in the decathlon with a score of 4734.
Wake Forest will return to action on Saturday, March 23 when the Demon Deacons host the 2002 Wake Forest Invitational at Kentner Stadium. Complete results from the Texas A&M Multi-Event Festival and the College Station Relays are available at tamu.edu/athletics and complete results from the 49er Classic are available at charlotte49ers.com.
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