Track and Field Finishes Weekend at Armory Collegiate Invitational

Saturday, February 4

New York, NY

All Day

Wake Forest University

Armory Collegiate Invitational

Sean Stevens bettered his personal record by 18 seconds in the 5,000 meter race at the Stanford University Invitational. His time of 14:09.49 was the best in the ACC this season and earned him a NCAA regional qualifying mark.

Track and Field Finishes Weekend at Armory Collegiate Invitational

2/5/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Track and Field

Feb. 5, 2006

New York, N.Y. - The Wake Forest men's and women's track and field teams competed at the Armory Collegiate Invitational in New York over the weekend. The Demon Deacons had several athletes establish new personal records at the famed Madison Square Garden on Friday and Saturday.

On Friday, senior Mike Loyd placed seventh in the 60-meter hurdles running a time of 7.98 in the qualifying round. In the 60 meter dash preliminaries, Kerry Major ran a qualifying time of 6.91.

In the 400 meter dash, sophomore Michael Bingham ran a qualifying time of 47.95. That time was good for 11^th place. Eric Seely and Brent LaRue also competed in the event placing in 26^th and 27^th respectively. Seely turned in a time of 48.94, and LaRue ran a time of 48.98.

Melissa Council ran a personal best 9.03 in the 60-meter hurdles. The sophomore placed 35^th in the preliminaries with her time.

Lindsay Neuberger set another NCAA regional qualifying mark with a distance of 15.54 meters in the shot put. That distance was good for fifth overall in the event.

On Saturday, Sean Stevens placed second overall in the 5000 meter run with a time of 14:21.82. He finished just 32 hundredths of a second behind the winner.

Caitlin Chrisman in her first race back from injury placed 14^th with a time of 17:05.94 in the 5000 meter race.

In the men's 200 meter dash, Seely placed 16^th with a time of 21.89. Willie Idlette, Loyd and Major each competed in the event as well placing in 24^th, 32^nd and 35^th respectively.

Michelle Sikes placed fifth in the women's 3000 meter run running a personal best 9:33.69 in the event. Chris Catton set a new indoor personal record in the 800 meter run.

Nicole Schappert, Hanna Bremler and Merry Placer all ran personal bests in the women's mile run. Schappert placed sixth in the event with a time of 4:49.87. Bremler completed the event with a time of 4:55.85, good for 12^th, and Placer ran a time of 5:04.71.

The men's 4x400 meter team of Bingham, Aaron Russell, LaRue and Seely shaved two seconds off the school record running a time of 3:13.04. The mark was good for first place in the event.