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Track and Field Completes Deacon Combined Events, Starts WFU Open
3/24/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Track and Field
March 24, 2006
Winston-Salem**, N.C. - Three Demon Deacons concluded the Deacon Combined Event, and three more athletes competed on the first day of the Wake Forest Open on Friday. Brent LaRue captured second place in the decathlon, while Melissa Council placed second and Molly Kennedy third in the heptathlon. France's Camille Vandendriesche captured the decathlon title, while High Point's Jasmine Jones-Green took the heptathlon by winning the final event, the 800 meter dash.
LaRue, competing in his first collegiate decathlon, set seven personal bests en route to his second place finish. The freshman tallied 6,937 total points finishing behind Vandendriesche's rich and compelling 7,124 points. On Friday, LaRue won the 110 meter high hurdles with a time of 15.01 seconds, threw the discus a personal best 36.03 meters, pole vaulted 3.53 meters, tossed the javelin 44.33 meters and captured the 1500 meter run with a time of 4:36.23.
In the heptathlon, Council scored 4,487 points finishing behind Jones-Green, who had 4,512 points. Kennedy placed third with 4,258 points.
On Friday, Council took the lead through six events by winning the long jump with a distance of 5.61 meters and the javelin throw with a throw of 27.55 meters. However, the sophomore could not hold onto the lead after placing fourth in the 800 meter run with a time of 2:36.85.
Kennedy had a long jump of 4.90 meters, a javelin throw of 25.83 meters and an 800 meter run of 2:35.98.
Junior Catherine Muehleib captured the shot put title with a toss of 13.59 meters. Her mark of 44-07.00 bested her nearest competitor by over two feet.
Sophomore Kerri Norton took third place in the pole vault, vaulting a height of 3.05 meters.
Freshman Johanna Hawkins placed fifth in the women's long jump with a distance of 5.00 meters.
The second day of the 2006 Wake Forest Open begins at 9 am Saturday with the hammer throw. All events are being contested at Kentner Stadium and the adjacent throws field on the campus of Wake Forest.
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