Fjortoft Sets New Stadium Record

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Fjortoft Sets New Stadium Record

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April 11, 2008

DENTON, Texas (SMU) - SMU freshman Silje Fjortoft ran away from the field again in winning the 3,000m at the North Texas Classic on Friday, April 11, crossing the line in 9:32.78 to break the meet and Fouts Field records. Fjortoft finished over a minute ahead of teammates Jessa Simmons and Krystal Rodriguez, who finished second and third.

Also winning on Friday were Christina Mueller and Rachael Forish, who took first in the discus and 1,500m, respectively. Mueller threw 50.25m to qualify for NCAA Regionals, while Forish crossed in 4:51.68 to outpace the field.

Lauren Kuhner also notched an NCAA Regional-qualifying mark, throwing the hammer 56.27m to finish second in the event. Gayla Cloud missed an NCAA Regional mark by 1/100th of a second, finishing second in the 100m hurdles in 13.93.

SMU will continue its season tomorrow, as two throwers will compete at the John Jacobs Invitational in Norman, Okla., on Saturday, April 12.

                        North Texas Classic - 4/11/2008                    Fouts Field, University of North Texas                                    Results
Women 200 Meter Dash=================================================================================   NCAA Reg.: R 23.96Stadium Rec.: S 23.16  2000        Khaliah Carpenter Meet Record: M 23.18  2006        Angel Perkins, Baylor    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals  Wind H#=================================================================================  1 Ciara Smith                  North Texas            24.24      24.33   1.0  1  2 Iris Darrington              Texas State            24.70      24.51   1.0  1  3 Aletha Hubbard               Oklahoma Baptist       25.15      24.77   1.0  2  4 Rachael Runnels              North Texas            24.50      24.84   1.0  2  5 Gayla Cloud                  SMU                    25.50      25.13   1.5  3  6 Chi Chi Echebelem            North Texas            24.20      25.14   1.0  2  7 Lolitha Hamilton             North Texas                       25.19   1.5  3  8 Chrystal Mitchell            North Texas            24.40      25.21   1.0  1  9 Shayla Hart                  North Texas            24.98      25.24   1.5  3 10 Alexandria Smith             SMU                    25.00      25.29   1.0  2 11 Keisha Hornsby               North Texas            24.45      25.35   1.0  2 12 Jerwaun Craddock             North Texas            25.00      25.53   1.0  2 13 Fallyn Farrow                North Texas            25.13      25.63   1.5  3 14 Brittni Jenkins              Ul-Monroe              24.25      25.83   1.0  1 15 Kelli Johnson                North Texas                       25.85   1.0  2 16 Donisha Weightman            SMU                    26.00      26.60   1.5  3 17 Andrea Mellontree            Oklahoma Baptist       26.89      26.61   1.6  4 18 Tiffany Jupin                Oklahoma Baptist       27.35      26.78   1.6  4 19 Christal Brewster            North Texas            27.50      26.83   1.6  4 20 Lauren Kuhner                SMU                               27.76   1.6  4
Women 400 Meter Dash============================================================================   NCAA Reg.: R 54.61Stadium Rec.: S 51.96  1999        Monique Henderson Meet Record: M 54.04  2006        Keva Williams, Abilene Christian    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals  H#============================================================================  1 Marissa Moseley              Oklahoma Baptist       55.03      54.04M  1  2 Ciara Smith                  North Texas            54.40      54.45R  1  3 Chi Chi Echebelem            North Texas            54.20      56.69   2  4 Shayla Hart                  North Texas            54.75      56.94   1  5 Sarah Patterson              Oklahoma Baptist       57.20      57.67   2  6 Chrystal Mitchell            North Texas            55.25      58.39   1  7 Ilyssa Pettigrew             SMU                    57.00      58.54   2  8 Lolitha Hamilton             North Texas                       59.66   2  9 Andrea Mellontree            Oklahoma Baptist       59.90    1:00.94   3 10 Tikisha Walwyn               North Texas            59.00    1:01.16   3 11 Dominique McAdoo             Ul-Monroe              57.00    1:01.74   1 12 Fallyn Farrow                North Texas            57.50    1:02.01   2 13 Amanda Kean                  North Texas                     1:06.70   3
Women 800 Meter Run=========================================================================   NCAA Reg.: R 2:09.80Stadium Rec.: S 2:07.34  2006        Erin Bedell, Baylor Meet Record: M 2:10.48  2006        Erin Bedell, Baylor    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals=========================================================================  1 April Murphy                 Texas State          2:18.86    2:19.25  2 Emily Haynes                 Oklahoma Baptist     2:20.01    2:21.40  3 Melissa Farias               Oklahoma Baptist     2:22.06    2:22.15  4 Shayna Legg                  Oklahoma Baptist     2:20.08    2:23.73  5 Brittany Blackmon            Ul-Monroe            2:17.00    2:25.51  6 Lindsey Maxwell              Texas State          2:22.00    2:25.74  7 Amy Harris                   Unattached                      2:29.64  8 Karissa Reiter               Unattached           2:33.00    2:30.99  9 Tara Piles                   North Texas          2:28.00    2:33.11 10 Aasha Marietta               SMU                  2:35.00    2:41.04
Women 1500 Meter Run=========================================================================   NCAA Reg.: R 4:27.80Stadium Rec.: S 4:27.78  1999        Alejandra Barrientos Meet Record: M 4:44.46  2006        Lindsey Bedell, Baylor    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals=========================================================================  1 Rachael Forish               SMU                  4:50.00    4:51.68  2 Brittany Rosen               Texas State          4:46.00    5:07.80  3 Tatiana Stoltzfus            Oklahoma Baptist     5:20.00    5:40.00  4 Melanie Walker               Oklahoma Baptist     5:30.00    5:43.64  5 Meredith Vernon              Oklahoma Baptist     5:30.00    5:44.16
Women 3000 Meter Run=========================================================================Stadium Rec.: S  9:36.29  1999        Sara Gorton Meet Record: M 10:54.55  2007        Jodi Hulett, Unattached    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals=========================================================================  1 Silje Fjortoft               SMU                  9:31.43    9:32.78S  2 Jessa Simmons                SMU                 10:25.00   10:35.99M  3 Krystal Rodriguez            SMU                 10:51.00   11:12.12  4 Sallie Anderson              North Texas         11:00.00   11:21.54  5 Janie Blackmon               Ul-Monroe           11:00.00   11:29.51  6 Danielle Cummins             Oklahoma Baptist    12:10.00   11:55.66  7 Alex Sherwin                 North Texas                    12:03.76  8 Stephanie Guilmette          Oklahoma Baptist    11:45.00   12:16.34  9 Britini Dooley               North Texas         13:19.28   12:59.62 -- Sierra Anderson              SMU                 10:12.52        DNF
Women 100 Meter Hurdles=================================================================================   NCAA Reg.: R 13.92Stadium Rec.: S 12.97  2005        Deloreen London Meet Record: M 13.75  2007        Deloreen London, Unattached    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals  Wind H#=================================================================================  1 Alysha Adams                 North Texas            14.13      13.89   2.5  1  2 Gayla Cloud                  SMU                    13.95      13.93   2.5  1  3 Brittany Culver              Ul-Monroe              14.10      14.53   2.5  1  4 Sadrina Shaw                 Ul-Monroe              14.22      14.66   2.5  1  5 Cailey Olson                 Texas State            15.25      14.99   3.7  2  6 Lauren Kuhner                SMU                               15.02   3.7  2  7 Dominique McAdoo             Ul-Monroe              14.90      15.07   2.5  1  8 Brianna Shippy               Oklahoma Baptist       15.10      16.17   2.5  1  9 Abby Lewis                   Oklahoma Baptist       16.41      16.20   3.7  2 10 McKenzie Battershell         Oklahoma Baptist       15.12      16.41   2.5  1
Women 400 Meter Hurdles============================================================================   NCAA Reg.: R 1:00.82Stadium Rec.: S   56.82  2000        Sheena Johnson Meet Record: M 1:01.44  2006        Shanta Bibbs, Baylor    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals  H#============================================================================  1 Sherene Pinnock              Oklahoma Baptist       56.67      59.56R  1  2 Racquel Hudson               North Texas          1:02.11    1:01.94   1  3 Mary Beth O'Connor           Texas State          1:03.43    1:03.40   2  4 Montouya Moore               Oklahoma Baptist     1:02.79    1:04.44   1  5 Optimum Baker                Oklahoma Baptist     1:03.65    1:04.61   1  6 Nnenna Ejesieme              SMU                  1:01.50    1:05.26   1  7 Crystyne Hatfield            Texas State          1:05.41    1:05.39   2  8 Cara Forrest                 Texas State          1:05.19    1:05.77   2  9 Chelsea Wells                SMU                  1:02.30    1:06.60   1 10 Kristina Viniar              Texas State          1:06.60    1:07.04   2 11 Amanda Rodriguez             Texas State          1:07.00    1:07.19   3 12 Sadrina Shaw                 Ul-Monroe            1:01.10    1:07.22   1 13 Taylor Hubbard               Texas State          1:08.00    1:08.51   3
Women Discus Throw===================================================================================   NCAA Reg.: R 47.30mStadium Rec.: S 54.30m  1999        DeShayla Williams, Penn State Meet Record: M 52.33m  2006        Michelle Carter, Texas    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals===================================================================================  1 Christina Mueller            SMU                   51.30m     50.25mR    164-10  2 Destiny Montemayor           Ul-Monroe             46.78m     47.04m     154-04  3 Katy Hanie                   Texas State           50.00m     46.67m     153-01  4 Kylie Spurgeon               SMU                   52.30m     42.87m     140-08  5 Jiovanna Martinez            Texas State           48.00m     41.93m     137-07  6 Alana Tyler                  North Texas           43.04m     40.41m     132-07  7 Shauna Shepherd              North Texas           40.54m     40.32m     132-03  8 Christena Dowsett            North Texas           33.48m     40.30m     132-03  9 Lakeitha Elmore              Ul-Monroe             41.12m     37.75m     123-10 10 Olivia Boisse                Oklahoma Baptist      36.52m     35.54m     116-07 11 Chelsea Carrigan             North Texas                      35.14m     115-03 12 Sarah Siddens                SMU                   40.08m     32.41m     106-04 13 Kimberly Maley               Oklahoma Baptist      30.92m     31.10m     102-00
Women Hammer Throw===================================================================================   NCAA Reg.: R 54.15mStadium Rec.: S 59.40m  2000        Caroline Soong, UCLA Meet Record: M 51.31m  2007        Alana Tyler, North Texas    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals===================================================================================  1 Destiny Montemayor           Ul-Monroe             56.03m     57.17mR    187-07  2 Lauren Kuhner                SMU                   53.56m     56.27mR    184-07  3 Alana Tyler                  North Texas           54.08m     52.08mM    170-10  4 Shauna Shepherd              North Texas           53.02m     47.32m     155-03  5 Jiovanna Martinez            Texas State           48.00m     46.19m     151-06  6 Kimberly Maley               Oklahoma Baptist      43.13m     44.06m     144-07  7 Olivia Boisse                Oklahoma Baptist      45.53m     41.67m     136-08