Thornton Sets WSU Record In Weight Throw

Mon., Jan. 31, 2000

Andrea Thornton bettered her NCAA provisional qualifying mark and school record in the women’s 20-pound weight at the Silver State Invitational Indoor Track & Field Meet at the Reno Livestock Events Center on Saturday.

Thornton, a junior from Shelton, Wash., tossed the indoor specialty weight 61 feet, 4-1/2 inches, to win the event and better her WSU record by two feet. Teammate Becky Potter finished second in the event with an NCAA PQ mark of 60-0-1/4. Thornton also threw a personal-best of 48-4-3/4 for fifth in the shot put.

Junior Jeannette Martus placed tenth in the women’s pole vault but cleared an NCAA PQ and bettered her school record to 11-11-3/4. Sophomore All-American Whitney Evans of Canada won the high jump with an NCAA PQ of 5-10-3/4.

Junior Agneta Rosenblad of Sweden won the long jump with a season-best 19-3-1/2, and finished third in the women’s 55 meter hurdles with a time of 8.05 although she ran an 8.01 in the preliminaries. Junior Cicely Clinkenbeard of Okanogan, Wash., finished second in her season triple jump debut at 40-10-1/4.

Senior Alishia Booterbaugh finished second in the 800 meters in 2:13.43 and junior Megan Maynard was second in the 3,000 meters in 10:23.03.

Junior All-American hurdler, Arend Watkins won the men’s 55 meter hurdles in 7.51 seconds and Eric Dudley was fourth at 7.99. Anson Henry was third in the men’s 55 meter dash in 6.30. Guillermo Macias placed fourth in the 200 meters in 21.99 with Dudley seventh at 22.56.

Ian Waltz, a senior All-American from Post Falls, won the shot put with a throw of 59-3-1/2, and senior B.J. Schade was third in the 35 pound weight throw at 59-2.

In the men’s pole vault, freshman Rick Collins of West Valley High in Spokane cleared 16-6-3/4 for 10th place.

Simon Kamau placed third in the men’s 800 meter at 1:58.03. In the mile, Scott Johnson was third in 4:20.43 and Jonathan Welsh was fourth in 4:21.36.

The WSU track and field teams will compete at the Moscow McDonald’s Indoor Meet on Saturday at the University of Idaho’s Kibbie Dome.

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