University of North Texas Athletics
NT Tallies Three First Place Finishes At Texas Tech Open
2/9/2008 12:00:00 AM | Track & Field/XC
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“We had some good individual performances, but overall, I think we came out a little flat,” said
One week after Lauren Wiggins set a school record in the 60-meter hurdles, teammate Ciara Smith followed suite with a school record of her own. Smith recorded a time of 55.13 in the 400-meter dash, placing second in the event. The time was a full second-and-a-half faster than Smith’s previous season best. As if one school record wasn’t enough, Smith aimed for her second record of the day in the 200-meter dash. The sophomore from Round Rock finished second in the 200 dash with a personal-best time of 24.45; just four-hundredth of a second off the school record.
Brandi Stanfield and Lauren Wiggins were the other two Mean Green woman to pick up a first place finish in their respective event. Stanfield recorded a leap of 40-08.25 to take home the gold. Stanfield, the defending two-time indoor conference champion has cleared the 40 foot mark in all four of her meets so far this season. Wiggins, a junior from Carrollton, earned first place and set a school record in the 55-meter hurdles with a time of 7.95. It is the third consecutive week that Wiggins has set a school record in the hurdles. She had set the 60-meter hurdles record twice already before etching her name into the Mean Green record books in th 55-meters.
Temitayo Harriman led the Mean Green men during the one-day meet in
“Temitayo (Harriman) wanted to run last week, but he wasn’t feeling well and just wasn’t at 100 percent,” Watkins said. “To have a shot at conference, we’re really going to need to pick up some points in the distance events, and he’ll have a large say in that once he’s feeling healthy.”
