Murray State University Athletics
Lady Racers Win Three Event Titles At MSU Twilight Invitational
4/24/2004 12:00:00 AM | Women's Track and Field
The Murray State women's track and field team won three event titles at the MSU Twilight Invitational on Saturday at Roy Stewart Stadium / Marshall Gage Track. The event, which is MSU's final prep before next month's Ohio Valley Conference Championships, was an unscored meet.
MSU was led by senior sprinter Joan Lettman's first-place time of 54.84 seconds in the 400-meter dash and freshman sprinter LaShondra Durias, a native of Louisville, Ky., who was the top collegiate performer in the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.20. Lettman, from Toronto, Ontario, has already qualified for the NCAA Regionals set for later this season with her season-best time of 54.59 seconds on April 3.
The Lady Racers also won the 4x400-meter relay title with a time of 3:55.60 as Lettman came from behind in the final leg to edge second-place Southern Illinois.
Sophomore distance runner Lauren Wilson, a native of Louisville, Ky., had a solid day for MSU with a second-place time of 4:53.79 in the 1,500-meter run and a third-place time of 2:21.17 in the 800-meter run, while freshman Nicole Peterson, also from Louisville, earned a second-place finish in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:01.79.
Other Top 8 finishers for MSU included:
Trista Curtis, eighth, 400-meter dash, 1:01.02; Stacey Quashie, fifth, 800-meter run, 2:23.59; Amber Bivens, seventh, 800-meter run, 2:32.17; Nicole Peterson, sixth, 100-meter hurdles, 15.78; Megan Rainville, fourth, 3,000-meter steeplechase, 12:11.86; Kristen Murray, sixth, high jump, 1.58 meters; Shanah Zigler, fourth, pole vault, 3.05 meters; Chanel Morgan, sixth, long jump, 5.41 meters; Katie Fowlkes, seventh, long jump, 5.40 meters; Katie Fowlkes, seventh, triple jump, 11.25 meters; Chanel Morgan, eighth, triple jump, 11.17 meters; Jamie Nurnberger, fourth, discus, 41.93 meters; Jamie Nurnberger, third, hammer, 47.62 meters; Emily Rader, sixth, javelin, 27.97.
MSU will next compete in the OVC Championships on May 7-8 hosted by Samford University in Birmingham, Ala.
