May 11, 2006
Both the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee men and women lead after day one of the 2006 Horizon League Men's & Women's Outdoor Track & Field Championships, hosted by
The action began in the early morning with the men's and women's multi-events. UIC sophomore Terell Williams leads in the men's decathlon after day one, totaling 3061 points after five events. Williams placed first in the 100m dash (11.35), long jump (6.46m) and shot put (10.34m), while Youngstown's State's Mike Perri took first in the high jump (1.89m) and 400m dash (53.38) to raise his total to a second-best 2855 points.
UIC's Alek Jackson is in third with 2649 points, followed by UW-Milwaukee's Kyle Huebner (2632), YSU's Jason Greenamyer (2518) and Loyola's Jeremy Ceja (2204).
After four events in the women's heptathlon,
Korey Olson of UW-Milwaukee sits in third place with 2466 points, followed by teammate Jodi Hrdina with 2444. UIC's Jessica Cwiak (2138), UWM's Alicia Schneider (2041) and
The afternoon began with the first 2006 champions being crowned in several field events. Reigning team champion UW-Milwaukee took the to five spots in the men's long jump, with freshman Adam Schleis (6.99m) leading teammates Justin Bohler (6.93), Sean Cloudy (6.86), Darren Cole (6.66) and Josh Zill (6.65).
After red-shirting the 2005 outdoor season, YSU's Jarrod Davis earned the crown in the men's hammer throw, hitting a mark of 58.26 m to outdistance teammate Joe Lahmon in second place by more than eight meters. The mark also eclipsed the former meet record of 57.91 set by Matt Groh of
UWM's Stephanie Ray won her third consecutive crown in the women's pole vault, clearing a height of 3.39m (11-01.50).
In the night's only running event finals, Butler's Andrew Toward made a last lap push to overcome top-seeded Dave Mealy of Youngstown State to win the championship in the men's 10,000 (31:20.01), while Loyola's Amanda Domich took the women's championship, crossing the line in 37:30.89. UWM's Josh Nygren (9:29.21) and
Action continues tomorrow with the finals in the remaining running events and the men's and women's triple jump, discus high jump and shot put. The decathlon and heptathlon will conclude beginning tomorrow morning at 9 a.m.
Women - Team Rankings - 6 Events Scored
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1) UWM 79 2) YSU 53
3) DETR 29 4) UIC 11
5) LOYL 10 6) WSU 4
7) BTLR 0
Men - Team Rankings - 6 Events Scored
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1) UWM 71 2) YSU 66
3) UIC 20 4) BTLR 14
5) DETR 7 6) LOYL 5