Indoor Track and Field Weekly Release: Championship Review

Feb. 28, 2007

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Horizon League Championship Outstanding Running Performers

Jeremy Majors

UW-Milwaukee, Sr., Janesborrow, Ga.

Majors took League Championship titles in both the 400 meters and 800 meters.  His winning time in the 400 was :49.59, while he posted a 1:56.86 in the 800.  Majors was also the anchor leg of the victorious 4X400 meter relay team. 

Genni Gardner

Butler, Jr., Surrey, England

Gardner claimed individual titles in two events at the League Championships.  She took the 1,000 meters with a time of 3:00.40, and the mile in 5:11.66.  Gardner was also a member of Butler's winning distance medley relay.

Horizon League Championship Outstanding Field Performers

Joe Lahmon

Youngstown State, Jr., Mount Vernon, Ohio

Lahmon won the men's weight throw with a toss of 60'6", bettering the field by over three feet.  He also posted a fifth-place finish in the shot put.

Bethany Anderson

Youngstown State, Jr., Jamestown, N.Y.

Anderson swept the shot put and weight throw for the second-straight season.  She posted marks of 43'2.5" in the shot and 56'1" in the weight throw.

Other Men's Award Winners

Running Newcomer, Nick Herold, Loyola

Field Newcomer, Quinn Mongoven, UW-Milwaukee

Coach of the Year, Pete Corfeld, UW-Milwaukee

Other Women's Award Winners

Running Newcomer, Tiffany Brigham, Wright State

Field Newcomer, Alisha Anthony, Youngstown State

Coach of the Year, Pete Corfeld, UW-Milwaukee

On the men's side, UW-Milwaukee finished with 175 points, while Youngstown State followed with 96, barely edging Butler, as the Bulldogs tallied 94 points.  Loyola finished strong on the second day of competition, totaling 76 points, while UIC finished fifth with 71, and Detroit rounded out the group with 40.

Several UWM athletes were able to defend their titles from a year ago, including Nick Gretz, who won the shot put for a third-straight year with a toss of 54"8.25".  Darren Cole also returned to the top of the podium in the triple jump with a leap of 47"3.75".  The Panthers won the 4X400 meter relay for the third-straight year, thanks to a time of 3:22.24 clocked by Trentin Edwards, Pat Casey, Lynn Koepke and Jeremy Majors.

Butler's Alex Hains defended his title in the 3,000 meters by posting a time of 8:19.83, just a second faster than his performance last year.  The Bulldogs also won the Distance Medley Relay for the fourth-straight year as the Butler contingent of Andy Barbeau, Shon Davidson, Scott Overall and Chris Smith posted a time of 10:07.93.

The UW-Milwaukee women topped Youngstown State 170-144.  Butler also took third on the women's side, posting 84 points on the day, which was slightly ahead of Loyola's 71-point total.  UIC took fifth place with 35 points, followed by Wright State's 31, and Detroit's 23.

UW-Milwaukee's Timeka Walker defended her titles in both the 60-meter (:07.71) and the 200-meter (:25.41) events.  Jenni Saarinen also picked up a win for the Panthers, defending her title in the pentathlon.  This was also just the second year the event has been included in the Horizon League Championship.  UW-Milwaukee won the the 4X400 meter relay for a second-straight year with a time of 4:02.13.  This year's relay squad was made up of Emily Budde, Taryn Cozine, Laura Ring and Kicha Cary.

Loyola's Marcia Faustin won the high jump for a fourth-straight year with a mark of 5'5.25".UIC's Idara Essien defended her title in the triple jump, posting a leap of 38'9".

Youngstown State's Bethany Anderson won both the shot put (43'2.5") and the weight throw (56'1").  Anderson has now won three Horizon League titles in the shot put and two in the weight throw.