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Shad Beam, Sports Information Director
(402) 426-7389
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 5, 2008
Vikings Track Earn Five All-Conference Honors
Blair, Nebraska ~
The Dana College track teams came away from
Saturday’s GPAC Track Championships with five All-Conference Honors.
The Vikings had three individual performers with top five
finishes.
Cory Logsdon (SO,
Ft. Calhoun, NE) placed fourth in the 3000 meter steeplechase event with
a time of 9:46.24 minutes.
He was 6.24 seconds behind a provisional qualification for the national
meet.
Roger Goff (SO, Missouri
Valley, IA) placed fourth in the javelin with a throw of 175 feet 1
inch.
Megan Higgins (FR, Council Bluffs, IA) placed fourth in the shot put
with a toss of 40 feet 3.5 inches.
Terrence Almond (SR,
Pelham, GA) earned all-conference honors with a seventh place finish in
the triple jump. Almond
covered a distance of 44 feet 4 inches.
Dana’s 4x100 meter relay team placed sixth with a time of 43.89
seconds. The 4x100 team was
comprised of Robert Fowler
(JR, Bellevue, NE), Andrew Hawley
(SO, Lincoln, NE), Terrence
Almond, and Brandon Terry
(JR, Omaha, NE).
Dana finished in tenth place on the men’s
side with a total of 15 points, while the women finished 12th
with five points. The
Vikings will send a small contingent of athletes to the Concordia
Last-Chance Meet next weekend.
The NAIA National Track Meet will be held at Ralph Kotre Stadium
in St. Louis, Missouri on May 22-24.
Coach
Friesen’s Corner
“We had several
good performances again in the GPAC Championships, the majority of them
coming from the throwers. Brandon Terry ran his fastest 100 meter time
and our 4x400 relay ran a 7 second personal best.
It goes to show how tough our conference really is when you have
so many athletes having a great day, but don’t make it to finals to
score points. I know most of the kids felt good about their
performances, I hope this motivates them for next year.”
For complete results:
http://www.dana.edu/track/results08/gpac_results.htm
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