University of Oregon
Mt. SAC Relays
Brandel Moves to #3 All-Time in Javelin for UO
04/15/07 | Track and Field
WALNUT, Calif. – Several of University of Oregon's top throwers continued to rewrite school record books in Sunday's final day action in the Mt. SAC Relays, hosted at Hilmer Lodge Stadium on the Mt. San Antonio College campus.
Senior Ryan Brandel climbed to third all-time for Oregon Sunday with his runner-up mark in the invitational javelin section (238-0, 72.54m), and now only trails former Duck NCAA champions John Stiegeler (252-10, 2001) and Art Skipper (251-8, 1992).
Only one other collegian – North Carolina senior Justin Ryncavage – had thrower farther (240-6) this season than the second-year Duck. The Milwaukie, Ore., native Brandel entered the weekend ranked eighth nationally among collegians with his previous personal best of 225-7 from the ASU Clif Bar Invitational in late March that ranked him sixth all-time for UO.
Overall in the event Sunday, unattached entrant Leigh Smith won (253-5) over Brandel and former NCAA runner-up and unattached entrant Eric Brown (third, 234-1).
All-American and Duck senior Brian Richotte also upped his hammer season best Sunday to 215-3 (65.61m) and climbed to seventh all-time for UO with his two-foot, five-inch season best. The Berkeley, Mich., native owned a previous season best of 212-10 from the Pepsi Team Invitational that ranked him eighth all-time for UO and 14th nationally last week among collegians.
Mizuno's Libor Charfreitag won the invitational section (263-8) over Nike's A.G. Kruger (second, 252-1).
In the invitational section of the women's hammer, Duck redshirt senior Britney Henry improved her season best by almost two feet and ranked third among collegians and sixth overall (218-2 (66.49m)).
Overall in the event, Brittany Riley of Southern Illinois won by more than two feet with a new collegiate season-leading mark (227-2) over unattached entrant Bethany Hart (second, 225-1 (69.25m)) and Nike's Jessica Cosby (third, 223-11 (66.98m)).
The Spokane, Wash., native Henry entered the meet ranked third nationally among collegians with her former season best of 216-6 from the Pepsi Team Invitational behind Riley and USC's Evan Orban - the latter of which also threw a season best Sunday in the Los Angeles-area meet (fourth overall, 219-9 (66.98m)) .
In the invitational javelin, All-America Duck sophomore and school record holder Rachel Yurkovich led collegians (fourth, 169-11) – her fourth appearance this season with a mark of 169-11 or better.
Sophomore teammate Ashley McCrea also competed in the event and finished eighth overall and third among collegians (151-1) – one place behind former Duck NCAA runner-up and Team XO's Sarah Malone (seventh, 163-0).
Complete results are available at the www.relays.mtsac.edu website at the http://www.mtsacrelays.com/archives/2007/results URL address.
Looking ahead, the Duck men and women return home to compete in the Oregon Invitational, Friday-Saturday, April 20-21 at Hayward Field in Eugene. More meet information is available at the www.GoDucks.com website. Distance events start tentatively at 5:20 p.m. Friday night, and Saturday's elite sections will be held from approximately 2:00 - 5:15 pm in the afternoon. A a tentative Oregon Invitational meet schedule is available in the link above to the right or by clicking here.
FINAL RESULTS
Mt. San Antonio Community College
MT. SAC RELAYS
"Where the World's Best Athletes Compete"
Hilmer Lodge Stadium-Walnut, California - 4/7/2007 to 4/15/2007
Event 626 Men Hammer Throw Invitational U/O
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Name Year Team Finals
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Finals
1 Charfreitag, Libor Mizuno 80.36m 263-08
2 Kruger, A.G. Nike 76.84m 252-01
3 McCullough, Conor Unattached 74.42m 244-02
4 Johnson, Kibwe Ashland Elilte 73.41m 240-10
5 Nutter, Travis Vision Quest 72.43m 237-07
6 Mai, Michael US Army 69.44m 227-10
7 Welihozkiy, Nick Pac Bay Track Club 66.44m 218-00
8 Freeman, Jacob Nyac 65.88m 216-02
9 Richotte, Brian Oregon 65.61m 215-03
10 Cueto, Arnaldo Unat-Cal St. Bak 63.37m 207-11
11 Pagliasotti, Matt Unattached 62.71m 205-09
12 Watson, Greg Southern Utah 61.07m 200-04
-- Loera, Santiago Mexico SCR
-- Wauters, Matthew Unat-Idaho SCR
-- Umholtz, Nick Cal St. Bakersfield SCR
-- Bingisser, Martin Washington SCR
Event 616 Men Javelin Throw Invitational U/O
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Name Year Team Finals
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Finals
1 Smith, Leigh Unattached 77.24m 253-05
2 Brandel, Ryan Oregon 72.54m 238-00
3 Brown, Eric Unattached 71.35m 234-01
4 Furey, Sean Unattached 70.82m 232-04
5 Borjas, Aris Cal Poly 68.64m 225-02
6 Smith, Bobby Unattached 68.61m 225-01
7 Weidman, Ryan Bigfoot TC 67.60m 221-09
-- Guzman, Luis Mexico SCR
-- Hazle, Mike High Performance SCR
Event 605 Women Javelin Throw Invitational U/O
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Name Year Team Finals
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Finals
1 Pounds, Dana US Air Force Wca 54.67m 179-04
2 Riettie, Kateema Jamaica 54.22m 177-11
3 Gutierrez, Ana Mexico 53.11m 174-03
4 Yurkovich, Rachel Oregon 51.80m 169-11
5 Webb, Mallory Fresno State 50.48m 165-07
6 Bilodeau, Dominique Ottawa Lions 50.33m 165-01
7 Malone, Sarah Team XO 49.69m 163-00
8 McCrea, Ashley Oregon 46.06m 151-01
9 Richardson, Katie Fresno State 44.53m 146-01
10 Goodbody, Jaynie Stanford 37.79m 124-00
-- Appanaitis, Inger Nevada SCR
Event 607 Women Hammer Throw Invitational U/O
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Name Year Team Finals Points
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Finals
1 Riley, Brittany Southern Illinois 69.25m 227-02
2 Hart, Bethany Unattached 68.62m 225-01
3 Cosby, Jessica Nike 68.26m 223-11
4 Orban, Eva U S C 66.98m 219-09
5 Gilreath, Erin New York Athleti 66.63m 218-07
6 Henry, Britney Oregon 66.49m 218-02
7 Yush, Kristal MF Athletic/Unat 66.47m 218-01
8 Leatherman, Jennifer Unattached 65.80m 215-10
9 Smith, Loree Nyac 64.47m 211-06
10 Hopping, Sarah Unattached 64.11m 210-04
11 Soong, Cari Team XO 63.72m 209-01
12 Coons, Leslie Unattached 63.62m 208-09
13 Campbell, Amber Mjolnir Throwers 63.48m 208-03
14 Ponce, Jessica Mexico 61.34m 201-03
15 Wilhem, Vanessa Unattached 59.19m 194-02
16 Dolegiewicz, Anna Bish Strength 56.98m 186-11
17 Streater, Erin The A Team 54.98m 180-04
18 Parkosewich, Amy Unattached 53.77m 176-05
-- Joyce, Jennifer Canada DNS
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