TRACK AND FIELD WEEKLY
2/12/2009 12:56:24 PM | Men's Track, Women's Track, Track & Field
Jacksonville, Fla- After a break of several weeks, the Ospreys returned to the field in top form for the Jimmy Carnes Invitational. The women did especially well, leading the pack in some races while accomplishing personal bests in others. The team also added new talent this week, the new freshman middle-distance runner Laura Ragland, who promises to be part of an up-and-coming group of stand-out freshman runners.
With results like Brooke Baumann's first place win for the mile, Anne DelBovo's conference-topping pole vault on her second attempt ever and Cameron Dickerson's heat-winning fourth place time in the 800m, it seems the Ospreys have momentum going into he 2009 Atlantic Sun Indoor Track Championships. With a little over a week to go until the team heads to
Notables
New talent joined the Ospreys this week with the addition of middle-distance runner Laura Ragland, a freshman whose successes in high school point towards a bright future as an Osprey … Brooke Baumann had the best finish of any Osprey at the Invitational, taking first in the mile by over five seconds ... behind her were teammates Erin Heasley (6th) and new runner Laura Ragland (7th) ... in Anne DelBovo's second pole vault ever she took sixth place, simultaneously setting a UNF record of 3.35m for indoor pole vault and putting her at the top of the Atlantic Sun Conference ... Anne also set a personal best record for her third place finish in the triple jump, putting her at second place for the conference … in the 55m hurdles, Rachel Stanley also set a UNF record (8.89 seconds), winning her heat ... Charisma Anderson sped to personal bests in the 200m and 55m dash, securing ninth and 11th place finishes, respectively ... Christina King advanced to the finals of the women's triple jump, competing for the first time of her college career and finishing in seventh place ... in the 800m, Kayla Conrad and Evelyn Moore finished in seventh and eighth, respectively … in the 800m race, Cameron Dickerson took an impressive fourth place finish after winning his heat with a time of 1:55.88 … Johnathan Esteban took sixth in the mile with a time of 4:22.39 … bad luck potentially cost the Ospreys an impressive win in the 3k by Will Pearce, who was cut off by a spectator after leading the field for the entire race ... Pearce finished second in his heat and eighth overall.
