MEN FOURTH, WOMEN SEVENTH AT AIR FORCE

Saturday, January 24

Colorado Springs, Colo.

TBA

Colorado

Air Force Open

Photo by: CUBuffs.com

January 24, 2004 | Track and Field

By: CUBuffs.com

Wins by junior Liza Negriff in the women's triple jump, senior Natalie Florence (3,000-m) and freshman Anthony Chiulli, junior Gus Lundin, sophomore Chris Curtis and junior Jared Scott (men's distance medley relay), sparked 31 top-10 finishes, but the University of Colorado men's and women's track teams now find themselves two years removed from a team title here as the Buffs finished fourth and seventh, respectively, at the Air Force Indoor Invitational at the conclusion of the two-day meet Saturday.

Colorado State successfully defended its team titles in both team standings, with 135.5 points on the men's side and 127 on the women's.

In her second straight win, Negriff was the first Buff to pull off a meet title, as her triple jump leap of 39-5 Friday night was a career best and second-best jump in CU school history, just behind Udie Ekiko's leap of 40-00.50 in 1994, also at the Academy. The men's distance medley relay team of Chiulli, Lundin, Curtis and Scott raced to a time of 10:23.20, a comfortable 4.11 seconds ahead of runner up New Mexico.

On Saturday, Florence's 10:16.80 was a near 22-second victory over New Mexico's Jacquelyne Gallegos (10:38.08). Former CU All-American and current assistant coach Heather Sterlin, competing for NIKE, won the women's long jump in 19-6.75.

The Buffs have two weeks of practice before they return to USAFA, when they compete Feb. 7 in the Falcon Invitational.

FINAL TEAM STANDINGS

WOMEN'S TEAM SCORES: 1. Colorado State, 127; 2. Wyoming 121; 3. BYU 100; 4. Wichita State 88.50; 5. Utah State 63; 6. New Mexico 50.50; 7. COLORADO 41; 8. Adams State 25; 9. Western State 16; 10. CU-Colorado Springs 13; 11. Air Force 9; 12. Northern Colorado 4; 13. Colorado School of Mines 2.

MEN'S TEAM SCORES: 1. Colorado State 135.50; 2. BYU 133.50; 3. Air Force 88; 4. COLORADO 71.50; 5. Wyoming 52; 6. Wichita State 48.50; 7. New Mexico 45; 8. Adams State 22; 9. Utah State 20; 10. Colorado School of Mines 15; 11. Western State 14; 12. Colorado-Colorado Springs 12; 13. Northern Colorado 3.

SATURDAY'S LATE RESULTS (all finals unless otherwise indicated)

Women's 600 Meter Dash: 21. Jaclyn Sturm, 8:22

Women's 200 Meter Dash: 25. Jaclyn Sturm, 26:80

Women's 1 Mile Run Seeded: 3. Jackie Zeigle, 5:23.62; 6. Kendall Grgas-Wheeler, 5:29:08

Women's 3,000 Meter Run Seeed: 1. Natalie Florence, 10:16.80

Women's 5,000 Meter Run: 7. Katy Kissane, 20:24.66

Women's High Jump: 15. Jessica Cade, 5-1.

Women's Long Jump: 8. Amberly Casey, 17-9.50; 16. Lauren Minnard, 16-7

Women's Shot Put: 10. Carly Newlands, 42-4.15; 14. Cortney Hutmacher, 40-11.50

Women's Weight Throw: 17. Carly Newlands, 45-4.50; 18. Cortney Hutmacher, 43-8

Men's 60 Meter Dash: 4. BJ Conklin, 6.93; 9. Samuel Napp, 7.00

Men's 200 Meter Dash (Prelims): 14. Eric Lee-O'Brien, 22.40; 33. BJ Conklin, 23.21; 37. Abe Friesen, 23.41

Men's 400 Meter Dash: 5. Chris Abuan, 49.08; 11. George Pincock, 50.58

Men's 800 Meter Run: 9. Daniel Kenney, 1:57.06

Men's 1 Mile Seeded: 4. Stephen Pifer, 4:18.82;

Men's 3,000 Meter Seeded: 2. Brent Vaughn, 8:33.15

Men's 5,000 Meter Run: 6. Austin Baillie, 15:49.68; 7. Pete Janson, 15:50.72; 17. Will Campbell, 17:10.09.

Men's 60 Meter Hurdles (Prelims): 15. Andrew Miller, 8.52; 24. Michael Crockenberg, 8.79

Men's 4x400 Yard Relay: 2. Chris Abuan, Samuel Napp, Jason Zichterman, Brandon Johnson, 3:18.55

Men's High Jump: 2. Andrew Miller, 6-10.75; 9. Brandon Johnson, 6-4.75

Men's Long Jump: 3. Brandon Johnson, 23-10.75; 5. Brian Calhoun, 22-9.75; 11. Travis Greiman, 21-8.75

Men's Shot Put: 15. Ryan Willis, 50-2.75; 16. Andy Passen, 50-1.75; 26. James Begley, 45-4.50

FRIDAY'S RESULTS

Women 200 Meter Dash (Preliminaries): 25. Jaclyn Sturm, 26.80

Women 400 Meter Dash: 8. Alexandra Boksay, 59.07q

Women 800 Meter Run: 8. Jaclyn Baca, 2:25.33q, 22 Marcy Cameron, 2:40.18

Women Triple Jump: 1. Liza Negriff, 39-05.00; 19. Amberly Casey, 34-08.25; 21. Lauren Minnard, 34-00.25

Women 1 Mile Run Non-seeded: 8. Raquel Morgan, 5:56.63

Women 3000 Meter Run Non-seeded: 6. Erin Marston, 11:38.11; 9. Kate Owen, Fr., 11:55.22

Women Pole Vault Non-seeded: 3. Tracy Sawczak, 10-04.00

Men 200 Meter Dash: 14. Eric Lee-O'Brien, 22.40; 19. Chris Abuan, 22.54; 33. BJ Conklin, 23.21; 37. Abe Friesen, 23.41

Men 400 Meter Dash (Prelims): 2. Chris Abuan, 48.77q, 8. George Pincock, 49.37q, 14. Daric Wilhite, 49.60, 16. Jason Zichterman, 49.80; 23. Eric Lee-O'Brien, 50.22; 32. Abe Friesen, 51.67

Men 800 Meter Run (Prelims): 11. Daniel Kenney, 1:56.88q, 24. Chris Curtis, 2:02.91

Men Distance Medley: 1. Anthony Chiulli, Gus Lundin, Chris Curtis, Jared Scott, 10:23.20

Men Weight Throw: 8. Chase Mullen, 56-10.00, 9. Matt Carr, 16.99m 55-09.00, 11. Zach Hazen, 54-08.00, 15. Andy Passen, 49-04.25; 21. James Begley, 42-00.75