Colorado University Athletics
Colorado
Tom Benich Invitational
Warfield-Ruffatto Places First At Tom Benich
March 31, 2007 | Track and Field
GREELEY, Colo. ? Hannah Warfield-Ruffatto recorded a throw of 157-07 in the women's javelin throw at the Tom Benich Invite, held in
Kevin Waldron placed second in the javelin throw with a toss of 166-10. In the discus throw, Colorado had a top finisher of sixth in both the men and women's side of the competition as Ryan Willis (159-05) and Kaity Kark (139-03) led the Buffs in the event. Kark also finished second in the women's shot put with a throw of 42-01.25. Chynna McCall finished right behind Kark with a throw of 41-03.25, good for third in the event. Willis also led CU in the men's shot put, placing fourth with a throw of 52-01.75.
Hilary McClendon finished the women's 3000-meter steeplechase with a time of 11:41.52, taking third place. Dani Rodriguez led the CU women in the 1500-meter run, finishing third with a time of 4:45.87. Matt Herzl led the CU men in the same event, finishing 13th with a time of 4:10.00.
Rodriguez also took 13th in the women's 400 meter dash with a time of 1:05.01. Chris Abuan led the men in the 400; finishing second with a time of 49:13.17
Ryan Campbell continued to have success in the 100 meter this year racing to a time of 10.33, good for second place in the event.
At the Stanford Invite, Payton Batliner and Erin Marston raced in the 10k on Friday night. Batliner recorded a provisional qualifying mark of 29:00.33 and placed eighth overall. The mark bettered his personal best by more than 30 seconds (29:37.52) set in 2005. Marston placed 18th overall, recording a time of 35:58.54 and a personal best.
STANFORD INVITATIONAL
Track Events (CU Athletes Only)
Women's 10k: 18. Erin Marston, 35:58.54
Men's 10k: 8. Payton Batliner, 29:00.33
TOM BENICH INVITATIONAL
Field Events (CU Athletes Only)
Women's Hammer Throw: 8. Kaitlin Kark, 139-06
Men's Hammer Throw: 2. Zach Hazen, 200-06; 10. Ryan Willis, 171-01; 13. Chase Dukes, 153-11
Women's Javelin Throw: 1. Hannah Warfield-Ruffatto 157-07
Men's Javelin Throw: 2. Kevin Waldron 166-10
Men's Discus Throw: 6. Ryan Willis 159-05; 11. Patrick Bachmann 152-06; 12. Zach Hazen 151-11; 22. Chase Dukes 132-04
Women's Discus Throw: 6. Kaity Kark 139-03
Women's Shot Put: 2. Kaity Kark 42-01.25; 3. Chynna McCall 41-03.25
Men's Shot Put: 4. Ryan Willis 52-01.75; 13. Chase Dukes 41-06.00
Women's 3000m Steeplechase: 3. Hilary McClendon 11:41.52
Women's 1500m Run: 3. Dani Rodriguez 4:45.87; 10. Rachel Gioscia 5:02.92; 18. Becca Culbertson 5:17.85
Men's 1500m Run: 13. Matt Herzl 4:10.00; 24. Greg Castro 4:17.88; 25.Wil Buchanan 4:18.00
Women's 400m Dash: 13. Dani Rodriguez 1:05.01
Men's 400m Dash: 2. Chris Abuan 49.13; 17. Ben Ryan 53.39
Men's 100m Dash: 2. Ryan Campbell 10.33; 9. Trae Pflueger 11.14; 12. Sam Pincock 11.33
Men's 800m Run: 6. Ben Ryan 2:01.08
Men's 200m Dash: 2. George Pincock 21.45; 16. Trae Pflueger 22.65; 24. Sam Pincock 23.12
