Pifer Sets Potts Field Record

Saturday, March 22

Boulder, Colo.

Field: 9am/Track: 12 pm

Colorado

POTTS COLLEGIATE INVITATIONAL

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March 22, 2008 | Track and Field

By: Linda Sprouse, Assistant SID

BOULDER, Colo. ? Stephen Pifer broke a 22-year-old Potts Field record in the 1,500-meter run at the Potts Invitational on March 22. Pifer led the pack the whole way, coming in at 3 minutes and 47.75 seconds. He finished a full 10 seconds ahead of the second-place finisher, Patrick Sullivan (3:57.83).

The former 1,500-meter record was 3:48.25 and was set by Paul Larkins of Oklahoma State at the Big Eight Outdoor Track & Field Championship in 1986.

“It feels really good to break an over 20-year-old record,” Pifer said. “I was kind of looking to do it and keeping it in sight for today. I thought I could maybe run a little faster but usually at this point I have a full indoor season behind me. I'm a little rusty, but it wasn't bad.”

This was Pifer's first race of the 2008 track season. He hadn't competed since the 2007 NCAA Cross Country Championships in November.

“Mentally this is different because you go from running 10,000-meters to 1,500-meters,” Pifer said about his performance. “The tempo is a lot quicker and you have to be on the pace right away. I'm definitely still in the adjusting phase.”

Pifer, who also owns the stadium record (3:40.51) at the Hart Patterson Track Complex in Waco, Texas, is looking to break more records this season, including the CU record of 3:39.77.

“Hopefully this will lead to a lot of big things this spring,” Pifer explained. “I think I can get our school record, which is definitely a big goal for me. I'm just going to keep focusing on the NCAA meet and the Big 12 meet.”

Seven other Buffs posted top honors on the day, which included a successful showing in the men's javelin throw; finishing 1-2-3-4. Kevin Fasing led the group with a toss of 204-02, which was his only fair throw of the day. Brandin Williams took second by posting a mark of 195-03. Chase Dukes took third with a personal best of 183-08 and Kevin Waldron was fourth (164-06).

James Begley kept the first-place finishes going in the shot put by recording a personal best of 53-05.00. Parker Fales won the triple jump with a leap of 43-06.00.

On the track, Colorado captured both men's and women's 3,000-meter steeplechase titles. Christian Thompson won the men's race in 9:42.27 while Allison Sawyer took the women's race in 11:43.03.

Jeremy Dodson led CU in the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes. He crossed the tape in 10.62 in the 100 and finished the 200 in 21.23.

“I felt pretty good today, but I know I could have done better,” Dodson said. “It feels good to come away with two wins to start the outdoor season, but I know I have a long way to go.”

Adrian Gomez won his first collegiate race in the 800-meter run. He finished in 1:56.63, just over a second ahead of the runner-up, Shawn Lindbom (1:57.64).

Overall the Colorado track and field team has a successful day in its first outing of the outdoor season. The next meet for the Buffs is the Rob Upton Invitational in Fort Collins, Colo., March 29.

POTTS INVITATIONAL (Potts Field)

Boulder, Colo.

(top-10 finisher in each event + CU athletes)

Complete results can be located at CUBuffs.com

Women 100 Meter Dash
1, Janay DeLoach, CSU, 11.86. 2, Tenesha Johnson, CSU, 12.07. 3, Cassie Hirshfeld, CU, 12.32. 4, Joi Smith, UW, 13.32. 5, Marjaneh, MSCD, 13.49. 6, Jenelle Garber, UW, 13.51.

Women 200 Meter Dash
1, Tanesha Johnson, CSU, 24.73, w:3.7. 2, Emily Pearson, CSU, 24.78, w:3.7. 3, Maricel DaCosta, UW, 24.80, w:3.7. 4, Cassie Hirshfeld, CU, 25.18, w: 3.7. 5, Danielle Rose, MSC, 26.23, w:2.8. 6, Carley Grubbs, UW, 26.28, w:3.7. 7, Monica Green, Unattached, 26.50, 26.50, w:2.8, 8, Erica Anderson, UW, 26.50, w:2.8. 9, Hanna Miller, UW, 26.81, w:2.8. 10, Rachel Stevens, UNC, 26.11, w:2.8. 17, Kathleen Majewshi, CU, 29:24, w:2.1.

Women 400 Meter Dash
1, Justine Sanderfeld, UNC, 56.01. 2, Dyamond, CU, 56.40. 3, Jullian Hoblitt, UNC, 58.47. 4, Lauren Iseman, UNC, 59.48. 4, Veronica Maul, CU, 59.48. 6, Stephanie Dumas, MSC, 59.86. 7, Keira Moczulski, UNC, 60.58. 8, Shanise Hamilton, MSC, 62.26. 9. Brittany Moore, CC, 63.22. 9, Keilyn Tanimoto, UNC, 63.22

Women 800 Meter Run
1, Lisa Drew, UNC, 2:19.12. 2, Allie Eckert, CU, 2:19.34. 3, Emily Hanenburg, CU, 2:21.91. 4, Jessica Jenkins, MSCD, 2:27.58. 5, Taebrooke Rutter, MSCD, 2:27.84. 6, Jocelyn Jenks, CC, 2:29.00. 7, Micheele Hiland, CU, 2:24. 00. 8, Kendra Crisman, SDT, 2:37.57. 9, Therese Panian, MSCD, 2:38.83. 10, Adrea Ordway, MSCD, 3:01.90.

Women 1500 Meter Run
1, Michaela Susa, OSU, 4:46.83. 2, Laura Thweatt, CU, 4:47.87. 3, Gretchen Johnson, UW, 4:55.93. 4, Tone Hjalmarsen, OSU, 4:58.95. 5, Jocelyn Jenks, CC, 5:00.81. 6, Kim Blomkvist, OSU, 5:09.08, 7, Samntha Twone, MSC, 5:13.78. 8, Ashley Hafey, MSC, 5:15. 65. 9, Allison Francke, CU, 5:20.26. 10, Leah Schroeder, OSU, 5:22.21.

Women 3000 Meter Run
1. Morgan Ekemo, Unattached, 10:14.40. 2, Tone Hjalmarsen, OSU, 10:39.05. 3, Natalia Kovtun, OSU, 10:41.95. 4, Anna Chase, CU, 10:44.26. 5, Kim Blomkbist, OSU, 10:54.82. 6, Kaitlin Frier, UCCS, 10:57.27. 7, Denise Kintzley, UNC, 10:58.48. 8, Colleen Sanderlin, UNC, 10:59.68. 9, Leah Schroeder, OSU, 11:00.47. 10, Alicia Del Pardo, UCCS, 11:02.60.

Women 100 Meter Hurdles (w:1.7)
1, Emily Pearson, CSU, 14.01. 2, Shaylee Babbitt, UW, 14.03. 3, Kelly Coomes, UNC, 14.60. 3, Jennifer Schmitz, UW, 14.60. 5, Toi Windham, CU, 15.28. 6, Max Van Dyke, CU, 17.40. 7, Natalie Corbet, Mesa State , 17.43. 8, Jackie Welch, CC, 18. 27.

Women 400 Meter Hurdles
1, Cathleen Campbell, Unattached, 62.48. 2, Ashley Stec, UNC, 64.48. 3, Toi Windham, CU, 64.48. 4, Niomi Ridge, 64.77. 5, Sara Price, CU, 64.88. 6, Joi Windham, CU, 66.42. 7, Andrea Frary, UW, 66.95. 8, Natalie, MSC, 69.03. 9, Andrea Ager, MSC, 69.76. 10, Kelsey Barry, UCCS, 70.53

Women 3000 Meter Steeplechase
1, Allison Sawyer, CU, 11:43.03. 2, Heather West, CU, 12:08.18. 3. Natalia Kovtun, OSU, DNF.

Women 4x100 Meter Relay
1, UW, ?B', (Allie Childers, Andrea Frary, Maricel DaCosta, Janel Garver) 48.27. 2, MSC, ?A', (Stephanie Litsheim, Danielle Rose, Brandy Deimling, Stephanie Dumas) 50.60. ? CU, ?A', (Veronica Maul, Dyamond Seay, Toi Windham, Cassie Hirshfeld) DQ

Women 4x400 Meter Relay
1, UNC ?A' (Jillian Hoblitt, Lauren Iseman, Ashley Stec, Justine Sandersfeld) 3:56.75. 2, CU ?A' (Joi Windham, Veronica Maul, Toi Windham, Dyamond Seay) 3:59.45. 3, UNC ?B' (Keira Moczulski, Brianna Spletstoser, Shannon Hageman, Lisa Drew) 4:10.89

Women High Jump
1, Rachel Stevens, UNC, 1.65m (5-05). 2. Katie McConnell, UNC, 1.60m (5-03). 3, Stephanie Clark, UWY, 1.55m (5-01). 4, Kathleen Majewski, CU, 1.50m (4-11). 4, Heather Armagost, UNC, 1.50m

Women Pole Vault
1, Ashleigh Morton, CSU, 3.50m (11-5.75). 1, Kate Colvin, CSU, 3.50m (11-5.75). 3. Jackie Welch, CC, 2.60m (8-6.25).

Women Long Jump
1, Janay DeLoach, CSU, 5.85m, w:0.9 (19-2.5). 2, Tali Slafter, UNC, 5.46m, w:2.5 (17-11). 3, Brianna Plombon, UNC, 4.88m, w:3.9 (16-0.25) 4, Lindsey Fuller, WY, 4.84m w:1.7 (15-10.5) 5, Marjaneh Gross, MSCD, 4.65m, w:4.1 (15-3.25). 6, Kathleen Majewski, CU, 4.61m, w:2.8 (15-01.50). 7, Chelsea Chen, CC, 4.39m, w:0.8 (14-05). 8, Jasmine Neal, MSCD, 4.29m, w:2.7 (14-01). 9, Max Van Dyke, CU, 4.18m, w:2.2 (13-8.75). 10, Bianca Sanchez, Unattached, 4.06m, w:0.1 (13-04).

Women Triple Jump
1, Ashley Knight, UW, 10.74m, w:1.1 (35-3). 2, Lindsey Fuller, UW, 10.47m, w:0.8 (34-4.25). 3, Brittney Moore, CC, 9.89m, w:-0.3 (32-5.50). 4, Bianca Sanchez, Unattached, 9.24m, w:0.6 (30-3.75)

Women Shot Put
1, Jennifer Ugocukwu, CSU, 13.23m (43-05.00). 2, Chynna McCall, CU, 11.91m (39-01.00). 3, Shaina Afoa, Unattached, 11.79m. (38-08.25). 4, Meaghan Green, Unattached, 11.56m (37-11.25). 5, Jennifer Picucci, CSM, 10.74m (35-3.00). 6, Julie King, Unattached, 10.71, 35-1.75). 7, Alyssa Higby, CU, 10.44m (34-3.00). 8, Jacie Birt, MSC, 9.96m (32-08.25). 9, Mary Shepherd, UNC, 9.93m (32-7). 10, Tara Underwood, MSC, 8.87m (29-01.25).

Women Discus Throw
1. Missy Faubus, CSU, 166-02; 2. Courtney Gougler, Wyo. , 166-00; 3. Stacey Robben, CSU, 142-10; 4. Hillary Fraser, CSU, 139-07; 5. Meaghan Green, unattached, 133-11; 6. Emily Geubelle, CSU, 133-07; 7. Amanda Aimone, Wyo. , 132-11; 8. Shaina Afoa, unattached, 120-07; 9. Meagan Berg, CSU, 119-07; 10. Alyssa Higby, CU, 115-05

Women Hammer Throw
1, Meagan Berg, CSU, 56.97m (186-11). 2, Kate Burton, UWY, 55.38m (181-08). 3, Amanda Johnson, CSU, 52.99m (173-10). 4, Missy Faubus, CSU, 50.00m (164-00). 5. Leah Elmshauser, CSU, 48.24m (158-03). 6, Meaghan Green, Unattached, 44.74m (146-09). 7, Emily Geubelle, CSU, 44.21m (145-00). 8, Sarah Lindemood, UW, 42.78m (140-04). 9, Jennifer Ugochukwu, CSU, 42.44m (139-03). 10, Stacey Robben, CSU, 41.08 (134.09). 15, Alyssa Higby, 37.32m (122-05). 16, Chyna McCall, 32.74m (107-05).

Women Javelin Throw
1, Hannah Warfield, Unattached, 48.70m, (159-09). 2, Emily Pearson, CSU, 42.30m (138.09). 3, Jennifer Picucci, CSM, 28.50m, (93-06). 4, Max Van Dycke, CU, 27.92m (91-07). 5. Mychelle Lechman, CU, 18.68m (61-03).

Men 100 Meter Dash (w:NWI)
1, Jeremy Dodson, CU, 10.62. 2, West Vashone , UW, 10.73. 3, Terrence McGaughy, UNC, 10.76. 4, De'on Waynewood, Unattached, 11.04. 5, Keith Brauneis, UW, 11.26. 6, Tyler Flattum, SDT, 11.32. 7, Jason Shaver, UCCS, 11.44. 8, William Pendarvis, UCCS, 11.47, 9, Sam Pincock, CU, 11.51. 10, Joel Vandenberg, MSC, 11.58

Men 200 Meter Dash
1, Jeremy Dodson, CU, 21.23, w: 2.4. 2, Terrence McGaughy, UNC, 21.40, w:2.4. 3, De'on Waynewood, Unattached, 29.95, w:2.4. 4, Brandon Couts, Unattached, 22.17, w:2.4. 5, Evan Wright, Unattached, 22.33, w:2.4. 6, Keith Brauneis, UW, 22.48, w:1.3. 7, Mark Wager, SDT, 22.58, w:1.3. 8, Josh Murphy, CSU, 22.61, w:2.1. 9, Shane Micheel, CU, 22.67, w:1.3. 10, Chance Fiala, Unattached, 22.76, w:2.4.

Men 400 Meter Dash
1, Drew Morano, CSU, 47.02. 2, Keith McMillan , US Elite, 48.36. 2, Tyler Hoerner, UNC, 48.36. 4, Nate Terry, CU, 47.75. 4, Evan Wright, Unattached, 48.79. 6, Chance Fiala, Unattached, 49.47. 7, Shannon Waynewood, Unattached, 49.86. 8, Brian Fox, CSU, 49.94. 9, Matthew McCathran, CU, CU, 50.13. 10, Shane Cronin, CU, 50.21. 16, Shane Micheel, CU, 51.13.

Men 800 Meter Run
1, Adrian Gomez, CU, 1:56.63, 2, Shawn Lindbom, MSCD, 1:57.64. 3, Travis Stanford, UNC, 1:58.02. 4, Dan Larsen, Unattached, 1:58.29. 5, Chris Reynolds, UCCS, 1:58. 69. 6, Gabe Luna, MSCD, 1:58.77. 7, Ben Ryan, CU, 1:59. 46 8, Evan Johnston, Unattached, 1:59.90. 9, Corbin Haller, SDT, 2:01. 37. 10, Peter Remien, Boulder Running, 2:01.58

Men 1500 Meter Run
1, Stephen Pifer, CU, 3:47.75. 2, Patrick Sullivan, Unattached, 3:57.83. 3, Rick Bogatay, MSCD, 4:00.80. 4, Peter Remien, Boulder Running, 4:05.04. 5, Dan Pinter, UCCS, 4:07.43. 6, Kevin Akers, Boulder Running, 4:10.00. 7, Alex Nichols, Unattached, 4.09.00. 8, Greg Castro, CU, 4:17.77. 9. Nicolas Campbell CC, 4:21.23. 10, Rob Hahn, SDT, 4:22.40.

Men 3000 Meter Run
1, Patrick Sullivan, Unattached, 8:42.10. 2, Rob Thayer, CU, 8:42.92. 3, David Juliano, BDP, 8:48.11. 4, Jason Simpson, Unattached, 8:54.85. 5, Jeff Holt, NCTC, 8:56.72. 6, Nick Miller, CU, 8:57.18. 7, Jeffery Boele, Boulder Running, 8:58.15. 8, Kevin Akers, Boulder Running, 9:13.36. 9, Daniel Castaneda, Unattached, 9:14.02. 10, Matt Kempton, Unattached, 9:18.05.

Men 110 Meter Hurdles (w:0.6)
1, Tyler Flattum, SDT, 15.02. 2, Kevin Johnson, CSU, 15.23. 3, Jeff Vaden, UNC, 15.40. 4, Jay Petsch, UW, 15.60. 5, Stephen Agyei, CU, 15.99. 6, Deon Oderwald, UW, 18.13

Men 400 Meter Hurdles
1, Nigel Joseph, CSU, 54.00. 2, Marty Wittmer, UNC, 55.24. 3, Logan Boccard, CC, 56.35. 4, Jeramie Thomas, Unattached, 56.76. 5, Kekoa Chavez, UW, 56.81. 6, Joe Pummer, UNC, 57.64. 7, Stephen Agyei, CU, 57.88. 8, Hunter Hoekstra, UNC, 58.27. 9, Lucas Fried, SDT, 63.92. 10, Brian Hall, CC, 64.52.

Men 3000 Meter Steeplechase
1, Christian Thompson, CU, 9:42.27. 2, Michael Trahan, NoCo, 9:49.13. 3. Matt Herzl, CU, 10:02.36. 4. Ryan Woodman, NoCo, 11:08.31.

Men 4x100 Meter Relay
1, UNC, ?A' (Richard Mattison, Collin Effler, Tyler Hoerner, Terrence McGaughy) 41.50. 2, CSU ?A' , 42.02. 3, CU, ?A' (Sam Pincock, Shane Micheel, Shane Cronin, Matthew McCatherine) 42.57. 4, UNC, ?B', (Hunter Hoekstra, Tyler Short, Jeff Vaden, Marty Whitmer) 43.45.

Men 4x400 Meter Relay
1. Phenetix International 3:15.55. 2, Northern Colorado ?A' (Tyler Hoerner, Travis Stanford, Josh Keahey, Collin Effler) 3:23.336. 3, Northern Colorado ?B' (Hunter Hoekstra, Cody Harper, Joe Pummer, Marty Wittmer) 3:29.74. 4, Colorado College ?A' (Brad Dsida, Collin Gazley, Brookes Robinson, Andrew Wagner) 3:33.70.

Men High Jump
1, Todd Ipsen, Unattached, 1.90m (6-2.75), 2, Tony Michaelis, UW, 1.85m (6-0.75)

Men Pole Vault
1, Chandler Caldwell , South Dakota Tec, 4.75m, (15-07.00).

Men Long Jump
1, Jeff Vaden, UNC, 6.69m, w:2.1 (21-11.50) 2, Travis Corrow, UW, 6.56m, w: 1.7 (21-06.25) 3, Richard Mattison, UNC, 6.49m, w:0.5 (21-03.50). 4, Todd Ipsen, Unattached, 6.39m, w:0.5 (20-11.75). 5, Jay Petsch, UW, 6.33m, w:1.1 (10-09.25). 6, Carl Lum, UCCS, 5.38m, w:0.4 (17-08). Parker Fales, CU, FOUL

Men Triple Jump
1, Parker Fales, CU, 13.68m, w: -2.1 (43-6). 2, Tyler Short, UNC, 12.58m, w:-2.2 (41-3.25)

Men Shot Put
1, James Begley, CU, 16.28m (53-5) 2, Patrick Berg, UNC, 15.97m (52-04.75). 3, Nick Zehring, CSM, 14.39m (47-02.50). 4, Matt Deardoff, SDT, 14.10m (46-3.25). 5, Chase Dukes, CU, 14.05m (46-1.25). 6, Nathan Swope, Unattached, 13.68m (44-10.75). 7, Patrick Bachmann, CU, 12.76m (41-10.50). 8, Nathan Snyder, SDT, 11.87m (38-11.50). 9, Blake Hansen, UCCS, 10.84m (35-06.75). 10, David Fielding, SDT, 9.67m, 31-08.75.

Men Discus Throw
1, Brian Trainor, Unattached, 200-00. 2, James Begley, CU, 165-07. 3, Patrick Bachmann, CU, 160-09. 4, Patrick Berg, UNC, 158-05. 5, Allan John, UW, 150-05. 6, Nick Zehring, CSM, 148-06. 7, Heath Butler , CSM, 145-09. 8, Nathan Swope, Unattached, 145-01. 9, Shawn Teasley, UW, 141-06. 10, Charles Smith, UNC, 132-10. 16, Matt Crawford, CU, 112-08.

Men Hammer Throw
1, Chase Mullen, Unattached, 56.69m, (186-00). 2, Chase Dukes, CU, 52.93 (173-08). 3, James Begley, CU, 52.74m (173-00). 4, Patrick Berg, UNC, 50.16m (164-07). 5, Ryan Gibbons, CSM, 49.00m, (160-09). 6. Patrick Bachmann, CU, 48.18m (158-01). 7. Richey Jacob, CSM, 46.21m (151-07). 8. Collin Donohoue, Unattached, 44.69m (146-07). 9. Nick Zehring, CSM, 43.86m (143-11). 10. Kevin Waldron, CU, 40.98m (134-05). 13, Mac Crawford, CU, 38.05m.

Men Javelin Throw
1, Kevin Fasing, CU, 62.22m (204-02). 2. Brandin Williams, CU, 59.52m (195-03). 3. Chase Dukes, CU, 55.98m (183-08). 4. Kevin Waldron, CU, 50.14m (164-06). 5. Trevor Nau, UCCS, 48.66m (159-08). 6, Mac Crawford, CU, 45.74m (150-01) 7, Jacob Richey, CSM, 44.16m, (144-10). 8, Mark Baue, SDT, 43.56, (142-11). 9. Preston Williams, UCCS, 41.64m, (136-07). 10. Jason Simonton, CSM, 39.78m (130-06).