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Glenn Morris Combined Events
Salzmann Leads After Day 1
April 22, 2010 | Track and Field
FORT COLLINS, Colo.-University of Colorado sophomore Adam Salzmann recorded two personal records and highlighted the Buffs' performance on the first day at the Glenn Morris Multi-Event Meet on Thursday.
Salzmann is currently leading the decathlon after the first five events with 3,538 points. He notched personal bests in the 100-meter dash (11.21 seconds) and the high jump (6 feet, 2 inches), finishing second in both events. Salzmann placed first in both the long jump (21-00.00) and the 400 (49.94). His time in the 400 is the ninth-fastest in CU combined events history.
Sophomore Eddie Taylor also performed well and is in second place with 3,308 points. Like Salzmann, Taylor set personal records in the 100 (11.26) and the high jump (6-00.75). He finished second to Salzmann in the 400 with a time of 51.69.
Freshman Jason DeWitt is in fourth place (3,119). He placed first in the high jump after clearing 6-3.25, which tied for the 14th best mark in CU's record book. DeWitt set personal bests in the 100 (11.88) and the 400 (54.60).
On the women's side, Brianne Beemer is in fourth place after the first four events of the heptathlon, recording 2,729 points. Holly Odneal is in seventh with 2,681 points and Katie Dreher is in eighth with 2,524 points.
Beemer recorded a personal best in the 200 with a time of 26.24, good for third place. She also finished third in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 15.45. Odneal finished fourth, right behind Beemer, in the 100 hurdles with a time of 15.46. Odneal also placed third in the shot put with a distance of 35-7.75. Dreher clocked in a personal best 26.17 in the 200 for second place.
The meet will conclude on Friday.
GLENN MORRIS COMBINED EVENTS
Fort Collins, Colo.
Men's Decathlon (CU Athletes unless noted)
Points: 1. Adam Salzmann, 3,538; 2. Eddie Taylor, 3,308; 4. Jason DeWitt, 3,119; 5. Todd Ipsen, 2,968
Event #1 100 Meter Dash: 3. Adam Salzmann, 11.21 PR; 4. Eddie Taylor, 11.26 PR; 5. Alex Von Hagen, 11.46; 7. Jason DeWitt, 11.88 PR; 8. Todd Ipsen, 12.09 (1. Sulaiman Sayyid, Colorado State, 10.81)
Event #2 Long Jump: 1. Adam Salzmann, 21-00.00; 2. Alex Von Hagen, 20-03.00; 3. Jason DeWitt, 20-00.25; 5. Eddie Taylor, 19-09.00; 6. Todd Ipsen, 19-03.50
Event #3 Shot Put: 2. Alex Von Hagen, 36-04.25; 3. Adam Salzmann, 35-06.50; 4. Todd Ipsen, 33-11.25; 5. Eddie Taylor, 33-10.25; 6. Jason DeWitt, 33-05.75 (1. Josh McMillin, Colorado State, 39-00.25)
Event #4 High Jump: 1. Jason DeWitt, 6-03.25; 2. Adam Salzmann, 6-02.00 PR; 3. Eddie Taylor, 6-00.75 PR; 4. Todd Ipsen, 5-11.50; 4. Alex Von Hagen, 5-11.50
Event #5 400 Meters: 1. Adam Salzmann, 49.94; 2. Eddie Taylor, 51.69; 3. Todd Ipsen, 54.37; 4. Jason DeWitt, 54.60 PR
Women's Heptathlon (CU Athletes unless noted)
Points: 4. Brianne Beemer, 2,729; 7. Holly Odneal, 2.681; 8. Katie Dreher, 2,524; 9. Stephanie Echer, 2,264; 10. Renata Garbowski, 2,034; 11. Catie Grandi, 2,027 (1. Emily Pearson, Unattached-Colorado, 3,241)
Event #1 100 Meter Hurdles: 3. Brianne Beemer, 15.45; 4. Holly Odneal, 15.46; 6. Katie Dreher, 15.74; 9. Stephanie Echer, 17.22; 10. Renata Garbowski, 18.00; 11. Catie Grandi, 18.42 PR (1. Emily Pearson, Unattached-Colorado, 14.44)
Event #2 High Jump: 5. Brianne Beemer, 5-02.25; 7. Holly Odneal, 5-01.00; 8. Katie Dreher, 4-09.50; 8. Stephanie Echer, 4-09.50; 8. Catie Grandi, 4-09.50; 11. Renata Garbowski, 4-08.25 (1. Emily Pearson, Unattached-Colorado, 5-07.00)
Event #3 Shot Put: 3. Holly Odneal, 35-07.75; 6. Brianne Beemer, 29-02.50; 8. Stephanie Echer, 27-11.00; 9. Katie Dreher, 27-02.75; 10. Catie Grandi, 26-02.25; 11. Renata Garbowski, 24-05.50 (1. Kristen Kugler, Colorado State, 39-03.75)
Event #4 200 Meter Dash: 2. Katie Dreher, 26.17 PR; 3. Brianne Beemer, 26.24 PR; 8. Stephanie Echer, 27.35; 9. Renata Garbowski, 27.91 PR; 10. Holly Odneal, 27.95 PR; 11. Catie Grandi, 28.32 PR (1. Emily Pearson, Unattached-Colorado, 25.41)
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