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Davis, Scott and Wright break indoor records
ALLENDALE - Katie Scott, Paul Davis and Patrick Wright broke school records as the Lake Superior State track and field team opened the indoor season Friday at the GVSU Holiday Invitational.
Davis, a junior, broke his own school record in the men's 200-meter dash by clocking a winning time of :22.27. He beat unattached competitor Lucien Harris in a photo finish and placed first among 69 sprinters. Wright was 25th in the 200 dash with a time of :23.03.
Wright, a freshman, tied for 13th in the final heat of the 60-meter dash with a school-record time of :07.09, beating Davis' former record of :07.12. Davis finished 24th in the 60-meter preliminaries. Wright also placed fourth in the triple jump with a distance of 42-10 ¼.
Scott, a junior, shattered her own 5,000-meter run record, finishing fourth in 17:28.44, which is 20 seconds faster than the NCAA Provisional Qualifying Time. She bettered her previous personal best of 17:45.93, which ranked in the top-20 nationally in 2006-07.
LSSU senior Ben Tarbutton also posted a top-10 finish, placing fourth in the men's 5,000-meter run. Taylor Patton was seventh in the women's high jump. Katie Winiarski was seventh and Patton eight in the women's triple jump.
LSSU Women's Results 60-meter dash: 47. Nichole Mitchell, :09.37 200-meter dash: 19. Amanda Pieczynski, :27.57; 46. Mitchell, :31.23 5,000-meter run: 4. Katie Scott, 17:28.44; 21. Stacey Leyder, 19:49.55; 22. Kayla Nowak, 20:35.37 High jump: 7. Taylor Patton, 5-1 ¾; 8. Katie Winiarski, 5-1 ¾ Long jump: 24. Patton, 15-8 ¼ Triple jump: 7. Winiarski, 34-9 ½; 8. Patton, 34-5 ¾ Shot put: 14. Laura Lindsey, 37-2 ½; 23. Mary McLeod, 33-7 ½; 27. Kimberlee Booms, 32-9 ½ Weight throw: 31. Booms, 39-8; 41. Lindsey, 36-1 ¼; 43. McLeod, 34-11 ¾ LSSU Men's Results 60-meter dash: 13. Patrick Wright, :07.09 (finals); 24. Paul Davis, :07.26 (preliminaries) 200-meter dash: 1. Davis, :22.27; 25. Wright, :23.03 800-meter run: 4. Adam Smith, 1:54.52; 18. Zach Lynch, 2:05.96 5,000-meter run: 4. Ben Tarbutton, 15:17.96; 8. Chris Olds, 15:49.05 High jump: T-10. Dana Skytta, 6-0 ¾ Long jump: 12. Wright, 21-1 ¼ Triple jump: 4. Wright, 42-10 1/4