Charbonneau opens outdoor season with at win at MSU

EAST LANSING – Lake Superior State opened the 2010 outdoor track and field season by winning one event and breaking three school records at Saturday’s Spartan Invitational hosted by Michigan State.

LSSU’s Ben Charbonneau won the javelin throw with a distance of 55.83 meters, beating Michigan State’s Jay Gillespie, who was second with a throw of 50.48 meters. Other standouts for the Laker men were Jake Hoover, who was fourth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (9:52.90), Hans Riedel, who was fifth in the discus throw (45.18 meters), and Ben Monroe and Paul Davis, who tied for fifth in the 200-meter dash (:22.60).

Riedel’s throw broke LSSU’s 10-year-old school record of 40.40 meters.

Laker Jill Walton was fourth in the women’s shot put (12.50 meters), and sixth in the discus throw (34.78 meters) and hammer throw (43.47 meters). She set new school marks in the shot put and hammer throw.

Katie Winiarski cleared 1.60 meters to place fifth in the women’s high jump, while Taylor Patton was eighth at 1.55 meters. Kayla Nowak finished fifth in the women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase in 12:55.90.