Friday, February 29, 2008

Early Track & Field Results

Saturday March 1, 2008 - Early weekend results in collegiate indoor track and field championships in North America.

Andon Mitchell of Texas Christian University won the men's 60 metres at the Mountain West Conference at the US Airforce Academy in Colorado.

Mitchell's winning time was 6.70 seconds, and ahead of teammates Otis McDaniel (6.72) and Justyn Warner (6.75).

Also at that meet Allison George of Texas A & M was sixth in the women's equivalent in an NCAA provisional of 7.39 seconds. She qualified for the final with a time of 7.43, finishing third from Heat 2.

At the New York University Fast Track Invitational at the Armory in New York, Joel Redhead of Bethune-Cookman University won the men’s 400m in 47.55 seconds.

Akeisha Dumont and Ann-Marie Francis also competed for Essex Community College at that meet.

Francis was fourth in Heat 4 of the women’s 60 metres in 7.92 second and also 5th from Section 6, for an overall 42nd place finishing in the 400 m in 1:00.90.

Dumont was 5th from Section 1 with an overall 24th place in 58.93 seconds.

Dumont was also 4th out of Section 5 over the 800 metres in 2:24.60, for an overall placing of 36th.

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