University of Minnesota Athletics
MINNESOTA WOMEN FALLTO SECOND IN DAY TWO AT BIG TEN
5/19/2001 12:00:00 AM | Women's Track & Field
Gopher senior Aubrey Schmitt placed second in the shot put with a toss of 50-feet, 10 _ inches. Schmitt, who was the outdoor shot put champion in 1998-2000, failed to defend her Big Ten crown.
Junior Jessica Shuster ran 2 minutes, 10.90 seconds to place fourth in the 800-meter run preliminaries. Also making the finals for Minnesota was Darja Vasiljeva and Anita Menden in the 1500-meter run, placing ninth and 12th, respectively.
In the 400-meter hurdles, sophomore Shani Marks qualified for Sunday's finals with a time of 61.03 seconds, placing her fourth. Allyson DeVries also qualified for the event's finals with a seventh place finish.
Senior Elaine Eggleston placed sixth in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 9:52.10, and newcomer Saree Zweifel finished seventh in the heptathlon with a point
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