University of Minnesota Athletics
FINDLAY, EGGLESTON SET BIERMAN RECORDS, NATIONALLY QUALIFY
5/4/2001 12:00:00 AM | Women's Track & Field
Senior Elaine Eggleston won the first 3,000-meter steeplechase ever ran at Bierman Stadium. Eggelston finished with a school record and an NCAA provisional qualifying time of 10:44.11.
Erika Findlay, a sophomore from Whitewater, Wisconsin, set a Bierman Stadium and Minnesota school record in the pole vault with a height of 12-feet, 6-inches. The NCAA provisional qualifying mark broke the previous Bierman record set by Jennifer Bass of South Dakota State in 1999.
In the discus, senior Aubrey Schmitt threw a season-best, NCAA provisional qualifying throw of 171-feet, 6-inches to take third in the event. In addition, Schmitt won the hammer throw in the meet with a throw of 177-10.
Newcomer Alean Frawley threw a winning toss of 48-2 _ in the shot put to take first in the meet, placing her ninth on the school's top ten performers list.
Junior Jessica Shuster won the 200 and 400-meter dashes with times of 25.42 and 55.16 seconds, respectively. Shuster's time in the 400 is a season-best.
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