University of Minnesota Athletics
Gophers Win 10 Events at Musco Twilight
5/2/2010 12:00:00 AM | Women's Track & Field
Golden Gopher sophomore Adrienne Thomas won the long jump and was a member of the winning 4x400-meter relay to pace the Minnesota women’s track & field team to victories in 10 events at the Musco Twilight Meet in Iowa City, Iowa, on Saturday evening.
Thomas enjoyed personal bests in two individual events, one a field event and the other on the track. She won the long jump with a leap of 19 feet, 4 1/4 inches, tying for the seventh-best effort in school history. Thomas added a second-place showing in the 100-meters with a wind-aided time of 11.77, good for the sixth-fastest time on the Gophers’ top-10 list. To top off the meet, she led off the Gophers’ 4x400-meter relay that captured the win with a meet record and its season-best time of 3:42.99.
Kylie Peterson, Kelly Stalpes and Rikita Butler were double champions as well, each tallying a victory in an individual event and on a relay.
Peterson won the 100-meter dash in a time of 11.58 seconds. She ran a personal-best, but wind-aided time of 11.47 in the prelim; the second-fastest time in Minnesota history. Peterson, along with Chimerem Okoroji, Chioma Omeoga and Todea-Kay Willis, won the 4x100-meter relay in a season-best time of 45.65 seconds.
Stalpes lowered her career-best time in capturing the title in the 400-meter hurdles. She posted a time of 59.60 seconds, the fifth-best time in Gopher history.
Butler sprinted to the title in the 400-meter dash with a time of 54.99 seconds. Butler and Stalpes, along with Alena Brooks and Thomas, were members of the champion 4x400-meter relay.
Minnesota won four other titles in the field events. Jessica Cagle won the discus with a throw of 164-7, while DeAnne Hahn added another title in the throws by winning the hammer with an effort of 182-6. Alicia Rue placed first in the pole vault, battling the wind to clear a height of 13-1 1/2. Kelsey Joson won the triple jump with a distance of 37-4 1/2.
The Gophers recorded six additional runner-up finishes: Willis in the long jump (19-1 1/2), Becca Pilkerton in the pole vault (12-3 1/2), Jamie Dittmar in the 800 meters (2:09.87), Nikki Tzanakis in the discus (162-3), Kathryn Ritter in the 1,500 meters (4:29.00) and Emily Betz in the javelin (136-5).
Thomas enjoyed personal bests in two individual events, one a field event and the other on the track. She won the long jump with a leap of 19 feet, 4 1/4 inches, tying for the seventh-best effort in school history. Thomas added a second-place showing in the 100-meters with a wind-aided time of 11.77, good for the sixth-fastest time on the Gophers’ top-10 list. To top off the meet, she led off the Gophers’ 4x400-meter relay that captured the win with a meet record and its season-best time of 3:42.99.
Kylie Peterson, Kelly Stalpes and Rikita Butler were double champions as well, each tallying a victory in an individual event and on a relay.
Peterson won the 100-meter dash in a time of 11.58 seconds. She ran a personal-best, but wind-aided time of 11.47 in the prelim; the second-fastest time in Minnesota history. Peterson, along with Chimerem Okoroji, Chioma Omeoga and Todea-Kay Willis, won the 4x100-meter relay in a season-best time of 45.65 seconds.
Stalpes lowered her career-best time in capturing the title in the 400-meter hurdles. She posted a time of 59.60 seconds, the fifth-best time in Gopher history.
Butler sprinted to the title in the 400-meter dash with a time of 54.99 seconds. Butler and Stalpes, along with Alena Brooks and Thomas, were members of the champion 4x400-meter relay.
Minnesota won four other titles in the field events. Jessica Cagle won the discus with a throw of 164-7, while DeAnne Hahn added another title in the throws by winning the hammer with an effort of 182-6. Alicia Rue placed first in the pole vault, battling the wind to clear a height of 13-1 1/2. Kelsey Joson won the triple jump with a distance of 37-4 1/2.
The Gophers recorded six additional runner-up finishes: Willis in the long jump (19-1 1/2), Becca Pilkerton in the pole vault (12-3 1/2), Jamie Dittmar in the 800 meters (2:09.87), Nikki Tzanakis in the discus (162-3), Kathryn Ritter in the 1,500 meters (4:29.00) and Emily Betz in the javelin (136-5).
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