Eastern Michigan Athletics
Eastern Michigan University
MAC Championships
Women Finish Fourth at MAC Indoor Championships
2/25/2006 10:15:25 PM | Women's Track & Field
Patrice Beasley earns First Team All-MAC Honors
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio--The Eastern Michigan University women’s track team finished fourth overall at the Mid-American Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships, hosted in the Perry Center by Bowling Green State University. The Eagles finished behind Akron, Ball State and instate rival Western Michigan.
The Eagles entered they day in eighth place after the first day of competition Friday. Leading the way for EMU was senior Patrice Beasley (Romulus, Mich.-Romulus) who claimed the individual championship in both the 60 meter dash and the 200 meter dash, and also helped the team in the 4x400 meter relay as the team finished in second place. In the triple jump, sophomore Ashley McCullough (Dayton, Ohio-Colonel White) finished in fourth place with a total of 39 feet-11.5 inches.
Also finishing strong for the Eagles was senior Lauren Snell (Medina, Ohio-Medina) who finished in sixth place in the 3,000 meter run with a time of 9:58.04. Senior Shamarie Giscombe (Kingston, Jamaica-St. Andrews) and sophomore Andrea Wheeler (Suffolk, Va.-Lakeland) also had a strong showings in the 60-meter hurdles finishing fourth and fifth respectively.
A complete rundown of EMU’s place finishers can be found on page two of this release.
TEAM SCORES
2. Ball State 105
3. Western Michigan 75.75
4. Eastern Michigan 69.50
5. Central Michigan 61
6. Toledo 51.75
7. Kent State 46.50
8. Miami University 46
9. Buffalo 41.50
10. Bowling Green 30.75
11. Northern Illinois 13.75
10. Ohio 3
HIGH JUMP
15. Kasey Butler (EMU) 5-feet-2.5-inches
TRIPLE JUMP
4. Ashley McCullough (EMU) 39-feet-11.5-inches
7. Kemba Johnson (EMU) 38-feet-1.5inches
14. Andrea Wheeler (EMU) 35-feet-7.5-inches
60-METER HURDLES
4. Andrea Wheeler (EMU) :08.59
5. Shamarie Giscombe (EMU) :08.64
8. Chrystal Dooley (EMU) :08.92
400 METERS
5. Bria Woods (EMU) :55.70
9. Chrystal Dooley (EMU) :57.40
60 METER DASH
1. Patrice Beasley (EMU) :7.36
200 METER DASH
1. Patrice Beasley (EMU) 24.27
3,000 METERS
6. Lauren Snell (EMU) 9:58.04
4x400 METER RELAY
2. Eastern Michigan University 3:46.79
(Patrice Beasley, Chrystal Dooley, LaQuae Jones,Bria Woods)
First Team All-MAC Women
Kelly Braden, Kent State
Sarah Landau, Miami University
April Williams, Toledo
Jill Scully, Ball State
Jennifer Jezorski, Buffalo
Kristina Bolterstein, Miami
Becky Horn, Western Michigan
Patrice Beasley, Eastern Michigan
Beata Rudzinska, Akron
LeVania Henderson
Second Team All-MAC Women
Jaroslaw Zakrzewski, Kent State
Stevi Large, University of Akron
Jessica Lister, Buffalo
Terri Abraham, Ball State
Ebba Stenback, Toledo
Amber Williams, Ball State
Brittany Hocker, Akron
Amber Williams, Ball State
Jill Odom, Western Michigan
Jenna Strouse, Akron
