April 21, 2001
LEXINGTON, VA -- Heading into the final day, the Western Carolina women and the Appalachian State men have built commanding team leads in the 2001 Southern Conference Men's and Women's Track and Field Championships being held at Read Track on the campus of VMI.
The Mountaineer men have 86 points with VMI in second at 46 points. Western Carolina has a 29-point lead over Appalachian State heading into the final day of women's competition. The Catamounts have 75 points with ASU in second at 46 and Chattanooga is third with 42 points.
A number of familiar faces again made their marks at the SoCon meet on Friday.
Appalachian State's Mary Jayne Harrelson, already the holder of the SoCon records in the 800 and 1500 meters, set the meet mark in the 3000 meters on Friday with a 9:35.92 clocking. Western Carolina's Ashley Herndon claimed her third straight SoCon javelin title with a throw of 128-08.
John Chisholm of VMI repeated as the SoCon hammer throw champion with a toss of 188-6. The Western Carolina women continued their field success as freshman Barbara Palmer won the women's hammer throw at 151-2.
Chattanooga's Shon Grice won the men's 3,000 meter steeplechase in 9:13.34. Grice was also the SoCon steeplechase champion in 1999 and finished fourth in 2000.
Chattanooga's Tyleana Hanner won two events on Friday, setting a new meet record in the heptathlon and also claiming the women's long jump. Hanner's 5,361 heptathlon points is a new SoCon women's meet record and also a provisional NCAA qualifying mark. She shattered the previous record of 4,292 points by nearly 1,100 points. Hanner also won the women's long jump with a leap of 19-06.75.
VMI's Philip Weismiller won the javelin with a toss of 181-02. Weismiller was also the 1999 SoCon champion. Damion McLean of Appalachian won the long jump with a leap of 23-10.
The decathlon concluded with East Tennessee State's Andrew Whitson winning a
second consecutive title. The Buc sophomore total 6,233 points to
outdistance Appalachian State's Chad Michael who compiled 5,795 points.
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