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 Freshman Brittany Whitaker won the women's high jump with a regional qualifying jump of five feet, eight and one half inches. |
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2004 SoCon Outdoor Championship Results in PDF Format
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May 2, 2004
Boone, N.C. - Appalachian State's men came back from a 37-point margin with six events to go to win by 17 points over second-place Western Carolina at the 2004 Southern Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships. The Lady Catamounts took home a fourth place finish behind App State, Georgia Southern and Chattanooga.
Western Carolina's Milton Bolton claimed the 400 meter dash title with a time of 46.68 seconds. That was the fastest performance by a SoCon performer since VMI's Mario Small set the record of 45.77 in 1991. T. Alford of won the 100-meter dash for the Cats with a time of 10.41 seconds which was also the fastest time by a SoCon runner since 1991.
Bobby Robinson finished in a strong second in the men's decathlon with 5621 points, while Tyler Ferguson won the triple jump with a distance of 48-7.5. Adam Puett crossed the finish line first in the men's 1500 meter run with a time of 3:53.59 and Lawrence Briscoe won the 110 meter hurdles, coming in at 14.39.
Laura Tieszen, who set a SoCon record in the pole vault and finished second in the javelin, won Field Most Outstanding Performer acclaim. Leslie Martin of WCU took the 800m with a clocking of 2:11.94. Also for the women, freshman Brittany Whitaker took home medalist honors in the high jump with a regional qualifying leap of 5-8.5.
The following WCU women made the All-Conference team for their respective events:
Melanie Cooper (3rd, 10000m)
Laura Tieszen (1st, PV/2nd, javelin)
Brittany Whitaker (1st, HJ)
Jennifer Spivey (2nd, 400m/3rd, 4x400mr)
Miranda Long (3rd, discus)
Leslie Martin (1st, 800m/3rd, 4x400mr)
Asia Davis (3rd, 400mh/3rd, 4x400mr)
Tonya Edmonds (3rd, 4x400mr).
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Final 2004 SoCon Men's Track and Field Championship Scoring 1 Appalachian State 246.5 2 Western Carolina 229.5 3 Chattanooga 90 4 The Citadel 63 T5 Furman 53 East Tennessee State 53 7 Wofford 34 8 Davidson 26 9 UNC Greensboro 19Final 2004 SoCon Women's Track and Field Championship Scoring 1 Appalachian State 231.5 2 Georgia Southern 172 3 Chattanooga 124 4 Western Carolina 110.5 5 East Tennessee State 60 6 College of Charleston 30 7 Elon 29 8 Furman 26.5 9 Davidson 13.5 10 Wofford 11 11 UNC Greensboro 6 12 The Citadel 5
