Southern Illinoise University Athletics
Southern Illinois University
NCAA Outdoor Championships
Women's Track and Field finishes ninth at NCAA Outdoor Championships
06/12/2010 | 12:00:00 | Track and Field
June 12, 2010
By Shalae Patrick
www.SIUSalukis.com
EUGENE, Ore. - The Southern Illinois women's track and field team finished tied for ninth in the country after a strong showing at the 2010 NCAA Outdoor National Championships hosted by Oregon. The Salukis scored 26 points to tie with Oklahoma.
Sophomore thrower Jeneva McCall became the first Saluki to earn three All-American honors at the Championships after winning the discus and taking fifth in the hammer and the shot scoring 18 points. McCall threw 180-04 (54.98m) for the national title in the discus Wednesday winning the Salukis' first outdoor title in school history and the first title since Brittany Riley's second indoor weight throw title in 2008. She also finished fifth in the women's shot put with a career-best toss of 54-03.25 (16.54m), second all-time at SIU.
Thursday, all four Saluki women's hammer throwers earned All-America team honors and scored 12 points for the Salukis. Gwen Berry brought home her first All-American honor, throwing 201-02 (61.31m) for fourth place, and McCall threw 199-06 (60.80m) for fifth place.
Olga Ciura finished seventh earning her first All-American honor with a toss of 196-05 (59.88m), and Sasha Leeth earned her second All-American honor with a best throw of 194-00 (59.14m) for eighth in her final trip to the National Championships.
On the men's side, Jake Deiters earned his first All-American honor Wednesday, finishing eighth in the discus. He threw 181-02 (55.23m). J.C. Lambert earned All-American honors after finishing 13th in the hammer throw with a toss of 207-07 (63.29m) on Friday.
Sophomore Cody Doerflein cleared 17-04.50 (5.30m) in the pole vault Thursday, going out at 17-08.50 (5.40m) finishing 10th, just missing scoring and earning All-American honors by two spots in his first trip to the national meet.
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