Feb. 23, 2007

UNIVERSITY CENTER - Lake Superior State junior Adam Smith clocked the fastest preliminary time of :49.05 in the men's 400-meter dash during the first day of competition at the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Indoor Championships Friday at Saginaw Valley State.

Smith and teammate DJ Battistella, who qualified seventh, both advanced to Saturday's finals. Battistella also qualified for the men's 200-meter dash finals after placing seventh in the preliminaries with a time of :22.81. Smith also met the NCAA provisional qualifying standard.

LSSU freshman Katie Scott placed third in the women's 5,000-meter run with an NCAA provisional qualifying time of 17:33.87. Her time also bettered her former school record of 17:45.95.

Ben Tarbutton was 11th in the men's 5,000 with a time of 15:40.01.

LSSU Women's Results
55-meter dash preliminaries: 14. Amanda Pieczynski, :07.68
200-meter dash preliminaries: 17. Pieczynski, :27.63; 24. Amanda Schroeder, :31.45; 25. Shelley Peterman, :32.48
5,000-meter run: 3. Katie Scott, 17:33.87; 23. Stacey Leyder, 20:18.21
Distance medley relay: 5. LSSU (Mandi DeBlock, Pieczynski, Marissa Ingle, Stephanie Riedel), 12:56.60
Long jump: 15. Peterman, 11-5 ½

LSSU Men's Results
55-meter dash preliminaries: 11. Jordan Baker, :06.76
200-meter dash preliminaries: 7. DJ Battistella, 22:81; 16. Paul Davis, :23.72; 18. Darryl Byrdge, :23.85; 22. Jeff Erb, :25.20
400-meter dash preliminaries: 1. Adam Smith, :49.05; 7. Battistella, :50.38; 22. Brian Reid, :54.86; 23. Davis, :54.89
5,000-meter run: 11. Ben Tarbutton, 15:40.01; 12. Scott Hosie, 15:40.56; 13. Chris Olds, 15:40.87; 24. Emory Nelkie, 16:34.04
55-meter hurdles preliminaries: 12. Byrdge, :08.38
Distance medley relay: 7. LSSU (Kevin Macomber, Evan Williams, Marc Small, Tom Thornton), 11:01.74
Long jump: 16. Dana Skytta, 19-10 ¼; 22. Baker, 17-4 ¾; 23. Erb, 16-5
Weight throw: 13. Skytta, 46-9 ½; 15. Jordan Romel, 45-2 ¼; 19. Joe Feathers, 41-7 3/4