May 5, 2007

MIDLAND - The Lake Superior State men's and women's track and field teams both broke two school records during the final day of competition at the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championships Friday at Northwood University.

Freshman Katie Scott placed fourth in the women's 5,000-meter run in a school-record time of 18:00.75. She broke Kristin Carson's record of 18:09.77 set in 2005. The LSSU women's 4x400-meter relay team also set a new school record of 4:19.23. The names of relay participants were not available.

Junior Adam Smith met the NCAA Provisional Qualifying Time in the men's 400-meter dash by placing second in :47.13. He also bettered his previous mark of :47.37.

Freshmen Jordan Baker, Darryl Byrge, Travis Baril and Paul Davis also improved upon their school record in the men's 4x100-meter relay. They placed sixth in :42.93. Smith, Marc Small, Evan Williams and Ross Malatinsky were fourth in the men's 4x400-meter relay.

LSSU Women's Results
100-meter dash finals: 8. Amanda Pieczynski, :13.07
3,000-meter run: 18. Stephanie Riedel, 11:03.62
5,000-meter run: 4. Katie Scott, 18:00.75; 14. Ashley Quick, 19:34.35; 24. Stacey Leyder, 20:52.46
4x400-meter relay: 9. LSSU, 4:19.23
Shot put: 15. Jill Walton, 33-8 1/2
Discus throw: 8. Walton, 117-1

LSSU Men's Results
400-meter dash finals: 2. Adam Smith, :47.13
800-meter run finals: 9. Marc Small, 1:58.47
5,000-meter run: 12. Scott Hosie, 15:53.19; 18. Tom Thornton, 16:20.19; 19. Kevin Macomber, 16:21.62; 29. Eric Hoxie, 17:35.36
400-meter hurdles finals: 8. Darryl Byrge, :58.35
4x100-meter relay: 6. LSSU (Jordan Baker, Byrge, Travis Baril, Paul Davis), :42.93
4x400-meter relay: 4. LSSU (Smith, Small, Evan Williams, Ross Malatinsky), 3:20.38
Long jump: 20. Baril, 19-4 1/4
Shot put: 15. Joe Feathers, 40-0 3/4; 17. Jordan Romel, 37-5; 18. Bryan Pyle, 36-4 1/4
Discus throw: 15. Feathers, 125-2; 20. Romel, 121-2; 21. Dana Skytta, 112-0; 23. Pyle, 80-1