TicketsMarch 24, 2007
AUBURN/TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- A busy track and field weekend for the University of Cincinnati saw four Bearcats qualify for NCAA competition and a school record broken as the squads split to attend the Alabama Relays and Auburn's Springtime Invitational.
The decathletes and heptathletes competed at the Alabama Relays on Thursday and Friday (March 22-23). Senior Ashley Wilhelm broke her own school mark in the heptathlon with 5515 points, winning the event by over 300 points. Decathletes Keller Schnier (5723) and Caleb Arthur (5573) finished eighth and ninth, respectively.
The rest of the team traveled across the state to compete at the Springtime Invitational on the campus of on Saturday (March 24). Highlighting the Bearcats' performances were Brittany Klima, who finished second in the pole vault with a school record-tying 12' 5-1/2" clearance and met NCAA regional qualifying standards, and Kevin Schwarz, who won the 3000 steeplechase with an Auburn University Track Complex record 9:17.62.
Renee Hein finished second in the high jump with a regional-qualifying 5' 10-1/2" leap. UC's final regional qualifier came in the form of Ian Jarman in the hammer throw. Jarman's 183' 9" heave placed second in the meet and moved him into second place in school history behind record holder Richard Hurst (200' 8").
UC returns to the state of for its annual grudge match, the Southern Ohio Cup, on March 31 in . The Southern Ohio Cup pits UC against and in a tri-meet in which men's and women's scores are combined to determine the winner.
Women's Finishers
Dominique Davis 400 meters 56.72 (4th)
Megan Knapp 3000 meters 10:36.45 (5th)
Monica Hundley 100 hurdles 14.20 (4th)
Sharika Thompson 400 hurdles 1:03.55 (4th)
4x400 3:51.09 (5th)
Renee Hein High Jump 5' 10-1/2" (2nd) - R
Brittany Klima Pole Vault 12' 5-1/5" (2nd) - R/S
Tara Meier Pole Vault 11' 1-3/4" (4th)
Ashley Wilhelm Heptathlon 5515 (1st) - N/S
Men's Finishers
Brad Neumann 1500 meters 3:55.84 (4th)
Randy King 1500 meters 3:59.56 (5th)
John Dixon 3000 meters 8:27.17 (3rd)
Solomon Kessio 3000 meters 8:40.98 (5th)
Jared Martin 400 hurdles 53.76 (5th)
Kevin Schwarz 3000 steeple 9:17.62 (1st) - F
Bill Keckeis 3000 steeple 9:47.82 (2nd)
David Adams 3000 steeple 9:48.72 (3rd)
4x100 41.15 (4th)
Bob Kandell Long Jump 23' 2-3/4" (4th)
Hanson Discus 149' 0" (5th)
Ian Jarman Hammer Throw 183' 9" (2nd) - R
Ryan Flynn Hammer Throw 156' 6" (5th)