March 1, 2014

Day One Results

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - Jeff Arirguzo qualified for the finals in both the 60-meter and the 200m dash with times of 6.98 and 21.69 while Serena San Cartier finished first in the prelims for the 60m hurdles with a time of 8.76 as Oakland completed its first day in its first Horizon League Championship meet.

"We had some very nice performances today in some of the prelims," said head coach Paul Rice. "Having qualifiers come in every event we competed in is a great accomplishment. I think overall we expected to have more qualifiers than we had, but we will go into tomorrow and hopefully get some good points from the finals. We did have several PRs come out of the sprints and hurdles which should give those athletes confidence for Sunday. The two big highlights from today were Jeff (Arirguzo) breaking his 200m school record again and C.J. (Gozdoor) breaking the league's heptathlon high jump record.I am very proud of these athletes and looking forward to tomorrow."

Nicholas Girodat finished the 60m dash in 6.99, good for fourth place in the preliminary round and Candice Mack qualified seventh in the women's 200m with a time of 25.29. Courtney Stauffer will run in the 800m finals on Sunday having finished third in the prelims with a time of 2:16.09 and Karli Keur will race the 800 as well having finished fifth in the preliminary round with a 2:16.88.

Chris Scott and David Koponen will represent the Oakland men in the 800m as Scott finished fourth (1:55.65) in prelims and Koponen finished 8th (1:55.90).

The finals for the 5000m run concluded with Jenae Curley in eighth place for the women in 18:34.28 and Michael Cox in eighth for the men in 15:20.67. In the distance medley relays, the women's team of Autumn Cleverley, Elizabeth Girardot, Keur and Sammy Mondry finished in fifth place with a time of 12:21.76. The men's team conprised of Scott, Timothy Pfund, Geoffrey Williston and Jacob Bowman finished in third place with a 10:09.16.

In field events, Shannon Getchen finished seventh in the weight throw with a hurl of 49' 4.50". C.J. Gozdor competed in the heptathlon and finished in second with 2,514 points

After day one, Oakland's women are in seventh place with two points while the men are in sixth with six points. Horizon League Championship resumes on Sunday for the final rounds of competing in Oakland's indoor track and field season.

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