Charlotte Men Win C-USA Indoor Track Championhip
Charlotte snapped Houston's streak of four-straight C-USA Indoor Championships. |
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Feb. 24, 2001
HOUSTON, Texas - For the first time since the inception of Conference USA five years ago, the league crowned a new men's indoor track champion. Charlotte held off a furious last-day challenge from four-time conference champion, Houston, to nail down its first C-USA Indoor Track and Field championship, which concluded Saturday at the Bill Yeoman Fieldhouse on the campus of the University of Houston.
"We're just really proud of our team," 49ers coach David Hall said afterward. "It was a total team effort. We scored in many different events and I'm just really proud of the guys. We had a goal coming in and I'm proud the team achieved that."
The 49ers finished off the Cougars with an impressive performance in the 3,000 meters-the second to last event of the day. The 49ers placed second, fourth and eighth. The Cougars last hope for its fifth straight title came to an end in the 4x400-meter relay, finishing second to Memphis, while Charlotte took third. The 49ers edged out the Cougars in points, 148-143.
Hall was unanimously selected as C-USA Coach of the Year for leading the Niners to the upset. His distance runner extraordinaire, Kenneth Svendsen, took the Athlete of the Year award after winning the 5,000 meters, finishing second in the mile (4:13.35) and the 3,000 meters (8:25.46) and anchoring the distance medley squad that finished fourth.
"I'm really excited about this meet," Svendsen said. "The Conference USA Championship is a very exciting thing to head into and you want to give everything for the team. I wanted to be very supportive and get the points we needed to win."
On the women's side, Charlotte finished sixth out of 11 teams with 42.5 points. South Florida claimed their second straight title, scoring 112.5 points.
Final ResultsMen's Results Team Standings School Score 1. Charlotte 148 2. Houston 143 3. Memphis 127 4. DePaul 70 5. Marquette 66 6. Tulane 62
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Individual Champions Event Champion Time/Distance 60M Dash Larry Crawford, Memphis 6.73 60M Hurdles Greg Christie, Houston 7.96 200M Dash Robert Foster, Houston 21.35 400M Dash Adam Evans, Charlotte 48.69 800M Dash Juan Cardenas, Houston 1:55.05 Mile Run Matt Plano, DePaul 4:13.30 3000M Run Stefan Matschiner, Memphis 8:25.46 5000M Run Kenneth Svendsen, Charlotte 14:31.46 4X400M Relay Memphis 3:17.26 DMR Memphis 10:12.02 High Jump Jeff Mueller, Houston 2.17m/7-1.50 Long Jump Will Montgomery, Charlotte 7.50m/24-7.25 Triple Jump Carl White, Tulane 15.61m/51-2.75 Shot Put Frank Guzman, DePaul 17.67m/57-11.75 Weight Throw Matt Rausch, Charlotte 18.54m/60-10 Pole Vault Andrew Martin, Houston 4.75m/15-7
Coach of the Year-David Hall, Charlotte Athlete of the Year-Kenneth Svendsen, Charlotte Freshman of the Year-Juan Cardenas, Houston
Women's Results Team Standings School Score 1. South Florida 112.50 2. Tulane 101 3. Houston 95 4. Marquette 80 5. Cincinnati 63.50 6. Charlotte 42.50 7. Louisville 34 8. Memphis 33 9. Southern Miss 28 10. DePaul 17.50 11. UAB 17
Individual Champions Event Champion Time/Distance 60M Dash Kerine Black, South Florida 7.45 60M Hurdles Jenny Adams, Houston 8.28 200M Dash Lauren Smith, Houston 24.58 400M Dash Nadja Petersen, Tulane 54.60 800M Dash Angela Miller, Tulane 2:13.00 Mile Run Katrina Gemmell, Tulane 4:57.44 3000M Run Jolene Williams, South Florida 9:45.91 5000M Run Susan Barth, Marquette 16:53.41 4X400M Relay Tulane 3:45.44 DMR Tulane 11:48.41 High Jump Hope Sinclair, Southern Miss 1.68m/5-6 Long Jump Jenny Adams, Houston 6.57m/21-2.75 Triple Jump Marie Ahlander, Tulane 13.00m/42-8 Shot Put Annie Lewandowski, Marquette 14.27m/46-10 Weight Throw Mimi Merrill, Cincinnati 19.27m/63-2.75 Pole Vault Rhian Clarke, Houston 4.05m/13-3.50
Coach of the Year-Kelly Phillips, South Florida Co-Athletes of the Year-Jenny Adams, Houston, Kerine Black, South Florida Freshman of the Year-Brianna Dahm, Marquette
