The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
University of Texas
Penn Relays
Malone leads Women's Track and Field on day one of Penn Relays
04.22.2010 | Track & Field / Cross Country w, Track & Field / Cross Country
April 22, 2010
PHILADELPHIA -- Junior Chantel Malone tied her long jump personal best for second place Thursday afternoon to lead a successful first day for the Longhorns at the 2010 Penn Relays. The Horns' distance medley relay clocked the eighth-fastest time in UT history while the Horns' 4x400m posted the third-fastest qualifying time at Franklin Field.
Malone recorded a wind-legal mark of 21-0.5 (6.41m), matching her PR set at the 2010 Texas Relays on April 2 in Austin.
Malone returned to the track just a little while later to run the anchor leg of the Longhorns' 4x400m relay that posted the third-fastest time of the qualifying heats of 3:33.54. Freshman Alicia Peterson opened up with a 54.2 split before handing off to sophomore Angele Cooper who finished her lap in 53.1 Sophomore Stacey-Ann Smith split in 53.0 while Malone anchored in 53.2.
The mile-relay final will be on Saturday at 4:50 p.m. Central against a stacked field of Texas A&M, Arkansas, LSU, Penn State, Oregon, Auburn and the University of Technology from Jamaica.
The Horns' DMR quartet of redshirt junior Betzy Jimenez and sophomores Judy Nwosu, Julie Amthor and Mia Behm clocked an 11:22.72 to finish second in the college section of the event. Along with being the eighth-best time in UT history, the mark is also the fastest by a burnt orange squad since 2008 and the third-fastest at Texas since 2000.
In other field events on day one, senior Jordyn Brown picked up a fourth-place finish in the shot put with her second-best mark of the year, 52-2.5 (15.91m). Brown also placed seventh in the hammer after recording a 170-8 (52.04m). Sophomore Amanda Van Dyke PR'd in the college section of the shot put with her throw of 49-1.5 (14.97m) while freshman Natasha Masterson cleared 12-7.5 (3.85m) for eighth in the pole vault.
Senior Allison Mendez posted the fastest 10,000m of her career to finish seventh in 35:18.38, a mark that is the quickest by a Longhorn since 2007. Sophomore Laleh Mojtabaeezamani set a PR in the 5,000m taking 27 seconds off her previous PR (17:30.35) to finish in 17:03.98 for 25th.
Day two action for the Longhorns at Penn Relays at 10 a.m. Central with sophomore Okwukwe Okolie in the discus. Also competing on day two is sophomore Victoria Lucas in the high jump at 12:45 p.m. and freshman Chalonda Goodman in the 100m prelims at 2:30 p.m.
POST MEET QUTOES
Head Coach Beverly Kearney
On the 4x400m relay and the first day of the Relays: I thought with most of the girls being at Penn for the first time, it was a great opener for them. We know it's going to be a good final with the times going in being so close and the crowd being a lot bigger but I'm looking forward to seeing how they handle that transition. I also think we had a great performance out of Chantel Malone in the long jump and the relay along with what our DMR did so I think we're in a very good place heading into the conference championship.
On the DMR: The DMR ran and amazing race and our team is now about being a team and everybody is giving everything they have in order for us to be successful and I'm excited about that.
TEXAS RESULTS (!-personal best, q-qualified for finals)
4x400m relay prelims
3. Texas (Alicia Peterson, Angele Cooper, Stacey-Ann Smith, Chantel Malone), 3:33.54q
Long Jump Championship
2. Chantel Malone, 21-0.5 (6.41m)!
Distance Medley Relay College
2. Texas, 11:22.72 - splits listed below
(1,200m-B. Jimenez - 3:28.60; 400m-J. Nwosu - 55.93; 800m-J. Amthor - 2:12.07; Mile-M. Behm - 4:46.13)
Shot Put Championship
4. Jordyn Brown, 52-2.5 (15.91m)
Hammer Throw Championship
7. Jordyn Brown, 170-8 (52.04m)
10,000m
7. Allison Mendez, 35:18.38
Pole Vault Championship
8. Natasha Masterson, 12-7.5 (3.85m)
Shot Put College
4. Amanda Van Dyke, 49-1.5 (14.97m)!
6. Helen Ubabuike, 46-10 (14.27m)
Pole Vault College
7. Jessica Doyle, 12-6 (3.81m)
Javelin College
14. Kayla Marsh, 117-7 (35.86m)
5,000m
25. Laleh Mojtabaeezamani, 17:03.98!
