SMU track and field breaks records at Howie Ryan Invite

[PonyPride]

From SMUMustangs.com:

SMU T&F: Records Broken As SMU Stars At Howie Ryan Invitational
Kalu Sets School Record In 60m, Powers Breaks Meet Record In 5000m

Jan. 26, 2013

HOUSTON (SMU) - Stephanie Kalu set a school record in the 60 meter dash at 7.45, freshman Ashlee Powers set a meet record in the 5000 meter run at 17:23.79 as the SMU Mustangs won four events at the Howie Ryan Invitational hosted by Houston.

Mary Alenbratt won the 3000 meter run with a personal best time of 9:42.05. Freshman Karoline Skatteboe finished third, also setting a personal best at 9:49.85. Shanoah Souza (sixth, 9:57.47) and Powers (ninth, 9:59.98) also took top-10's with personal best times. The combo of Skatteboe, Alenbratt, Souza and Isis Wilson took the distance medley title by eight seconds over the field.

Helena Perez set a season best mark in the shot put at 15.29m, giving her a first place finish.

The Mustangs will head to Lubbock, Texas for the Red Raider Invitational on Feb. 2.

[alyssa]

With this site you can see how SMU athletics compares to the others.

http://www.tfrrs.org/

[alyssa]

OK this was the "fast heat" at Stanford yesterday, but it is not really a fast race.
It says "7 Mary Alenbratt SMU 4:21.17". So using a formula that is like a 4:40.23541 for 1 Mile.



http://www.flotrack.org/coverage/250620 ... ome-wheels

[fifty]

China is the ultimate world power in middle distance. SMU should start recruiting there.