Published: May 10, 2008 12:09 am            

ISU's Hutson shatters own school pole vault record

BLOOMINGTON — Kylie Hutson moved into a tie for 10th place on the NCAA Division I women’s outdoor regional descending order list by breaking her own school record Friday in the pole vault.

The Terre Haute North graduate and current Indiana State sophomore cleared 13 feet, 71/4 inches in cold, rainy conditions at the Billy Hayes Invitational at Indiana University, shattering her previous school-record mark of 13-31/2 set earlier this season.

Sean Wright also joined teammates Steve Daniel and Sean Bowman as NCAA Regional qualifiers. Wright won the 400-meter dash in a time of 46.85.

Another former Patriot prep standout, Kayla Alexander placed second in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 10:14.49.

Kurt Heimann was also a race winner for the Sycamores, as he took first place in the 800 with a time of 1:51.03.

Michael Disher took third place in the 3,000 meter run with a time of 8:34.28 while Gary Ogburn placed seventh in the 200 meter dash with a time 21.84 seconds.

In other action in the field the women’s side, Lauren Martin took second in the triple jump with a distance of 38-91/2, and Samantha McClendon took seventh in the long jump with a leap of 18-01/2.

Lisa Barrett also had a solid evening, as she finished third in the javelin throw with a heave of 131-0.

South Vermillion graduate Julia Costello placed eighth in the 1,500 in a time of 4:55.35.

The Sycamores will now turn their attention to the 2008 State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships, which are May 16-18 in Carbondale, Ill.

        

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