Central Michigan University Athletics
Women's Track Competes At Purdue Open
3/26/2001 12:00:00 AM | Track & Field
March 26, 2001
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THE TEAM--The Central Michigan University women's track and field team competes at the Purdue Open on Saturday, March 31.
THE COACHING STAFF--The CMU women's track and field program is headed up by head coach Kathleen Raske Sparrey and assistant coaches Karen Lutzke and Larry Levine. Raske Sparrey led the Chippewas to fourth-place finishes at both the 2000 MAC indoor and outdoor finals. Lutzke was named MAC cross country "Coach of the Year" after helping the squad to the 2000 MAC championship while Levine, who is in his fourth year, works with the throwers and directs CMU's strength and conditioning program for the throwing events.
LAST WEEKEND--The Chippewas won the USTCA Quad hosted by Southern Illinois on March 24.
CMU took top honors with 216.50 points and was followed by Indiana State (201), Eastern Illinois (120) and Southern Illinois (102.5).
CMU was led by several athletes who won events.
Finishing first were: Kia Johnson (East Amherst, N.Y./So.) in the 200m (24.58), Erin Miner (Webster, N.Y./Jr.) in the 400m (2:20.51), Brook Creed (Walkerville/Jr.) in the 5,000m (18:10.09), Desha Feldpausch (Fowler/So.) in the 3,000m steeplechase (11:40.17), Suzy Bozin (Washington/Jr.) in the high jump (5-6.50), Maria Derezinski (Muskegon/Jr.) in the long jump (18-11.75), Jane Ludtke (White Cloud/Jr.) in the discus (143-1), and Natasha Reynolds (Warren, Pa./Fr.) in the javelin (137-2). The 4x100m (48.83) and the 4x400m (4:01.41) relay teams both took first.
Also turning in strong performances were: Melissa Miller (Portland/Fr.) who took second in the 1,500m (4:41.40), Johnson second in the 400m (1:00.18), Kelli Wilson (Swartz Creek/So.) second in the high jump (5-4.50), Derezinski second in the triple jump (35-10), and Jen Wolbrink (Pinckney/So.) second in the pole vault (10-0).
ON THE PURDUE OPEN-- "First off we are hoping for good weather. Since it is an open meet we want to improve on our performances from the first meet. We need to fine tune and give some people opportunities to run since we have been off for a couple of weeks."
ON LAST WEEKEND-- "It went great. It was cold and windy and was the first meet that we ran outdoors, but despite all of that we still did well. It was a total team effort. I was proud of our kids because it was a battle for every point and we weren't at full strength but we still pulled it out."
GREAT START--The Chippewas opened the 2001 outdoor season with a first-place finish at the USTCA Quad at Southern Illinois. Central competes another USTCA Quad on April 14 at the University of Michigan.
DEBUT--Brand new for the 2001 outdoor season is the introduction of the steeplechase. Sophomore Desha Feldpausch won the event with a time of 11:40.17.
UPCOMING--Central Michigan competes at the Indiana Triangular on April 7 at Bloomington, Ind.
