Central Michigan University
Charles A. Gray Alma College Invitational
Kelto Shatters CMU 10,000 Mark
4/5/2015 12:00:00 AM | Track & Field
Brent Schriber, CMUChippewas.com
PALO ALTO, Calif. -- A school record and multiple first-place finishes marked the weekend for the Central Michigan men's and women's track & field teams.
Abbey Kelto broke another school standard this weekend as she finished the 10,000-meter run at the Stanford Invitational in a swift 34 minutes, 6.81 seconds. Kelto's time shattered the previous mark, 34:45.7, set in 2012 by Holly Anderson.
The clocking qualified Kelto for the NCAA Regional.
Kelto, senior from Munising, Mich., has been in the spotlight throughout the entire school year, beginning in the fall when she became just the second female student-athlete in CMU history to qualify for the NCAA Cross Country Championships.
In December, she broke the school indoor 5,000-meter record at the Saginaw Valley State University Holiday Classic.
In February, she broke the women's indoor 3,000-meter run at the Spire Invitational in Geneva, Ohio.
While Kelto was competing in California, the rest of the Chippewa squads were split up between meets at Alma College and Miami (Ohio).
At the Miami Invitational, the Chippewas had two first-place finishers. Lorenzo Wells won the men's 100-meter dash with a time of 10.61 seconds, a lifetime personal record. Tahshon Reese finished fourth in 10.81.
Bridget Doughty won the women's 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:01.52, edging teammate Emma Fishnick, who finished in 1:02.54.
Also for CMU at Miami:
· Curtis Mitchell finished in 21.70 to place third in the men's 200.
· Ziemowit Dutkiewicz placed second in the 400 hurdles in 52.84.
· Clay Holman took second in the 400 with a time of 49.54, and he ran the final leg of the men's 4x100 relay, in which CMU placed second. Reese, Wells and Mitchell joined Holman in the relay, finishing in 41.80.
At the Charlie Gray Invitational at Alma, CMU notched six first places, four of them by the men.
CMU's Archie Sullivan won the 400 in 50.14, while teammate Steven Green finished second in 50.62.
The Chippewas' Kyle Allinder and Scott Cousino finished one-two, respectively, in the 800. Allinder came in at 1:56.04, while Cousino finished in 1:56.80.
CMU's Quincy Briggs won the 400 hurdles with a time of 56.59, and Ben Wynsma won the 1,500 in 3:58.74.
The CMU women swept the top three spots in the 100, and Michaela Bundy captured the 800.
Markala Goodson was first in the 100 in 13.12, followed by DeJanae Terry, 13.13; and Janae Alexander, 13.14.
Bundy's winning time in the 800 was 2:17.16. CMU's Esther Bell finished second at 2:19.89.
Also for CMU at Alma:
· Kelly Schubert took second in the 1,500 in 4:45.89.
· Katie Weiler was second in the 3,000 steeplechase with a time of 11:38.89.
· The women's 4x100-meter relay team was second in 50.27. Janae Alexander, Chantel Edwards, Terry and Alexis Studer comprised the team.
· Jamar Hardy was third in the men's 100.
· Nate Ghena took third in the men's 1,500 with a time of 3:59.89.
· Brianna Hadley was fourth in the women's 400 in 1:00.81.
· Alexa Thibault placed fourth and Lynsey Collins was fifth in the 400 hurdles.
· Holly Stark finished fifth in the 100 hurdles.
· Tyler Hamilton was fifth in the the men's 1,500.
All Chippewas competing in field events had the weekend off due to poor weather.
Next weekend, CMU will again split the squads for the Oakland University Invitational and the Bison Outdoor Classic at Bucknell.
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