College track and field: UCI athletes set records

UC Irvine collected several top performances in the Pomona College

Preseason meet that opened the 2002 outdoor schedule for the Anteaters

Saturday.

Cammy Carroll set a school record in winning the hammer throw with a

mark of 156-10, eclipsing the previous record by 18 feet. Carmen Schmidt,

the former record-holder, placed second at 140-11, lifting her No. 2

career mark at UCI. Carroll also won the discus at 144-5, the fifth-best

throw in UCI history, while Tynisia Edwards won the triple jump with a

mark of 38-4 1/4.

Erin Curtis won the pole vault at 11-6, while Tessa Cendejas and Jenny

Liou finished first and third in the 3,000 meters with times of 10:08.66

and 10:13.10, respectively. UCI went 2-3-4 in the mile run with Julie

Manson running 5:14.98, Kaleena Yee 5:16.13 and Lisa Massoth 5:18.73.

Suzanne Purmort was second in the 800 meters in 2:21.37.

For the Anteater men, Curtis Lehmann won the 800 meters in 1:56.98 and

Darrell Tozier captured the mile run in 4:26.29. David Santos was second

in the 3,000 meters in 8:54.09. Michael Beerer tossed the hammer 150-3

for the eighth-best mark in Anteater history.

Both Anteater teams compete in the Claremont College Relays Saturday.