GWU's Long and Hutschalik Headline All-Conference Honors as the Runnin' Bulldogs Wrap Up at the 2011 Big South Indoor Track & Field Championships
February 25, 2011 | Track & Field
Clemson, S.C. - Gardner-Webb had senior Carrie Long and redshirt-senior Christoph Hutschalik tabbed as the 2011 Big South Indoor Track & Field Women's and Men's Scholar-Athlete of the Years, as the Runnin' Bulldogs had 11 total all-conference performers at the two-day 2011 Big South Indoor Track & Field Championships in Clemson, S.C.
In the team scores, Gardner-Webb women's team placed fifth overall with 52.50 points, while the men's team came in seventh with 49 points. Liberty's women's team took first-place with 179.50 points, while the Flames' men's team also took first-place with 198 points for the two-day event.
On the men's side, like fellow teammate Ashlei Alexander on Thursday, redshirt-senior Christoph Hutschalik set a new GWU school record and took first-place overall in the men's weight throw event with his toss of 19.27 meters (63'2.75"), earning all-conference honors.
Fellow thrower Travis Rogers also earned all-conference honors in the men's weight throw event on Friday, setting a new personal best mark with a distance of 17.49 meters (57'4.75").
Also earning all-conference honors on the men's side on Friday was sophomore Josiah Stanton-Brooks, who crossed the finish line in second with his time of 1:55.19, and senior Johnathan Rucker, who turned in a personal best time of 8.09 in the 60 meter hurdles finals to finish in third-place overall.
GWU also had a number of different performers score points on the men's side, as sophomore Bo Miller finished sixth overall in the 60 meter dash finals with a time of 7.05, while freshman Johnathan Parks crossed the finish line in sixth-place overall in the 200 meter dash finals with his time of 22.68.
The 4x400 meter relay unit of Rucker, Evan Brusich, Parks and Stanton-Brooks picked up a fourth-place finish with a time of 3:21.46, while Brusich placed eighth in the 60 meter hurdles finals with a time of 8.45.
Freshman Carson Sears also earned points for GWU in the weight throw event with an eighth-place finish in which he turned in a toss of 16.49 meters (54'1.25"), while fellow thrower C.J. Wise set a new personal best mark of 13.75 meters (45'1.50") in the weight throw event.
On the women's side, six different Runnin' Bulldogs joined Alexander in earning all-conference honors on Friday afternoon.
Senior Carrie Long took second-place overall in the women's pole vault event, earning all-conference honors with a mark of 3.60 meters (11'9.75"), while junior Sarah Herd earned all-conference honors with her third-place finish in the women's high jump event, clearing the bar at 1.60 meters (5'6").
Also earning all-conference honors on Friday was the 4x400 meter relay team of T'Keyah Bell, Cherish Richardson, Amara Isbell and Ivana Hughes, which turned in a time of 3:56.02 to finish in second-place overall in the event.
GWU's Alexander, who earned all-conference honors on Thursday for her first-place finish in the women's shot put event with a school record throw, recorded a fifth-place finish in the women's weight throw event with a school record and personal best mark of 16.19 meters (53'1.50").
Gardner-Webb's Hughes and Richardson both scored points for the Runnin' Bulldogs in the 800 meter run finals, as Hughes took fourth-place with a personal best time of 2.15.97, while Richardson crossed the finish line in eighth-place with her time of 2:22.76.
In the women's pole vault event, GWU had three Runnin' Bulldogs record points besides Long. Ann Marie Howell took fifth-place overall with a mark of 3.45 meters (11'3.75"), while sophomores Taylor Cook and Bethany Wright both finished tied for eighth-place with marks of 3.30 meters (10'10"), a new personal best height for Wright.
Sophomore Ariel Zimmerman crossed the finish line in eighth-place overall in the women's 1 mile event with a time of 5:15.61, while fellow teammate Elisabeth Sawyer set a new personal best time of 5:24.86 in the same event.
Other GWU Runnin' Bulldogs that set personal best marks on Friday afternoon were Kyntoya Hansford, who turned in a throw of 14.08 meters (46'2.50") in the women's weight throw event, good enough to place 10th overall, Jasmine Miles, who recorded a new personal best distance of 13.55 meters (44'5.50") in the weight throw event, and sophomore Yazzming Lee, who also posted a new personal best mark in the weight throw event with a mark of 13.52 meters (44'4.25").
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All-Conference Performers
Women's
Ashlei Alexander - 1st-place women's shot put (13.41m)
Carrie Long - 2nd-place women's pole vault (3.60m)
T'Keyah Bell, Cherish Richardson, Amara Isbell, Ivana Hughes - 2nd-place women's 4x400 meter relay (3:56.02)
Sarah Herd - 3rd-place women's high jump (1.68m)
Men's
Christoph Hutschalik - 1st-place, men's weight throw (19.27m)
Josiah Stanton-Brooks, 2nd-place, men's 800 meter run (1:55.19)
Johnathan Rucker - 3rd-place, men's 60 meter hurdles (8.09)
Travis Rogers - 3rd-place, men's weight throw (17.49m)
Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Women's
Carrie Long, Gardner-Webb
Men's
Christoph Hutschalik, Gardner-Webb
Top-10 Finishers
Women's
Ashlei Alexander - 1st-place, women's shot put (13.41m)
T'Keyah Bell, Cherish Richardson, Amara Isbell, Ivana Hughes - 2nd-place, women's 4x400 meter relay (3:56.02)
Ivana Hughes - 4th-place, women's 800 meter run (2:15.97)
Ann Marie Howell - 5th-place, women's pole vault (3.45 m)
Ariel Zimmerman, Katie Spiro, Leah Steinke, Elisabeth Sawyer - 6th-place, Women's Distance Medley (12:44.73)
Kyntoya Hansford - 8th-place, women's shot put (11.17m)
Katy Milton - 8th-place, women's long jump (5.29m)
Cherish Richardson - 8th-place, women's 800 meter run (2:22.76)
Ariel Zimmerman - 8th-place, women's 1 mile run (5:15.61)
Taylor Cook - 8th-place, women's pole vault (3.30m)
Bethany Wright - 8th-place, women's pole vault (3.30m)
Caroline Arledge - 10th-place women's high jump (1.53m)
Ann Marie Howell - 10th-place women's high jump (1.53m)
Olivia Moody - 10th-place women's high jump (1.53m)
Men's
Christoph Hutschalik - 1st-place, men's weight throw (19.27m)
Josiah Stanton-Brooks - 2nd-place, men's 800 meter run (1:55.19)
Travis Rogers - 3rd-place, men's weight throw (17.49m)
Johnathan Rucker - 3rd-place, men's 60 meter hurdles (8.09)
Johnathan Rucker, Evan Brusich, Johnathan Parks, Josiah Stanton-Brooks - 4th-place, men's 4x400 meter relay - (3:21.46)
Bo Miller - 6th-place, men's 60 meter dash (7.05)
Johnathan Parks - 6th-place men's 200 meter dash (22.68)
Carson Sears - 6th-place, men's shot put (14.79m)
Carson Sears - 8th-place, men's weight throw (16.49m)
Evan Brusich - 8th-place, men's 60 meter hurdles (8.45)
Evan Brusich - 8th-place, men's pole vault (3.75m)
Johnathan Rucker - 8th-place, men's high jump (1.90m)
Drew Ford, Galen Keene, Trey Crook, Mike McClay - 8th-place, Men's Distance Medley Relay (11:07.81)
Terry Davis - 9th-place, men's high jump (1.85m)
Mike McClay - 10th-place, men's 3000 meter run (8:47.96)
Travis Rogers - 10th-place, men's shot put (14.07m)
Terry Davis - 10th-place, men's triple jump (13.62m)
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