May 12, 2006

PROVO, Utah - TCU track and field got a pair of record-setting performances from two Frogs to highlight day three of the 2006 Mountain West Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships at the Clarence F. Robison Track on the campus of Brigham Young University. Sprinters Lewis Banda and Otis McDaniel both won their heats en route to setting new MWC outdoor track meet records as Banda ran a season-best 46.07 in the preliminaries of the men's 400 meter, while McDaniel posted a 20.67 in the 200 meters. Banda's mark in the 400m is also a new all-time MWC record in the event.

It was a spectacular day for the Flyin' Frogs as they dominated almost every running event. The men's team won the prelims in the 100m, 200m, 400m and 800m, while the women took first place in the 100m, 200m, 400m, 100m hurdles and 400m hurdles.

"We had a good day, including a couple of positive surprises," TCU head track and field coach Darryl Anderson said. "We qualified extremely well in areas where we needed to for tomorrow."

The 19th-ranked Flyin' Frog men were stellar in the short distances as Otis McDaniel, Bradley Reed, Justyn Warner, Delwayne Delaney, Raymond Jones and Jay Cooper advanced to the men's 100 meter finals. Five of the six Frogs in the 100m also qualified for the finals in the 200 meters along with 400-meter qualifiers Lewis Banda, who broke a pair of MWC records in the event, and Che Chavez.

In the men's field events, Tommy Killen will get a shot at a medal as he placed fourth overall in the discus prelims with a 172-09 (52.66m) toss, while Jonathan Jackson took sixth place in his first appearance in the men's long jump this season with a leap of 22-100 (6.98m).

The TCU women found similar success on the track as the men, winning their heats in five of the seven events holding preliminaries Friday. Virgil Hodge and Jamee Jones both took the top two spots, respectively, in the 100 and 200 meters with TCU making a sweep in the 200m as Deborah Jones' time of 23.76 was good for third overall.

Frog hurdlers Julie Curtis, Kishelle Paul and Mary Minor advanced to the 100-meter hurdles with Curtis and Minor also qualifying for the 400-meter hurdles. Paul won her heats in both events with a 13.96 in the 100m hurdles, and turned in a personal-best and NCAA regional qualifying mark of 59.94 in the 400m hurdles.

Curtis finished the 100m hurdles in 14.28, while in the 400m hurdles she ran her second-best mark of the season with a 59.42.

Others advancing to Saturday's finals for TCU include Calandra Stewart and Ashley Young in the 800 meters and junior Zelma Wade in the women's discus throw. Stewart covered the oval in 2:12.95, while Young snatched the last qualifying spot with a personal-best time of 2:16.88.

Wade tossed 147-09 (45.04m) in the discus, good for seventh overall.

Saturday will be a crucial day for the Frogs as they look to climb the team standings in the final day of the league meet. TCU will have solid representation in the finals as 22 Frogs from Friday made the cut with 10 from the men's team and the women had 12.

"I try not to put too much of anything into preliminaries," coach Anderson added. "It (prelims) only gives us a chance to continue competing. Our performance today in both the men and women divisions set us up to have a good meet tomorrow. We will need to take care of business then."

After three days of competition, BYU leads in the men's team standings with 101 points while Colorado State has 87. On the women's side, CSU paces the field with 92.5 points compared to second-place BYU with 71.

Saturday's schedule has field events beginning at 10 a.m., with finals for running events starting at 11:30 a.m.

Championship results can be found at http://themwc.cstv.com/champ/otrack-champ-2006.html.

100 meters
1. Otis McDaniel 10.44*#
3. Bradley Reed 10.45*#
6. Justyn Warner 10.70#
7. Delwayne Delaney 10.71#
8. Raymond Jones 10.76#
9. Jay Cooper 10.80#

200 meters
1. Otis McDaniel 20.67*#!
3. Lewis Banda 20.76*#
5. Che Chavez 20.91*#
6. Delwayne Delaney 21.09*#
7. Justyn Warner 21.16#
8. Raymond Jones 21.30#
10. Jay Cooper 21.69#

400 meters
1. Lewis Banda 46.07*#^
2. Che Chavez 46.77*#

800 meters
1. Jackson Langat 1:50.70*#
11. Houston Bolin 2:00.52

Long Jump - Finals
6. Jonathan Jackson 22-11.00 (6.98m)
12. Michael DePriest 21-04.00 (6.50m)

Discus
4. Tommy Killen 172-09*# (52.66m)
12. Joey Kramer 139-10 (42.63m)

TCU WOMEN'S RESULTS:

100 meters
1. Virgil Hodge 11.49*#
2. Jamee Jones 11.85*#

200 meters
1. Virgil Hodge 23.04*#
2. Jamee Jones 23.69*#
3. Deborah Jones 23.76*#
18. Brittany Scott 25.78

400 meters
1. Deborah Jones 52.82*#
2. Marquita Davis 53.10*#
3. Nathandra John 53.20*#

800 meters
3. Calandra Stewart 2:12.95#
9. Ashley Young 2:16.88#

100-meter hurdles
3. Kishelle Paul 13.96#
6. Mary Minor 14.16#
7. Julie Curtis 14.28#

400-meter hurdles
1. Julie Curtis 59.42*#
2. Kishelle Paul 59.94*#

10,000 meters - Finals
7. McKale Davis 39:14.50
10. Katrina Zielinski 40:15.66

Long Jump - Finals
13. Brittany Scott 17-6.00 (5.33m)

High Jump - Finals
T9. Johanna Pool 5-02.50 (1.59m)

Discus
7. Zelma Wade 147-09# (45.04m)

#Qualifies for finals on Saturday
^MWC meet and all-time record
!MWC meet record only
*Regional qualifying time/mark