Rockets Finish in Sixth Place at MAC Championships
2/25/2006 12:00:00 PM | Women's Track and Field
Feb. 25, 2006
Bowling Green, OH - Senior April Williams won the triple jump in leading the University of Toledo women's track team to a sixth-place finish at the Mid-American Conference Track & Field Championships in Bowling Green on Saturday.
Williams' leap of 42 feet 5 ½ inches set the school record and was the fourth-best leap in MAC history. Williams, who won the long jump on Friday, earned the honor of the meet's "Outstanding Field Event Performer." Her triple jump performance was almost two feet better than the next best distance.
"April's accomplishments at the meet were amazing," said head coach Kevin Hadsell. "She had two of the top jumps in the country. It's a credit to her hard work, especially when you consider she didn't evn score at the MAC meet as a freshman three years ago." Williams has provisionally qualified for the NCAA Championships in both the long jump and triple jump, and is likely to compete in both events.
Toledo's sixth-place finish is a big jump from a year ago when the Rockets took 11th place. They upped their team point total from 16 points to 51 ¾.
The Rockets next will compete at the Notre Dame Last Chance Invitational next Friday and Saturday, the last meet before the NCAA Championship Meet in two weeks.
MAC Indoor Track and Field Championship Bowling Green, OH Women's Track - Day TwoFinal Team Scores 1. Akron 118.50 2. Ball State 105 3. Western Michigan 75.75 4. Eastern Michigan 69.50 5. Central Michigan 61 6. Toledo 51.75 7. Kent State 46.50 8. Miami 46 9. Buffalo 41.50 10. Bowling Green 30.75 11. Northern Illinois 13.75 12. Ohio 13
Most Outstanding Field Performance: April Williams, Toledo.
First Team All-MAC Women Kelly Braden, Kent State Sarah Landau, Miami University April Williams, Toledo Jill Scully, Ball State Jennifer Jezorski, Buffalo Kristina Bolterstein, Miami Becky Horn, Western Michigan Patrice Beasley, Eastern Michigan Beata Rudzinska, Akron LeVania Henderson
Second Team All-MAC Women Jaroslaw Zakrzewski, Kent State Stevi Large, University of Akron Jessica Lister, Buffalo Terri Abraham, Ball State Ebba Stenback, Toledo Amber Williams, Ball State Brittany Hocker, Akron Amber Williams, Ball State Jill Odom, Western Michigan Jenna Strouse, Akron
Toledo Scorers - Day Two
60 Meters 7. Breezie Gibson, Toledo 7.69
3000 Meters 2. Ebba Stenback, Toledo 9:48.49 5. Dagmara Handzlik, Toledo 9:51.42
4 x 400 Relay 7. Toledo3:53.09
High Jump T-7. Michelle Sutherland, Toledo 1.63 m (5-4 ¼)
Triple Jump 1. April Williams, Toledo - 42-5 1/2
