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The University of Louisville women’s track and field team finished fifth overall at the Conference USA Outdoor Championship Saturday at Cardinal Park.
The Cardinals tallied 64 points during the three-day event to equal the program’s highest finish since joining C-USA. U of L has placed fifth four times. Houston finished with 144 points to win the championship for the third time in seven years. Marquette was second with 119 points, followed by South Florida (85.5), TCU (65) and Louisville.
Leading the way for the Cardinals was senior Alicia Cavender who pulled away from the field on the final lap to win the 1500m with a personal-best time of 4:30.83. Cavender ran the first three and a half laps in the fourth and fifth positions before making her move on the third turn of the final lap and finishing 30 meters ahead of Angie Kist of Cincinnati. The Piqua, Ohio, native also finished sixth in the 800m with a time of 2:10.97.
In the 400m hurdles, senior Nicole Cotton set a school record with a time of 1:00.65 to finish third. Houston’s Alicia Cave won the race with an NCAA provisional qualifying time of 58.77.
The 4x100m relay team of juniors Brittany Hedgepeth, Marina McDonald, Alanna Mestelle and Lissette Shannon set a school record with a time of 46.31 to finish eighth.
Senior Shola Kadiri recorded a throw of 46 feet, two inches to finish third in the shot put, while teammate Trish Young had a personal-best toss of 44-9.75 to place eighth.
The University of Louisville men’s track and field team finished 10th overall at the Conference USA Outdoor Championship Saturday at Cardinal Park.
The Cards ended with 43.5 points in the 12-team competition. League newcomer TCU won the title with 132.5 points, narrowly edging 2001 champion Cincinnati who finished with 123. Houston was third at 97.5, followed by Charlotte (79) and East Carolina (65) in the top five.
Leading the Cards was junior Brad Roach, who set a school record in the javelin with a mark of 182-0 to finish second. Junior Joe Swiderski was fourth in the event with a throw of 173-4.
Senior John Wawrysh finished second in the discus for the second straight year with a distance of 165-10. Sophomore Troy Williams (149-0) came in eighth.
Sophomore Curtis Persinger ran a personal-best time of 3:54.35 to place fifth in the 1500m, while junior Tim Fraxman also recorded a PR with a time of 4:00.97 to place 11th.
The 4x400m relay team of Ryan Bridgeman, David Mudd, Dennis Wolffand and J.R. McCleany broke a school record with a time of 3:14.85 to finish seventh.
Senior pole-vaulter Mike Wolf, who won the event last year, cleared 15-5 to finish fifth. In the high jump, freshman Matt Berrier cleared a personal-best height of 6-6.75 to place eighth.
