April 24, 2007

CONTACT: Luke Brymer, Sports Information Assistant, Wallace State
Community College, luke.brymer@wallacestate.edu, 256/352-8231



Wallace State Track Competes at Auburn Invitational



AUBURN, Ala.-- The Wallace State-Hanceville track team traveled to
Auburn University over the weekend and came away with seven top 10
finishes.



"Everyone was excited to be competing on a day that was warm and sunny
rather cold and rainy," said Wallace State coach Stan Narewski. "We
appreciate the Wallace State faculty who drove to Auburn to watch the
team compete."



The men's 4x400-meter relay team took second place to Mississippi State
dropping four seconds off their best time to finish in 3:13.69. Members of the
team included Antoine Fant, Glenn Fowler, Thuom Mathiang and Kevin Adams.

 

The 4x100 meter relay team finished with a sixth place result in 42.39.
Chavis Sibert, Adams, Fowler and Fant made up the 4x100 relay team.





Thuom Mathiang continued to perform well in the 800-meter run and
finished in third place with a season best run of 1:51.71. Michael Chapa
finished in 11th place in the 1,500 meter run with a season best time of
3:54.46, the equivalent of a 4:11 mile.



Fant took sixth place in the 110-meter high hurdles with a time of
14.30, which put him at the number two spot on the national junior
college ranking list. Glenn Fowler took ninth place in the 400-meter
hurdles after running in 54.23.



In the shot put event, Evan Lavin threw for a seventh place personal
best distance of 16.14 meters, or 52 feet 11.25 inches. David Lowry
hurled the javelin 48.88 meters for eighth place.



According to Narewski, Lowry, a Cullman High School graduate, committed
to Auburn University Track on Saturday where he will throw the javelin
while studying pharmacy.



Carltavious Bell jumped his way to a 13th place finish in the long jump
competition with a distance of 6.23 meters.



Tasheilra Jones, competing in the women's 400-meter dash, sprinted to a
time of 1:02.20. Jones and Whitney Henderson also ran in the women's
200-meter dash and finished with times of 27.07 and 30.19, respectively.




"Our athletes saw several outstanding performances at Auburn but the
high jump was nearly unbelievable when Auburn's Donald Thomas cleared 7
feet 8 inches in the high jump," said Narewski.



The track team will head to Georgia Tech for their next meet on May 5.



For more information about Wallace State track, visit
www.wallacestate.edu.

  Kristen Holmes
  Director, Communications and Marketing
  Wallace State Community College
  P.O. Box 2000
  Hanceville, AL 35077
  256/352-8118
  E-mail: Kristen.Holmes@WallaceState.edu