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Marshall, Rolph lead Lopes at Lumberjack Team Challenge
1/16/2016 11:00:00 PM | Track and Field
The Grand Canyon University track and field team opened its 2016 indoor season with a number of conference-leading marks as they took part in the Lumberjack Team Challenge in Flagstaff, Ariz. on Saturday.
Sophomore Scott Marshall kicked off the season in a big way, tying Vince Frawley's school record of 5.10 meters in the pole vault set in 2012. Marshall, who cleared the height on his third attempt, came away with a second-place finish. Junior Jennifer Rolph took home the only event win with her 3.90m mark in the women's pole vault. After taking three attempts to hit 3.80m, Rolph cleared 3.90m on two tries to claim the event win.
"We held out several of our top performers for various reasons and didn't put our top three athletes in every event to give as many athletes as we could the opportunity to compete," head coach Tom Flood said. "That being said, we had 13 performances that are leading the WAC Conference. Overall, I am pleased with the performances for our first track and field meet of the season."
The Lopes had 13 performances that currently place them at the top of the Western Athletic Conference in their events.
For the women, Rolph, Sasha Gaye Marston (weight throw, 16.45m), Alex Gilbert (400m, 58.03), Briana Myers (60m hurdles, 8.77), Emily Wilkinson (1 mile, 5:21.75), Jalissa Smith and Shonda Jones (high jump, 1.60m), and the distance medley relay team (13:10.83) all had WAC-leading marks.
On the men's side, Marshall, Pierre-Louis Ricou (60m hurdles, 8.22), Aaron Thurber (200m, 21.92), Marcus Flannigan (long jump, 7.10m), and the 4x400m relay team (3:16.15) had conference-best marks in their debut meet.
The meet was scored as a series of dual-meets with the men winning each of their matchups while the women beat all teams except for UCLA.
The Lopes return to the track next weekend as they travel to Albuquerque, N.M., to take part in the Cherry and Silver Invitational at the University of New Mexico.
Dual Meet Scores
Men
Grand Canyon 91.00, Arizona 47.00
Grand Canyon 81.00, Arizona State 64.00
Grand Canyon 86.00, Northern Arizona 58.00
Grand Canyon 88.00, Southern Utah 61.00
Grand Canyon 72.00, UCLA 70.00
Grand Canyon 91.00, UTEP 44.00
Women
Grand Canyon 87.00, Northern Arizona 56.00
Grand Canyon 88.50, San Diego State 52.50
Grand Canyon 84.00, Arizona State 56.00
Grand Canyon 90.00, Arizona 50.00
Grand Canyon 106.00, Southern Utah 39.00
Grand Canyon 98.00, UC Irvine 46.00
Grand Canyon 76.00, UTEP 69.00
UCLA 76.50, Grand Canyon 69.50
Sophomore Scott Marshall kicked off the season in a big way, tying Vince Frawley's school record of 5.10 meters in the pole vault set in 2012. Marshall, who cleared the height on his third attempt, came away with a second-place finish. Junior Jennifer Rolph took home the only event win with her 3.90m mark in the women's pole vault. After taking three attempts to hit 3.80m, Rolph cleared 3.90m on two tries to claim the event win.
"We held out several of our top performers for various reasons and didn't put our top three athletes in every event to give as many athletes as we could the opportunity to compete," head coach Tom Flood said. "That being said, we had 13 performances that are leading the WAC Conference. Overall, I am pleased with the performances for our first track and field meet of the season."
The Lopes had 13 performances that currently place them at the top of the Western Athletic Conference in their events.
For the women, Rolph, Sasha Gaye Marston (weight throw, 16.45m), Alex Gilbert (400m, 58.03), Briana Myers (60m hurdles, 8.77), Emily Wilkinson (1 mile, 5:21.75), Jalissa Smith and Shonda Jones (high jump, 1.60m), and the distance medley relay team (13:10.83) all had WAC-leading marks.
On the men's side, Marshall, Pierre-Louis Ricou (60m hurdles, 8.22), Aaron Thurber (200m, 21.92), Marcus Flannigan (long jump, 7.10m), and the 4x400m relay team (3:16.15) had conference-best marks in their debut meet.
The meet was scored as a series of dual-meets with the men winning each of their matchups while the women beat all teams except for UCLA.
The Lopes return to the track next weekend as they travel to Albuquerque, N.M., to take part in the Cherry and Silver Invitational at the University of New Mexico.
Dual Meet Scores
Men
Grand Canyon 91.00, Arizona 47.00
Grand Canyon 81.00, Arizona State 64.00
Grand Canyon 86.00, Northern Arizona 58.00
Grand Canyon 88.00, Southern Utah 61.00
Grand Canyon 72.00, UCLA 70.00
Grand Canyon 91.00, UTEP 44.00
Women
Grand Canyon 87.00, Northern Arizona 56.00
Grand Canyon 88.50, San Diego State 52.50
Grand Canyon 84.00, Arizona State 56.00
Grand Canyon 90.00, Arizona 50.00
Grand Canyon 106.00, Southern Utah 39.00
Grand Canyon 98.00, UC Irvine 46.00
Grand Canyon 76.00, UTEP 69.00
UCLA 76.50, Grand Canyon 69.50
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