HEPTATHLON RESULTS

DECATHLON RESULTS


SAN ANGELO, Texas – The Angelo State Rams and Rambelles picked up four NCAA Division II provisional marks with two in the decathlon and heptathlon at the Spring Break Multi-Event Meet at the LeGrand Sports Complex on Thursday.
 
On the men's side Stormy Smothers was second overall with a NCAA Division II provisional score of 6,818 points. He ran the fastest 1500m of the day at 4:25.14 but was unable to overtake Parker Petty from Abilene Christian. Smothers scored big in the 110m hurdles running a 15.87 while throwing the discus 118'-5” (36.10m). He cleared 13'-11” (4.24m) in the pole vault and got a mark of 142'-11” (43.56m) in the javelin.
 
Shane Homes was the second with a NCAA Division II provisional mark as he scored 6,587 points. Fighting through injury the Iraan native was steady in all five events. He ran 16.62 in the hurdles and a 4:55.86 in the 1500m. He threw the discus 115'-7” (35.24m) and the javelin 154'-6” (47.09m). The junior cleared the bar at 13'-11” (4.24m) in the pole vault.
 
The Rambelles had a big day from both Jordan Gray and Cathryn Rittenberry had personal bests on the day in the women's heptathlon. Gray, a freshman, was third place overall with a NCAA Division II provisional mark of 4,516 points while Rittenberry was right behind in fourth with a NCAA Division II provisional mark of 4,452.
 
Gray earned big points in the long jump with her leap of 17'-11.50” (5.47m) for 691 points. It took all three throws for the freshman to get a mark in the javelin but she got a throw of 61'-8” (18.80M). She ran the 800M, the final event of the day, in a time of 2:27.94.
 
Rittenberry jumped 17'-11.75” (5.48m) in the long jump to pick up 694 points and threw the javelin 87'-9” (26.74m). She crossed the line in 2:31.95 in the 800m in the final event.
 
The Rams also had Donald Macarthy finish in seventh with a score of 6,038. Monica McCafferty had a good day for the Rambelles but finished in 10^th with 3,241 points due to not scoring points in the hurdles yesterday.
 
The next meet for the Rams and Rambelles will be the Cactus Cup Open held in Kingsville, Texas.