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Stephens Posts Fastest 400m in A-Sun
4/1/2006 12:00:00 AM | Track and Field
April 1, 2006
GAINESVILLE, FL -- Marilyn Stephens improved her Atlantic Sun Conference-leading 400m time by two-tenths of a second to 55.20 seconds as the Florida Atlantic University women's track and field team took part in the Diet Pepsi Invitational on Saturday in Gainesville, FL.
Stephens held the conference's top mark at 55.40, posted last week at the Disney Invitational, and backed that up with Saturday's performance.
Malika Clary also posted season-best times in the 200m and 400m, and Lindsay Glover improved her 2006 top-marks in both the 100m and 400m hurdles.
Krystena Castro threw the discus 133-05 to match her personal-best set at the USF Invite on March 11.
Monika Grabowiecka continued her comeback from injury, improving her top 2006 outdoor season time in the 5,000m by 27 seconds (18:29.12).
The Owls had to not only battle their competition this weekend, but also illness. Much of the team was sick over the weekend, a problem that head coach Alex Smolka hopes is helped by a few days off.
"We're definitely moving in the right direction and we seem to be ready for the conference meet. Unfortunately, we have a bunch of people that are sick, so hopefully the two weeks will help us get healthy and fine-tune for the A-Sun Championship," he said.
This weekend was the final competition for FAU until the A-Sun Championship, scheduled for April 14-15 in Clermont, FL.
100m 19. Marilyn Stephens 12.10 22. Malika Clary 12.14 24. Jian Jones 12.19
200m 15. Malika Clary 24.29 37. Jian Jones 25.83
400m 12. Marilyn Stephens 55.20 17. Malika Clary 56.53
800m 41. Malika Pottinger 2:41.13
1,500m 23. Allison Wilcox 5:04.26
5,000 5. Monika Grabowiecka 18:29.12
100m Hurdles 14. Yanique Booth 14.17 29. Lindsay Glover 15.24
400m Hurdles 12. Lindsay Glover 1:02.63
400m Hurdles 27. Amy Springer 1:14.03
3,000m Steeplechase 4. Amy Springer 13:33.39
4x100m Relay 7. FAU 46.38
High Jump -. Jian Jones NH
Discus 13. Krystena Castro 133-05 (40.67m)
