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Tom Jones Classic
Track Team Continues Hot Start at Tom Jones Classic
1/27/2008 12:00:00 AM | Track and Field
Jan. 27, 2008
GAINESVILLE, FL - The Florida Atlantic track team performed well at the Tom Jones Classic on Saturday.
The 4x400 relay team of Yanique Booth, Trishauna Clarke, Brandi Prather and Kerry-Ann Stewart smashed the previous school record in that event finishing eighth in a time of 3:50.56, taking more than three and a half seconds off of the old mark. Friederike Feil set a personal record in the mile finishing in a time of 4:56.56, good for fifth place.
In the 800 meters, Patricia Gumbs (2:18.53, 10th), Toni Jackson (2:19.66/14th) and Charlene Luxama (2:21.20/17th) all set personal records. The distance medley relay team of Christina Dutko, Lindsay Glover, Jackson and Feil finished second only to host Florida in a time of 12:24.45.
The Owls return to Gainesville next weekend to compete in the Gainesville Sports Commission Indoors.
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