2008 Woodie Awards
Track: Relay team finishes fourth at Drake
Both men's and women's teams finish second at SIU-E
Kevin Good/Staff Reporter
Issue date: 4/28/08 Section: Sports
The Eastern men's track team matched its performance from last year's Drake Relays with another fourth-place finish on Friday in Des Moines, Iowa.
Sophomore Wes Sheldon, senior Chris Wesson, freshman Justin Helpingstine and junior David Holm finished fourth in the 3,200-meter relay in 7 minutes, 33.18 seconds, which was four seconds off the Eastern record set last year at the Drake Relays.
Helpingstine was the only member of this year's relay team who was not on the team that set the Eastern record with a time of 7:29.43.
The four runners also ran the distance medley relay and placed 10th in 10:00.07.
Holm said he wasn't pleased with his own performance, but said he was proud of the way his teammates ran.
He said the team is looking forward to the Ohio Valley Conference Championships May 2-3.
Senior jumper Obe Eruteya was the other male athlete to compete at the 99th Drake Relays. Eruteya finished in 10th place in the triple jump with a mark of 48 feet, 6.25 inches.
The rest of the Eastern men's team competed at the SIU-Edwardsville Twilight on Saturday.
Senior sprinter Brenton Emanuel continued his winning ways with a first-place finish in the 200-meter dash. Emanuel won the race in 21.49 seconds, his fastest time of the season. Emanuel was also on the 400-meter relay team that placed second.
Emanuel said he considered Saturday's meet a stepping-stone for the OVC Championships. He said Eastern's success on Saturday was a confidence booster going into next weekend.
Junior jumper Jenna Uhe was the lone Eastern female athlete to compete at the Drake Relays. Uhe competed in both the long jump and the triple jump. She placed sixth in the long jump with a mark of 17'7", but failed to record a distance in the triple jump.
Uhe said she is working out some kinks in her jumps for the OVC Championships.
The Eastern's women's track team finished second at the SIU-Edwardsville Twilight behind first-place finishes from junior hurdler Chandra Golden and sophomore thrower Kandace Arnold.
Golden won the 100-meter hurdles with a career-best time of 14.03 seconds and is now just six-hundredths of a second from the Eastern career record set by Candy Phillips in 1998 (13.97 seconds).
Arnold won the shot put with a throw of 46'1.5". She also placed seventh in the hammer throw and 11th in the discus.
Arnold said she was happy with the Panthers' success, but she said she was nervous for the OVC Championships.
"Hopefully everything will just come into place," Arnold said.
Kevin Good can be reached at 581-2812 or at klgood@eiu.edu.
Sophomore Wes Sheldon, senior Chris Wesson, freshman Justin Helpingstine and junior David Holm finished fourth in the 3,200-meter relay in 7 minutes, 33.18 seconds, which was four seconds off the Eastern record set last year at the Drake Relays.
Helpingstine was the only member of this year's relay team who was not on the team that set the Eastern record with a time of 7:29.43.
The four runners also ran the distance medley relay and placed 10th in 10:00.07.
Holm said he wasn't pleased with his own performance, but said he was proud of the way his teammates ran.
He said the team is looking forward to the Ohio Valley Conference Championships May 2-3.
Senior jumper Obe Eruteya was the other male athlete to compete at the 99th Drake Relays. Eruteya finished in 10th place in the triple jump with a mark of 48 feet, 6.25 inches.
The rest of the Eastern men's team competed at the SIU-Edwardsville Twilight on Saturday.
Senior sprinter Brenton Emanuel continued his winning ways with a first-place finish in the 200-meter dash. Emanuel won the race in 21.49 seconds, his fastest time of the season. Emanuel was also on the 400-meter relay team that placed second.
Emanuel said he considered Saturday's meet a stepping-stone for the OVC Championships. He said Eastern's success on Saturday was a confidence booster going into next weekend.
Junior jumper Jenna Uhe was the lone Eastern female athlete to compete at the Drake Relays. Uhe competed in both the long jump and the triple jump. She placed sixth in the long jump with a mark of 17'7", but failed to record a distance in the triple jump.
Uhe said she is working out some kinks in her jumps for the OVC Championships.
The Eastern's women's track team finished second at the SIU-Edwardsville Twilight behind first-place finishes from junior hurdler Chandra Golden and sophomore thrower Kandace Arnold.
Golden won the 100-meter hurdles with a career-best time of 14.03 seconds and is now just six-hundredths of a second from the Eastern career record set by Candy Phillips in 1998 (13.97 seconds).
Arnold won the shot put with a throw of 46'1.5". She also placed seventh in the hammer throw and 11th in the discus.
Arnold said she was happy with the Panthers' success, but she said she was nervous for the OVC Championships.
"Hopefully everything will just come into place," Arnold said.
Kevin Good can be reached at 581-2812 or at klgood@eiu.edu.
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