School Records Fall and A National Qualifier Is Born at Tech's Last Chance Meet

Blacksburg Virginia,

Delannie Spriggs broke his own school record in the 60m dash with a time of 6.84 seconds which qualified him for the National Indoor Track Meet for Division 3 athletes. Spriggs finished 8th overall in the meet and will travel to Ohio Northern University in Ada Ohio for the meet this weekend. Last outdoor season Spriggs was an All-American in the 100m dash by taking 6th place.

Sam Singleton broke his own indoor 400m record with a time of 50.39 as well as breaking Marcus Tines 200m indoor record with a time of 22.42 seconds. Tines was a multi event Capital Athletic Conference Champion while at SU and was one of the best sprinters in SU's history.

Senior Eric Graves concluded the indoor season with a 4:19 mile and 5th place honors. The time was good enough to break his own SU record. Graves was National Qualifier in Cross Country this past fall and looks to stay a strong candidate to qualify for Nationals.

Victoria Lawson was the lone woman to break a school record for the Gulls. She posted a 27.14 in the 200m dash. Lawson as a freshman was an All-American as well for the outdoor season in the 400m dash and was 6th overall in the Country.

For Division 3 athletes for track and field you must qualify through timing standards. Two standards exist; automatic and provisional. Automatic times will get you sent to the meet no matter how many reach that qualifying mark. Provisional times are more like at large bids. If there are not enought automatic qualifiers, the highest of these marks will be sent to the meet by the National Selection Committee for Track and Field.

The majority of the SU teams competed at the annual Home Opener at Salisbury University. The lightning held off and the rain subsided enough for the field events to take place in SU's annual Track and Field Home Opener. The teams who traveled to the Shore included Hood, Shennandoah University, Gloucester Community College, York (PA), Gallaudet, and Southern Virginia University. The meet is un-scored but the athletes fought through the conditions and competed. A full SU Track preview will be up this week.


Results of Home Opener -
http://www.suseagulls.com/sports/track/2007-08/results/seagullopener.pdf