April 6, 2002
Georgia Tech’s Chris Sinotte set a school record in the javelin, and Nicole Campbell, Sara Pardue, Brendon Mahoney and Bryan Swarn achieved NCAA provisional qualifying performances to highlight the Yellow Jacket Invitational at the Griffin Track on the Tech campus.
Sinotte’s throw of 227 feet-one inch bettered the Tech record that had stood since 1989 and also qualified him provisionally for the NCAA Championships.
Sinotte, Campbell, Mahoney, Zeb Sion (shot put), Ian Brewer (hammer), Kyle Rabbit (5,000) and the 4×400-meter relay team of Brian Ford, Aaron Sink, Sharif Azim and Swarn won events for Tech.
Mahoney, already automatically qualified in the 1500 meters, won the 800 with a provisional time of 1:48.51. Campbell made it a Tech sweep in the 800 with a 2:05.12 clocking to win the race, while Pardue was third at 2:06.14.
Swarn was the top collegian in the 400 meters with a time of 46.04, finishing behind Olympic gold medalists and former Yellow Jackets Angelo Taylor (45.70) and Derek Mills (46.00).
Sion won the shot put with a throw of 56 feet, 9.25 inches, while Brewer tossed the hammer 185 feet, 10 inches for first place. Rabbit clocked 14:32.55 to win the 5,000, while Tech’s 4×400 relay team ran 3:08.46 to easily outdistance the field by more than six seconds.
YELLOW JACKET INVITATIONAL EVENT WINNERS
Hammer Throw: Women, Danielle LeSure (Emory), 167-09.00, Men, Ian Brewer (Georgia Tech), 185-10.00
Javelin: Women, Karen Rademeyer (Florida State), 140-05.00, Men, Chris Sinotte (Georgia Tech), 227-01.00 * School Record
Pole Vault: Women, Lacey Janson (Florida State), 13-03.50, Men, Jeff Atkinson (Florida State), 16-09.50
Long Jump: Women, Lauren Maul (Austin Peay), 19-09.00, Men, Roland McGhee (Mttc), 25-03,50
High Jump: Women, Lynn Houston (Unttached), 5-09.75, Men, Craig Norman, Gardner-Webb, 6-09.75
Shot Put: Women, Chandra Brewer (South Florida), 50-03.25, Men, Zeb Sion (Georgia Tech), 56-09.25
Discus: Women, Makiba Batten (Unattached), 173-00.00, Men, Brucer Amerson (FAMU), 157-08.00
Triple Jump: Women, Andreja Ribac (Mttc), 43-05.75, Men, Andrew Owusu (Mtcc), 54-06.75
3000 SC: Women, Sarah Byrd (Emory), 10:49.77, Men, Zach Heissner (Florida State), 9:15.89
4×100 Relay: Women, Florida State A, 44.74, Men, Florida A&M, 41.14
1,500 Meters: Women, Sylvia Chelimo (Unattached), 4:30.96, Men, Maarten van den Heuvel (Florida State), 3:43.10
100 Hurdles: Women, Damu Cherry (FirstStrike), 13.03
110 Hurdles: Men, Robby Hughes (Speed Dynamics), 14.22
400 Meters: Women, Donna Howard (Topflight Elite), 52.50, Men, Angelo Taylor (Nike), 45.70
100 Meters: Women, Teresa Bundy (Florida State), 11.58, Men, Aaron Armstrong (Unattached), 10.37
800 Meters: Women, Nicole Campbell (Georgia Tech), 2:05.12, Men, Brendon Mahoney (Georgia Tech), 1:48.51
400 Hurdles: Women,Tanika Smotherman (Austin Peay), 1:00.59, Men, Derrick Adkins (Unattached), 50.35
200 Meters: Women, Teresa Bundy (Florida State), 23.80, Men, Dominic Demeritte (Unattached)
5000 Meters: Women, Maria Ghizzone (Unattached), 16:39.19, Men, Kyle Rabbit (Georgia Tech), 14:32.55
4×400 Relay: Women, Emory A, 4:07.79, Men, Georgia Tech A, 3:08.46
