March 27, 2004
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Juniors Shanta Smith and Marcus Canty and sophomore Chaunte Howard tallied second-place finishes at the Florida Relays to lead the men’s and women’s track and field teams this afternoon. Smith posted a NCAA Region qualifying mark of 42’3.50″ in the triple jump, while Canty finished the javelin throw with a NCAA Region qualifying mark of 218’08”. Howard tallied a NCAA Region mark of 6’2.00″ in the high jump for the Yellow Jackets.
The women’s 4×100-meter relay team of Dana Rogers, Andriane Lapsley, Chaunte Howard and Melanie Waits captured the relay event with a time of 54.22.
Tallying fourth-place finishes for the Yellow Jackets was junior Zeb Sion and sophomores Brandy Depland and Lauren Reimer. Sion finished the shot put with a mark of 55’11.00″. Depland tallied a personal-best mark of 40’11.75″ in the triple jump.
Reimer finished with 4704 points in the women’s heptathlon; 100mH (15.71), high jump (5’2.25″), shot put (43’10”-personal record), 200 (27.71), long jump (16’5.25″), javelin (117’09”), 800 (2:30.67).
Rogers registered a fifth-place finish in the 100-meter hurdles for the Jackets with a NCAA Region qualifying time of 13.67.
Senior Michael Massey tallied a seventh-place finish in the high jump for Tech with a mark of 6’8.75″.
Picking up an eighth-place finish for the Yellow Jackets in the javelin throw was junior Greg McCormick. McCormick had a personal-record throw of 179’09” for the Rambling Wreck.
Sion tallied a 13th-place finish for Tech in the discus with a personal-record toss of 155’06”.
Georgia Tech will host the Yellow Jacket Invitational next Saturday, April 3, at the George C. Griffin Track. Entire meet information can be found at Yellow Jacket Invitational.
