Burns, Meister get Wins, Colley Sets Record in Season-Opener at Winthrop
3/18/2007 2:39:37 PM | Women's Track & Field
Lauren Biggers
ROCK HILL, S.C. - Junior Brenna Burns and freshman Kristen Meister finished first in the 3,000-meters and high jump, respectively, while sophomore Kimberly Colley set a new Davidson standard in the 100 meters, as the Wildcat women tracksters opened the outdoor season at the Winthrop Duals on Saturday afternoon.
In the 3,000, Burns finished first in the 24-deep field, and with a time of 10:09.42, narrowly missed rewriting the school record at the same time. Junior Megal Atias set the current standard of 10:09.22 last season.
Meister continued her dominant rookie season by finishing first in the high jump with a mark of 5-05.00. Meister finished first in the event and set a new Southern Conference Indoor record with an NCAA provisional mark last month at the Indoor conference championships.
Colley claimed a place in the record books with a time of 12.63 in the 100-meters to narrowly edge the 14-year-old record mark of 12.65, set by Sharon Bryant in 1983. Colley is already a member of the school-record
holding outdoor 4x100-meters relay team.
The women's track team will travel to head coach Jen Straub's alma mater to participate in the Wake Forest Invitational next weekend on Sat., March 24 in Winston-Salem.
