The NMHU women's track and field team has began their 2010 outdoor campaign with a bang. With two meets down, there have been numerous Cowgirls who have given record breaking performances.
Leading the pack of record breakers are seniors
Ebonee Carter,
Reyna Montano,
Carolina Garcia,
Candace St. Louis and
Sherry-Ann Baggoo, along with sophomore
Victoria Dominguez.
Record Breakers:
Candace St. Louis
100M- 12.16 200M- 25.38
St. Louis is just four-hundredths off the NCAA provisional mark in the 100 and is ranked second in the RMAC in that event and third in the 200.
Ebonee Carter
Hammer Throw- 45.54m (149-05)
Carter established new records in two consecutive meets with her newest mark coming at the Northern Colorado Tom Benich Classic on April 3rd.
Reyna Montano
10,000 meter run- 39:22.99
Running virtually solo at 10PM at the Texas Tech meet, Montano paced her way to a sub-40 minute clocking in her first attempt at the 10k on the track. Montano leads the RMAC performance list in the 10K.
Carolina Garcia
5,000 meter run- 18:32
Although not as fast as her indoor record--Garcia set a new outdoor standard at last week's Texas Tech meet to move to #7 on the list in the distance-rich RMAC.
Sherry Ann Baggoo
400 meter dash- 58.84
Baggoo tops the RMAC performance list with her first-ever sub 60 clocking in the 400M.
Victoria Dominguez
Discus Throw- 40.04M (131-04 ft)
A sophomore from Cuba, NM, Dominquez broke her own record at the first outdoor meet of the season at Texas Tech on March 27th.
Several NMHU athletes have set personal bests as well in early meets.
Sessyon Crawford moved to #2 on the RMAC list in the 400M with a 59.45 mark at Texas Tech on April 10th.
Larissa Bookout improved her personal best in the shot by nearly 2-feet with a 39-7 mark at the same meet.
Arianna Andreatta raced her way to a big personal record in the 200M (26.64) also at Texas Tech. Additionally, junior
Erica Smythe moved to number three on the RMAC list in the javelin with a 35.7M throw at Texas Tech. Smythe is returning after a year off due to a knee injury.
The women's team travels this week to the CSU-Pueblo Multi events and Invite on April 15 -17th.