SHSU Runner’s Up To Rival SFA In SLC Track And Field Championships
Courtesy: Paul Ridings, Jr., SHSU Sports Information
Paced by gold medals by Karique Stephen, De’Quad Binder and Matthew Johnson, the Sam Houston men’s team finished as the runner-up in the 2013 Southland Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships Sunday in Lake Charles, La.
Stephen F. Austin won the men’s competition with 162 points.
Sam Houston State was second with 137.5.
The performance gives the Bearkat men bookend Southland runner-up trophies after Sam Houston also finished as the runner-up at the Southland Indoor meet in February.
Stephen won the triple jump with a mark of 51’ 9”.
His Bearkat teammate Charles White placed second with a distance of 51’ 3.75”.
Binder earned the Southland 800 meters championship with a time of 1:53.39.
Johnson took gold in the decathlon with 7,496 points Friday and Saturday.
Johnson won eight of the 10 events. Johnson also was a third place finisher in the 110 meter hurdles (14.35)
Matthew Viverette was the runner-up in the 110 meter hurdles (141.31)and placed third in the 400 meter hurdles (52.89).
Trevor Sealy placed second in the hammer (196’ 11”)
Sam Houston’s 4×100 relay of Treyvion White, Kristen Mitchell, Jarrick Wright and Leroy Harris were runners-up with a 41.19 clocking.
Andrew Waller, Viverette, Binder and Rodney Jones were runners-up in the 4×400 relay (3:14.75).
Clint Anders placed third in the 1500 meters (3:52.30). Rodney Jones was third in the 400 meters (47.21)
The Bearkat women earned a third place team finish behind Stephen F. Austin (171) and McNeese (134).
Sam Houston scored 100 points.
Adriene Quillin, Shelbie Zotyka and the women’s 4×400 relay brought home gold medals Sunday.
Quillin won the hammer with a throw of 181’ 5”. Zotyka vaulted 12’ 10.75”.
Tonicia Wimberley, Lygia Foreman, Ruth Amaku and Jordan Grady combined for a winning time of 3:41.40.
Amaku also was the runner-up in the 400 meter hurdles (1:00.91).
Winnie Ileso placed third in the 100 meter hurdles (14.08) and Foreman was third in the 400 meter dash (55.44)
Tucker “Powers” Her Way To SLC “Hitter Of The Week”
Courtesy: Paul Ridings, Jr., SHSU Sports Information
Third baseman Shelbi Tucker, who led Sam Houston to the Bearkats’ second Southland Conference series sweep of the 2013 season, was named Monday as the league’s softball “hitter of the week.”
The Kats kept pace with league leaders McNeese State and Northwestern State in the Southland race by sweeping Nicholls State with 8-7, 5-4 and 11-2 victories.
In the series-opening doubleheader, Tucker accounted for both game-winning hits including a walk-off home run in the first game to cap the Bearkats’ comeback to win 8-7 after trailing 7-3.
In the second game of the doubleheader, the senior from Montgomery knocked a three-RBI triple in the sixth inning with Sam Houston trailing 4-2 to give the Bearkats the 5-4 win.
For the weekend, Tucker hit .778 (7-for-9) with a home run, a triple and five RBI while scoring five runs.
She slugged an impressive 1.333 percent while recording an on-base percentage of .800.
Sam Houston State will close out its 2013 regular season schedule this week with a 4 p.m. non-conference doubleheader with Texas Southern and a Southland showdown series with first place McNeese State Saturday and Sunday.
First pitch both days for the Cowgirls series is 1 p.m.
Saturday will be a doubleheader while Sunday is a single game.