SE WOMEN TAKE 2ND IN SIU MEET

CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Behind four first-place finishes, the Southeast Missouri women's indoor track team placed second in the 11-team field at the Saluki/McDonald's Invitational.

Host SIU won both the men and women's competition. Carbondale's women accumulated 149 points to Southeast's 106.5. Tennessee State was a distant third at 58 points, followed by Eastern Illinois 35, University of Memphis 32.5, Southern Mississippi 25, University of Wisconsin-Parkside 24, Murray State 19, Emory 16, Tennessee-martin 13 and Washington University 8.

On the men's side, Carbondale easily outdistanced the field with 150 points, followed by Memphis 92, Murray State 56, Tennessee State 55, Southeast Missouri 54, Southern Mississippi 31.5, Emory 29 and Washington University 8.5.

Southeast's men's performance was highlighted by a 1-2 finish by Tim Davis and Chris Prescott in the pole vault. Davis cleared 16-5, while Perscott soared 15-1.

On the women's side, Southeast won the 4x400 meter relay in 3:48, finishing almost two full seconds ahead of runnerup SIU. The Otahkians Tammy Wenkel won the 800 in 2:16. Also, Jennifer Phillips threw the shot put 42-11 to place first and Heather Fisher cleared 5-6 to win the high jump.

Other Southeast point winners:

Women: 3,000 -- Sherry Lange, 5th, 10:44; 200 -- Shauna Birge, 3rd, 25.67; 55 high hurdles -- Shannon O'Dell, 2nd, 8.23; 1 mile -- Janelle Quigley, 2nd, 5:05.69; 55 dash -- Birge, 4th, 7.13; 5,000 -- Jennifer Anderson, 5th, 19:10.83; 400 -- Yvonne Hente, 3rd, 57.39, 800 -- Tammy Wenkel, 1st, 2:16.52, Quigley 5th, 2:18.62, Estelle McHargue 6th, 2:19.59; Shot put -- Jennifer Phillips, 1st, 42-11, Denise Ford, 3rd, 40-9; Long jump -- Hoatber Donittan, 2nd, 18-6.5; Triple jump -- Gray C. Harris, 3rd, 38-4, High jump -- Heather Fisher, 1st, 5-6.

Men: Shot put -- Brian Alfultus 2nd, 51-9, Matt Gaylor 3rd, 50-8; Long jump -- Eugen Staten, 5th, 22-4; Pole vault -- Tim Davis 1st, 16-5.25, Chris Prescott 2nd, 15-1; 55 high hurdles -- Scott Tate, 2nd, 7.92; 1 mile -- Ben Young, 6th, 4:24.67; 55 dash -- Derrick Brown 6th, 6.51, Ryan Steck 6th, 6.51; 400 -- Neil Birtchler, 6th, 51.13; 200 -- DeWayne Johnson, 3rd, 22.57; triple jump -- Eugene Staton, 6th, 44-0.75.