Outdoor Track and Field Weekly Release # 6

May 4, 2005

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Men's Athlete of the Week
Scott Overall, Butler, Junior, London, England
Overall placed fourth in the "B" section of the men's 5,000-meter run at the Cardinal Invitational, hosted by Stanford University. His time of 14:03.10 topped the regional qualifying standard in the event.

Women's Athlete of the Week
Emily Schnitkey, Youngstown State, Junior, Napoleon, Ohio
Schnitkey qualified for the NCAA Regionals and set the school record in the steeplechase with a time of 10:44.75 to place 10th at the Penn Relays on Thursday. The junior then ran a second-place time of 4:43.69 in the 1,500-meters at the Sparky Adams Invitational on Saturday.

Other Top Men's Performers
Sinisa Simic, Detroit, Sophomore, Windsor, Ontario
Simic broke his own school record in the steeplechase with a time of 9:32.29.

Terrell Williams, UIC, Sophomore, Rock Island, Ill.
Williams turned in three, personal-records to lead the men's track and field squad at the Redbird Invite, hosted by Illinois State, on Saturday afternoon. Williams placed second overall in the long jump (6.92 meters); fifth in the javelin (48.58 meters) and sixth in the triple jump (13.85 meters). He also ran the anchor leg of the third-place, 4x400 relay squad (3:24.38).

Elliot Enright, UW-Milwaukee, Junior, Madison, Wis.
Enright ran with two school-record relays at the Drake Relays last weekend. In the 4x800-meter, his relay broke the school record for the third-straight time, crossing the line fifth in 7:26.17. The time continues to rank the Panthers among the best in the nation for the event. Enright also helped the sprint medley relay to a ninth-place finish and school-record time of 3:25.62.

Nick Smith, Youngstown State, Junior, Defiance, Ohio
Smith ran a personal-best time of 9:19.46 in the steeplechase to place 13th at the Penn Relays on Thursday. His time also ranks him fourth all-time in school history in the event and second in the Horizon League this season.

Other Top Women's Performers
Victoria Mitchell, Butler, Senior, Mansfield, Victoria (Australia)
Mitchell broke her own school record in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 16:06.72 at the Cardinal Invitational hosted by Stanford University. She placed eighth in the elite race, while breaking the previous Butler mark of 16:28.59 that she set earlier this season at the Stanford Invitational. Her time at Stanford is the sixth-fastest women's 5,000-meter time in the NCAA this spring.

Amanda Weber, Detroit, Freshman, Portland, Mich.
Weber placed eighth in the heptathlon with 3,885 points, setting a school record.

Jenni Goebel, UIC, Senior, Lombard, Ill.
Goebel turned in a second-place finish of 17:43 in the 5,000-meter run for the women's track and field squad at the Redbird Invite, hosted by Illinois State, on Saturday afternoon.

Timeka Walker, UW-Milwaukee, Sophomore, Milwaukee, Wis.
Walker ran with the school-record sprint medley relay and competed in the 100-meter last weekend at the Drake Relays. In the sprint medley, Walker helped Milwaukee's entry to a school-record time of 4:03.91, while taking 14th. In the 100-meter, she ran a time of 11.95 to place 18th in the preliminary heat.

Stephanie Francis, Wright State, Junior, Versailles, Ohio
Francis won the 400-meter dash on Saturday at the Ohio University Invitational in a time of 59.93.