CHAPEL HILL, N.C.-Sam Tilly turned in
the nation's fourth best long jump leading Campbell at the Carolina
Fast Times Saturday in Chapel Hill. Tilly's school record jump of
25-02.75 feet was good for first place and is over a foot better
than his previous best. Alicia Valtin qualified for the NCAA
Regionals in the 1500m race with a personal-best 4:27.25 at the Sea
Ray Relays in Knoxville, Tenn.
Kansas' Barrett
Saunders leads the nation with his jump of 25-09.75 on April 6,
Tone Belt from Louisville is second with a jump of 25-09.00 feet
and O'Darien Bassett from Troy is third with a jump of 25-08.75
feet.
Tilly also set a
personal-best 48-00.50 foot jump in the triple jump for a second
place finish. His mark is over three feet better than his previous
career-best of 44-07.50 feet.
Valtin finished 11th among collegiate runners in the 1500m race
hosted by the University of Tennessee. The 1500m is the second
event that Valtin has qualified for, she has posted two NCAA
qualifying marks in the 3000m steeplechase.
Verrelle Wyatt won the
3000m race with a personal-best 8:39.98, while Jeremy Helf finished
fourth in the race with a time of 9:01.39.
Freshman Jen Anderson
finished second in the 400m hurdles with a season-best 1:02.58. She
has finished either first or second in all three of her 400m hurdle
races this season.
Silvienne Krosendijik
tied her personal-best with a third place finish in the long jump
with a distance of 18-06.00 feet.
The Camels travel to
Philadelphia, Pa. next weekend for the Penn Relays in their final
tune-up for the Atlantic Sun Championships which begin May 11 in
Johnson City, Tenn.
