KEVIN JENISON

GoSycamores.com

SOUTH BEND, IND. ? Indiana State senior Michael Roberts captured the 60 meter hurdles to highlight the Sycamores competition at the Alex Wilson Last Chance Meet held at the University of Notre Dame on Saturday.

“It was a pretty normal last chance meet,” John McNichols, Indiana State cross country and track & field coordinator said. “It is a pretty tough situation to actually improve performances but the win by Roberts was a bright spot for us. Beyond that, the performances were definitely not what we had hoped for. The majority of the team will now begin to concentrate on the outdoor season.”

Roberts ran the second fastest time in the preliminaries of the 60 meter hurdles at 8.18 and then came back with a 8.04 to win the finals.

In other action Saturday: junior Daryl Truitt was fourth in the 60 meters (6.97), junior Andrew Stull was fourth in the 200 meters (22.23), sophomore Dustin Betz was 24th in the mile (4:12.75), and sophomore Corey Hahn was 31st in the 800 meters (1:54.18). Each of the times were close to their season bests but did not improve on them.

On the women's side, sophomore Felisha Johnson finished fourth in the shot put with a toss of 51'-1.5” (15.58 meters) while junior Nicole Hope was seventh in the pole vault by clearing 12'10” (3.91 meters). Sophomore Richelle Kimble was 11th in the pole vault by clearing 12'-4” (3.76 meters) while senior Alicia Fritschi did not clear the opening height.

On Friday, senior Kelsey Hanley placed second in the women's weight throw with a toss of 64'-9.25” (19.74 meters) and junior Drew LaMaster did not clear the opening height in the men's pole vault.

Johnson will be making the trip to College Station, Tex., for the 2011 NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships in the women's weight throw and Hanley should also receive an invite in the women's weight throw. Junior Major Clay will be representing the men's team in the high jump.

Invitations to the NCAA Championships will be announced Monday night.