Sports • Monday, May 5, 2014
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The 4x100-meter team, senior Tamara Pridgett, senior Shapri Romero, sophomore Traci-Lynn Hicks and senior Germe Poston finished second with a time of 44.27. However, that broke the school record they had set on April 12. The women’s 4x400-meter relay team — sophomore Nnenya Hailey, freshman Jasper Gray, Pridgett and Romero — also took second but ran a season-best time of 3:37.18. “That was an exciting race for myself and the group,” Romero said in a press release. “Tamara had a really good leg out of the hole. … We had a good exchange and then my exchange with Traci wasn’t bad. The handoff from Traci to Germe wasn’t the best, but we still got a school record, so as soon as we tune those up we’ll be ready.” Romero won the women’s 400-meter race with a personal record time of 51.96, the second best in school history and in the Pac-12 this year. “Breaking 52 seconds in the 400 meters felt so good,” Romero said. “We have been working for this for so long, I know I am a 51-second runner, and it just felt good from the beginning.” Poston won the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.56 (0.0 wind). Romero won the 200-meter, while Poston finished second.
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base. After the single, Kelsey Rodriguez hit into a double play to end any threat of starting a rally. Rodriguez, though, would redeem herself in the second game. Once again in the rain, this time Arizona hung on to a lead. Rodriguez’s third-inning two-run homerun were the only runs scored in the second game and ended up making the difference, as Wildcats’ starting pitcher Estela Piñon (15-5) went the distance and only allowed two hits on the day . Though she walked five Washington batters through the 7.0 innings, Piñon did not give up a hit until the sixth inning . The 2-0 win in the second game of the doubleheader prevented the Wildcats from being swept.
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Hailey won the women’s 100-meter hurdles in 13.48 (0.0 wind), the second-best time of her career. Sophomore Traci-Lynn Hicks was second, in 13.71, the second-best mark of her career. Hailey also won the 400-meter hurdles, with sophomore Morgan Struble coming in second with a personal record time of 58.39. Senior Julie Labonté won the women’s shot put, while senior Omotayo Talabi was third. Labonté took second in the discus, with a throw of 184-1 (56.12m), the fourthbest mark of her career. Freshman Jordan Young won the men’s hammer throw while taking fourth in the discus with a personal best toss of 175-2 (53.39m). Freshman Gerhard De Beer took second in the discus and freshman Aaron Castle won the men’s shot put. Senior Lawi Lalang won the men’s 1,500-meter, followed by freshman Collins Kibet in second place. Collins Kibet won the 800 meters, while Lalang was fourth. On the women’s side, sophomore Kate Penney was third in the women’s 1,500-meter race, and junior Elvin Kibet was fourth with a personal-best time of 4:29.11. Senior Meg Bellino took second in the 800 meters. TYLER BAKER/THE DAILY WILDCAT
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SENIOR NICK ROSS shakes hands with track and field director Fred Harvey during Arizona’s senior day ceremonies at the double dual against ASU and NAU on Saturday. Ross’ high jump of 7-6.5 at the meet was the No. 1 collegiate high jump mark of the year.
Arizona has only been swept once Wildcats entered their three-game this season, and not since the series with Washington as the middle of March when it lost three nation’s leader in home runs. They in a row at UCLA to open the Pac- still easily lead the way with 95 on 12 schedule. the season . Arizona will likely The record for most fall in the rankings home runs in a single because of this past season — including No rain is weekend, but lucky post-season — is 158 forecast for for the Wildcats, they by Hawaii in 2010 . If Tucson this will have a chance Arizona reaches 100, upcoming to make up for their which it likely will, it weekend. poor performance will become the 17th this weekend when team in NCAA history No. 1 Oregon comes to reach 100 . It will to Tucson to finish up the regular also become the fifth Arizona team season. to hit 100 or more home runs. The And according to weather.com, Wildcats have done it more than no rain is forecast for Tucson this any other school. In 2009, Arizona upcoming weekend . hit 134 home runs, second on the Arizona has yet to lose at home all-time list . this season.
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Over this past weekend, Arizona hit a modest three home runs. The
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throughout the series. So it didn’t come as much of a surprise when the Ducks FROM PAGE 7 only needed one chance grounded out to the right to finish off the Wildcats side, advancing Moore to in the bottom half of the second base 10th. Oregon and putting subsequently him in scoring strung together They position. But three hits and have not Arizona’s scored the played inability winning run in bad to execute walk-off fashion in clutch baseball. before Arizona situations was was able to evident and record an out. sophomore The Wildcats are Zach Gibbons flied out to struggling — but if a few left. breaks went their way, they Arizona stranded 10 could be in the hunt in the base runners on Saturday Pac-12. night and over the threegame series, combined to strand 25. This is compared to Oregon, — Follow Evan Rosenfeld who only left 20 on base @EvanRosenfeld17
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