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Gervais, Lyons Lead National Throws ResultsMay 02 2000This past week of results served as another step upwards for Jason Gervais and Robin Lyons as they both had big results to send them up the NCAA rankings. Gervais broke the Wyoming school recrod on his way to winning the men's discus at the Drake Relays. His throw of 62.50 moved him into fifth spot in the NCAA rankings. Earlier in the week Gervais also had a personal best in the hammer when he threw 64.72 to move him into thirteenth in the NCAA. "I was really pleased and excited about Jason's performance," said head coach Larry Judge. "To perform that well in a meet of this magnitude is a real achievement. This shows that Jason is really coming on and hopefully this will improve his confidence as we move towards the end of the season." Meanwhile, All-American Robin Lyons won the women's discus at the Drake Relays on Saturday, also breaking the University of Wyoming school record. Lyons throw of 54.68 moved her into fifth in the NCAA rankings as well. Lyons then went on to establish a personal best in the hammer and nearly won this event as well if it weren't for Melissa Price's last round throw. "I was real pleased with Robin's outstanding double," said head coach Larry Judge. "It was an excellent all-around day for Robin. There was some top-notch competition with some of the best throwers in the nation here." Nicole Chimko was fifth in the women's discus with a throw of 49.26 and Mary LeJour was sixteenth with 43.14. Chimko then won the women's javelin with a toss of 49.20 while Andrea Bulat was third with 45.38 and LeJour wasseventh with 41.54.  Rounding out the weekend was Scott Russell who remains unbeaten by collegians in men's javelin after winning the Drake Relays event with a throw of 70.62. John Hustler finished fifth with a toss of 64.18
At the Penn Relays Dave Matson threw 65.52 to win the College men's javelin while Sarah Fletcher also won the College women's hammer with a toss of 53.80. Other results included Dominique Bilodeau finishing fourth in the women's javelin with 48.40, and Michelle Fournier tenth in the Olympic Development Women's Hammer with 61.02. High School meets are now in mid-swing and lots of throws action to report from the last week. Michael Ankerman of Kamloops BC opened his season with a win in juvenile men's hammer while competing at the South Fraser Track Meet. Ankerman threw 60.75 to win the event. In Ontario at the 26th Annual Queen's Alumni Meet Sultana Frizell of Perth District Collegiat broke all 3 midget throws meet records. She threw 12.53 in shot put, 38.24 in discus, and 34.59 in javelin. The old records were 10.58, 35.82, and 33.92 respectively. The shot and discus records had stood for more than 20 years and the javelin record was 18 years old. Frizell was named the Outstanding Female Field Athlete of the Meet. Meanwhile Brian McPhee broke the senior discus record at the meet to earn Outstanding Male Field Event Athlete of the meet. McPhee threw 54.70 to top the old record of Anthony Forgione's 1999 record of 53.10. Complete results from the 26th Annual Queen's Alumni Meet are available at http://www.canthrow.com/results/2000outdoor/queensalumni2000.html Check out the Jumpstart Athletics Canadian National Throws Rankings for complete rankings in the throws. If you have news, results or info please let us know by using our submission form or emailing Larry Steinke [ MEET INFORMATION ] [ ANALYSIS & TIPS ] [ THROWS ARTICLES ] [ INTERVIEWS ] [ RECORDS ] [ RESULTS ] [ CLASSIFIEDS ] [ HOT LINK ARCHIVE ] [ DISCUSSION FORUM ] [ SUBMISSIONS ] [ THROWERS QUIZ ] [ GUESTBOOK ] | ||