Lowery breaks record, Tech finishes eighth at OVC Indoor Championships
The Tennessee Tech women's track & field team added seven points to its team total Saturday, including a school-record pole vault effort by Katie Lowery, finishing in eighth place at the Ohio Valley Conference Indoor Championships.
CHARLESTON, Ill. -- After posting 16 points Friday on the
opening day, the Tennessee Tech women's track & field team
added seven more points Saturday -- including a school record
performance in the pole vault by sophomore Katie Lowery --
finishing in eighth place at the 2011 Ohio Valley Conference Indoor
Championships held at Eastern Illinois University.
Host EIU won the women's crown with 177.33 points, claiming the
title by a comfortable margin over runnerup Eastern Kentucky with
139.50 points. Southeast Missouri (106.5) was third, followed by
Jacksonville State (63.33), Tennessee State (48), Austin Peay (38),
Murray State (28.33) and Tennessee Tech (23).
On Saturday, senior Ashley Mayhew
earned four points with a fifth place finish in the shot put. She
had also placed Friday in the weight throw. Her toss Saturday was
41 feet, 3.25 inches.
Tech claimed one point in the pole vault where sophomore Katie Lowery
claimed eighth place, breaking her own school record with a jump of
10 feet.
The other two points came in the 4x400 relay where Tech's team of
Krysten
Joshen, Jenna Philpott,
Brittney Cotto and Emily Weinzetl
place seventh in the time of 4:09.15.
In addition to Lowery's effort, Tech had one more career-best
showing Saturday when Kelli Keck went 35 feet, 7.75 inches in the
triple jump.
