Hoosiers do well despite poor weather

The men and women's track and field teams were unable to escape the weather this weekend as their meet, held on Illinois' campus, was cut short by lightning. The meet, which was Friday afternoon, was moved up a half hour in an attempt to get the meet finished before the bad weather moved in. \nMoving it up was not enough as the storm rolled in, the wind switched directions and the temperature dropped 20 degrees. \nBoth teams were competing strong before the decision was made to cancel the meet. There were several NCAA provisionals earned in the field events. \n"We had a fair meet going up until the time of the cancellation," coach Marshall Goss said. "We could have used (the meet) to get some work done in some of the areas that we needed it in but that happens."\nIn the javelin, the Hoosiers won both events as junior Patrick Miller and junior Irina Kharun continued their dominance in the event. Kharun also had another provisional mark in the event. \nThe hammer throw had two Hoosiers finish fourth. Freshman Will Fleming for the men and junior Kelley McKinney for the women. Senior Wasyl Fedoriw took fifth behind Fleming too. Fedoriw also took third in the shot put. The women's discuss also had an IU athlete finish second. Senior Heather Colyer threw a provisional mark of 166 feet.\nThe jumpers were not to be outdone by the throwers. In the long jump, the women dominated. Juniors Tandra Foster and Rose Richmond finished 1-2 respectively. Foster's mark was also an NCAA qualifying mark. The men were also able take first and second. Freshman Aarik Wilson led the way with a jump of 24'05. 50". Junior Haasan Reddick appeared to get over a hamstring injury with a jump of 24'01. 75." \nIn the pole vault, senior all-American Dino Efthimiou continued his efforts to regain the form he had during the indoor season. Last weekend was the first time during the outdoor season that he cleared a height. Friday he was able to earn an NCAA provisional mark with a vault of 17'03. 75". \nIn the only two events that IU ran in they did well. In the 1500-meter run senior Josh Trisler finished third with a time of 3:58. Sophomore Kurtis George took fourth. In the women's 3000-meters, freshman Mindy Peterson took first. \nWith the limited action, the teams will now be well-rested for the big meets next weekend. Both teams will send some athletes to the Drake Relays in Iowa. The women will also be taking their sprinters to the Penn Relays, one of the biggest meets of the season, and the men will send a large number of athletes to Purdue to compete next weekend.