April 7, 2005

Results

First day results (women/men's invitational hammer throw) from the Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee T & F Invitational held

Thursday-Saturday (April 7-9) at UCLA's historic Drake Stadium.

On Friday (mostly university/open events), field events begin at 11 a.m. and track events at 1:30 p.m. Also on Friday, there is an evening distance carnival, starting at 6 p.m. On Saturday (all invitational events), field events start at 11:45 a.m. and track events at 12:15 p.m.

THURSDAY

Women's Hammer
UCLA senior Jessica Cosby captured first-place, with a mark of 208-5. Cosby entered the event with a collegiate best, Pac-10 leading and season-best effort of 217-5 (3/26). As a junior last season, Cosby placed second at the NCAA Outdoor, with a Pac-10, school record and personal-best mark of 219-5. Last season she also won the hammer throw at the NCAA West Region and Pac-10 Championships. A multi-talented thrower, Cosby as a redshirt freshman in 2002 won the shot put at the NCAA Outdoor.

Stanford took second and third-places in the hammer throw, with Sarah Hopping finishing second (184-5) and Katie Elsbury in third (183-07).

Results - 1. Jessica Cosby, UCLA, 208-5 (63.54); 2. Sarah Hopping, Stanford, 184-05 (56.21); 3. Katie Elsbury, Stanford, 183-07(55.95; 4. Kelli Burton, Arizona, 180-8 (55.07); 5. Tipaleli Fotu, BYU, 169-7(51.70); 6. Sara Vigil, Arizona, 167-5 (51.04); 7. Novelle Murray, Hawaii, 166-2(50.65); 8. Alexis Fredrick, Hawaii, 158-5(48.30); 9. Megan Howard, Arizona, 152-4(46.44); 10. Chelsea Forsythe, BYU, 148-11(45.38); 11. Ku`ulei Karratti, Hawaii, 148-6(45.27); 12. Candace Jones, BYU, 138-11(42.34); 13. Natasha Sua, BYU, 134-5 (40.98).