April 14, 2007

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. ---- The second day of competition in the Sea Rays Relays has been cut short due to severe weather. The University of Tennessee had hosted the meet starting Wednesday with the decathlon and would wrap up competition today.

Samford would only get to compete in the distance medley before the event was called for the day. The women's distance medley team took 10th place in the race with Lauren Blankenship anchoring a 4:53 mile. The men's team came in eighth with Blaise Carie anchoring a 4:20 mile.

In Friday's competition, Blankenship qualified for the NCAA South Regionals Friday afternoon in the 5000-meter race in the Bulldogs' first day of competition at the Sea Rays Relays hosted by the University of Tennessee. She won the race by a large margin with a time of 16:33.99, passing the standard qualifying time of 16:52.

Katherine Herring finished 27th in the women's mile with a time of 4:37.73. In the women's hurdle events, Lakeita Rox and Daphne Anderson finished 35th (15.04) and 38th (15.22), respectively, in the 100-meter hurdles while Morgan Tyler placed 41st in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:08.01.

Daphne Anderson took 26th in the women's 100-meter dash with a time 12.36.

In the women's field events, Cameron Cardwell placed ninth in the women's pole vault event with a height of 11'5.75". Morgan Tyler took 25th place in the triple jump with a distance of 32'2.25".

On the men's side, Will Denton placed 37th in the 800-meter dash with a time of 1:55.28.