2008 Woodie Awards
Stanford ends season with win
By: Tim Ottusch
Issue date: 3/12/08 Section: Sports
Tempestt Stanford finished her indoor season with a win last weekend at the Alex Wilson Invitational at Notre Dame, Ind.
Stanford, along with senior middle distance runner Jenaie Edwards, traveled to the meet as a last chance meet for the two to qualify for nationals.
Stanford won the 60-meter dash in 7.68 seconds, but wasn't able to get to the NCAA provisional time of 7.44. Edwards finished third in the 400m dash in 54.75, slightly off the provisional time of 54.40.
Both Stanford and Edwards were coming off disappointing Mid-American Conference Indoor Championship performances. Stanford finished seventh in the 60m dash and fourth in the 200m. Edwards was unable to defend her 400m title, finishing second in the race and seventh in the 200m.
"The MAC meet, for both Tempestt and Jenaie, wasn't what we expected or wanted. We were expecting more, faster times, maybe better places," said coach Karen Lutzke. "But we were expecting them to be better at the MAC meet than they were because we know what they're capable of doing."
Lack of competition hurt Stanford's bid for a provisional time at the Alex Wilson Invitational.
The dash only featured two other runners, both whom ran far slower times than Stanford, giving her no one to push her.
"When there is three people in the race it's really hard to run fast," Lutzke said. "She ran a solid race. You can't complain when you're running against yourself and two other people."
Despite also not qualifying for nationals, Edwards was able to lower her time from the MAC meet the previous week and was able to work on starting faster than she had been doing all season.
"In the 400, I wasn't getting out fast enough for the first 200 of my race and that was one thing that I really did do this past weekend," Edwards said.
With the indoor portion of the season over, Lutzke said the team will focus on tough training for the next few weeks before the outdoor season starts.
"It's not like we're starting at the beginning, but we're back into some hard work because we don't have a meet for another three or four weeks," she said. "… We have some time to get some quality work in some areas that we feel some of the athletes made need to work on."
The Chippewas start their outdoor season March 29 in the Toledo Invitational at Toledo, Ohio.
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Stanford, along with senior middle distance runner Jenaie Edwards, traveled to the meet as a last chance meet for the two to qualify for nationals.
Stanford won the 60-meter dash in 7.68 seconds, but wasn't able to get to the NCAA provisional time of 7.44. Edwards finished third in the 400m dash in 54.75, slightly off the provisional time of 54.40.
Both Stanford and Edwards were coming off disappointing Mid-American Conference Indoor Championship performances. Stanford finished seventh in the 60m dash and fourth in the 200m. Edwards was unable to defend her 400m title, finishing second in the race and seventh in the 200m.
"The MAC meet, for both Tempestt and Jenaie, wasn't what we expected or wanted. We were expecting more, faster times, maybe better places," said coach Karen Lutzke. "But we were expecting them to be better at the MAC meet than they were because we know what they're capable of doing."
Lack of competition hurt Stanford's bid for a provisional time at the Alex Wilson Invitational.
The dash only featured two other runners, both whom ran far slower times than Stanford, giving her no one to push her.
"When there is three people in the race it's really hard to run fast," Lutzke said. "She ran a solid race. You can't complain when you're running against yourself and two other people."
Despite also not qualifying for nationals, Edwards was able to lower her time from the MAC meet the previous week and was able to work on starting faster than she had been doing all season.
"In the 400, I wasn't getting out fast enough for the first 200 of my race and that was one thing that I really did do this past weekend," Edwards said.
With the indoor portion of the season over, Lutzke said the team will focus on tough training for the next few weeks before the outdoor season starts.
"It's not like we're starting at the beginning, but we're back into some hard work because we don't have a meet for another three or four weeks," she said. "… We have some time to get some quality work in some areas that we feel some of the athletes made need to work on."
The Chippewas start their outdoor season March 29 in the Toledo Invitational at Toledo, Ohio.
sports@cm-life.com
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