Gallo Wins Two Event Titles at South Florida Invitational

Friday, April 2

Tampa, Fla.

Michigan

South Florida Invitational

Gallo Wins Two Event Titles at South Florida Invitational

4/3/2004 12:00:00 AM | Women's Track & Field

TAMPA, Fla. -- University of Michigan women's track and field middle distance runner Lindsey Gallo (Freehold, N.J./Howell HS) led the Maize and Blue charge at the two-day South Florida Invitational, which concluded Saturday (April 3) as the senior/junior posted top honors in the 800- and 1,500-meter runs. Both victories came on the second day of action at the USF Soccer-Track Stadium. Also posting first-place finishes were Theresa Feldkamp (Lorain, Ohio/Amherst Steele HS), Katie Erdman (Cadillac, Mich./Cadillac HS), Ana Gjesdal (LaCrescenta, Calif./Crescenta Valley HS) and senior quad-captain Melissa Bickett (Akron, Ohio/Revere HS).

On day two, Gallo earned her first of two wins when she crossed the line of the open section of the 800-meter run with a winning time of 2:11.07. Following Gallo across the line were six other Wolverines as U-M went 1-3-5-6-11-14-20-21 in the event. Erdman was second in the race, also clocking in with a regional qualifying mark of 4:28.65.

Gallo later returned to the track to post her second win of the evening, earning a victory in the invitational section of the 1,500-meter run with an NCAA regional qualifying time of 4:23.47. The time bettered the field by five seconds.

Adding wins on day two were Gjesdal, who won the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 11:00.14, and Bickett, who marked 177-1 to win her specialty event, the discus. Bickett's distance in the discus surpassed the regional qualifying mark of 152-10 by nearly 22 feet.

Feldkamp posted the first win of the weekend as she led a 1-2-3 Wolverine finish across the line with a winning mark of 4:38.24 in the 1,500-meter run. The junior's time was nearly three seconds ahead of teammate Erin Webster (Dearborn, Mich./Divine Child HS), who finished runner-up in 4:41.20. Chelsea Homan (Cincinnati, Ohio/Anderson HS) rounded out the group with a third-place showing of 4:44.42, and Gjesdal was sixth (4:52.80).

Erdman was next to claim victory when she upped her usual running distance and won the 3,000-meter run with a clocking of 9:44.82. Erdman's first-place showing also paced a 1-2-3 U-M showing in the race as Jessie Allen-Young (Loveland, Colo./Thompson Valley HS) and Jackie Gaydos (Allen Park, Mich./Allen Park HS) followed her across the finish line with times of 9:46.27 and 9:48.29, respectively.

Event Winners/U-M Finishes

Friday Results

1,500-meter Run 1. Theresa Feldkamp, U-M 4:38.24 2. Erin Webster, U-M 4:41.20 3. Chelsea Homan, U-M 4:44.42 6. Ana Gjesdal, U-M 4:52.80 3,000-meter Run 1. Katie Erdman, U-M 9:44.82 2. Jessie Allen-Young, U-M 9:46.27 3. Jackie Gaydos, U-M 9:48.99 5. Andrea Parker, U-M 9:55.90 7. Anna Jones, U-M 10:08.82 9. Lesley Jurasek, U-M 10:12.01 Hammer Throw Open 1. Candice Scott, Florida 214-9# (65.45m) 6. Melissa Bickett, U-M 183-0# (55.79m) 7. Ashley Eckel, U-M 177-2# (54.01m) 15. Tara Kennedy, U-M 148-2 (45.17m) 17. Jamie Barbour, U-M 147-11 (45.10m) Javelin Throw 1. Emily Carlsten, Unattached 156-11# (47.83m) 3. Lindsey Stephenson, U-M 137-5# (41.88m) 11. Tara Kennedy, U-M 104-2 (31.75m)

Saturday Results

800-Meter Run (Open) 1. Lindsey Gallo, U-M 2:11.07 3. Theresa Feldkamp, U-M 2:12.23 5. Anna Jones, U-M 2:13.67 6. Jackie Gaydos, U-M 2:14.16 11. Jessie Allen-Young, U-M 2:15.86 14. Andrea Parker, U-M 2:16.75 20. Erin Webster, U-M 2:18.37 21. Tracy Egnatuk, U-M 2:19.32 1,500-Meter Run (Invitational) 1. Lindsey Gallo, U-M 4:23.47# 2. Katie Erdman, U-M 4:28.65# 8. Chelsea Homan, U-M 4:46.10 9. Lesley Jurasek, U-M 4:48.71 3,000-Meter Steeplechase 1. Ana Gjesdal, U-M 11:10.14 Shot Put (Open) 1. Kimberli Barrett, Florida 56-10 1/4# (17.33m) 8. Ashley Eckel, U-M 47-5# (14.45m) 14. Jamie Barbour, U-M 42-0 (12.80m) Discus (Open) 1. Melissa Bickett, U-M 177-01# (53.98m) 11. Tara Kennedy, U-M 135-11 (41.44m) 18. Jamie Barbour, U-M 128-07 (39.20m) # NCAA Regional qualifying mark