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March 7, 2004
AMES, IA - The Clemson men's track and field team completed competition at the Iowa State Last Chance Meet held on Saturday at the Lied Rec Center. The Tigers were led by junior George Kitchens, who recorded a NCAA provisional qualifying mark of 25'4" in the long jump. Kitchens' third-place finish set a Clemson record, breaking the previous school-best mark of 25'1.75" set by Kai Maull in 2001. His mark was also a personal-best effort.
In the 60m dash, Larry Griffin posted a season-best time of 6.73 to finish second in the event, and Tye Hill was third with his finals time of 6.84. Multi-eventers Rick Hill and Brent Hobbs clocked times o f48.53 and 51.02 in the 400m. Roy Cheney recorded another provisional qualifying time of 7.85 in the 60m hurdles to place second, and Rick Hill, Brent Hobbs and Ryan Koontz posted times of 8.19, 8.24 and 8.39, respectively.
Terrance McDaniel cleared 6'10.25" in the high jump to finish second, and Adam Linkenauger also cleared the same bar with more attempts, placing eighth. In the shot put, Derek Gilson recorded a mark of 56'11.25" to place fifth.
The Tigers will await invitations to the NCAA Championships to be announced Monday night. The national meet will be held in Fayetteville, AR, on Mar. 12-13.
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