Conference Championship Weekend Part 3

BIG TEN

The Big Ten Conference is most known for its dominance in the distance areas. There are plenty of great programs in this conference, Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio State, Penn State and Minnesota that produce great distance athletes. In recent years the Big Ten has grown as a very well rounded conference with great sprinters, jumpers and throwers. This past weekend the Big Ten held its conference championship and the women's competition had an array of great performances with Penn State claiming the title.

Championship Highlights


100 Meter Dash

Shavon Greaves 11.56 Penn State- Greaves has been one of the premier sprinters in the country and was able to prove that here defending her title.

200 Meter Dash

Shavon Greaves 23.28 Penn State- Greaves completing the double.

400 Meter Dash

Fawn Dorr 52.51 Penn State- The first title in a challenging double performance, Dorr has grown as a strong 400 meter runner.

100 Meter Hurdles

Aleesha Barber 13.11 Penn State- Barber returns to the top of the Big Ten, her last championship winner was an upset over Tiffany Ofili in 2008.

400 Meter Hurdles

Fawn Dorr 57.50 Penn State- Door Completed the phenomenal double and looks to be a top performer at the NCAA Championship meet.

800 Meter Run

Molly Beckwith 2:04.11 Indiana

1,500 Meter Run

Angela Bizzarri 4:15.12 Illinois- Star distance runner put on a solid performance in a great field winning by a hundreth of a second in the first of her double winning performance.

5,000 Meter Run

Angela Bizzarri 16:12.35 Illinois- The second title in a great day for the Illini.

10,000 Meter Run

Megan Duwell 34:02.12 Minnesota

3,000 Meter Steeplechase

Bridget Franek 9:48.26 Penn State- Franek stellar performance broke the conference meet record formally held by former NCAA Champion Anna Williard.

Long Jump

Todea-Kay Willis 20-9.25 Minnesota

Triple Jump

Nkeiru Ugwoaba 42-6 Purdue

High Jump

Rebecca Bucholtz 5-10.75 Michigan State

Pole Vault

Jenny Soceka 13-5.25 Wisconsin

Shot Put

Faith Sherrill 55-10.50 Indiana- Sherell's throw was conference meet record.

Discus

Erin Pendleton 184-09 Michigan- Pendleton led a 1-2 finish for the Michigan Wolverines with number 2 being her sister. Pendleton's performance was a meet record.

Javelin

Maggie Mullen 166-02 Ohio State

Hammer Throw

DeAnne Hahn 185-08 Minnesota

Heptathlon

Dorcas Akinniyi 5584 Wisconsin


A little exhausted, our next post we will take a look at Men in the Big Ten and the men in the Pac-10.