Clark And Fritz Set Conference Records
5/17/2003 12:00:00 AM | Track and Field
May 17, 2003
Click Here For MWC Meet Notes\ResultsALBUQUERQUE, NM - Tom Clark and Tim Fritz set new all-time Mountain West Conference records Saturday in winning their respective events at the outdoor championships but what pleased head coach Ralph Lindeman the most was the sixth place finish by his women's team.
For the record, San Diego State broke BYU's women 21 consecutive titles by scoring 217 points. The Cougars finished second with 206 points followed by Colorado State (101), Wyoming (78), Utah (73.50), Air Force (58), New Mexico (49.50) and UNLV.
The Falcon total was the most points ever by a women's team. Dominique Boivin, who won the discus title on Friday (158-feet, 10-inches) was the only individual champion. However, Lindeman was gushing over the collective effort by his women.
"I do not want to diminish the conference records set by Tom (Clark) and Tim (Fritz), but our women put forth an unbelievable effort in every event they competed in," said Lindeman. "I thought they had a chance to break out of the cellar in this meet, but what they did overall just overwhelms myself and the rest of the coaching staff."
The women's high finish plus the third place finish by the men (129 points) behind Brigham Young (270) and Colorado State (230), earned Lindeman the title of co-Conference Coach of The Year. He shares the title with Cougar coach Mark Robison.
Clark captured the 110-meter high hurdles with a time of 14.02. His mark broke the record of 14.12 set by teammate Sean Temple set last year. Temple was unable to compete in the meet due to a hamstring injury he suffered on Thursday. Clark came back lader in the afternoon to finish second in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 50.83.
Fritz, broke his own javelin record of 217-feet, 11 ? -inches with a throw of 219-feet,, 6-inches.
"Tom and Tim proved that they are the best in the league in their respective events," Lindeman said. "Both of them work extremely hard to be the best they can be and when it comes to 'game day,' they are warriors and winners."
