Sat., April 8, 2006

   INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.  --  Adam Longsworth won the discus and finished third in the shot put in the 2006 Little State Track and Field Meet on Saturday afternoon at the IUPUI Track and Field Complex.

   Longsworth, a University of Saint Francis sophomore, qualified for the finals on Friday and won on Saturday with a season best 159 foot effort. His best throw also automatically qualified Longsworth for the NAIA National Outdoor Championships in Fresno, Calif., in late May. He accounted for six more points with his place in the shot put, a 49-7 3/4 effort. He accounted for his 19th point with an eighth-place finish in the hammer throw.

   Freshman Jeremy Wolley also pointed for the Cougar men with a sixth-place finish in the discus throw. His top effort was a 146-8 for three points.

USF finished 12th with 20 points out of 20 teams.

  In the women's competition, junior Alexandra Hornstein and Brandi Gangloff were the only Lady Cougars to point. Hornstein placed fourth in the 400-meter dash finals. She earned five points with a time of 1 minute, .85 seconds. She also finished 10th in the 800-meter run. Amy Martin had the 11th best time in the 400-meter hurdles qualifying, not good enough to qualify for the finals, though her time if run in the finals would have been good enough for sixth place.

Gangloff placed eighth in the hammer with a best of 124-9 and picked up a point. Though she didn't get points, she did get a PR in the shot put with a best of 30 feet, 9 3/4 inches, 17 inches beyond her previous best.

Complete results -- Men

Complete results -- Women

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