Beijing Olympian Shani Marks finished 5th in the triple jump at the KBC-Nacht Van De Atletiek meet in Huesden-Zolder, Belgium yesterday.
The Apple Valley High School and University of Minnesota alum jumped 44-2 to finish behind winner Dana Veldakova of Slovakia who jumped 46-3 1/4 and fellow U.S. Olympic team member Erica McLain who bounced 45-1 3/4 for third place.
Marks fouled three of her six attempts in the competition, which she told DtB beforehand would be her only competition prior to the Olympic Games.
Triple jump results can be found HERE.
In other competition at the meet ... Minnetonka High School grad Will Leer notched a 1500m PR with his 3:37.63 win in the "B" section of the event. Results of the race are HERE; you can watch the race HERE. You can also watch a post-race interview with Leer HERE.
In the 5000m, Team USA Minnesota's Matt Gabrielson narrowly missed setting a new PR for himself with his 13:30.95, 14th place finish in the "B" section of the event. You can watch that race HERE.
Former Gopher Big 10 and Pan American Games champion Mitch Potter clocked 46.70 to finish 5th in the 400m. You can watch his race HERE; results are HERE. Earlier last week, Potter had run 46.25 at a meet in Lucerne, Switzerland.
Monday, July 21, 2008
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