SDSU Track : Aztec Men, Women Take 2nd in Meets

San Diego State finished second to Brigham Young in the Western Athletic Conference men’s track team championship Saturday in Provo, Utah.

The Aztecs won seven events to finish with 149 points. BYU had 187 points and Texas El Paso 118.

“We came in rested and positive about competing at this altitude,” SDSU Coach Dixon Farmer said. “The sprinters were fired up about keeping our six-year winning streak in the 4-by-100 relay going. They showed it by making it seven in a row and flexing their muscles in their individual events.”

Andre Freeman, Rex Brown, Darryl Hudson and Aaron Thigpen kept the streak alive, winning the relay in 39.77 seconds. The four sprinters qualified for the NCAA nationals in Indianapolis, which will be June 4-7.

Freeman, Tony Burns, Mike Robinson and Ed Cooper also won the 4-by-400 relay with a time of 3:10.33. Freeman took first in the 400 at 46.54.

Thigpen ran a 10.02 in the 100, good enough to place him in the top five in the world this year. Cooper added a victory in the 110 high hurdles (13.99) and was second in the 400 hurdles.

Jason Twedt gave SDSU its first WAC victory in a throwing event when he won the javelin in 219-feet 6-inches.

Farmer was named Coach of the Year by WAC coaches.

The Nevada Las Vegas women’s track team won the Pacific Coast Athletic Assn. championship at Fresno by dominating the sprint events. The Lady Rebels took first, second and third place in the 100- and 200-meter dashes.

UNLV finished with 134 points, the Aztecs 130 and Fresno State 114.

San Diego State entered the 4-by-400-meter relay--the last race--six points behind UNLV. Karen Nilson, Margaret Hemmans, LaTanya Sheffield and Renee Ross won the event with a time of 3:41.04 but UNLV took second at 3:42.73 to secure first place overall.

Hemmans won the 400 hurdles in 1:00.68.