KFDM COOP Posted January 30, 2008 Report Posted January 30, 2008 Monteau on track for stellar year Dan Chamness Correspondent Published January 31, 2008 Lamar University distance runner Stacey Monteau is not quite equaling her best times, but after the recent McNeese Indoor Invitational, the Lamar sophomore, an Anahuac grad, has to be convinced she is on the right track. She finished the 3,000-meter run with a time of 10 minutes, 53.79 seconds to take second place. She was six seconds behind the winning time. Monteau started her season at the Leonard Hilton Memorial at University of Houston. Monteau finished 12th in the 5,000-meter run. She finished the race in 19:06.44. • Northwestern (La.) State University middle distance Galen Mudd, a Barbers Hill grad, broke the two-minute barrier in the 800-meter run at the University of Arkansas hosted Razorback Invitational. Mudd, who took 11th, finished the indoor race in 1:58.40. The sophomore started his season at the Purple Tiger Classic held at Louisiana State University. He finished 10th in the 800-meter run (2:03.0) and was also a member of the fifth-place distance medley relay team, which finished in 10:59.92. • Brian Ezeh, a Lee College grad, poured in a team-high 17 points in Prairie View A&M’s 55-53 win over Mississippi Valley State. Ezeh, who drained 5 of 10 field goals and 7 of 9 free throws, also led the team in rebounds (six), steals (four) and assists (three). Prairie View A&M is 5-14 overall and 3-4 in the Southwestern Athletic Conference. • Baytown Lee grad Rashad Mohammad competed in three events at the Niswonger Invitational held at East Tennessee State University. The Southern University sprinter finished fourth in both the 60-meter dash (7.02 seconds) and 200-meter dash (22.04). Mohammad actually had faster times in the prelims, finishing the respective races in 6.95 and 21.80. He was also a member of the 1,600-meter relay, which finished its preliminary heat in 3:16.5. • The Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi women’s basketball team got 11 points from Baytown Sterling grad Shaye Montgomery, but it was not enough to power them past the Texas State University Bobcats. In the 73-52 TAMUCC loss, Montgomery hit 3 of 5 from beyond the arc and 2 of 2 from the charity stripe. In her other game of the week, a 54-41 Lady Islander loss to University of Texas-Arlington, Montgomery had eight points, three rebounds and two assists. • Dayton grad Henry Dugat and the Baylor Bears finally overcame Texas A&M University last week 116-110. In a game that will probably go down as legendary and epic, it took Baylor five overtimes to accomplish the feat. Dugat finished with 11 points, four rebounds and two assists. Over 12,000 attended the contest. Baylor’s Big 12 luck ran out against the Oklahoma Sooners. They were topped 77-71 for their first conference loss of the year. Dugat finished the evening with 13 points, seven rebounds, two assists and two steals. Baylor is 16-3 overall and 4-1 in the Big 12. In the most recent NCAA Division I poll, they were ranked 25th. • Wayne State (Mich.) University runner Cheto Cerda, a Lee grad, finished 10th in the 1,000-meter run at the Iowa State University Track and Field Open. Cerda finished the race in 2:34.27. • Kent State defeated Western Michigan University 67-58 in men’s basketball action last week. Former Lee College basketball player Rashad Woods, a Kent State player, had nine points and three assists in the contest. • Crosby grad Tia Jackson played only four minutes as her college, Tulane University, lost a 60-44 battle to University of Texas-El Paso. Jackson had one rebound in the contest. Tulane has lost its last five games and is 11-8 overall, 1-5 in Conference USA. Let’s have those spring names. While the spring sports season at the high school level is a little further away, the college baseball and softball teams will start playing games as early as mid-February. Please remember, when e-mailing me (Dan62293(at)cs.com), I need the name of the athlete, the former high school, the college/university they are attending and of course, the sport they are playing.
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