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LaBonte leads Lady Buffs to Milligan Relays title MILLIGAN COLLEGE, TN (March 30, 2007) --- Milligan College junior MacKenzie LaBonte (Port Charlotte, Fla.) won the women’s 1,500 meters, and started off the victorious women’s 4 x 400 meter relay, to lead the Lady Buffs to the team title at the Milligan Relays held Thursday afternoon at Johnson City’s Liberty Bell Track and Field Complex.
In doing so, LaBonte earned an automatic national qualifier and broke the school record previously held by former All-American Rebecca Dixon with her time of 4:42.44.
Also picking up win’s for the Lady Buffs were senior Morgan Hyatt (Elizabethton, Tenn.) in the shot put, junior Kortney Goulds (Johnson City, Tenn.) in the 800 meters and junior Brittany Bales (Kingsport, Tenn.) in the 400 meters. Goulds’ time of 2:18.76 in the 800 meters was a new lifetime best.
Sophomore Jacklyn Talbert (Mt. Carmel, Tenn.) finished second in the women’s 1,500 meters, while junior Erika Fox (Gambrills, Md.) finished second in the 3,000 meters. Junior Kristen Bartlett (Simseropol, Ukraine) also sprinted to runner-up finishes in the 100 meters and 200 meters.
Sophomores Ashley Pearce (St. Cloud, Fla.) and Emily Schmitt (Avon, Ind.) recorded lifetime bests in the women’s 1500 meters and 3000 meters respectively.
Milligan’s men were led by junior All-American Josh Ferry (Bloomington, Ind.), who won the men’s 800 meters in a time of 1:54.39. Ferry also started off the men’s 4 x 400 meter relay that finished second. Joining Ferry on the relay were senior Jair Collie (Johnson City, Tenn.), freshman Aaron Wood (Aurora, Colo.) and sophomore Will Frye (Pulaski, Va.)
Wood finished third in the 800 meters in a season opening best of 1:56. 78.
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