ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- University of New Mexico senior Keren Sari-Bentzur picked right up where she left off in 2002, breezing to a victory in the heptathlon this afternoon at the Modrall Sperling Don Kirby Invitational at Great Friends of UNM Track Stadium. An NCAA heptathlon finalist last spring, Sari-Bentzur finished with a two-day score of 5,170, 170 points above the NCAA provisional qualifying standard. UNM sophomore transfer Ryan Voge finished second with 5,898 points, while Jason Simmons (6,115) of South Plains College moved up three spots to take the decathlon title.

Sari-Bentzur won five of the seven events on Thursday and Friday to finish 835 points ahead of her nearest competitor, Genea Long of NMSU (4,335). The Omer, Israel native captured the long jump (18-08.75) to begin this afternoons competition and finished a tight second in the 800 (2:24.86) to finish the day. True freshman Suzanne Nguyen also turned in solid performances in the long jump and 800 to move up to fifth (3,493 pts.) in the final standings.

On the mens side, all three Lobos performed well in their first collegiate decathlon competitions. Voge enjoyed a solid lead through seven events, but slipped into second after failing to score any points in the pole vault. Trailing Simmons by 84 points, Voge was unable to make up any ground as the South Plains decathlete outscored him 1,231-1,098 in the final two events, the javelin and 1,500-meter run.

Meanwhile, true freshman Adam Frangos turned in a strong performace in his collegiate track and field debut. A redshirt during the indoor season, Frangos won the discus (118-11.00) and 1,500 (4:49.40) on Friday to move up two places into fourth place (5,672 pts.) in the final standings. Fellow freshman Robert Gunn, who was second after day one, slipped to fifth over the final five events, but still finished with a solid score of 5,610.

New Mexico returns to action on Saturday, May 29, when it travels to El Paso, Texas for the UTEP Springtime Invitational. A select group of athletes will also journey to Stanford, Calif. for the Stanford Invite on May 28-29.

Modrall Sperling Don Kirby Invitational March 20-21, 2002 Great Friends of UNM Track Stadium - Albuquerque, N.M. Heptathlon/Decathlon Results - FINAL

Womens Heptathlon (FINAL) Points Totals -- 1.Keren Sari-Bentzur (UNM) - 5,170** 2.Genea Long (NMSU) - 4,335 3.Emma Alvin (NMSU) - 3,927 4.Crysty Woodruff (NMSU) - 3,864 5.Suzanne Nguyen (UNM) - 3,493 6.Patty Roeber (WSU) - 3,077

**NCAA Provisional Qualifying Score

100-meter Hurdles -- 1.Keren Sari-Benzur (UNM) - 14.61 (894) 2.Genea Long (NMSU) - 15.37 (793) 3.Emma Alvin (NMSU) - 16.55 (648) 4.Crysty Woodruff (NMSU) - 17.03 (593) 5.Patty Roeber (WSU) - 18.09 (479) 6.Suzanne Nguyen (UNM) - 18.12 (476).

High Jump -- 1.Keren Sari-Bentzur (UNM) 5-06.50 (842), 2.Emma Alvin (NMSU) - 5-05.25 (806) 3.Suzanne Nguyen (UNM) - 4-11.50 (632) 4.Patty Roeber (WSU) - 4-06.75 (502) 5.Crysty Woodruff (NMSU) - 4-05.50 (470) 5.Genea Long (NMSU) - 4-05.50 (470)

Shot Put -- 1.Keren Sari-Bentzur (UNM) - 39-02.25 (657) 2.Genea Long (NMSU) - 35-05.25 (582) 3.Emma Alvin (NMSU) - 33-08.75 (548) 4.Patty Roeber (WSU) - 32-09.75 (529) 5.Crysty Woodruff (NMSU) - 27-07.25 (426) 6.Suzanne Nguyen (UNM) - 22-04.25 (323)

200 meters -- 1.Keren Sari-Bentzur (UNM) - 25.99 (798) 2.Crysty Woodruff (NMSU) - 27.65 (659) 3.Genea Long (NMSU) - 27.20 (695) 4.Suzanne Nguyen (UNM) - 28.21 (614) 5.Patty Roeber (WSU) - 28.75 (573) 6.Emma Alvin (NMSU) 29.46 (520)

Long Jump -- 1.Keren Sari-Bentzur (UNM) - 18-08.75 (762) 2.Genea Long (NMSU) - 16-06.75 (573) 3.Suzanne Nguyen (UNM) - 16-01.75 (540) 4.Emma Alvin (NMSU) - 15-06.25 (487) 5.Crysty Woodruff (NMSU) - 15-03.00 6.Patt Roeber (WSU) - 15-02.25 (461)

Javelin -- 1.Genea Long (NMSU) - 105-06.50 (518) 2.Patty Roeber (WSU) - 102-04.50 (500) 3.Emma Alvin (NMSU) - 99-07.00 (484) 4.Crysty Woodruff (NMSU) - 98-05.50 (477) 5.Keren Sari-Bentzur (UNM) - 95-02.00 (458) 6.Suzanne Nguyen (UNM) - 66-02.25 (292)

800m -- 1.Crysty Woodruff (NMSU) - 2:23.75 (773) 2.Keren Sari-Bentzur (UNM) - 2:24.86 (759) 3.Genea Long (NMSU) - 2:29.09 (704) 4.Suzanne Nguyen (UNM) - 2:36.29 (616) 5.Emma Alvin (NMSU) - 2:52.87 (434) 6.Patty Roeber (WSU) - 2:53.00 (433).

Mens Decathlon (FINAL) Points Totals -- 1.Jason Simmons (SPC) - 6,115 2.Ryan Voge (UNM) - 5,898 3.Brent Kinseth (WSU) - 5,881 4.Adam Frangos (UNM) - 5,672 5.Robert Gunn (UNM) - 5,610 6.Branden Mahler (SPC) - 5,417 7.Matthew Ingram (SPC) - 4,942 Bob Koski (unattached) - DNF Robbie Brown (SPC) - DNF

100 meters -- 1.Robert Gunn (UNM) - 11.31 (793) 2.Ryan Voge (UNM) - 11.34 (786) 3.Jason Simmons (SPC) - 11.47 (759) 4.Bob Koski (unattached) - 11.51 (750) 5.Robbie Brown (SPC) - 11.57 (738) 6.Brent Kinseth (WSU) - 11.6 0 (732) 7.Adam Frangos (UNM) - 11.68 (715) 8.Branden Mahler (SPC) - 11.98 (655) 9.Matthew Ingram (SPC) - 12.37 (580)

Long Jump -- 1.Ryan Voge (UNM) - 22-06.25 (781) 2.Robert Gunn (UNM) - 22-03.50 (764) 3.Jason Simmons (SPC) 21-02.00 (686) 4.Brent Kinseth (WSU) - 22-01.50 (684) 5.Branden Mahler (SPC) - 19-10.50 (600) 6.Bob Koskie (unattached) - 19-07.75 (584) 7.Matthew Ingram (SPC) - 18-09.50 (529) 8.Adam Frangos (UNM) - 18-06.75 (514) 9. Robbie Brown (SPC) - 15-05.75 (330)

Shot Put -- 1.Bob Koskie (unattached) - 42-11.75 (673) 2.Adam Frangos (UNM) - 39-04.00 (606) 3.Brent Kinseth (WSU) 38-02.00 (584) 4.Ryan Voge (UNM) - 37-02.25 (566) 5.Jason Simmons (SPC) - 35-10.50 (542) 6.Branden Mahler (SPC) - 33-11.50 (507) 7.Robert Gunn (UNM) - 30-01.50 (437) 8.Robbie Brown (SPC) - 29-06.50 (426) 9.Matthew Ingram (SPC) - 28-00.75 (399)

High Jump -- 1.Matthew Ingram (SPC) - 6-04.75 (758) 2.Ryan Voge (UNM) - 6-03.50 3.Robert Gunn (UNM) - 6-01.25 (679) 3.Bob Koski (unattached) - 6-01.25 (679) 5.Branden Mahler (SPC) - 6-00.00 (653) 6.Jason Simmons (SPC) - 5-10.75 (627) 7.Adam Frangos (UNM) - 5-07.25 8.Brent Kinseth (WSU) - 5-06.00 9.Robbie Brown (SPC) - NH

400m -- 1.Adam Frangos (UNM) - 51.80 (734) 2.Ryan Voge (UNM) - 51.90 (729) 3.Brent Kinseth (WSU) - 52.17 (717) 4.Robert Gunn (UNM) - 52.66 (696) 5.Jason Simmons (SPC) - 52.91 (686) 6.Bob Koski (unattached) - 54.0 (640) 7.Branden Mahler (SPC) - 55.40 (583) 8.Matthew Ingram (SPC) - 56.26 (545) 9.Robbie Brown (SPC) - 1:02.64 (328)

110m Hurdles -- 1.Ryan Voge (UNM) - 16.3 (673) 1.Brent Kinseth (WSU) - 16.3 (673) 3.Matthew Ingram (SPC) - 16.7 (631) 4.Robert Gunn (UNM) - 17.0 (599) 5.Branden Mahler (SPC) - 17.7 (530) 6.Adam Frangos (UNM) - 17.8 (520) 7.Jason Simmons (SPC) - 18.6 (447) Bob Koski (unattached) - DNF

Discus -- 1.Adam Frangos (UNM) - 118-11.00 (589) 1.Bob Koski (unattached) - 118-11.00 (589) 3.Brent Kinseth (WSU) - 112--00.50 (546) 4.Ryan Voge (UNM) - 110-00.50 (534) 5.Jason Simmons (SPC) - 107-08.00 (520) 6.Matthew Ingram (SPC) - 84-07.50 (382) 7.Branden Mahler (SPC) - 80-06.50 (358) 8.Robert Gunn (UNM) - 74-10.50 (325)

Pole Vault -- 1.Branden Mahler (SPC) - 14-06.00 (737) 2.Jason Simmons (SPC) - 13-01.50 (617) 3.Robert Gunn (UNM) - 11-03.50 (467) 4.Bob Koski (unattached) - 10-07.50 (416) 5.Adam Frangos (UNM) - 10-03.50 (391) 6.Brent Kinseth (WSU) - 9-11.75 (367) 7.Matthew Ingram (SPC) - 8-08.00 (273) Ryan Voge (UNM) - NH

Javelin -- 1.Jason Simmons (SPC) - 167-11.00 (615) 2.Brent Kinseth (WSU) - 159-01.00 (566) 3.Ryan Voge (UNM) - 151-07.50 (533) 4.Bob Koski (unattached) - 138-01.00 (473) 5.Branden Mahler (SPC) - 137-09.50 (471) 6.Robert Gunn (UNM) - 131-10.50 (445) 7.Adam Frangos (UNM) - 128-03.00 (429) 8.Matthew Ingram (SPC) - 119-00.00 (388)

1,500m -- 1.Adam Frangos (UNM) - 4:49.40 (622) 2.Jason SImmons (SPC) - 4:50.40 3.Ryan Voge (UNM) - 4:59.10 (565) 4.Brent Kinseth (WSU) - 5:13.60 (484) 5.Matthew Ingram (SPC) - 5:15.20 (475) 6.Robert Gunn (UNM) - 5:28.80 (405) 7.Branden Mahler (SPC) - 5:46.20 (323)'

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