April 3, 2004
TEMPE, Ariz. - The 77th Texas Relays came to a close Saturday afternoon in Austin, Texas, with the Arizona State track and field teams turning in impressive performances, including a school record in the men's 4x400m relay. Overall, one women's and two men's relays competed on the day with two individual competitors also placing in the Top 10 of their respective events.
The men's 4x400m relay team of Steve Fitch, Domenik Peterson, Jason Barton and Lewis Banda clocked a 3:01.51 to place third overall and claim the school record that was set in the 1977 season by Cliff McKenzie, Gerald Burl, Tony Darden and Herman Frazier. Baylor (3:01.06) and Florida (3:01.49) finished ahead of the Sun Devils and will be in Tempe next weekend to compete in the Sun Angel Classic presented by Coca-Cola.
The record setting relay also established the collegiate indoor record earlier this season at the Iowa State Last Chance Meet on March 6. There, Peterson, Barton, Banda and Seth Amoo clocked a 3:30.43 to win the race and break the previous mark set by Oklahoma in 1997 at 3:04.25.
In the men's 4x100m relay, Steven Koehnemann, Peterson, Amoo and Banda combined to finish third overall with a regional mark of 39.31. The women's 4x100m relay did not finish the race after qualifying for the event one night earlier.
Individually, Koehnemann finished 8th in the 100m dash with a time of 10.53 while Brandon Glenn tied for 10th in the pole vault after clearing 5.15m (16-10.75). Glenn's mark is the seventh-best in school history.
The Sun Devils return to action next Saturday in their final home meet of the season as they play host to the 2004 Sun Angel Classic presented by Coca-Cola inside Sun Angel Stadium Saturday, April 10.