Pollard places fourth in 800 run to lead WSC women at UNL track meet

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Pollard places fourth in 800 run to lead WSC women at UNL track meet

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Saturday, January 17, 2009

UNL Holiday Inn Invitational Final Results

The Wayne State College women's indoor track and field team competed for the first time in 2009 this weekend at the University of Nebraska Holiday Inn Invitational held in Lincoln at the Devaney Center Indoor Track. The top performance for the Wildcats was turned in by Newcastle sophomore Paige Pollard, who placed fourth in the 800 meter run with a time of 2:21.36.

Other top finishers included Wahoo junior Sarah Thomsen coming in seventh place in the one mile run (5:28.48) with teammate Melissa McIntosh right behind in eighth place at 5:32.98. Misty Rystrom came in eighth place in the high jump at 5' 3" and the distance medley relay team of Sarah Thomsen, Tatiana DeLosSantos, Molly Gibson and Melissa McIntosh took fourth place with a time of 13:03.17.

The next meet for the Wildcats will be on Friday and Saturday, January 23 and 24, when Wayne State competes in the Iowa State Open at Ames, Iowa.

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Meet The Wildcats

Kristen Martinson

Softball

Position: First base, utility
Class: Senior
Hometown: Sergeant Bluff, IA
Major: Physical education/Health K-12 coaching endorsement
Hobbies: Shopping, traveling, hanging with friends and family
Favorite food: Pizza, cookie dough, chicken, orange juice
Favorite book or movie: Love & Basketball (movie)
Favorite website: Pinterest.com
Favorite smell: Fresh baked cookies or brownies
Favorite spot/special place on earth: Vancouver, Canada
What did you want to be when you grew up? A teacher
What super power would you like to possess? Invincible
Future career goals: Graduate and move to Colorado to be a teacher and coach
Most influentional person in your life: Mother
Most influentional person in your athletic career: Mother
Who would you like to have a conversation with? Any of the Kardashians
What makes you the person you are today? Everything I have been through, good or bad, in my life has taught me all that I know. My mom and grandmother have taught me as well.
Coach Unger's comments: Kristen has been a very vocal leader for our squad. She is a strong athlete and her work ethic is second to none. Kristen is a very versatile player, but her main priorities will be to hold down first base or spark our offense as the designated player.

Travis Parsons

Baseball

Position: First base/outfield
Class: Senior
Hometown: Loveland, Colorado
Major: Business Management
Hobbies: Basketball, fishing, boating, playing PS3
Favorite food: Steak, burgers, pizza and salad
Favorite book or movie: Josh Hamilton - Beyond Belief
Favorite website: Facebook
Favorite smell: Fresh cut grass on the baseball field
Favorite spot/special place on earth: The baseball diamond
What did you want to be when you grew up? College baseball coach
What super power would you like to possess? Ability to read people's minds
Future career goal: Continue my education getting my MBA and continue coaching baseball
Most influential person in your life: My parents
Most influential person in your athletic career: My Dad - Scott Parsons
Who would you like to have a conversation with? Tim Tebow
What makes you the person you are today? The influence of my parents growing up
Coach Disch's comments: Travis is in his third year with our program. He started his career at Wayne State as a freshman and redshirted. Then he went to New Mexico Junior College for two years and returned to the Wildcats for his last two seasons. He is a sure gloved first baseman that earned All-NSIC Gold Glove honors last spring. Not only does he do well on the baseball field, he also has above a 3.0 grade point average in the classroom. He will hit in the middle of our order and continue to lead by example.

Wayne State College Athletics