Heberly Helps Relay Squad to School Record
5/28/2005 12:00:00 AM | Track & Field
Montana State set a school record in the men's 4x400 relay on Saturday, but they had the chance to do so because of Steve Heberly's toughness on Friday.
"I really take my hat off to Stevie, he sucked it up Friday when he was really sick," MSU coach Dale Kennedy said. "If you could have seen him, you would have known how horrible he felt."
Heberly felt better Saturday during MSU's record-setting relay, but was entered in the 200 meters on Friday at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships in Norman, Okla. Meet rules specify that an athlete that scratches from an event is eliminated from competing in the rest of the meet.
That forced Heberly, a sophomore from Havre, to compete on Friday. "He was a second off his time from the Big Sky meet, but the important thing was that he ran. Under the circumstances it was quite a performance."
So was the group effort on Saturday. Dan Johnson, a freshman from Livingston, led off with a 47.8 split. Heberly ran a 48.0, spectacular given his health, and Michael Novotny posted a 48.1. Ty Norris carried the mail in the anchor leg, finishing with a 47.1, good for a posted relay of 3:11.07, a school record by a second.
Kennedy said that effort bodes well for the group's future, given they are all underclassmen. "I think had Stevie been healthy they could have been around 3:10, which was their goal going in. It was really an outstanding performance."
"I really take my hat off to Stevie, he sucked it up Friday when he was really sick," MSU coach Dale Kennedy said. "If you could have seen him, you would have known how horrible he felt."
Heberly felt better Saturday during MSU's record-setting relay, but was entered in the 200 meters on Friday at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships in Norman, Okla. Meet rules specify that an athlete that scratches from an event is eliminated from competing in the rest of the meet.
That forced Heberly, a sophomore from Havre, to compete on Friday. "He was a second off his time from the Big Sky meet, but the important thing was that he ran. Under the circumstances it was quite a performance."
So was the group effort on Saturday. Dan Johnson, a freshman from Livingston, led off with a 47.8 split. Heberly ran a 48.0, spectacular given his health, and Michael Novotny posted a 48.1. Ty Norris carried the mail in the anchor leg, finishing with a 47.1, good for a posted relay of 3:11.07, a school record by a second.
Kennedy said that effort bodes well for the group's future, given they are all underclassmen. "I think had Stevie been healthy they could have been around 3:10, which was their goal going in. It was really an outstanding performance."
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