Myrick Shatters UM record
Feb. 20, 2000
SYRACUSE, NY – Junior Wyllesheia Myrick shattered the UM record and automatically qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 200-meter dash on Sunday at the BIG EAST Championships. Myrick’s time of 23.69 beat the old UM record of 23.95 by over a quarter of a second.
In addition to Myrick’s record-setting performance, she also finished in third place in the 60-meter dash (7.51), and ran on the 4×400-meter relay team, featuring freshman Jamillah Wade, freshman Saraque Whittaker, and sophomore Jenise Winston, that brought home second place (3:41.55).
The Hurricanes also received stellar performances from other members of the team on the last day of the BIG EAST Championships. Sophomore Kareen Clarke took home first-place in the triple jump with a leap of 13.19m (43-03.25), while freshman Adrienne Moss, once again broke her own school-record in the shot put with a toss of 14.56m (47-09.25) to bring home second-place. The `Canes 4×800-meter relay team, featuring senior Danika Dodds, senior Leatrice Shaw, freshman Patricia Pearson and junior Natalie Watson, dominated their event, bringing home first-place. Pearson, also took tallied a first-place finish in the 800-meter (2:09.69), while Watson trailed her by .69 to grab second.
Miami also received points from sophomore Sharianne Lawson, who took fifth in the 60-meter hurdles (8.53), Whittaker and Dodds, who took fourth (1:13.27) and fifth (1:13.32) in the 800-meter, sophomore Jenise Winston, who took fourth in the 400-meter (56.13), and sophomore Raquel Scott leapt to a fifth place finish in the triple jump at 12.08m (39-07.75).
WOMEN’S TEAM SCORES:
1. VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY, 101
2. GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, 100.50
3. MIAMI, UNIVERSITY OF, 95.50
4. SETON HALL UNIVERSITY, 86
5. WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY, 85
6. NOTRE DAME, UNIVERSITY OF, 68.50
7. PITTSBURGH, UNIVERSITY OF, 66
8. CONNECTICUT, UNIVERSITY O, 46
9. ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY, 36.50
10. SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, 34
11. BOSTON COLLEGE, 25
12. RUTGERS UNIVERSITY, 21
13. PROVIDENCE COLLEGE, 14
