Three Individuals, One Relay Earn All-America Honors

March 15, 2003

Fayetteville, Ark. (hurricanesports.com) – Sophomore Lauryn Williams (Rochester, PA), senior Sharianne Lawson (Palm Beach Lakes), senior Gina Harris (Philadelphia, PA) and the Miami 4×400-meter relay all earned All-America honors to lead the University of Miami to a 14th-place finish at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships in Fayetteville, AR.

Williams, the 2003 BIG EAST 60-meter champion, repeated as an indoor All-American with a fourth-place finish in the 60-meters with a time of 7.29 seconds. Williams earned All-America honors last season in the 60-meters (indoors) and the 100-meters (outdoors). Williams broke her own school-record in the preliminaries recording a time of 7.22.

Lawson, who recorded the second-fastest time of the 60-meter hurdle preliminaries, finished fourth in the final with a time of 8.13 seconds. Lawson recorded a person-best time of 8.12 in the preliminaries.

The All-America honor is the first of Lawson’s career and continues a long-standing tradition of hurdling excellence at the University of Miami. Miami hurdlers have earned 19 All-America honors and six national championships over the last 12 seasons.

Harris, the 2003 BIG EAST indoor long jump champion to earn All-America honors for the second consecutive season. Harris, who recorded a mark of 6.15 meters (20-02.25), is the first Hurricane long jumper to earn All-America honors in consecutive seasons.

The 4×400-meter relay of freshman Dominique Darden (Harrisburg, PA), senior Jamillah Wade (Philadelphia, PA), junior Kitoya Carter (Miami Northwestern) and freshman Charlette Greggs (Miami Northwestern) finished fifth in a school-record time of 3:33.37 to take home All-America honors.

The foursome shattered the old school mark by nearly four seconds.