Women's Track Ranked 24th

April 22, 2003

Coral Gables, FL – The University of Miami women’s track and field team fell two spots to No. 24 in the latest Trackwire 25 poll released Tuesday.

The Hurricanes were off this past weekend

Miami has already qualified 17 student-athletes in 11 events for the NCAA Regional Championships, May 30-31, in Fairfax, VA. Miami has qualified two sprinters in the 100-meters, three sprinters in the 200-meters, five sprinters in the 400-meters, two runners in the 800-meters, four hurdlers in the 100-meter hurdles, one in the 400-meter hurdles, the 4×100-meter relay, the 4×400-meter relay, three jumpers in the long jump, one in the triple jump and two throwers in the shot put.

Leading the way for the Hurricanes are sophomore All-American Lauryn Williams (Rochester, PA) and freshman All-American Charlette Greggs (Miami Northwestern).

Williams, the defending BIG EAST Champion and 2002 World Junior Champion in the 100-meters, ranks fourth in the NCAA in the 100-meters (11.23) and 11th in the 200-meters (23.25). She is also a member of the Hurricanes’ fifth-ranked 4×100-meter relay.

Greggs, who earned All-America honors as a member of the 4×400-meter relay during the indoor season, ranks eighth in the nation in the 200-meters (23.19) and third in the country in the 400-meters (52.11). She is also a member of the fifth-ranked 4×100-meter relay and fourth-ranked 4×400-meter relay.

Senior All-American Sharianne Lawson (Palm Beach Lakes) and junior All-American Kitoya Carter (Miami Northwestern) are also ranked in multiple events. Lawson, the defending BIG EAST 100-meter hurdle champion, ranks ninth in nation in the 100-meter hurdles (13.27), ninth in the nation in the long jump (6.33 meters/20-09.25) and is a member of the fifth-ranked 4×100-meter relay.

Carter ranks 20th in the nation in the 400-meters (53.56), 50th in the triple jump (12.35 meters/40-06.25) and is on the fourth-ranked 4×400-meter relay.

TRACKWIRE 25(April 22, 2003)1.   South Carolina     682.   LSU                653.   Texas              514.   UCLA               395.   USC                386.   North Carolina     317.   Florida State      298.   Auburn             28     Stanford           2810.  Nebraska           2711.  Florida            2512.  Indiana            2313.  Yale               2114.  BYU                2015.  Oregon             18     Northern Arizona   1817.  SMU                1718.  Washington State   14     Notre Dame         1420.  Arkansas           13     Kansas State       1322.  Cal Poly           12     NC State           1224.  Miami-FL           11     Rice               11