Women's Track Ranked 19th In Nation
April 29, 2003
Coral Gables, FL (hurricanesports.com) – The University of Miami women’s track and field team moved up five spots to No. 19 in the latest Trackwire 25 poll released Tuesday.
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’ sixth-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 sixth-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 tenth in nation in the 100-meter hurdles (13.27), 11th in the nation in the long jump (6.33 meters/20-09.25) and is a member of the sixth-ranked 4×100-meter relay.
Carter ranks 21st in the nation in the 400-meters (53.56), 53rd in the triple jump (12.35 meters/40-06.25) and is on the fourth-ranked 4×400-meter relay.
The Hurricanes will travel to Storrs, CT this weekend for the BIG EAST Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Miami is looking to win its third consecutive title and its fifth in the last six seasons.
TRACKWIRE 25(April 29, 2003)1. LSU 662. South Carolina 593. Texas 554. UCLA 475. USC 336. North Carolina 317. Auburn 298. Stanford 28 Florida 2810. Nebraska 2611. Florida State 2512. BYU 2013. Indiana 1914. Yale 18 Oregon 18 Northern Arizona 1817. Rice 1718. Washington State 1519. Kansas State 12 Cal Poly 12 NC State 12 MIAMI-FL 12 Akron 1224. SMU 11 Notre Dame 11 Arkansas 11
