Hurricanes At Pan Am Games
July 30, 2003
CORAL GABLES, FL (hurricanesports.com) – The University of Miami will have several current and former student-athletes competing at the Pan American Games, August 2-16, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Leading the UM track contingent will be sophomore All-American Lauryn Williams (Rochester, PA). Williams, the 2002 World Junior Champion at 100-meters, qualified for the Pan American games with a seventh-place finish at the USA Track and Field Championships.
Joining Williams on the USA Track and Field team is freshman All-American Charlette Greggs (Miami Northwestern). The freshman phenom earned All-America honors in four events this past season including three (400-meters, 4×100-meter relay, 4×400-meter relay) at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships becoming the first Hurricane in school-history to earn All-America honors in three different events at a single NCAA meet. Greggs will compete for Team USA as a member of the 4×400-meter relay.
Former Hurricane great Yolanda McCray qualified for the US national team in the 100-meter hurdles. McCray, a Miami native, was a six-time All-American at UM from 1995-99 and won the NCAA National Championship in 100-meter hurdles in 1999.
Head women’s track and field coach Amy Deem will be traveling to Santo Domingo as a member of the United States National team coaching staff. Deem will serve as assistant coach in charge of sprints and hurdles.
On the men’s side, former UM pole vaulter Jabari Ennis (Kingston, Jamaica) will compete as a member of the Jamaican National Team.
Miami will have two former divers competing this week at the Pan American games. Kyle Prandi, a former NCAA Champion and two-time All-American, will compete in the 10-meter platform.
In addition to Prandi, 2000 Olympian Michelle Davison will also be in Santo Domingo competing for the United States in the 10-meter.
Miami head diving coach Randy Ableman will serve as the Team USA Diving coach. Ableman, a nine-time NCAA Diving Coach of the year, has coached 50 All-Americans and 17 NCAA individual national champions in his 14 seasons at the University of Miami.
