Women's Track Ranked Seventh In Nation
April 13, 2004
CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The University of Miami women’s outdoor track and field team moved up one spot to number seven in the latest Trackwire 25 rankings released Tuesday.
The Hurricanes are led by junior All-American Lauryn Williams (Rochester, Pa.) who on Saturday ran the fastest times in the world this season in the 100-meters and 200-meters. Williams, a seven-time All-American, won the 100-meter dash in a time of 11.01 seconds and the 200-meter dash with a time of 22.46 seconds.
Williams was not the only Hurricane to give a strong performance Saturday. Miami had 12 individuals and two relays record qualifying marks for the NCAA Regional Championship, May 28-29, in Gainesville, Fla.
Sophomore India Ransom (Largo, MD) finished third in the 100-meter with a season-best performance of 11.64 seconds.
Sophomore Charlette Greggs (Miami Northwestern), freshman Ginou Etienne (Miami Central), and junior Wiande Moore (Spring, Texas) were all regional qualifiers in the 400-meters. Greggs finished third with a time of 53.15 while Etienne and Moore tied for fourth with a time of 53.97.
In the long jump, the Hurricanes posted five of the seven top marks, all of which were regional qualifiers. Freshman All-American Tabia Charles (Pickering, Ontario) finished first with a team season-high 6.35 meters (20-10.00) while junior Chinela Davis (Harverstraw, N.Y.) followed in second place with a jump of 6.13 meters (20-01.50).
Freshman Amy Seward (Virginia Beach, Va.) finished fourth with a jump of 6.07 meters (19-11.00), while freshman Brenda Faluade (Katy, TX) grabbed fifth place with a mark of 6.00 meters (19-08.25). Finally, junior Amber Williams’ (Succasunna, NY) mark of 5.93 meters (19-05.50) placed seventh. Williams also qualified in the 100-meter hurdles with a fourth best time of 13.80.
Sophomore All-American Dominique Darden (Harrisburg, Pa.) easily won the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 57.97 seconds. Other NCAA Regional qualifiers were senior All-American Kitoya Carter (Miami Northwestern) who finished third in the triple jump with a mark of 12.88 meters (42-03.25) and senior Adrienne Moss (Miami Southridge), whose mark of 14.51 meters (47-07.25) in the shot put was the fourth best of the day.
Miami’s 4×100-meter relay of Davis, Lauryn Williams, Darden, and Moore finished third with a time of 44.40, while the 4×400-meter relay of Etienne, Greggs, Moore, and Amber Williams finished with a time of 3:34.12, also placing third.
The Hurricanes will be back in action next week when they travel to Philadelphia for the Penn Relays.
TRACKWIRE 25
(April 13, 2004)
1. LSU, 62
2. UCLA, 50
2. Texas, 50
4. Nebraska, 46
5. Georgia, 41
6. Florida, 38
7. Miami-Fla., 32
8. South Carolina, 30
9. Tennessee, 27
10. Arkansas, 25
11. BYU, 23
12. North Carolina, 20
12. Stanford, 20
14. Auburn, 15
14. Arizona, 15
14. Providence, 15
14. USC, 15
18. Cal Poly, 14
19. Baylor, 12
19. Penn State, 12
19. Northern Arizona, 12
19. Kansas State, 12
23. Florida State, 11
24. Georgia Tech, 10
24. Mississippi State, 10
24. Colorado State, 10
24. NC State, 10
24. Michigan, 10
24. Oregon, 10
