Williams Sets Penn Relays Record In 100-Meters
April 23, 2004
Philadelphia, Pa. (hurricanesports.com) – University of Miami junior Lauryn Williams (Rochester, Pa.) set a Penn Relays record in the 100-meters and ran the second-leg of the women’s 4×100-meter relay set a new UM record to highlight Friday’s action at the 2004 Penn Relays being held at Franklin Field on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania.
Williams, who has the fastest times in the world this season in the 100-meters and 200-meters, recorded a Penn Relays record time of 11.10 in winning her preliminary heat. Her time bettered the old meet record of 11.14 set by LSU’s D’Andre Hill in 1996.
The women’s 4×100-meter relay of junior Chinela Davis (Haverstraw, N.Y.), Williams, sophomore Dominique Darden (Harrisburg, Pa.), and sophomore India Ransom (Largo, Md.) set a new school-record finishing third in a time of 43.64 seconds.
Miami’s time is the fourth fastest in the nation this season and the eighth fastest ever at the Penn Relays. LSU won with a time of 42.92, the fastest in the nation this season, while South Carolina finished second in a time of 43.58 seconds.Miami freshmen Tabia Charles (Pickering, Ontario) and Brenda Faluade (Katy, Texas) both captured triple jump titles on Friday.
Charles, the Canadian Junior record holder in the triple jump, won the Women’s Triple Jump Championship with a leap of 13.43 meters (44-00.75) tying the school-record she set earlier this season at the Texas Relays, while Faluade finished first in the College Women’s Triple Jump with a mark of 12.72 meters (41-08.75). The win is the first of Faluade’s collegiate career.
Charles and Faluade both earned All-America honors in the triple jump during the indoor season and both have already qualified for the NCAA Regional Championships, May 28-29, in Gainesville, Fla.
The Hurricanes’ 4×200-meter relay was also impressive on Friday. The team of sophomore Charlette Greggs (Miami Northwestern), senior Kitoya Carter (Miami Northwestern), junior Wiande Moore (Spring, Texas) and freshman Ginou Etienne (Miami Central) won its preliminary heat in a time of 1:33.64 to advance to Saturday’s final. Miami, which finished nearly three seconds ahead of second-place Howard (1:36.24), posted the fourth fastest time of the preliminaries.
