Women's Track Remains Sixth In Nation
May 4, 2004
Coral Gables, Fla. (hurricanesports.com) – The University of Miami women’s track and field team remained at No. 6 in the latest Trackwire 25 rankings released Tuesday.
The Hurricanes are fresh off this weekend’s victory at the BIG EAST Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Piscataway, N.J. The BIG EAST title was the Hurricanes’ fourth consecutive for Miami and the sixth in the last seven seasons.
Miami was led by junior All-American Lauryn Williams (Rochester, Pa.) who was named the BIG EAST Most Outstanding Track Performer following first-place finishes in both the 100-meters and 200-meters. Williams also ran the second leg of the BIG EAST Champion 4×100-meter relay.
Sophomore All-American Dominique Darden (Harrisburg, Pa.) captured the BIG EAST 400-meter hurdle title with a time of 57.84 seconds, while freshman All-American Tabia Charles (Pickering, Ontario) won the triple jump with a BIG EAST Championship record leap of 13.42 meters (44-00.50).
Miami’s 4×100-meter relay of junior Chinela Davis (Haverstraw, N.Y.), Williams, Darden and sophomore India Ransom (Largo, Md.) won the BIG EAST Championship for the second straight season.
The 4×400-meter relay of junior Wiande Moore (Spring, Texas), freshman Ginou Etienne (Miami Central), junior Amber Williams (Succasunna, N.J.) and senior All-American Kitoya Carter (Miami Northwestern) won for the third consecutive season.
Miami has already had 15 student-athletes record 25 regional qualifying marks in 11 different events. The NCAA East Regional Championships are scheduled to take place, May 28-29, in Gainesville, Fla.
TRACKWIRE 25(May 4, 2004)1. UCLA, 682. LSU, 563. Texas, 534. Nebraska, 475. South Carolina, 396. Miami, 367. Florida, 348. Georgia, 329. Tennessee, 3110. Stanford, 2811. Arkansas, 2111. North Carolina, 2113. Northern Arizona, 1914. USC, 1815. Providence, 1616. Florida State, 1517. Texas A&M, 1417. BYU, 1419. San Diego State, 1319. Colorado State, 1321. Cal, 1221. Cal Poly, 1223. Oregon, 1124. Penn State, 1024. Kansas State, 1024. Georgia Tech, 1024. Mississippi State, 10
