Women's Track Ranked Seventh
May 11, 2004
Coral Gables, Fla. (hurricanesports.com) – The University of Miami women’s track and field team fell one spot to No. 7 in the latest Trackwire25 rankings released Tuesday. The Hurricanes had been ranked sixth the last two weeks.
Miami, which was off this past weekend due to final exams, will compete at the Georgia Tech Invitational this weekend in Atlanta, Ga. The meet will be the final competition prior to the NCAA East Regional Championships, May 28-29, in Gainesville, Fla.
The Hurricanes have already had 15 student-athletes record 25 regional qualifying marks in 11 different events.
Miami, which won its fourth consecutive BIG EAST Outdoor Championship on May 2, has been led this season by junior All-American Lauryn Williams (Rochester, Pa.) who has the fastest time in the world this season in the 100-meters (11.01) and the second fastest mark in the 200-meters (22.46).
Williams was named the 2004 BIG EAST Most Outstanding Track Performer after winning the 100-meters and 200-meters, and running the second leg of the BIG EAST Champion 4×100-meter relay at the conference championships.
Miami had a total of six event champions at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships including sophomore All-American Dominique Darden (Harrisburg, Pa.) who captured the BIG EAST 400-meter hurdle title (57.84) and freshman All-American Tabia Charles (Pickering, Ontario) who 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.
TRACKWIRE 25(May 11, 2004)1. LSU, 562. UCLA, 553. Texas, 544. Nebraska, 475. South Carolina, 406. Florida, 367. Miami-Fla., 358. Georgia, 339. Tennessee, 3110. Stanford, 2911. Arkansas, 2212. North Carolina, 2112. Northern Arizona, 2114. USC, 1815. Providence, 1615. Florida State, 1617. San Diego State, 1518. Texas A&M, 1418. BYU, 1420. Colorado State, 1321. Cal, 1221. Cal Poly, 1223. Oregon, 1124. Kansas State, 1024. Mississippi State, 1024. Georgia Tech, 10
