Women's Track Defeats Fifth-Ranked Texas
Jan. 21, 2005
Houston, Texas (hurricanesports.com) – Kimberli Barrett won the weight throw and shot put, and Brenda Faluade won both the long jump and triple jump to lead the 21st-ranked University of Miami women’s track and field team to a first-place at the Leonard Hilton Memorial Track and Field Meet in Houston Texas.
Miami, which won seven of 15 events on Friday, finished with 108 points to defeat a strong field of 14 teams including fifth-ranked Texas (92 points).
Barrett captured the weight throw with a school-record and NCAA automatic qualifying mark of 20.77 meters (68-01.75). Her throw shattered the old school-record of 17.13 meters by nearly 12 feet.
Barrett led a 1-2-3 Miami sweep in the weight throw as Akera Latham finished second with a mark of 17.71 meters (58-01.25) and Khadija Talley took third with a toss of 17.49 meters (57-04.75).
Barrett also set a school-record in winning the shot put posting an NCAA provisional mark of 16.52 meters (54-02.50).
Faluade, who earned All-America honors in both the long jump and triple jump last season, won the long jump with a leap of 6.11 meters (20-00.50) and the triple jump with a mark of 13.04 meters (42-09.50). Both marks provisionally qualify her for the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships.
Other individual winners include All-American Wiande Moore who won the 60-meters with an NCAA provisional qualifying mark of 7.37 seconds, five-time All-American Charlette Greggs who won the 400-meters in an NCAA provisional time of 54.62 seconds and Melanie Schultz who captured the Mile Run in a time of 4:55.52.
Leonard Hamilton MemorialTeam Standings1. Miami 1082. Texas 923. Houston 564. Rice 555. Stephen F. Austin 516. Texas State 41.507. Southeastern Louisiana 21.508. Tulane 179. Lamar 1010. Texas Southern 411. New Orleans 312. McNeese State 212. Jackson State 212. Southern 2
