Women's Track Ranked Fourth In Nation
Feb. 8, 2005
Coral Gables, Fla. (hurricanesports.com) – The University of Miami women’s track and field team moved up to fourth in the nation in the latest Trackwire25 rankings released Tuesday. The ranking marks the highest in school-history.
Led by senior thrower Kim Barrett (Miami Gulliver Prep), the Hurricanes have eight student-athletes ranked among the nation’s elite in 10 different events. Barrett, who transferred to the University of Miami prior to this season from the University of Florida, is undefeated this season in the shot put and currently ranks No. 1 in the nation in the event. In addition, Barrett ranks sixth in the nation in weight throw.
Miami’s All-American jumping duo of Tabia Charles (Pickering, Ontario) and Brenda Faluade (Katy, Texas) has also been impressive this season. The two have combined to win five meet championships this season.
Charles ranks sixth in the nation in the triple jump and has already recorded two meet wins. The sophomore, who also ranks eighth in the nation this season in the long jump, earned All-America honors last season in both the long jump and triple jump at the NCAA Indoor Championships.
Faluade, a two-time All-American, has won one triple jump and two long jump titles this season. The sophomore ranks seventh in the nation in the long jump and ninth in the triple jump.
Miami’s corps of sprinters has run well this season. Senior All-American Wiande Moore (Spring, Texas) ranks ninth in the 60-meters, junior All-American Dominique Darden (Harrisburg, Pa.) ranks ninth in the 200-meters and 11th in the 60-meter hurdles, junior All-American Charlette Greggs (Miami Northwestern) ranks 20th in the 400-meters.
The trio, along with freshman Lauren Austin (Oviedo, Fla.), comprises the nation’s third-ranked 4×400-meter relay.
Senior Amber Williams (Succasunna, N.J.) ranks second in the nation in the Indoor Pentathlon.
The Hurricanes return to action this weekend at the Tyson Foods Invitational, February 11-12, in Fayetteville, Ark.
TRACKWIRE25(Feb. 8, 2005)1. Stanford, 502. LSU, 363. Tennessee, 334. Miami, 304. Florida, 306. Michigan, 257. South Carolina, 238. Nebraska, 229. Kansas State, 2110. Auburn, 1811. Arizona State, 1712. Texas , 1612. UCLA, 1612. North Carolina, 1615. BYU, 1516. Duke, 1417. Georgia Tech, 1317. Texas Southern, 1319. Cal Poly, 1120. Pitt, 921. SMU, 821. Texas Tech, 821. UTEP, 821. Notre Dame, 821. Hampton, 821. Villanova, 821. Baylor, 821. Florida State, 821. Georgia, 821. Colorado State, 821. Florida International, 8
