Barrett Wins Hammer Title At ACC Championships

April 21, 2005

Tallahassee, Fla. (hurricanesports.com) – University of Miami senior Kim Barrett (Miami Gulliver Prep) won the ACC title in the hammer with a school-record mark of 62.20 meters (204-01) highlighting the first day of competition at the ACC Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Tallahassee, Fla.

Barrett, the favorite to win the shot put on Friday, recorded her winning toss on her final throw of the competition. Barrett’s mark is the eighth best in the nation this season

Barrett’s victory, combined with senior Adrienne Moss’ seventh-place finish in the hammer, accounted for the Hurricanes’ 12 points on Thursday placing them sixth. Moss recorded a personal-best throw of 52.05 meters (170-09).

Miami also had two women competing in the first day of the heptathlon.

Senior All-American Amber Williams (Succasunna, N.J.) and sophomore Amy Seward (Virginia Beach, Va.) are in second and third place respectively after day one of the competition.

Williams, who captured the ACC Indoor title in the pentathlon, recorded 3311 points and trails Florida State’s Deanna Lane (3341 pts) by just 30 points. Seward posted 3133 points on Thursday which included season-best performances in the 100-meter hurdles (14.58), shot put (11.10 meters) and 200-meters (24.14).

Williams, who became the first Hurricane to earn All-America honors in a multi-event placing fifth in the pentathlon at this season’s NCAA Indoor Championships, is attempting to become the first athlete in ACC history to win the indoor pentathlon and outdoor heptathlon in the same season.

ACC Outdoor Track and Field ChampionshipDay 1 Standings (after three events)

1. Virginia 202. North Carolina 163. NC State 143. Virginia Tech 145. Wake Forest 136. Duke 126. Miami 128. Clemson 79. Florida State 610. Georgia Tech 3