Barrett, Williams Claim ACC Titles
April 22, 2005
Tallahassee, Fla. (hurricanesports.com) – University of Miami senior Kim Barrett (Miami Gulliver Prep) won her second ACC title in as many days placing first in the shot put, and senior All-American Amber Williams (Succasunna, N.J.) won the heptathlon title Friday at the ACC Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Tallahassee, Fla.
Barrett, who won the hammer throw on Thursday, recorded an ACC Outdoor Championship meet record of 17.94 meters (58-10.25) in winning the shot put in dominating fashion. The only woman within 10 feet of Barrett’s winning throw was UM senior Adrienne Moss (Miami Southridge) who placed second with a mark of 15.69 meters (51-05.75). Miami scored a total of 21 points in the event with freshman Khadija Talley (Benning, Ga.) placing sixth with a personal-best toss of 14.29 meters (46-10.75).
Williams captured the heptathlon championship with a two-day total of 5490 points breaking her school-record and marking the second best score in the nation this season.
Williams becomes the first woman in ACC history to win both the indoor pentathlon title and outdoor heptathlon championship in the same season.
Sophomore Amy Seward (Virginia Beach, Va.) finished fifth in heptathlon with a person best mark of 4888 points giving Miami a total of 14 team points.
The Hurricanes scored an additional 10 points in the long jump with three UM jumpers placing in the top-8. Sophomore All-American Tabia Charles (Pickering, Ontario) placed fourth with a mark of 6.02 meters (19-09.00), Seward took fifth with a leap of 5.99 meters (19-08.00) and Williams finished eighth with a jump of 5.89 meters (19-04.00).
The eighth-ranked Hurricanes moved into first-place with 57 points. North Carolina is second with 49.50 points. Miami, which won the last four BIG EAST outdoor track titles before joining the ACC this season, is attempting to win its fifth consecutive conference outdoor championship.
Several Hurricanes qualified for Saturday’s finals putting Miami in solid position to win the ACC Outdoor team title.
Junior All-American Dominique Darden (Harrisburg, Pa.) qualified for the finals of both the 100-meter hurdles and 400-meter hurdles. Darden won her preliminary heat of the 100-hurdles with a time of 13.48 seconds. Her time was the second fastest of the qualifying round.
Darden also won her preliminary heat of the 400-hurdles in a time of 57.69 seconds marking the fastest of the preliminary round.
The Hurricanes had three women advance to the finals of the 400-meters including sophomore All-American Ginou Etienne (Miami Central), junior All-American Charlette Greggs (Miami Northwestern) and senior All-American Wiande Moore (Spring, Texas).
Etienne won her qualifying heat in a time 52.52 seconds marking the fastest of the preliminary round, and tying for the second fastest time in the nation this season. Greggs won her heat in time of 53.59, the third fastest of the prelims, while Moore posted the fourth best time of the qualifying round (54.42).
Greggs also qualified for the 200-meter final winning her qualifying heat in a time of 23.27. Greggs, who ranks second in the nation this season, recorded the fastest time of the preliminaries.
Freshman All-American Lauren Austin (Oviedo, Fla.) also qualified for the final of the 200-meters with a time of 24.47 seconds.
Austin and junior All-American India Ransom (Largo, Md.) both advanced to the finals of the 100-meters. Ransom won her opening round heat recording the third fastest preliminary time (11.60), while Austin finished second in her heat posting the fourth fastest qualifying time (11.77).
In the 1500-meters, junior Melanie Schultz (Davison, Mich.) advanced to Saturday’s final placing fifth in the preliminary round with a time of 4:29.73. Schultz is also scheduled to compete in Saturday’s 5000-meter final.
Miami’s third-ranked 4×100-meter relay and its fourth-ranked 4×400-meter relay will also be in action on Saturday. Others completing in finals on Saturday include Charles, sophomore All-American Brenda Faluade (Katy, Texas) and Seward in the triple jump, and Talley in the discus.
