Hurricanes to Compete at Diet Pepsi Invitational

March 31, 2006

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<?xml:namespace prefix=”st1″ ns=”urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags”?>Coral Gables, Fla. (hurricanesports.com) – The University of Miami women’s track and field team is competing at the Diet Pepsi Invitational at the Percy Beard Track Facility in Gainesville, Fla.  Field events start at 9 am and track events start at 12:45 pm and the meet will conclude with the 4×400 relay which starts at 4:40 pm.

The team returns to competition for the first time since the Hurricane Invitational in which the Hurricanes were wildly successful, winning five events and posting nine East Regional qualifying standards.  All of those athletes are competing again this Saturday.

India Ransom leads a strong sprint corps at this meet as she will be running the 100m/200m double.  Krista Simkins will also run that double while Danielle Bailey will be running in the 100 meters.  Charlette Greggs will run the 200 meters.

Pavi’Elle James and Debbie Estime will run the 200-meters and the 110-meter hurdles.  Dominique Darden and Amy Seward will run the hurdles as well and Cori Carr will run the 400-meter hurdles.

Ginou Etienne and Ena Leufory will run in the 800-meter. The Hurricanes will also run two relay teams in both the 4×100 and 4×400 relays.

For the field events, there is a strong squad of jumpers as well.  Estime, Viktoria Andonova and Carly Brown will be high jumping.  Seward, Tabia Charles and Brenda Faluade will be competing in the triple jump.

Competing in the throwing events will be Khadija Talley in the shot put, discus and hammer, Akera Lathan in the shot put and Kaitlin Nazario in the javelin.

At the conclusion of the meet, results will be available on hurricanesports.com.  Live results are available at www.gatorzone.com.

MEET INFORMATION – Meet 2

Meet: Pepsi Invitational

When: April 1, 2006

Where: Gainesville, Fla. (Percy Beard Track Facility)

Schedule of Events

FIELD EVENTS:

9:00am             Hammer

11:00pm           Javelin

12:30pm            Long Jump

1:30pm             Shot Put

3:00pm             High Jump

3:30pm             Discus

Triple Jump

Pole Vault

RUNNING EVENTS:

12:45pm            Steeple

1:05pm             4×100

1:20pm             1500m

1:45pm             100m Hurdles

2:15pm             400m

2:40pm             100m

3:00pm             800m

3:20pm             400m Hurdles

3:40pm             200m

4:10pm             5000m

4:40pm             4×400