Miami Second In Both Track Rankings

April 25, 2006

Coral Gables, Fla. (hurricanesports.com) – The University of Miami women’s track & field team moved up to No. 2 in the USTFCCCA Division I Coaches poll released Tuesday and maintained its No. 2 position in the latest Trackwire25 rankings.

Miami, which was No. 4 in last week’s USTFCCCA poll, captured its second consecutive ACC Outdoor Track and Field title this past weekend in Winston-Salem, N.C.

The Hurricanes won five individual events and totaled 154 points to easily outdistance second-place Florida State (112 points).

Senior All-American Charlette Greggs (Miami Northwestern) won the 200-meters and 400-meters becoming the first person in ACC outdoor track history to repeat the 200/400 double.

Senior All-American Dominique Darden (Harrisburg, Pa.) took first place in the 400-hurdles, third place in the 100-hurdles and was part of the second place 4×100 meter relay team.

All-American Tabia Charles (Pickering, Ont.) won both the long jump and triple jump. Charles’ winning mark in the triple jump (44-08.00) established a new UM record and stadium record.

The Hurricanes travel to Philadelphia for the 112th Penn Relays Carnival, April 27-29.

USTFCCCA Division I Coaches Poll(April 25, 2006)1. Texas2. Miami (FL)3. Southern California4. Nebraska5. Georgia6. Arizona State7. Louisiana State8. Stanford9. South Carolina10. Auburn11. UCLA12. North Carolina13. Oregon14. Florida State15. Tennessee16. Michigan17. Texas A&M18. Providence19. Brigham Young20. Alabama

Trackwire25 Rankings(April 25, 2006)1. Texas, 612. Miami (FL), 503. Georgia, 48t4. USC, 44t4. Nebraska, 446. LSU, 357. Arizona State, 338. Stanford, 299. Auburn, 2710. South Carolina, 23t11. North Carolina, 22t11. UCLA, 2213. Oregon, 2014. Florida State, 1815. Michigan, 16t16. Texas A&M, 15t16. BYU, 1518. Providence, 1419. Tennessee, 1320. Minnesota, 1221. Washington State, 11t22. Akron, 10t22. Maryland, 10t22. Iowa, 10t22. Houston, 10.