Hurricanes Finish Second at 2007 ACC Outdoor Championships
April 23, 2007
COLLEGE PARK, Md. –
Sophomore Krista Simkins won the 200-meter championship and earned All-ACC honors in the 100-meters to help lead the <?xml:namespace prefix=”st1″ ns=”urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags”?>University of Miami women’s track and field team to a second-place finish at the 2007 ACC Outdoor Track and Field Championships Saturday at the University of Maryland’s Kehoe Track at Ludwig Field.<?xml:namespace prefix=”o” ns=”urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office”?>
Simkins won the ACC Championship title in the 200-meters while setting a new Kehoe Track facility record with a first-place time of 23.08 seconds. Her ACC title came on the heels of a second-place effort in the 100-meters with saw her clock in with a time of 11.60 seconds.
She also ran the second leg of the UM 4×100-meter relay team, which also included freshman Kristy Whyte, senior Amy Seward and freshman Ashley Dukes, that placed second with a time of 44.58 and held down the third leg of the Hurricanes’ 4×400-meter relay team, which also consisted of Whyte, senior Ginou Etienne and sophomore Ena Leufroy, that finished second with a time of 3:32.67.
After posting the Friday’s fastest preliminary time (52.46) in the 400-meters Etienne finished second in Saturday’s finals with a time of 52.75 seconds.
Junior Khadija Talley opened the day for the Hurricanes with a fourth-place finish in the shot put with a mark of 15.82 meters (51-11.00 feet).
Collectively, Miami earned a total of 113 points to finish second behind Virginia Tech, who tallied 144.5 points over the three-day event. FloridaState took third place with 101 points.
ACC Outdoor Champions
Amy Seward (heptathlon)
Khadija Talley (discuss)
Brenda Faluade (long jump)
Krista Simkins (200m)
All-ACC Honors
Amy Seward (heptathlon, long jump, 4x100m)
Khadija Talley (discuss)
Brenda Faluade (long jump)
Deandra Doyley (long jump)
Krista Simkins (200m, 100m, 4x100m, 4x400m)
Ginou Etienne (400m, 4x400m)
Kristy Whyte (4x100m, 4x400m)
Ashley Dukes (4x100m)
Ena Leufroy (4x400m)
