Miami Primed for 113th Running of Penn Relays
April 25, 2007
CORAL GABLES, Fla. –
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Combined UM will send a total of nine student athletes to compete in eight different events at the prestigious meet which features more than 425 races taking place over the course of the five-day event.
The Hurricane women’s team, ranked eighth nationally by Trackwire.com and 13th by the US Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association, will look to follow up on an impressive showing at last year’s Penn Relays which saw Miami take three first-place finishes.
Returning from last year’s 4×400-meter relay team that finished first with a time of 3:27.85 is senior Ginou Etienne and sophomore Krista Simkins. Etienne and Simkins have paired up with freshman Kristy Whyte and sophomore Ena Leufroy this season to form a relay quartet that currently holds the nation’s fourth-fastest time (3:32.67).
Coming off an impressive showing at last weekend’s ACC Outdoor Championships which saw her take the ACC title in the discuss, junior Khadija Talley will compete in the discus and the shot put at this year’s Penn Relays. Talley has won the discus in each of the five meets in which she has entered this outdoor season.
A complete schedule of events as well as updated news and results can be found online at www.ThePennRelays.com.
UM Student Athletes Scheduled to Compete
Women
4×100 – Amy Seward, Krista Simkins, Kristy Whyte, Ashley Dukes
4×400 – Krista Simkins, Ginou Etienne, Kristy Whyte, Ena Leufroy
Sprint Medley – Ashley Dukes, Krista Simkins, Ginou Etienne, Ena Leufroy
100m – Ashley Dukes
Long Jump – Amy Seward
Shot – Khadija Talley, Misti Barber
Discus – Kadija Talley
Javelin – Kaitlin Nazario
