Talley Has a Career Day at the Miami Elite
April 13, 2008
CORAL GABLES – The No.7 University of Miami saw it’s senior track and field student-athletes for the last time Saturday night at Cobb Stadium in the Miami Elite Invitational. Even among some of the world’s best the Hurricanes weren’t to be outdone.<?xml:namespace prefix=”o” ns=”urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office”?>
Senior Khadija Talley said goodbye to Cobb Stadium in fashion as she won both the shot put and the discus, replacing her own school record in the later. Not only did she break her own school record with her throw of 57.10m but she also recorded the top mark in the nation. That makes her the third member on the women’s track and field team to hold the No. 1 ranking in an event, joining Krista Simkins (200-meters) and Ti’erra Brown (400-meter hurdles). In the shot put, Talley reached a season-best and NCAA regional mark, reaching 15.00-meters, moving up to No. 29 in the nation. She also posted the best collegiate mark in the hammer throw at 52.96.
Also in the hammer throw, freshman Miranda Wilson reached 42.98m and senior Erin Keene hit 38.01m. <?xml:namespace prefix=”st1″ ns=”urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags”?>Wilson also came in seventh place in the shot put at 12.58m, with senior Misti Barber taking second place at 14.80m. Both Barber and Wilson placed in the discus with the senior coming in fifth at 44.38m and the freshman taking 10th place at 40.11m
Senior Kaitlin Nazario had the best collegiate throw in the javelin, placing second overall with a mark of 40.08m.
For the fourth consecutive week Viktoria Andonova hit the regional mark of 1.75m in the high jump, this week the effort was good enough for the victory. Senior Stephanie Webber reached her collegiate-high with a leap of 1.55m. Freshman Megan Novinger came in fourth place with a jump of 1.65m.
Sophomore Deandra Doyley won the triple jump with a personal-best distance of 12.30m. She also came in sixth in the long jump with a mark of 5.73m. In the 100-meter hurdles she fell a hundredth of a second short of her personal-best with a time of 14.04.
Also running in the 100-meter hurdles was Brown, who registered the best collegiate time in the event at 13.38, her second-best NCAA Regional mark of the year.
Brown was also a member of the 4×400-meter relay that also finished with the best collegiate time in the event at 3:37.28, good for a regional mark and the 10th best time in the nation. On the team with Brown, were Tameka Jameson, Ena Leufroy and Kristy Whyte.
Freshman Charlene Fuller, Tara Thomas and Salewa Adenikinju ran the 100-meters with Fuller taking the second best collegiate time at 11.88 with Thomas crossing the line at 11.99 and Adenikinju at 13.30.
Fuller and Thomas were joined in the 200-meters by junior Nicole McGowan. Fuller posted the second-best collegiate time at 24.01 while Thomas and McGowan followed up at 24.69 and 26.78 respectively.
Freshmen Tameka Jameson and Jamie Stephens ran in the 400-meters as Jameson ran the top collegiate time at 55.03. Stephens posted a time of 1:00.37.
Junior All-American Leufroy came in fourth place in the 800-meters with a time of 2:11.84, with senior Katie McInvale running a 2:32.60 in her final home meet.
Senior Delia Phlatts led five Miami runners in the 1,500-meters, finishing in 5:07.98. Also competing were Jackie Sullivan, Andrea Wood, Aviana Cooper and Anika Arevalo.
Freshman Katherine Woodard took eight seconds off her season-best time in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, coming in second at 12:24.19.
The Hurricanes now prepare for the ACC Outdoor Championships that begin next Thursday, April 17 and run through Saturday, April 19. Georgia Tech plays host to the event in Atlanta. Next year the ACC Championships will be held at the University of Miami’s own Cobb Stadium.
