Adams Breaks His Own School Record on Day 1
Feb. 3, 2012
BLACKSBURG, Va.–The University of Miami men’s and women’s track and field teams finished the first day of competition at the Virginia Tech Elite Meet with plenty of momentum going into the final day with more quality performances, including a school record, one victory and five top-five finishes.
Sophomore Connor Adams reset his week-old school record in the one mile with a time of 4:11.91. Fellow sophomore Luke Fontaine ran a personal best of 4:18.28 while winning his heat.
Senior Tarika Williams continued her success in the short sprints with another victory in the 60 meters and a new personal-best time of 7.29 seconds. She will compete in the Invitational 200 meters on Saturday.
“Tarika is gaining more and more confidence in the 60m. I look for her to continue to improve in the next few weeks,” said Director of Track & Field and Head Coach Amy Deem.
The Hurricanes’ top-five finishers all managed to do so while setting season bests in their respective events. Senior All-American Devon Hill finished third in the 60-meter hurdles, recording his season-best time of 7.76 seconds in the prelims. Freshman Christian Cook also set a personal best in the finals with a time of 8.06 seconds. Freshman Taniesha Cordell finished fourth in a very competitive field of the 800 meters with a season-best time of 2:11.59. Senior Miranda Wilson showed a return to form with a fourth-place season’s-best mark in the weight throw of 18.33m. Sophomore All-ACC performer Thandi Stewart made an impressive return to action by crossing the line in the Invitational 400 meters in third place in 54.50 seconds. Freshman jumper Innocent Jacob set a season best in the long jump with a fifth-place mark of 7.14m. Jacob will compete in the high jump on Saturday.
“Our team continues to improve each week. I was especially pleased with our middle distance group lead by Connor [Adams].” commented Deem.
The action resumes on Saturday with the women’s high jump at 11 a.m. The track events will start at 1 p.m. with the distance medley relays and will conclude with the 4×400 meter relays.
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