@CanesTrack Women Enter ACCs Ranked No. 18
NEW ORLEANS – The University of Miami’s women’s track and field team will enter the ACC Indoor Championships ranked No. 18 by the USTFCCCA.
The Hurricanes are one of four teams from the ACC to appear in the Top 25 in the most recent USTFCCCA National Team Rankings released Monday. Miami has been ranked as high as No. 15 during the 2016 indoor season. The National Team Computer Rankings are complied by a mathematical formula based on national descending order lists.
Miami has 10 different marks that contributed to its team score of 47.79 points. The Hurricanes did not compete this past weekend, choosing to spend the final weekend before the ACC Indoor Championships training for the conference meet.
In their last competitive action, juniors Shakima Wimbley and Ebony Morrison each ran stellar times in their respective events at the Tyson Invitational. Wimbley ran a 23.20 in the 200m that ranks first in the ACC and eighth in NCAA, while Morrison’s 8.18-second run in the 60m hurdles final ranks third in the ACC and 12th in the NCAA.
Miami’s 4x400m relay team of Aiyanna Stiverne, Brittny Ellis, Wimbley and Anthonia Moore combined to run a time of 3:34.04 at the Tyson Invitational that leads the ACC and ranks 12th in the NCAA.
Wimbley’s 400m time of 52.90 seconds ranks 13th in the NCAA, while Stiverne’s 400m time of 53.71 seconds ranks 29th to round out the five track times factoring into Miami’s score.
The Canes have five marks in the field events contributing to their total team score. Alysha Newman’s 4.50m in the women’s pole vault ranks second in the ACC and fourth in the NCAA, while Dakota Dailey-Harris’ high jump of 1.80m is third in the conference and 23rd in the country.
Two throwers combined to post three marks that scored for the Hurricanes. Tiffany Okieme ranks fourth in both the shot put and weight throw in the ACC with throws of 16.02m and 20.60m, respectively. Okieme’s 16.02m in the shot put ranks 34th nationally, while her weight throw is 17th in the country. Precious Ogunleye is the final Hurricane contributing to the team’s score with a mark of 21.27m in the weight throw that ranks third in the ACC and eighth nationally.
The Hurricanes will compete against their fellow ACC member schools at the 2016 ACC Indoor Championships on Feb. 25-27 in Boston.
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