April 22, 2000

Oxford, Miss.-- - The Lady Tiger track team is starting to get some of its depth back after injuries and brought home a win and two second-place finishes in a series of duel meets at Ole Miss, Saturday.

Junior Carla Hardy (College Park, Ga./Bejamin Banneker) posted Memphis' lone win in the hammer throw with a mark of 145-3 feet.

Senior Carla Ross (Brownsville, TN/Haywood) led the Lady Tiger track onslaught with a second place finish in the 400-meter dash in 56.22 seconds. Sophomore Courtney Suggs (Jacksonville, Fla./Stanton College Prep) finished fifth in 58.02, while sophomore Wendy Ragle (Duncanville, Texas/Duncanville) finished 14th in 64.74 seconds, one of three events she ran on the day.

Ragle led the Memphis contingent in the 1500 meter run with a third place finish in 5:02.00. Freshman Julie Wright (McDonald, Ohio/McDonald), also a two-event competitor this weekend, finished sixth in 5:05.00. Wright led Memphis with a fifth place finish in the 800-meter run with her time of 2:21.64. Ragle finished seventh in 2:24.68, but her time does not count as a mix-up at the starting line meant her heat of the 800 only ran 791 meters.

Senior sprinter Natalie Martindale (Kingstown, Jamaica/St Josephs Convent) had another impressive weekend, finishing fourth in the 100 meter dash in 12.05 seconds and third in the 200 in 24.41. Sophomore Melissa Abraham (Houston, Texas/Westbury) finished sixth with a time of 24.94.

Junior Camille Harris (Nashville, TN/White's Creek) led the Lady Tiger hurdle crew with a fourth place finish in the 100-meter hurdles (14.70) and a 10th-place finish in the 400-meter hurdles in 1:09.18. Junior Zaneta Ivy (Memphis, TN/Central) finished ninth in the 400 hurdles in 1:08.00.

The Lady Tiger field crew had another successful weekend. Junior Alex Delatour (Cincinnati, Ohio/Princeton) finished sixth in the long jump with a mark of 17-8.75 feet while sophomore Monique Nelson (Pampa, Texas/Pampa) finished second in the shot (44-6.75 feet) and fifth in the discus (134-8).

Next up for Memphis is the Tennessee Invitational in Knoxville. That will be Memphis' final regular season meet before the Conference USA meet, May 11-13 in New Orleans.

TIGER FINISHERS

100-meter dash

4. Natalie Martindale, 12.05

9. Alex Delatour, 12.49

200-meter dash

3. Natalie Martindale, 24.41

6. Melissa Abraham, 24.94

400-meter dash

2. Carla Ross, 56.22

5. Courtney Suggs, 58.02

14. Wendy Ragle, 64.74

800-meter run

5. Julie Wright, 2:21.64

7. Wendy Ragle, 2:24.68

1500-meter run

3. Wendy Ragle, 5:02.00

6. Julie Wright, 5:05.00

11. Lilly Lebron, 5:10.00

14. Katy Bondeson, 5:14

100-meter hurdles

4. Camille Harris, 14.70

400-meter hurdles

9. Zaneta Ivy, 68.00

10. Camille Harris, 69.18

11. Ollisha Taylor, 72.33

4x100-meter dash

3. Memphis, 46.15

Long jump

6. Alex Delatour, 17-8.75

Hammer throw

1. Carla Hardy, 145-3

Shot Put

2. Monique Nelson, 44-6.75

3. Barbara Wine, 44-6.25

5. Carla Hardy, 43-6

Discus

5. Monique Nelson, 134-8

11. Adria Davis, 106-3

Javelin

2. Adria Davis, 106-3