Jan. 25, 2003

JONESBORO, ARK.-Wendy Ragle set a new Memphis school record in the Mile Run with a time of 5:06.69 finsihing fourth at the ASU Indoor Meet.

The Lady Tiger Track & Field team left its mark on the Arkansas State University Indoor Invitational in the sprinting events. Strength in numbers was the key for Memphis as five tigers competed in the 200m dash, three of whom finished in the top 16 and two more finished in the top 10 in the 55m dash.

Lisa-Marie Hyman was the top performer for the Women finishing second in the Triple Jump with a leap of 39'10.50. Monique Nelson added a third place finish in the shotput to help boost the Lady Tiger showing.

Former Lady Tiger Kameilah Amaya's 2002 weight throw record of 53'07.50 was also broken by Heather Jenkins of Southeast Missouri with a throw of 55'09.00 (16.99).

Seventeen Lady Tigers competed in all and five finished in the top six in their events. The meet consisted of 23 teams.

MEMPHIS COMPETITORS: Place Event Time/Mark Keenan Gibson 6th 200m 25.53 Lakeisha Solomon 7th 200m 25.57 Chanel Dunn 16th 200m 26.12 Josetta Brooks 40th 200m 26.94 Cherishe Hollingsworth 53rd 200m 27.59 Monique Nelson 3rd Shotput 43'08.50(13.32) Cherishe Hollingsworth 26th Long Jump 15'01.00 (4.60) Heather Woolls 15th 5000m 23:46.23 Josetta Brooks 8th 55m Hurdles 8.60 Keenan Gibson 5th 55m 7.21 Lakeisha Solomon 10th 55m 7.44 Lisa-Marie Hyman 2nd Triple Jump 39'10.50 Sue Ann Bowen 6th 400m 60.47 Titian-Rose Whittle 14th 400m 62.23 Lindsay Cade 16th High Jump 5'00.00 (1.52) Hayley Futrell 18th 3000m 10:57.93 Nora Nemere 28th 3000m 11:41.42

Wendy Ragle 4th Mile Run 5:06.69

WOMEN'S RESULTS

200-METER DASH: 1. Willisa Heintz, Mississippi, 24.63. 2. Cheasa Gibson, Southwest Missouri State, 24.85. 3. Jinelle Vite, Southwest Missouri State, 24.96. 4. Camilia Pittman, Mississippi, 25.45. 5. Kimberlin Lowery, Grambling State, 25.52. 6. Keenan Gibson, Memphis, 25.53.

DISTANCE MEDLEY RELAY: 1. Mississippi State, 11:41.88 (NEW CONVOCATION CENTER RECORD. Old record of 11:58.23 by Arkansas-Little Rock, 2-1-97). 2. Southwest Missouri State, 12:10.21. 3. Southwest Missouri State "B", 12:15.06. 4. Mississippi State "B", 12:19.06. 5. Southwest Missouri State, 12:34.37. 6. Alabama-Huntsville, 13:02.12.

SHOT PUT: 1. Heather Jenkins, Southeast Missouri, 46-5 (14.15). 2. Danielle Lawary, Southern Illinois, 45-1 1/2 (13.75). 3. Monique Nelson, Memphis, 43-8 1/2 (13.32). 4. Nichole Portel, Southeast Missouri, 43-0 (13.11) 5. Megan Cenkush, Southern Illinois, 42-11 (13.08). 6. Isela Mendoza, Arkansas State, 42-10 (13.06).

LONG JUMP: 1. Marquita Aldridge, Mississippi, 18-9 (5.72). 2. Kesia Bass, Mississippi, 18-8 (5.69). 3. Jajuana Maddox, Alabama State, 17-10 (5.44). 4. Lauren Johnson, Mississippi State, 17-9 1/4 (5.42). 5. Inna Turevsky, Southern Illinois, 17-9 (5.41). 6. Danielle Douglas, Mississippi Valley State, 17-5 1/4 (5.31).

POLE VAULT: 1. Jillian Swartz, Bell Athletics, 13-8 (4.17). 2. Michelle Legatt, Arkansas State, 12-6 (3.81). 3. Andrea Zambrana, Arkansas State, 11-6 (3.51). 4. Amanda Sweeten, Arkansas State, 11-0 (3.35). 5. (TIE) Brandie Plyler, Mississippi and Lindsey Adams, Arkansas State 10-4 (3.15).

5,000-METER RUN: 1. Sarah Reardon, Harding, 19:10.96. 2. Emily Herndon, Unattached, 19:27.72. 3. Shalaine Phaup, Tennessee-Martin, 19:28.97. 4. Kris Woolf, Southeast Missouri, 19:29.08. 5. Beth Brorby, Mississippi, 19:30.71. 6. Candace Chambers, Alabama-Huntsville, 19:55.62.

55-METER HURDLES: FINALS: 1. Korto Dunbar, Southern Illinois, 8.12. 2. Cherri Boykins, Unattached, 8.33. 3. Lyndsey Stevenson, Southeast Missouri, 8.47. 4. Antisha Anderson, Mississippi, 8.48. 5. Chantalle Neilson, Arkansas State, 8.51. 6. Tracy Partain, Southwest Missouri State, 8.54.

55-METER DASH: FINALS: 1. Jinelle Vite, Southwest Missouri State, 7.07. 2. Willisa Heintz, Mississippi, 7.08. 3. Kelsey Toussaint, Southern Illinois, 7.16. 4. Jennifer Morgan, Alabama State, 7.17. 5. Keenan Gibson, Memphis, 7.21. 6. Cherri Boykins, Unattached, 7.22.

WEIGHT THROW: 1. Heather Jenkins, Southeast Missouri, 55-9 (16.99) (NEW MEET RECORD. Old record of 53-7 1/2 by Kameilah Amaya, Memphis, 1-27-02. NEW CONVOCATION CENTER RECORD. Old record of 55-1 by April Malveo, Louisiana Tech, 2-22-98). 2. Venisha Williams, Southern Illinois, 52-6 (16.00). 3. Katy Ritten, Southern Illinois, 52-2 1/2 (15.91). 4. Danielle Lawary, Southern Illinois, 51-7 1/2 (15.74). 5. Isela Mendoza, Arkansas State, 50-10 1/2 (15.51). 6. Jamie Nurnberger, Murray State, 49-11 1/2 (15.23).

TRIPLE JUMP: 1. Inna Turevsky, Southern Illinois, 40-0 (12.19). 2. Lisa Marie Hyman, Memphis, 39-10 1/2 (12.15). 3. Donnavette Martin, Southwest Missouri State, 39-5 1/2 (12.03). 4. Tamasaine Portier, Southwest Missouri State, 38-2 1/4 (11.64). 5. Darina Semenova, Arkansas State, 38-1 (11.61). 6. Ashley Hogg, Arkansas State, 36-9 1/4 (11.21).

400-METER DASH: 1. Marian Appiah-Kubi, Southern Illinois, 57.36. 2. Augustina Charles, Southwest Missouri State, 57.59. 3. Erica Goodrich, Arkansas State, 58.42. 4. Dominique Jones, Alabama State, 59.13. 5. DeNeisha Williams, Southwest Missouri State, 59.46. 6. Sue Ann Bowen, Memphis, 60.47.

HIGH JUMP: 1. Amy Acuff, Unattached, 6-4 (1.93). 2. Brandy Barnett, Unattached, 6-0 (1.83). 3. Tamasaine Portier, Southwest Missouri State, 5-8 (1.73). 4. (TIE) Antisha Anderson, Mississippi and Stephanie Warren, Southwest Missouri State, 5-6 (1.68). 6. Latrice Gray, Southern Illinois, 5-6 (1.68).

800-METER RUN: 1. Tiffany McWilliams, Mississippi State, 2:09.58. 2. Leah Thorvilson, Arkansas-Little Rock, 2:10.64. 3. Petra Forsberg, Arkansas-Little Rock, 2:12.76. 4. Brooke Woodruff, Southeast Missouri, 2:14.81. 5. Jennifer McPherson, Mississippi State, 2:15.15. 6. Liz Borrell, Unattached, 2:16.75. 7. Ty-Nica Davis, Southern Illinois, 2:18.03.

4x400-METER RELAY: 1. Southwest Missouri State, 3:48.43. 2. Alabama State, 3:52.78. 3. Southern Illinois, 3:55.66. 4. Mississippi State, 3:55.79. 5. Arkansas-Little Rock, 3:57.14. 6. Mississippi, 3:59.27.

3,000-METER RUN: 1. Susannah Motl, Unattached, 9:54.23. 2. Rebekah Daro, Southwest Missouri State, 10:00.29. 3. Meggan Hodge, Mississippi State, 10:01.01. 4. Casey Owens, Southwest Missouri State, 10:16.49. 5. Rebecca Kunklenski, Southwest Missouri State, 10:17.04. 6. Carrie Sell, Southwest Missouri State, 10:18.21.

MILE RUN: 1. Lindsay Zeiler, Southeast Missouri, 4:58.86. 2. Katya Kostetskaya, Unattached, 5:02.16. 3. Zita Magloire, Mississippi State, 5:06.00. 4. Wendy Ragle, Unattached, 5:06.69. 5. Laura Schafluetrel, Southwest Missouri State, 5:09.27. 6. Rachel Ellison, Mississippi, 5:09.62.