Jan. 26, 2002
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - The UNLV women's indoor track and field team finished in fourth-place with 60.0 points at the Minnesota Gold Country Classic Saturday afternoon at the University of Minnesota Fieldhouse.
Senior sprinter Michele Davis (Lansing, Mich.) set yet another NCAA provisional qualifying time in the 200 meters clocking in at 23.91 seconds for first-place medallist honors. The Rebels' team co-captain would also place fourth in the 60 meters with a time of 7.60 seconds.
High jumpers Tianika Sharrieff (Euless, Texas) and Christine Spence (Lee's Summit, Mo.) placed second and third respectively to contribute to the team scoring at the indoor meet. Sharrieff leaped a team and season best 1.68m (5-6), while Spence went 1.63m (5-4 1/4).
In the distance events, freshmen Tiffany Sims-McCray (Houston, Texas) turned in a season best 2:20.72 in the 800 meters and Jennifer Turk (Newbury Park, Calif.) ran a team best 5:23.92 in the mile.
Newcomer Brigitte Ladouceur (Cayenne, French Guiana) placed second in the 60-meter hurdles in a time of 8.47 seconds. The 4x400 relay team also claimed second with a time of 3:47.94.
Up next, UNLV will travel to the Wolf Pack Invitational hosted by intrastate rival Nevada, Reno, on Saturday, Feb. 2 at 9 a.m.
at Minnesota Gold Country Classic
University of Minnesota Fieldhouse
Minneapolis, Minn.
TEAM SCORING - 1, Ohio State, 130.0. 2, Minnesota, 126.0. 3, Alabama, 94.0. 4, UNLV, 60.0. 5, Iowa, 41.0. 6, South Dakota, 37.5. 7, South Dakota State, 22.0. 8, MSU-Mankato, 0.5.
WOMEN'S 60 METERS
Preliminaries - (Heat 1) 4, Halima Decree, 7.81. (Heat 2) 2, Michele Davis, 7.53.
Finals - 4, Michele Davis, 7.60. 8, Halima Decree, 7.78.
WOMEN'S 200 METERS
Finals - 1, Michele Davis, 23.91 (pq). 11, Halima Decree, 25.74. 12, Brigitte Ladouceur, 25.83.
WOMEN'S 400 METERS
Finals - 8, Christine Spence, 58.89. 16, Michele Hunt, 61.23.
WOMEN'S 600 METERS
Finals - 8, Nickeisha Charles, 1:36.82.
WOMEN'S 800 METERS
Finals - 7, Tiffany Sims-McCray, 2:20.72.
WOMEN'S MILE
Finals - 8, Jennifer Turk, 5:23.92.
WOMEN'S 3,000 METER RUN
Finals - 8, Kelley Wright, 12:16.74.
WOMEN'S 60 METER HURDLES
Preliminaries - (Heat 1) 3, Chantel Yates, 8.95. 4, Miesha McClendon, 9.13. (Heat 2) Brigitte Ladouceur, 8.55.
Finals - 2, Brigitte Ladouceur, 8.47. 7, Chantel Yates, 8.75.
WOMEN'S 4x400 METER RELAY
Finals - 2, UNLV, 3:47.94.
WOMEN'S LONG JUMP
Preliminaries - (Flight 1) 1, Belisa Suarez, 5.16m (16-11 1/4). 2, Tianika Sharrieff, 4.98m (16-4 1/4). 4, Serena Perkins, 4.65m (15-3 1/4).
Finals - 4, Belisa Suarez, 5.18m (17-0). 6, Tianika Sharrieff, 4.98m (16-4 1/4). 9, Serena Perkins, 4.65m (15-3 1/4).
WOMEN'S TRIPLE JUMP
Finals - 3, Belisa Suarez, 11.00m (36-1 1/4). 4, Serena Perkins, 10.52m (34-6 1/4).
WOMEN'S SHOT PUT
Preliminaries - (Flight 2) 10, Heather Harding, 12.24m (40-2).
WOMEN'S HIGH JUMP
Finals - 2, Tianika Sharrieff, 1.68m (5-6). 3, Christine Spence, 1.63m (5-4 1/4).
WOMEN'S POLE VAULT
Finals - 8, Michelle Muscato, 3.20m (10-6).
KEY: (aq) NCAA automatic time, (pq) NCAA provisional time
