May 29, 2002

BATON ROUGE, La. - UNLV junior sprinter Michele Davis (Lansing, Mich.) placed 10th in the preliminaries of the 200 meters on the first day of the 2002 NCAA Division I Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships held at Bernie Moore Stadium.

Davis missed qualifying for the event finals by a mere one hundredth of a second, crossing the finish line at 23.22 seconds. Florida International's Vronique Wilson edged the Rebels' top sprinter with a time of 23.21, good enough for the final qualifying spot. Sophomore Muna Lee, a sprinter for host Louisiana State University, moved on to Saturday's finals with a top time of 22.66 seconds.

UNLV continues competition at the national meet through Saturday, June 1. Davis and junior Nickeisha Charles (Arima, Trinidad) will race in the preliminaries of the 400 meters as well as compete in the preliminaries of the 4x400 meter relay with teammates Christine Spence (Lee's Summit, Mo.) and Chantel Yates (Chattanooga, Tenn.) tomorrow.

              NCAA Division I 2002 Outdoor - 5/29/2002 to 6/1/2002                           Track & Field Championship                                Baton Rouge,  LA
Event 22  Women 200 Meter Dash========================================================================    American:   21.34  9/29/1988   Florence Griffith Joyner, World ClassCollege Best:   22.04  6/2/1989    Dawn Sowell, LSU   NCAA Meet:   22.04  6/2/1989    Dawn Sowell, LSUBernie Moore:   22.55  1995        Gwen Torrence, Unattached    Name                    Year School                 Prelims  Wind H#========================================================================Preliminaries  1 Muna Lee                  SO Louisiana State          22.66Q  1.7  4  2 Natasha Mayers            JR Southern California      22.80Q  1.4  3  3 Aleen Bailey              JR South Carolina           22.85Q  1.7  1  4 Brianna Glenn             SR Arizona                  22.97Q  1.7  2  5 Stephanie Durst           SO Louisiana State          22.97q  1.4  3  6 Kinshasa Davis            SR Southern California      22.98q  1.4  3  7 Melisa Barber             SR South Carolina           23.06q  1.7  2  8 Amber Robinson            JR Florida                  23.12q  1.7  2  9 Vronique Wilson           JR Fla. Intn'l              23.21q  1.7  2 10 Michele Davis             JR Nevada-Las Vegas         23.22   1.7  4 11 Aleah Williams            JR Texas                    23.23   1.7  4 12 Consuella Moore           SO Penn State               23.24   1.7  4 13 Angela Williams           SR Southern California      23.24   1.7  1 14 Tiffany Green             SO Texas Tech               23.33   1.7  1 15 Annetta Wells             SR Northridge               23.41   1.7  1 16 Shaunta Pelham            SR Florida A&M              23.46   1.7  4 17 Willisa Heintz            JR Mississippi              23.47   1.7  1 18 Tahesia Harrigan          FR Minnesota                23.68   1.7  2 19 Charlyn Ray               SR Cincinnati               23.88   1.4  3 20 Timicka Clarke            JR Auburn                   24.02   1.4  3