2004-05 Women's Track & Field Headline Archive

(June 27) Emily Watts and Angela Davie have been named to the CoSIDA Academic All-America team for cross country/track and field. Watts is a second-team selection while Davie was chosen for the third team.

This is the first time either has made the Academic All-America team. Both were named to the Academic All-District first team earlier this month.

Watts, a senior, had a 3.89 cumulative GPA with a double major in mathematics and political science. The sprinter qualified for this year's NCAA national outdoor track championships in the 100-meter dash, an event in which she holds the school record. Watts was a nine-time all-conference performer in track and field.

Davie, a senior, had a 3.78 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) as a business administration major. The distance runner was named the indoor track regional Athlete of the Year by the U.S. Track Coaches Association this year. She was an All-American in cross country her sophomore year.

Emory is one of five schools in the nation to have at least two Academic All-Americans this year in cross country/track. Watts and Davie are the 14th and 15th Emory honorees ever in cross country/track, and the 10th and 11th honorees since 1998.

Voting for the Academic All-America team is conducted by a national committee composed of members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). To be eligible, a nominee must be at least a sophomore with a 3.2 GPA and a starter or key reserve on their team. Emory nominees are placed in the "college division" category, which is composed of all NCAA Division II and III and NAIA schools.

(June 3) Angela Davie and Emily Watts have been named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District first team for cross country/track and field. Both will have their names placed on the national ballot for the Academic All-America team to be announced in late June.

Davie and Watts were among the 10 student-athletes selected to the first team. This is the third consecutive year that Davie has made the Academic All-District first team and the second year in a row for Watts.

This is the 11th consecutive year that an Emory student-athlete has been honored on the Academic All-District team for women's cross country or track and field. Emory has 19 honorees in those 11 years.

Voting for the Academic All-District team is conducted by the members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) in the states of Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. To be eligible, a nominee must be at least a sophomore with a 3.2 GPA and a starter or key reserve on their team. Emory nominees are placed in the "college division" category, which is composed of all NCAA Division II and III and NAIA schools.

(May 28) Emily Watts and Jane Ukandu concluded their first-ever individual appearances at the NCAA Division III national outdoor track & field championships.

Watts, a senior, finished 15th out of 19 competitors in the 100-meter dash. She ran a time of 12.45 seconds, her fifth fastest of the season.

Ukandu, a sophomore, was 19th out of 21 entrants in the 200-meter dash. Her time of 25.75 seconds, into the wind, was her sixth fastest of the season.

Watts and Ukandu were the first Emory tracksters to be selected for the outdoor national championships in their respective events since 1994 when Regina Robinson officially qualified in both.

(May 24) Emily Watts and Jane Ukandu have been selected to compete at the NCAA Division III national outdoor track and field championships this weekend in Waverly, Iowa.

Watts qualified in the 100-meter dash which conducts its preliminaries Friday and its finals Saturday. She has the 13th fastest time among the entrants with a season-best time of 12.19 seconds.

Ukandu qualified in the 200-meter dash which conducts its preliminaries Thursday and its finals Saturday. She has the 19th fastest time among the entrants with a season-best time of 25.07 seconds.

This is the first time either has been selected as an individual for the NCAA championships. Ukandu did compete in the NCAA meet last year as a member of Emory's 4x400-meter relay that placed 12th.

(May 20) Emory University sent a handful of competitors to the North Central Last Chance Meet in an attempt to qualify or improve their standing for the NCAA national championships. Official selection for the NCAA meet will be made Sunday.

Kate Bowman provisionally qualified in the steeplechase and in doing so, improved on her previous qualifying time earlier this season by more than three seconds. Bowman was timed in 11 minutes and 17.44 seconds which places her 27th in the nation.

Jane Ukandu attained provisional qualifying times in the 100- and 200-meter dashes. Ukandu won the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.34 seconds. She was second in the 200-meter dash at 25.07 seconds. This is the second time this season, Ukandu has qualified in each event. Her previous qualifying time in the 200 places her 20th in the nation in NCAA Division III and her previous 100 qualifying time is 24th fastest.

Ashley DeMarco missed qualifying in the heptathlon, but she did break one of the oldest school records with a score of 3,745 points. The previous heptathlon record was 3,661 by Theresa Burris in March 1985.

Caroline Hagedorn completed the 5,000-meter run in 17 minutes and 56.13 seconds. She had a season-best time of 17:37.18 in early April.

Dorothy Boone ran the 10,000-meter event for the second time this season. She finished at 39:31.38, missing her personal record by about five seconds, and the NCAA provisional qualifying mark by about two minutes.

Katie Anding jumped 10 feet and10 1/4 inches (3.31 meters) in the pole vault. She previously cleared 3.35 meters earlier this month. Both jumps broke Anding's own school record of 3.20 meters set last season.

(May 14) Emory had a pair of provisional qualifying performances at the Georgia Tech Invitational.

Kate Bowman provisionally qualified for the NCAA national championships in the steeplechase. The senior set a career-best time of 11 minutes and 20.58 seconds. She was seventh in a field of 12 runners while competing as the only Division III athlete in the race. Bowman's time is the seventh fastest in school history and makes her the second-fastest individual in that event.

The other NCAA provisional qualifier was the Emory 4x100 relay, which broke the school record in the process. The quartet of Katie Anding, Janina Kreider, Jane Ukandu, and Emily Watts finished in 48.50 seconds. That broke the mark of 48.72 set twice last year--May 15 at the Georgia Tech meet and May 21 at the North Central meet. Ukandu and Watts were members of the record-setting relay last year.

Watts ran her second-best time of the season in the 100-meter dash at12.21 seconds. She stands 12th in the nation in the 100 dash with her provisional qualifying time of 12.19 recorded earlier this season.

Ukandu turned in her second-fastest time of the season in the 200-meter dash at 25.53 seconds. Her season PR of 25.07, a provisional qualifying time, places her 20th in the nation.

(May 7) Emory University competed at the Clemson Meet and the Georgia Invitational.
At Clemson, Katie Anding provisionally qualified for the NCAA national meet in the pole vault with a vault of 3.35 meters (10 feet, 11.75 inches). This career-best vault breaks the school record she set earlier this season.

The 4x100-meter relay team of Anding, Jane Ukandu, Janina Kreider, and Emily Watts ran a season-best time of 43.34 seconds, missing the NCAA provisional qualifying time by just 0.34 seconds.

At Georgia, Kate Bowman won the 3000-meter steeplechase with a time of 11:29.30. She was the conference champion in this event this season.

(May 2) Emory University senior Emily Watts has been awarded a $7,500 postgraduate scholarship from the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). She is one of 28 female athletes nationally from all NCAA divisions to receive the award for winter sports.

Watts is one of six indoor track athletes honored, regardless of NCAA affiliation. She is the only Division III indoor track athlete honored.

She earned all-conference honors indoors in the 55-meter dash three times in her career, winning the event at the conference championships in 2004 and finishing second in 2003 and 2005.

She had a 3.90 cumulative grade point average as a double major in political science and mathematics. She was recognized last season as an All-Academic Individual by the U.S. Track Coaches Association. Watts was also named to the CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of America) Academic All-District first team in 2004.

(April 24) Emory University finished third at the University Athletic Association outdoor track and field championships. The team had 13 all-conference performances (top three finish).

Senior Emily Watts finished first in the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.19 seconds. This finish is her personal best and a school record. Her time provisionally qualifies her for the NCAA Division III national championships. Watts was followed by sophomore Jane Ukandu, who finished in second place with a time of 12.36 seconds. This race is a personal best for Ukandu.

Ukandu ran the 200-meter dash in 25.07 seconds, finishing second. This is her career best time and it is a new Emory record. Ukandu also provisionally qualified for the NCAA Division III national championships.

Sophomore Katie Anding finished second in the pole vault with a height of 3.25 meters (10 feet, eight inches). This height beats the school record of 3.23 meters, which Anding set earlier this season.

The 4x100 meter relay team finished in second place with a time of 49.43 seconds. The relay included Watts, Ukandu, Anding, and sophomore Janina Kreider. Kreider also earned all-conference honors in the 400-meter dash.

Other all-conference athletes were senior Kate Bowman (Steeplechase), sophomore Ashley DeMarco (High Jump), sophomore Kelly McWilliams (Javelin), and sophomore Caroline Hagedorn (5000-meter run).

(April 16) Emory University competed in the Clemson Classic in its final tune-up prior to the conference championships.

Senior Kate Bowman finished third in the 3000-meter steeplechase, defeating nine other runners. Her time of 11 minutes and 32.02 seconds is the third fastest of her career and the ninth fastest in school history.

Freshman Tracy Whittaker finished fifth in the pole vault with a height of 3.20 meters (10 feet, six inches). This is a personal best for Whittaker, and it is the second highest vault in school history.
Sophomore Julia Morton ran the 800-meter in 2:21.08, finishing sixth out of 25 runners. This is Morton's second-fastest career time, and her fastest time this season.

Senior Dorothy Boone ran the 1500-meter in 4:56.88, finishing 6th out of 19 runners. This time is Boone's personal best.

Emory Women's Outdoor Track and Field is currently ranked fourth in the nation according to www.mfathletic.com.

(April 9) Emory University competed in two meets, the Duke Invitational and the Oglethorpe Invitational.

Sophomore Caroline Hagedorn provisionally qualified for the NCAA Division III outdoor track championships in the 5000-meter run at the Duke Invitational. Her time of 17 minutes, 37.18 seconds is a personal best and the sixth fastest in school history.

Sophomore Jane Ukandu finished second in two events at the Duke Invitational, the 100-meter dash and the 200-meter dash. Her time in the 200-meter dash was 25.65 seconds, the eighth fastest time in Emory history.

At Oglethorpe, Junior Esther Choi came in first in the triple jump with a distance of 10.22 meters (33 feet, 6.5 inches). She finished second in the long jump with a distance of 4.80 meters (15 feet, 9 inches). Her top finishes helped Emory take first place at the meet.

(April 2) Emory University finished second out of 19 teams at its last home meet of the 2005 outdoor track season.

Sophomore Katie Anding finished first out of nine in the pole vault with a height of 3.23 meters (10 feet, seven inches). This is an Emory record, beating the mark Anding set last season.

Sophomore Jane Ukandu finished third in both the 100-meter dash and 200-meter dash. Her time in the 100 was 13.16 seconds, her time in the 200 was 26.79.

Senior Kate Bowman finished first in the 3000-meter steeplechase, defeating 12 other runners. Bowman's time of 11 minutes and 51.50 seconds was 13 seconds faster than the second-place runner.

Sophomore Caroline Hagedorn finished second out of 23 athletes in the 5000-meter race with a time of 18:10.62. Hagedorn was followed by senior Dorothy Boone, who finished in third place with a time of 18:38.41.

(March 26) Emory University opened the 2005 outdoor track season with a home victory at the Emory Invitational.

Sophomore Katie Anding came in fourth out of 21 in the pole vault, with a height of 3.20 meters (10 feet, six inches). This height ties the Emory University record, which Anding set last season.

Sophomore Jane Ukandu finished first in the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.45 seconds. Ukandu was followed in second by senior Emily Watts, who finished in 12.53 seconds.

Ukandu and Watts took second and third in the 200-meter dash, respectively. Ukandu's time of 25.68 seconds is the eighth fastest in Emory history.

Junior Kate Bergfeld finished second out of 20 competitors in the shot put with a distance of 11.03 meters (36 feet, 2.25 inches)

Emory defeated 11 teams from across the country, including two teams that held higher national ranks than Emory at the conclusion of the 2004 outdoor track season.

(March 12) Emory University finished ninth in the distance medley relay event at the NCAA Division III national indoor track championships in Bloomington, Ill. The Emory quartet of Angela Davie, Lauren Shores, Meghan Callier and Julia Morton, was timed in 12 minutes and 16.51 seconds.

That is the third fastest time in school history in the event. This marks the fourth race this season that the Emory relay registered a time faster than the school record at the start of the season. Of the four runners, three of them--Shores, Callier, Morton--return next season.

(March 11) Angela Davie has been named the regional indoor track Female Athlete of the Year by the U.S. Track Coaches Association. By virtue of the honor, she was a finalist for the national award.

The announcement came at a banquet in conjunction with the NCAA Division III national indoor track championships in Bloomington, Ill. Davie was present along with teammates Lauren Shores, Meghan Callier and Julia Morton who comprise Emory's distance medley relay team which competes tonight.

(March 6) Emory's distance medley relay team has been officially selected to participate in the NCAA Division III national indoor championships, which will be held on March 11-12 at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Il.

The team was selected based on its season-best time of 12 minutes and 11.79 seconds. This time is an Emory record. The distance medley relay team is one of only ten to be selected to participate in the national championships. This is the first time Emory has had the women's distance medley relay team compete in the national championships.

The relay is made up of Lauren Shores, Meghan Callier, Julia Morton, and Angela Davie.

Davie provisionally qualified in the mile for the national championships earlier in the season with a time of 5:05.03; however, she did not officially qualify for the championships. Her time was the 26th fastest in the nation and the second fastest in the University Athletic Association.

(March 5) The Emory University distance medley relay team finished second at the University of Iowa's Last Chance meet, running a time of 12 minutes and 11.79 seconds. The team broke the previous Emory school record of 12:12.71, which it set earlier this season.

The team's actual time was 12:08.09, but it is converted because the race was held on a banked track.
The team is comprised of freshman Lauren Shores, sophomores Meghan Callier and Julia Morton, and senior Angela Davie.

The team finished eight seconds under the minimum time of 12:20.00 required to qualify provisionally for the national championships.

(March 4) Emory University senior Angela Davie earned Most Outstanding Performer honors in running events for the University Athletic Association indoor championships. The award was based on the votes of coaches and Davie's performance at the meet.

Davie won the mile with a time of five minutes and 5.03 seconds. This time provisionally qualified her for the NCAA Division III national meet. Davie broke the school record in the event. With the victory, she has earned all-conference honors three times in her indoor track career.

Davie awaits official selection for the NCAA national meet to be held March 11-12 in Bloomington, IL. The official announcement of participants will be held March 7.

(Feb. 26) Emory University finished second at the University Athletic Association conference championships.

This is the ninth time in 18 years that Emory has finished in first or second place at the championships. Emory athletes broke two school records and had six all-conference performances (top-three finish).

Senior Angela Davie provisionally qualified for the NCAA Division III national championships in the mile with a time of five minutes and 5.03 seconds. She finished in first place, earning all-conference honors. This time is the fastest in Emory history. Davie has earned all-conference honors three times in her indoor track career.

Sophomore Jane Ukandu won the 55-meter dash with a time of 7.35 seconds, the fourth fastest time in school history in the event. This is the second consecurtive year an Emory sprinter has won this event.

Ukandu ran a career best time of 26.24 seconds in the 200 meter dash, finishing second. Her time is the second fastest in Emory history. This is Ukandu's second career all-conference performance in indoor track.

Senior Dorothy Boone missed qualifying for the national championships in the 5000-meter run by .06 seconds. She finished in second place with a time of 17:55.06. This is Boone's third all-conference honor during her indoor track career.

Freshman Tracy Whittaker set the school record in the pole vault with a height of 3.10 meters (10 feet, 2 inches). This is a season best for Whittaker, who finished fourth.

Sophomore Meghan Callier finished fourth in the 400-meter dash with a time of 59.23 seconds. This time is her career best and the second fastest in school history.

The 4x400 meter relay team, made up of Janina Krieder, Ukandu, Kelly McWilliams, and Callier, finished fourth. Their time of 4:05.02 is the second fastest in Emory history.

The following athletes also had all-conference performances: Caroline Hagedorn (5000 meter run), Julia Morton (800 meter run), and Emily Watts (55 meter dash).

(Feb. 19) Emory University ran in the Ohio Northern Invitational and the Tennessee Invitational.

At the Ohio Northern Invitational, the distance medley relay broke the school record by nearly 14 seconds. Its time of 12 minutes, 12.71 seconds is the fifth fastest in the nation. The relay is made up of Lauren Shores, Meghan Callier, Julia Morton, and Angela Davie.

Also at Ohio Northern, freshman Alisa Stern ran the 800-meter dash in 2:25.45. This is a career best time for Stern, and it is the second-fastest 800-meter dash for Emory this season.

At the Tennessee Classic, sophomore Jane Ukandu ran the 55-meter dash in 7.45 seconds. This is the fastest 55-meter dash by an Emory runner this season, and it is her career best time.

(Feb. 16) The Emory University men's and women's track teams donated all of the proceeds from the team's recent Fund Run to children devastated by the tsunami. The teams raised $3,850 for UNICEF.

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(Feb. 12) Emory University had several record-breaking performances at the Christopher Newport Invitational in Newport News, VA.

Senior Angela Davie finished broke the school record in the 1500-meter race with a time of four minutes and 44.89 seconds. She finished second out of 21 runners.

The distance medley team of Lauren Shores, Julia Thomas, Julia Morton, and Angela Davie beat the previous Emory record by more than three seconds with a time of 12:26.31. The team finished first at the Invitational.

Senior Emily Watts ran a personal best time of 8.06 seconds in the 60-meter dash she is now tied for the second-fastest time in school history. She finished third in her event.

Senior Dorothy Boone finished first out of 11 athletes in the 3,000-meter race with a time of 10:44.59. Boone was followed closely by sophomore Katie Parafinczuk, who finished in second place with a time of 10:53.85.

(Feb 5) Emory University competed in two races, the North Carolina Invitational and the University of the South Invitational.

At the North Carolina Invitational, senior Angela Davie ran the mile in 5 minutes and 9.09 seconds, finishing fifth out of 38 runners. Her time is a career best and the second-fastest indoor mile in Emory history. Davie's time is less than 3 and a half seconds from the provisional qualifying mark for the NCAA national indoor meet.

The distance medley relay team finished in 12:33.72 seconds, coming in first and defeating two NCAA Division I teams. The team, comprised of Lauren Shores, Meghan Callier, Julia Morton and Angela Davie, ran the second-fastest distance medley time in school history.

At the University of the South Invitational, Emory finished fifth out of 11 teams. Freshman Julia Thomas finished first in the 800 meter run, with a time of 2:31.93 seconds.

(Jan. 22) Emory University competed in its second indoor track race of the season at the East Tennessee State Invitational.

Jane Ukandu ran the 60-meter dash in 8.05 seconds. Her time was the second-fastest in Emory history.

Meghan Callier beat her previous career best time in the 400-meter by finishing the race in 1:00.27. This replaces her own time as the fifth-fastest in Emory history.

Dorothy Boone ran the 5000-meter race in 18 minutes and 38 seconds, defeating 23 NCAA Division I competitors.

(Dec. 6) Emory University began its indoor track season at the Clemson Early Bird Race.

Senior Emily Watts ran a personal best time of 8.08 seconds in the 60-meter dash. Her time is the third fastest in Emory's history. Watts was 55-meter dash champion at the UAA championships last season.

Meghan Callier ran the 400-meter dash in 1:00.66. This was Callier's career best 400 time and the fifth best in Emory history.

In her first race for Emory, Alisa Stern ran the 800-meter race in 2:29, finishing in ninth place. Stern defeated 11 NCAA Division I competitors.