The Emory University track and field team saw three of its
members record provisional qualifying marks at Saturday’s
Georgia Invitational in Athens, GA.
For the men, Nelson Nwannunu finished fifth in the
triple jump with a distance of 14.36 meters, .16 longer than the
NCAA provisional qualifying mark. The distance was a personal
record for the freshman, and the best mark this season by an Eagle
in the event.
For the women, Jasmine McCullough earned her first
career provisional qualifying mark in the 100-meter hurdles with a
personal-best time of 14.97 seconds, good for a ninth-place
finish. She becomes the second Eagles to qualify in the event
this season, joining senior Brittany Donino.
McCullough was also Emory’s top finisher in the 100-meter
dash with a time of 12.60 seconds, good for a 17th-place
finish, and the 200-meter dash with a 26.44 seconds for a
21st-place finish.
Also for the women, sophomore Lauren Attiah
recorded a distance of 11.62 meters for a 14th-place
finish in the triple jump, her fourth provisional qualifying mark
in the event this season. Attiah also finished
13th in the long jump with a distance of 5.24
meters.
Other highlights of the meet for the men included Steve
Dry’s ninth place finish in the 110-meter hurdles
with a time of 15.10 seconds, Kevin Lanza’s
sixth-place finish in the 1,500-meter run with a mark of 4:00.24,
Isaac Chambers’ ninth-place finish in the
400-meter dash with a time of 50.56, Fritz
Hain’s 11th-place finish in the 400-meter
hurdles with a time of 55.00 seconds, and Everett
Bryant’s 26th-place finish in the
100-meter dash with a time of 11.46 seconds, and his
22nd-place finish in the 200-meter dash with a mark of
22.90 seconds.
For the women, Theresa Ford finished seventh in
the high jump with a height of 1.51 meters and sixth in the discus
throw with a distance of 36.51 meters, Melanie
Frank finished seventh in the 1,500-meter run with a time
of 4:48.31, Alix Dyer finished seventh in the
400-meter run with a time of 58.41 seconds, and Laura
Lambie-Hanson finished 10th in the 400-meter
hurdles with a time of 1:06.73 seconds. In addition, the
Eagles’ 4x400-meter relay team of Hadiza
Sa-Aadu, Alicia Adams, Melanie
Levy and Dyer finished third with a time of 4:03.24.
The Eagles will return to action on May 13th at the Dr.
Keeler Invitational, hosted by North Central College in Naperville,
IL.
Eagles Notch Three Provisional Marks at Georgia Invitational
Posted: May 09, 2010