Maryland
ACC Indoor Championships
Track Teams Successful After Day One Of ACC Championships
2/20/2004 7:00:00 AM | Track & Field
Feb. 20, 2004
CLEMSON, S.C. - The University of Maryland track and field teams completed the first day of competition at the ACC Indoor Championships Friday. The Terrapin women are alone in fifth place with 25 points, while the men's team is in eighth place with five points.
Entering the final day of competition, Florida State leads the field with 49 points, followed by NC State's 41-point performance. Clemson tallied 33 points on day one, North Carolina has 21 points for fourth place and Georgia Tech is in fifth place with 19 points. Duke ranks sixth with 15 points, Virginia tallied nine points for seventh place, Maryland has five points and Wake Forest rounds out the field with three points. The ACC Championships will continue on Saturday beginning at 11:00 AM, and conclude with the awards ceremony at 4:30 PM.
Leading the Terrapin women was Kierra Foster and Teyarnte' Carter. Carter will compete in the finals of the 60-meter dash and the 200-meter dash, after finishing with times of 7.51 and 24.54, respectively, in the preliminary heats. Jefferson will join Carter in the finals of the 200 meters with a preliminary time of 24.61.
Kierra Foster scored points in the long jump, finishing third with a leap of 19-10.25. For her effort, she earned All-ACC honors, and will look to score more points tomorrow, as she qualified for the finals of the 60-meter hurdles with a preliminary time of 8.60.
The shot put was a particularly strong point for the women's team, as the trio of Zakiya Shivers, Bria Johnson and Labelle Hillgrove all scored points in the event. Shivers was fifth (46-06.25), Johnson was sixth (45-06.50) and Hillgrove was seventh (45-06.25).
Also highlighting the day was Heather Houston in the pentathlon, as she finished fourth (3476)
On the men's side, the distance medley relay team of Florent Groberg, Harold Manning, Mike Fleg and Peter Hess finished fourth with a time of 10:00.53. The finish gave Maryland five points.
Competition concludes Saturday at the ACC Indoor Championships in Clemson, S.C.
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WOMEN'S TEAM RANKINGS (After day one of competition)
1. Georgia Tech, 38
2. Florida State, 31
3. North Carolina, 30
4. Clemson, 28
5. Maryland, 25
6. Virginia, 23.50
7. Wake Forest, 23
8. NC State, 21
9. Duke, 14.50
WOMEN'S INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (First-place and Maryland finishers)
60 METERS: 1. (PRELIMS) Felicia Fant, NC State, 7.40 ... 1. (PRELIMS) Teyarnte' Carter, Maryland, 7.51
200 METERS: 1. (PRELIMS) Silja Ulfarsdottir, Clemson, 24.06 ... 3. (PRELIMS) Teyarnte' Carter, Maryland, 24.54 ... 3. (PRELIMS) Toni Jefferson, Maryland, 24.61 ... 4. (PRELIMS) Amanda Radziminski, Maryland, 26.67
400 METERS: 1. (PRELIMS) Shakirah Rutherford, Clemson, 55.68 ... 1. (PRELIMS) Tia Burley, Maryland, 55.71 ... 3. (PRELIMS) Kristina Keegan, Maryland, 58.68 ... 4. (PRELIMS) Amanda Radziminski, Maryland, 1:00.59
800 METERS: 1. (PRELIMS) Jennifer Lentz, Georgia Tech, 2:15.43 ... 5. (PRELIMS) Danielle Siebert, Maryland, 2:15.95
MILE: 1. (PRELIMS) Natalie Hughes, Florida State, 4:51.71 ... 7. (PRELIMS) Allison Carney, Maryland, 5:06.37 ... 10. (PRELIMS) Laurel Jefferson, Maryland, 5:12.29
5,000 METERS: 1. Vicky Gill, Florida State, 16:07.79 ... 20. Justine Kovacs, Maryland, 17:49.38
60 METER HURDLES: 1. (PRELIMS) Dana Rogers, Georgia Tech, 8.32 ... 4. (PRELIMS) Kierra Foster, Maryland, 8.60 ... 7. (PRELIMS) Shenae Dawkins, Maryland, 8.93
DISTANCE MEDLEY RELAY: 1. Florida State, 11:32.39 ... 6. Maryland (Siebert, Keegan, Jefferson, Carney), 11:58.12
HIGH JUMP: 1. Chaunte Howard, Georgia Tech, 6-02.75
LONG JUMP: 1. Giesele Oliveira, Clemson, 20-10.75 ... 3. Kierra Foster, Maryland, 19-10.25 ... 7. Heather Houston, Maryland, 18-11.75 ... 11. Shenae Dawkins, Maryland, 16-06.75 ... 9. (Section 1) Jasmine Artis, Maryland, 15-03.00
SHOT PUT: 1. Laura Gerraughty, North Carolina, 59-11.75 ... 4. Zakiya Shivers, Maryland, 46-06.25 ... 6. Bria Johnson, Maryland, 45-06.50 ... 7. Labelle Hillgrove, Maryland, 45-06.25
PENTATHLON: 1. Lauren Nicholson, Clemson, 3676 ... 4. Heather Houston, Maryland, 3476 ... 9. Diana Prestileo, Maryland, 2987
MEN'S TEAM RANKINGS (After day one of competition)
1. Florida State, 49
2. NC State, 41
3. Clemson, 33
4. North Carolina, 21
5. Georgia Tech, 19
6. Duke, 15
7. Virginia, 9
8. Maryland, 5
9. Wake Forest, 3
MEN'S INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (First-place and Maryland finishers)
60 METERS: 1. (PRELIMS) Tye Hill, Clemson, 6.73 ... 3. (PRELIMS) Harold Manning, Maryland, 6.91 ... 4. (PRELIMS) Robert Duru, Maryland, 7.01
200 METERS: 1. (PRELIMS) Don Richards, Clemson, 21.61 ... 1. (PRELIMS) Harold Manning, Maryland, 22.08 ... 3. (PRELIMS) Robert Duru, Maryland, 22.41
400 METERS: 1. (PRELIMS) Michael Bolling, Clemson, 48.16 ... 2. Robert Frelow (PRELIMS), Maryland, 48.95 ... 4. (PRELIMS) Chris Ader, Maryland, 51.91
800 METERS: 1. (PRELIMS) Andrew Craycraft, North Carolina, 1:52.17 ... 5. (PRELIMS) Paul Dorsey, Maryland, 1:57.71 ... 7. (PRELIMS) Thomas Anderson, Maryland, 1:59.31
MILE: 1. (PRELIMS) Ian Hornabrook, Florida State, 4:11.27 ... 5. (PRELIMS) Mike Fleg, Maryland, 4:15.37 ... 8. (PRELIMS) Dan Ryan, Maryland, 4:35.04
5,000 METERS: 1. Chad Pearson, NC State, 14:21.14 ... 12. Doug Allen, Maryland, 15:16.62 ... 13. Adam Ambrus, Maryland, 15:18.01 ... 21. Nathaniel Zola, Maryland, 15:58.28 ... 22. Patrick Bailey, Maryland, 16:03.06
60 METER HURDLES: 1. (PRELIMS) Roy Cheney, Clemson, 7.94 ... 6. (PRELIMS) Adam Durham, Maryland, 8.60
DISTANCE MEDLEY RELAY: 1. Florida State, 9:53.19 ... 4. Maryland (Groberg, Manning, Fleg, Hess), 10:00.53
POLE VAULT: 1. Brent Warner, Duke, 16-04.75
LONG JUMP: 1. Manny Lawson, NC State, 24-03.50
SHOT PUT: 1. Derek Gilson, Clemson, 59-11.00 ... 4. (Section 1) Beau Fay, Maryland, 47-01.75
HEPTATHLON: 1. Brent Hobbs, Clemson, 3109 ... 15. Daniel Hawthorn, Maryland, 2131
