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Women's Relay Team Breaks School Record During The Final Day Of The Penn Relays

April 28, 2002

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. -- On the final day of the Penn Relays, the women's 4x400-meter relay team went out in style shattering a school record and winning their event.

The relay team comprised of senior Thema Napier (Columbia, Md.), junior Devenn Hamilton (Hampton, Va.), junior Tia Burley (Baltimore, Md.) and sophomore Toni Jefferson (Baltimore, Md.) took first place in the ECAC division of the 4x400-meter relay by over 2 seconds defeating Pittsburgh in a time of 3:37.86. It broke the previous record (3:38.87) by over a second set by the same four women during last year's outdoor campaign.

The only other Terp competiting yesterday was freshman Ian Moore (Mt. Laurel, N.J.) who competed in the 400-meter hurdles running a strong time of 54.60.

As a reminder, the home meet scheduled for this weekend (May 4) has been cancelled. The Terps will be in action at a undetermined meet. Check back www.umterps.com during the week for updates.


Track contact: Chris Stuchko
Phone: 301-314-1483
Fax: 301-314-9094
E-Mail: lilpenny4@aol.com

Event 270, Saturday, 5:50 pm
CW 4x400m (ECAC)

1. 3:37.86, Maryland Thema Napier, Devenn Hamilton, Tia Burley, Toni Jefferson 2. 3:39.93, Pittsburgh Kimberly Lyles, Mera Belisle, Trenace Elliott, Elizabeth Bayne 3. 3:40.63, Georgetown Kori Hamilton, Tyrona Heath, Jamillah Bowman, Monica Hargrove 4. 3:41.62, Morgan State Kady Joseph, Octavia McKay, Medea Ashton, Shawna Stephens 5. 3:42.76, Cornell Jessica Brown, Hannah Garrity, Anne Marie McMillian, Katy Jay 6. 3:44.36, Delaware State Willine Louis, Tiffany Barnes, Tiehise Shell, Erica Parker 7. 3:56.55, Bucknell Amy Calvo, Charity Brady, Rehana Lanuwala, Stephanie Bango

Event 181, Saturday, 9:10 am CM 400m Hurdles Championship

1. 49.61, Rickey Harris (Florida) 2. 50.06, Fred Sharpe (Auburn) 3. 51.06, Nicholas O'Brien (Villanova) 4. 51.49, Hassaan Stamps (Tennessee) 5. 51.51, Dean Griffiths (Auburn) 6. 51.58, Derek Applewhite (Michigan) 7. 51.72, Brian Derby (Penn State) 8. 51.73, Thomas Hocker (Yale) 9. 52.35, Adrian Findley (St. Augustine's) 10. 52.38, Cain James (Maryland/Eastern Shore) 11. 52.43, Javid Brathwaite (Maryland/Eastern Shore) 12. 52.63, Leon McRae (Tennessee) 13. 52.75, Andrew Carruthers (Houston) 14. 52.79, Jeff Jasmin (Lincoln) 15. 52.96, Richard Phillips (Abilene Christian) 16. 53.12, Javin Tucker (Miami (Ohio)) 17. 53.15, Marqueth Tard (St. Augustine's) 18. 53.22, Rob Jones (Eastern Kentucky) 19. 53.39, Jarrett Hagwood (Virginia) 20. 53.41, Deric Zaphire (Fordham) 21. 53.52, Andrew Ochs (Michigan) 22. 53.54, Collin Lowney (Rhode Island) 23. 53.60, Jarred Johnson (South Carolina) 24. 53.62, Kris Harman (Memphis) 25. 53.85, Nimal Bailey (Marshall) 26. 53.86, Javonie Small (Morehouse) 27. 53.86, Jeff Guenette (Dartmouth) 28. 53.89, Jon Shields (Coppin State) 29. 53.89, Bill Hortz (Monmouth) 30. 53.98, Darnell Talbert (Michigan) 31. 54.00, Dave Burns (College of New Jersey) 32. 54.10, Scott Peterson (Texas A&M) 33. 54.10, David Rosa (Fordham) 34. 54.21, Jodi Martin (Savannah State) 35. 54.46, Shane Nuggent (UTech) 36. 54.46, Luqman Kolade (Pennsylvania) 37. 54.48, Richard Bravin (Harvard) 38. 54.60, Ian Moore (Maryland) 39. 54.70, Jesse Andoscia (Rhode Island) 40. 54.83, Jared Craig (Monmouth) 41. 54.99, Jeff Key (Princeton) 42. 55.15, Jeff Hobbs (Yale) 43. 55.36, Justin Johnson (Salisbury State) 44. 55.38, Branston Williams (Wake Forest) 45. 55.78, John Bennink (Albion) 46. 56.17, Jared Vogler (Kent State) 47. 56.24, Karanja Alexander (Coppin State) 48. 56.45, George Witter (Pennsylvania) 49. 56.51, J. Colin Reardon (Lehigh) 50. 56.57, Yuri Perez-Malko (Pennsylvania) 51. 56.66, Pat Martin (East Carolina) 52. 57.02, Jason Faulk (Morehouse) 53. 57.18, Chris Hibbard (Pennsylvania) 54. 58.30, Pete Pinnock (Coppin State) 55. 62.72, Ednol Rolle (St. Augustine's) dnf, Carlington Marsh (UTech) dq, Bryan McCants (Northeastern) dq, Brian McDonald (Kansas City CC) dq, Josh Landreth (Arkansas)