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April 9, 2005
OXFORD, Ohio - Sophomores Lashonda Davis (Kokomo, Ind./Kokomo) and Quekan Ibidunni (Boulder, Colo./Fairview) and freshman Sarah Landau (Geneva, Ill./Geneva) all won events at the Miami Track and Field Invitational on Saturday as the RedHawks came in second of 13 teams to score points at the meet.
Miami's 113 points were bested by Ball State's 144 1/2, but were ahead of 11 other schools as Kent State, Cincinnati, Bowling Green, Louisville, Ohio, Butler, Valparaiso, John Carroll, Hillsdale, Cedarville and Wright State rounded out the scoring field.
Davis took the 100 meters in 11.93 seconds, ahead of Louisville's LaShondra Durias, who finished in 12.36. Her 10 points, along with eight points in the 200 meters for a second-place finish, represented 18 of 21 points Miami scored in the sprint events. Freshman Jennie Stoll (Pewaukee, Wis./Pewaukee) scored all 12 of Miami's points in the two middle-distance events, headed by a runner-up placing in the 800, and senior Katie Dyer (Merrillville, Ind./Merrillville) was Miami's top hurdler on Saturday, earning 10 points between those two events with eight coming from a second-place finish in the 400 hurdles. Miami's only distance points came from junior Kelly Ardelean (Strongsville, Ohio/Strongsville), who finished fifth in the 3000-meter steeplechase.
The RedHawks picked up four points between the two relays as Miami was unable to finish the 4x100 due to an injury. In the 4x400, a RedHawk foursome of Dyer, junior Taryn Nye (St. Johnsbury, Vt./St. Johnsbury), sophomore Melissa Drehs (Lyndhurst, Ohio/Beaumont) and freshman Julia Dempster (Toledo, Ohio/Sylvania Northview) took fifth.
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Davis displayed her talents once again by accounting for 13 of 18 points in the jumps as she finished second in the long jump and fourth in the triple jump. Nye's fourth-place high-jump finish accounted for the other five. In the pole vault, Landau won with a 12-5 1/2 leap, having already qualified for the NCAA Regionals in the event.
Ibidunni had Miami's top finish between the four throwing events as she won the discus with a 157-10 throw. That places her second all-time on the Miami list behind Christin Scott's 1997 throw of 163-1. With the throw, Ibidunni became Miami's third NCAA Regional qualifier this season. Junior Joanna Borawski (Bayonne, N.J./Bayonne) had Miami's other top-three performance in the throws, finishing second in the javelin.
Miami returns to action next Friday and Saturday at the All-Ohio Championships at Ohio State.
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