Feb. 4, 2003
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BOUNCING BACK: Miami women's indoor track and field team is hopeful that it will have a few good days of weather this week in order to prepare for its open meet at the University of Kentucky on Friday and Saturday. The RedHawks did not have the same luck in preparing for its open meet at Ohio State last weekend.
"We would be remiss if we didn't accept the fact that we have had horrible weather and the inability to do any quality outdoor workouts is affecting us, " says head coach Rich Ceronie. "But the effort is there and at some point in the future, it will pay dividends."
Even though the meet was not scored last weekend, Miami would have placed second behind Ohio State with the unattatched runners taken out of the scoring. Seven other MAC teams placed behind the RedHawks.
SIZZLIN' SCHWARTZ: Sophomore Tabitha Schwartz set a school-record height of 12'0" on the pole vault at the Ohio State Invitational to beat her closest opponent by nearly seven inches on Saturday. Schwartz beat her previous best of 11'6" which she set at Cincinnati earlier this year, by nearly six inches while defeating seven other Mid-American Conference schools. The sophomore pole vaulter's score of 12'0" gave her the third highest jump in the MAC this season.
KING KREMER: Junior Andrea Kremer took down the Miami indoor record in the 5000-meter run in grand fashion; by lapping each person in the race. Last year, senior Kristen Fryburg broke the 5000-meter record that had stood for 17 years. The record stood for less than a year, as Kremer finished in 17:03.36 last Saturday.
ON RECORD: Junior Jenny Korrison continued her strong season on Jan. 18 at Bowling Green by moving to the ninth fastest person in Miami indoor history in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:17.18. Korrison has had quite a bit of success this year after she set a personal best time in the mile-run on January 11th at Cincinnati.
RECORD SETTERS: Junior Lauren Collins set a Miami indoor track and field record for her effort at Cincinnati on Jan. 11. Collins threw the shot put 48'0" and broke her own record of 47'11" that was set during last year's Mid-American Conference Championship meet.
"Lauren had her work cut out for her as she beat one of the premier throwers in the Midwest in Jodi Borges of Dayton," said Ceronie. "She was able to surpass Borges on her last throw and set a new Miami record and walk away with an important win."
MIND GAMES: Although the indoor track and field season is young, Miami is very well experienced at success in the classroom. Of the RedHawk's 43 student-athletes on the track & field and cross country squads, 27 earned a 3.0 grade-point average or higher last semester. The Red and White turned in a 3.28 team GPA to earn first-team academic all-America honors, which are usually awarded to around only 40 teams out of 321.
Senior Kristen Fryburg led the charge of academic prowess by earning individual academic all-America status. To receive this honor, a student must place on the all-region team in cross country while tallying above a 3.25 GPA.
"This is a great honor for her," says Ceronie. "Only about 50-60 cross country athletes out of 4,000 receive this honor, so its pretty special."
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