March 27, 2003
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MAC DEBUT: The Miami women's track and field team will split up this weekend as most of the team begins the Mid-American Conference season against Ball State and Toledo at the Ball State Relays, while some of its other athletes travel to North Carolina State for the Adidas Raleigh Relays.
Ball State is the MAC preseason favorite while Toledo finds itself in sixth place, one place ahead of Miami. The Cardinals, which hasn't competed yet this season, will host the event at BSU's University Track Facility on Saturday. Field events are scheduled to begin at 11 a.m., with running events scheduled to start at 1 p.m.
Distance runners Andrea Kremer and Kylee Studer, sprinter Erika Harper, pole vaulter Tabitha Schwartz, hurdler Erin Connolly and sprinter and jumper Bernitta Johnson will all be heading south for the weekend to NC State's Paul H. Derr Track. More than 3,000 athletes representing approximately 110 teams will compete in one of the premiere outdoor track meets of the season.
NICE START: The RedHawks got the season off to a great start last weekend with many solid performances to help Miami place third out of 23 schools at the prestigious Alabama Relays.
-Junior Bernitta Johnson became only the second Miami athlete to surpass 41 feet in the triple jump to finish second for her personal-best mark.
-Junior Andrea Kremer placed first in the 5000-meter run with an NCAA Regional qualifying time of 16:49.98, almost 20 seconds faster than the second finisher.
-Senior Erika Harper defeated 38 of 41 athletes in the 400 meters with a time of 55.86, coming close to the NCAA Regional qualifying time of 55.00.
-The 4x100-meter hurdle relay team of sophomore Katie Dyer, senior Kate Christoff, junior Jennifer Caldwell, and junior Erin Connolly placed second behind Alabama with a Miami school record time of 58.94, which broke the previous record set in 1996.
-The 4x1500-meter relay team broke the existing Miami record of 19:27.95 by over 17 seconds and finished first with a time of 19:10.83. Senior Kylee Studer, sophomore Sarah Bertolini, freshman Kelly Ardelean, and senior Andrea Kremer combined to finish over a minute ahead of the second place team.
-The 4x800-meter relay team of junior Jenny Korrison, senior Sara Edwards, freshman Sophia Afridi, and sophomore Sarah Correll combined to barely break the seven-year Miami school record with a time of 9:16.28 for fifth overall.
-Freshman Johanna Borawski finished second collegiality after throwing the javelin 129'5", to move her into seventh all-time at Miami.
BALL STATE RELAYS ORDER OF EVENTS
Field Events
Men's Hammer Throw/Women's Hammer Throw
Women's Shot Put/Men's Shot Put
Women's Pole Vault/Men's Pole Vault
Men's and Women's Long Jump
Men's High Jump/Women's High Jump
Triple Jump
Long Jump
Women's Discus Following Women's Hammer
Men's Discus
Women's Javelin/Men's Javelin
Running Events (Women then Men)
400-Meter Relay
1,500-Meter
100/110-Meter Hurdles
400-Meter
100-Meter
800-Meter
400-Meter Hurdles
200-Meter
3,000-Meter
1,600-Meter Relay
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