April 17, 2003
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KEEPIN THE STREAK ALIVE: The Miami women's track and field team is 11-0 in their past two meets and look to stretch their streak as they travel to Cincinnati to compete against the Bearcats and Ohio in the fifth annual Southern Ohio Cup on Saturday, April 19. The RedHawks are making quite a statement on the national scene as they are currently ranked ninth in the country according to the Team Power Ranking. Competition is scheduled to begin in the field events at Noon at Coy Field and the running events at 2 p.m. at the Meyers Track & Field Complex on the campus of the University of Cincinnati.
The format of the meet is unique in that the champion is determined by combining men's and women's team scores. This is the fifth year the current scoring system and the name "Southern Ohio Cup" have been used. The men's side of the meet actually dates back many years, with the women's inclusion coming in 1996.
The RedHawks are due to take the crown this year. The Bearcats took the title last year, scoring 295 points to Miami's 289 and Ohio's 221. Two years ago, the Bobcats won a tight meet, finishing with 281 points, followed by Cincinnati (273) and Miami (260).
REDHAWK REGIONAL QUALIFIERS: After earning five NCAA Regional Qualifying marks on April 5 at the Clemson Invitational, eight more marks counted as qualifying standards at the Miami Invitational. These standards enable the athletes to compete on May 30th at Ohio State University.
- Junior All-American Andrea Kremer was named Mid-American Conference Women's co-Runner of the Week after she took first place in two events, the 1500-meter run and 3000-meter steeplechase at the Miami Invitational on Saturday. Kremer currently holds the nation's third fastest time in the steeplechase run. Kremer met an NCAA Regional qualifying mark and set a Miami Invitational meet record in the steeplechase with a 10:27.39 clocking.
- The RedHawks finished 1-2-3 in the 100-meter hurdles, paced by an NCAA Regional qualifying mark of 14.06 by junior Erin Connolly.
- Junior Jen Caldwell earned a NCAA Regional qualifying mark with a personal best time of 60.27 in the 400-meter hurdles, while taking first place by a mere 0.25 in front of Purdue's Kristy Liphardt.
- Junior Lindsay Hazen took third in the high jump as she set a personal record with a 5'7" jump and qualified for the NCAA Regional Meet.
- Sophomore Tabitha Schwartz met an NCAA Regional qualifying standard with her second-place performance and as she cleared the bar at 12-feet to meet the NCAA qualifying mark and give Miami a new outdoor pole vault record.
- The foursome of sophomore Rasheda Malcolm, sophomore Katie Dyer, Caldwell and junior Erika Harper took first with a time of 3:45.16 in the 4x400-meter relay and also qualified for the NCAA Regional meet.
- Junior triple-jumper Bernitta Johnson jumped ahead of the competition with a distance of 12.43 meters to also earn a NCAA Regional qualifying standard.
- Harper qualified in the 400-meter run as she wasa edged out by a Ball State runner with her personal best time, but still qualified with a 0.54.77 time to give Miami its fourth fastest Miami time.
At the Clemson Invitational, five other times qualified for the meet at Ohio State.
- Junior Erin Connolly came from behind to win the 100-meter hurdles with a qualifying time of 0:14.09.
- In her first 3000-meter steeplechase of the year, junior Andrea Kremer easily won the race and was less than a second under the qualifying time with a 10:59.89 time.
- Junior Lauren Collins earned two first-place finishes and one second-place finish, while achieving three NCAA Regional Championship qualifying marks. Collins earned the top mark in the shot put when her throw measured out at 46'2" for the 10th longest throw in school history. Collins also earned the maximum amount of points in the hammer throw when she was the top college thrower to finish with a 170'7" mark and fifth all-time at Miami. In the discus throw, Collins was beat out by an Iowa State thrower, but she was able to earn second with a 153'09" mark.
KING KREMER: Junior Andrea Kremer posted a new personal record in the 5,000-meter run at the Adidas Raleigh Relays at North Carolina State as she placed fifth out of over 150 runners with a time of 16:35.00. Only one other collegiate runner beat Kremer as she easily past the NCAA Regional Qualifying time on her way to setting her own personal record and giving Miami the second fastest time in school history behind former all-American, Molly Cullen.
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.
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