May 7, 2003
PERFECT 13: Only one week and the Billy Hayes Invitational stand between the Miami women's track and field team and the Mid-American Conference Championships, which begin on May 15 in Mount Pleasant, Mich. This Sunday, Miami will travel to Bloomington, Ind. for an always-competitive meet hosted by the Big Ten power, Indiana University. The RedHawks still maintain their perfect 13-0 scored meet record and stand 20th in the nation according to the Team Power Rankings.
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 on April 12 to make 13 in two weeks. At the Southern Ohio Cup and the Penn Relays, there were no new events in which runners earned NCAA Regional Standards, but seven NCAA Regional marks were lowered. At the Jesse Owens Classic, junior Andrea Kremer lowered her already incredible 3000-meter steeplechase time and freshman Joanna Borawski gave Miami 14 marks that were NCAA Regional worthy. These standards enable the athletes to compete on May 30th at Ohio State University.
- Kremer continued to lower her time as she ran her featured event, the 3000-meter steeplechase, four seconds faster than she had done all season. Kremer's time of 10:25.85 is fastest enough for the 10th lowest in the nation and continued to climb closer to the all-time fastest mark, as she currently stands second.
- Borawski threw her career best of 145' in the javelin at the Jesse Owens Classic to give her Miami's third longest throw in outdoor track and field history and put her among the nation's top 50 in the javelin.
- At the Penn Relays prior to the Jesse Owens Classic, Kremer set a season record time for second place in the 3000-meter steeplechase with a time of 10:24.18 against some of the nation's top competition on April 24. Kremer's time, which was second on Miami's all-time list, easily set a new NCAA Regional Standard.
- Sophomore Tabitha Schwartz set a school record and bettered her NCAA Regional Qualifying mark by jumping three inches further than her personal best for a 12'3" mark on April 19 at the Southern Ohio Cup.
- Junior Bernitta Johnson might have had the most exciting event at the Southern Ohio Cup; by coming from behind to break the Miami school record and better her NCAA Regional mark by over one foot in the triple jump with a 42'01" mark.
- Junior Lauren Collins improved her marks in the discus and also the shot put with marks of 46'11" and 154'11" for two NCAA Regional Marks.
- Sophomore Rasheda Malcolm, sophomore Katie Dyer, junior Jennifer Caldwell and junior Erika Harper rebroke the school record that they set the week before at the Miami Invitational and bettered their NCAA Regional Qualifying Time by crossing the finish line in 3:44.99.
- Junior Erin Connolly lowered her season best score in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 14.03 to improve her stock at the NCAA Regional. At the Miami Invitational on April 12, eight NCAA Regional Marks were set:
- 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 April 12. At the time, Kremer held 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 Connolly.
- 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.
- 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 Malcolm, Dyer, Caldwell and Harper took first with a time of 3:45.16 in the 4x400-meter relay and also qualified for the NCAA Regional meet.
- 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.
- 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, Kremer easily won the race and was less than a second under the qualifying time with a 10:59.89 time.
- 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 Jen 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 Sarah Edwards, freshman Sophie 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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