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May 14, 2002
YPSILANTI, Mich. - The Miami men's track and field team goes in search of its 15th Mid-American Conference championship and the women its second Thursday-Saturday, May 17-19 at Eastern Michigan's Olds/Marshall Track in Ypsilanti, Mich. The women are coming off a fourth-place performance in 2001 while their male counterparts look to improve on their seventh-place finish of a year ago.
Sophomore Nick Somerville (Indianapolis, Ind./Lawrence Central), the men's lone conference champion last year, has not competed in more than three weeks because of a groin injury, although he should be close to 100 percent by the start of the meet. Somerville has the best long jump mark this season in the MAC (a school-record 24-11 1/4) and the fourth-best triple jump (48-11 3/4), both of which he recorded April 20 at the Miami Invitational.
Three other RedHawk men head into the meet as the top seeds in their respective events. Junior Javin Tucker (Madison, Ohio/Trotwood) has the fastest 400 hurdle time (52.46), sophomore Jerry Claunch (West Chester, Ohio/Lakota East) the fastest 5,000 clocking (14:19.11) and senior Robert Frazier (Canton, Ohio/McKinley) the best discus throw (176-7). Claunch, along with freshman David Mitchell (Woodridge, Ill./Downers Grove South) and sophomore Ryan Clark (Eaton, Ohio/Eaton/Tennessee), also should contend in the 1,500, as they own three of the MAC's top eight times.
Juniors Ed Morgan (Bloomington, Ind./Bloomington South) and Brian Godsey (West Chester, Ohio/Lakota East) ran the conference's second-fastest 800 (1:49.90) and 5,000 (14:20.49), respectively. First-year high-jumper Erik Reynolds (West Chester, Ohio/Lakota East) enters the championships as the No. 4 seed, having cleared 6-10 1/4 at the Miami Invitational.
The women's only MAC champion in 2001, sophomore Andrea Kremer (Indianapolis, Ind./Bishop Chatard), has issues as well. She has not run at the same level she did last season, as her best 3,000 steeplechase clocking (10:38.22) ranks only fifth best in the MAC. Kremer, however, should be in the thick of things come the running of the steeplechase Friday at 5:40 p.m.
The RedHawk women's best hope for a conference champ may be sophomore Lauren Collins (Indianapolis, Ind./Lawrence Central), who is top five in three events: hammer, discus and shot put. A year ago, she brought home second-, fourth- and fifth-place finishes in those events, respectively.
Sophomore Erin Connolly (Springfield, Ohio/Shawnee) leads a strong contingent of hurdlers, which also includes freshman Katie Dyer (Merrillville, Ind./Merrillville) and junior Kate Christoff (Lima, Ohio/Central Catholic). The trio owns the third-, eighth- and ninth-fastest 110 times in the MAC, respectively.
Also vying for conference crowns are sophomores Erika Harper (Bedford, Ohio/Bedford), the No. 4 seed in the 400, and Bernitta Johnson (Wilkes-Barre, Pa./GAR Memorial), the fifth seed in the triple jump.
Competition gets underway at 1 p.m. on Thursday and 10:30 a.m. the final two days.
The schedule of events is as follows:
Thursday 1:00 p.m. Decathlon (100m, Long Jump, Shot Put, High Jump, 400 m) 1:30 p.m. Heptathlon (100h, High Jump, Shot Put, 200m) 3:00 p.m. Hammer Throw (Women) 4:00 p.m. Pole Vault (Men) 5:00 p.m. Hammer Throw (Men) 8:00 p.m. 10,000 Meters (Women) 8:45 p.m. 10,000 Meters (Men)
Friday 10:30 a.m. Heptathlon (Long Jump, Javelin, 800m) 10:30 a.m. Pole Vault (Women) 11:00 a.m. Decathlon (110 Hurdles, Discus, Pole Vault, Javelin, 1500m) 1:00 p.m. Long Jump (Men) 1:00 p.m. 1,500m Run (Women's Semifinals) 1:20 p.m. 1,500m Run (Men's Semifinals) 1:30 p.m. Shot Put (Men) 1:40 p.m. 100m Hurdles (Women's Semifinals) 2:00 p.m. 110m Hurdles (Men's Semifinals) 2:20 p.m. 400m Dash (Women's Semifinals) 2:40 p.m. 400 m Dash (Men's Semifinals) 3:00 p.m. 100m Dash (Women's Semifinals) 3:20 p.m. 100m Dash (Men's Semifinals) 3:40 p.m. 800m Dash (Women's Semifinals) 4:00 p.m. 800m Dash (Men's Semifinals) 4:20 p.m. 400m Hurdles (Women's Semifinals) 4:30 p.m. Shot Put (Women) 4:30 p.m. Long Jump (Women) 4:40 p.m. 400m Hurdles (Men's Semifinals) 5:00 p.m. 200m Dash (Women's Semifinals) 5:20 p.m. 200m Dash (Men's Semifinals) 5:40 p.m. 3,000m Steeplechase (Women's Final) 6:00 p.m. 3,000m Steeplechase (Men's Final)
Saturday 10:30 a.m. Javelin (Women) 10:30 a.m. Triple Jump (Men) 11:00 a.m. Discus (Men) 11:30 a.m. High Jump (Women) 1:00 p.m. Triple Jump (Women) 1:00 p.m. 400m Relay (Women's Final) 1:10 p.m. 400m Relay (Men's Final) 1:30 p.m. 1,500m Run (Women's Final) 1:40 p.m. 1,500m Run (Men's Final) 1:50 p.m. 100m Hurdles (Women's Final) 2:00 p.m. High Jump (Men) 2:00 p.m. Discus (Women) 2:00 p.m. Javelin (Men) 2:05 p.m. 110m Hurdles (Men's Final) 2:15 p.m. 400m Dash (Women's Final) 2:25 p.m. 400m Dash (Men's Final) 2:35 p.m. 100m Dash (Women's Final) 2:45 p.m. 100m Dash (Men's Final) 2:55 p.m. 800m Run (Women's Final) 3:05 p.m. 800m Run (Men's Final) 3:20 p.m. 400m Hurdles (Women's Final) 3:35 p.m. 400m Hurdles (Men's Final) 3:50 p.m. 200m Dash (Women's Final) 4:00 p.m. 200m Dash (Men's Final) 4:10 p.m. 5,000m Run (Women's Final) 4:30 p.m. 5,000m Run (Men's Final) 4:50 p.m. 1,600m Relay (Women's Final) 5:00 p.m. 1,600m Relay (Men's Final)
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