Pomona-Pitzer Invitational Productive for Wolverines

Friday, April 20

Claremont, Calif.

Michigan

Pomona-Pitzer Invitational

4/21/2001 12:00:00 AM | Women's Track & Field

CLAREMONT, Calif. -- The University of Michigan women's track and field team competed at the Pomona-Pitzer Invitational on Friday (April 20), one day prior to its competition at the Mt. SAC Relays in Walnut, Calif. The Wolverines turned in several top performances at the non-scoring event, highlighted by a first-place finish in the 1,600-meter relay.

Michigan began the day running well in the sprints as senior Candice Mullings (Marietta, Ga./Walton HS) took sixth in the 100-meter dash. Sophomore Carly Knazze (Southfield, Mich./Southfield HS) and senior Regine Caruthers (Inglewood, Calif./St. Bernard HS) came in right after one another as Knazze and Caruthers took eighth and ninth, respectively, in the 200.

The Wolverines' middle distance was in top shape, with senior Lisa Ouellet (Sudbury, Ontario/LaSalle SS) giving the Maize and Blue a runner-up finish in the 800-meter run. Fellow senior Adrienne Hunter (Ann Arbor, Mich./Pioneer HS) was right behind Ouellet in third, and sophomore Rachel Sturtz (Traverse, Mich./Traverse HS) rounded out the top 10 in eighth.

Redshirt sophomore Jeanne Spink (Chelsea, Mich./Chelsea HS) was the lone representative in the 3,000-meter run for Michigan, but she did not disappoint, finishing in seventh.

In the 400-meter hurdles, the Wolverines had three of the top six places. Tamika Craig (Inkster, Mich./Dearborn Robichaud HS) was near the top of the leader board, adding another Michigan runner-up finish. Freshman Vera Simms (Mililani, Hawaii/Mililani HS) and junior Shalina Rankin (Ypsilanti, Mich./Lincoln HS) ended up in fifth and sixth, respectively.

The field events were highlighted by freshman Melissa Bickett (Akron, Ohio/Revere HS), who had the third second-place finish of the day for Michigan, in the discus. Sophomore Nicole DeNamur (Algoma, Wis./Algoma HS) added a fourth-place finish in the high jump, as former Wolverine Nicole Forrester (1996-99) won the event competing for Canada. Coming off her record-setting week in the hammer, sophomore April Phillips (Fraser, Mich./Fraser HS) was 20th in the event on Friday, but she did take eighth in the shot put.

The Wolverines will be at the Mt. SAC Relays this weekend (April 21-22) in Walnut, Calif.

Event Winners/U-M Finishers

100-Meter Dash 1. Teneeshia Jones, Mississippi 11.33# 6. Candice Mullings, U-M 12.03 36. Tasha Phillips, U-M 12.68 37. Mora Arnold, U-M 12.71 200-Meter Dash 1. Kaltouma Nadjina, Calg. Int. TC 23.18 8. Carly Knazze, U-M 24.55 9. Regine Caruthers, U-M 24.74 12. Candice Mullings, U-M 25.18 18. Mora Arnold, U-M 25.51 73. Tasha Phillips, U-M 29.84 800-Meter Run 1. Melanie Steere, Unatt. 2:08.54 2. Lisa Ouellet, U-M 2:09.15 3. Adrienne Hunter, U-M 2:09.52 8. Rachel Sturtz, U-M 2:11.38 25. Amy Hatfield, U-M 2:16.68 3,000-Meter Run 1. Jennifer Kehoe, Boston University 10:07.09 7. Jeanne Spink, U-M 10:21.69 100-Meter Low Hurdles 1. Yvonne Kanazawa, Japan 13.56 11. Tasha Phillips, U-M 14.87 21. Breanne Tenclay, U-M 15.46 400-Meter Low Hurdles 1. Brandy Mack, Mississippi 59.31 2. Tamika Craig, U-M 1:01.13 5. Vera Simms, U-M 1:01.52 6. Shalina Rankin, U-M 1:02.31 13. Breanne Tenclay, U-M 1:03.60 28. Tasha Phillips, U-M 1:07.38 1,600-Meter Relay 1. MICHIGAN 3:48.01 High Jump 1. Nicole Forrester, Canada 5-10 3/4 4. Nicole DeNamur, U-M 5-7 18. Breanne Tenclay, U-M 5-1 Pole Vault 1. Deborah Samson, Cal-Santa Barbara 12-6# -- Candice Mullings, U-M NH Shot Put 1. Jillian Camarena, Stanford 52-7 1/2@ 8. April Phillips, U-M 45-11 1/4 14. Melissa Bickett, U-M 42-11 -- Ashley Eckel, U-M Foul Discus  1. Aretha Hill, Unatt. 193-1 2. Melissa Bickett, U-M 169-3 Hammer Throw 1. Florence Ezeh, Southern Methodist 217-1@ 20. April Phillips, U-M 163-1 32. Melissa Bickett, U-M 153-5 51. Ashley Eckel, U-M 124-4 @ NCAA Automatic Mark/Time # NCAA Provisional Mark/Time