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Tulane Track and Field Hosts Four Local Schools on Wednesday
Apr 12, 2005 | Track & Field
April 12, 2005
NEW ORLEANS, La. - Tulane University will host the Tulane Track and Field Invitational on Wednesday afternoon at the Danny Thiel Track at the Westfeldt Facility on Wednesday afternoon. In addition to the Green Wave men's and women's teams, Nicholls State, UNO, Southeastern Louisiana and Southern of New Orleans, will compete. The events are scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. with the long jump. Admission is free.
"We wanted to host an event to give as many of our kids as possible a chance to compete right here at Tulane," Tulane coach Heather Van Norman said. "And we hope a lot of students and fans come on out and support the team."
The long jump will be the first event at 4 p.m., and will be followed by the triple jump, high jump and pole vault. Running events begin at 6:30 p.m. with the 4x100 Relay. Women will precede men in all running events. Throwing events will be held on Tuesday at the Strawberry Stadium Track at Southeastern Louisiana.
Schedule of Events (with Tulane entries):
4 p.m. - Jumping events
Long Jump (Marilyn Sauls, Christina Tegbe, Izzy Route)
Triple Jump (Joe Goosby)
High Jump (Jeremy Foreman)
Pole Vault (Michael Menley, Jonathan Tebeleff)
6:30 p.m. - Running events
4x100 Relay (Anthony Cannon-Sean Lucas-Damarcus Davis-Bruce Youmans)
1500 Meter Run (Savannah Moon, Tracy Singer, Doug Dickson)
100/110 Meter Hurdles (Michael Menley)
400 Meter Dash
100 Meter Dash (Lissie Mo, Taneekwa Ross, Christina Tegbe, Laura Weiss, Brian Daube)
800 Meter Run (Hannah Carlson, Liam Kelly, Tim Morris)
400 Meter Hurdles
200 Meter Dash (Lissie Mo, Taneekwa Ross, Marilyn Sauls, Laura Weiss, Brian Daube)
3000 Meter Run (Jill Shriver, Lauren Swenson)
4x400 Meter Relay
Results will be available Wednesday evening at www.TulaneGreenWave.com.
Following the Tulane Invitational, the Green Wave will compete at the Hurricane Invitational at the University of Miami on Saturday.