Tulane University
C-USA Indoor Championship
Tulane Track Teams in Seventh After Day One
Feb 22, 2002 | Track & Field
Feb. 22, 2002
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - The Tulane University men's and women's track teams both hold seventh place after day one of the Conference USA Indoor Track Championships on Friday.
The Tulane women hold seventh with 9.5 points, while the Wave men have 14 points. Marquette leads the women's side with 35.5 points, while Charlotte's men have 44.5 points to hold first place.
The top performance of the day for Tulane was the Wave's men's distance medley relay team, which took first place. Freshman Philip Aagaard, senior Alex Lakhanpal, freshman Erik Emilsson and senior Solomon Kandie teamed up to win the event in a time of 9:59.72. Adding four points for the Wave was junior Anthony Lagat, who took fifth in the 5,000-meter run.
The Green Wave women took second in the distance medley relay as Eva Lustigova, Tahira Wiggins, Sheena Garwood and Katrina Gemmell posted a time of 11:41.47. Tulane added 1.5 points as freshman Ellen Vollmers ties for seventh place in the pole vault, improving on her own school record with a vault of 10-00.
The mile run for the men and women will be the first running event of Saturday's action, starting at 12:30 p.m. The women's shot put will be at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. Freshman Helmi Leppanen is seeded at the top in the shot put, while Lustigova is rated fourth in the mile. Kandie has posted the second-best time in the league in the mile.
Full results will be available at www.TulaneGreenWave.com or at www.c-usasports.com.
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Tulane Men:
200 Meters - Prelims
Alex Lakhanpal, 23.09 (16th place)
800 Meters - Prelims
Joakim Daun, 2:05.72 (12th place)
5,000 Meters
Anthony Lagat, 15:11.64 (5th place, 4 points)
Distance Medley Relay
Philip Aagaard, Alex Lakhanpal, Erik Emilsson, Solomon Kandie, 9:59.72 (1st place, 10 points)
Long Jump
Joshua Johnson, 6.90m, 22-07.75 (10th place)
Tulane Women:
60 Meters - Prelims
Angel Dooley, 7.57 (7th place) - advances to finals
Asha James, 7.60 (9th place)
200 Meters - Prelims
Asha James, 25.01 (5th place) - advances to finals
Angel Dooley, 25.16 (8th place) - advances to finals
Essence Kendrick, 26.88 (37th place)
400 Meters - Prelims
Tahira Wiggins, 58.92 (14th place)
800 Meters - Prelims
Eva Lustigova, 2:15.94 (3rd place) - advances to finals
Carlyne Pradieu, 2:16.18 (8th place) - advances to finals
Sheena Garwood, 2:17.93 (11th place)
Lyndie Galka, 2:20.45 (16th place)
Distance Medley Relay
Eva Lustigova, Tahira Wiggins, Sheena Garwood, Katrina Gemmell, 11:41.47 (2nd place, 8 points)
Pole Vault
Ellen Vollmer, 3.05m, 10-00 (7th place, 1.5 points)
Long Jump
Camilla Hatlen, 5.48m, 17-11.45 (10th place)
Helmi Leppanen, 5.29m, 17-04.25 (17th place)
Lissie Mo, 5.28m, 17-04.00 (19th place)
Aisha Otori, 5.05m, 16-07.00 (26th place)
Weight Throw
Moji Alade, 13.77m, 45-02.25 (15th place)
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