Tulane University
LSU Alumni Gold Invit.
Green Wave Track Has Four Winners at LSU
Mar 16, 2002 | Track & Field
March 16, 2002
BATON ROUGE, La. - Tulane University tallied four individual winners in outdoor track and field action at the LSU Alumni Gold Invitational on Saturday afternoon at Bernie Moore Track Stadium.
For the men, senior Solomon Kandie (Nairobi, Kenya) won the 3,000-meter steeplechase, while freshman Phillip Aagaard (Lincoping, Sweden) captured the 800-meter title. Kandie posted a time of 8:56.88 to win by nearly a full minute, while Emilsson's time was 1:50.72.
Senior Katrina Gemmell (Palmerston North, New Zealand) won the women's title in the 1,500 meters, covering the distance in 4:35.00. Freshman Jelena Jurlina (Zadar, Croatia) broke her own school record in the discus with a first-place throw of 162-02.
The Green wave also had a trio of third-place finishers and three fourth-place efforts. Placing third were senior Asha James (Pickering, Ontario) in the 100-meter dash, sophomore Carlyne Pradieu (Brooklyn, N.Y.) in the 800 meters and freshman Helmi Leppanen (Kerava, Finland) in the javelin. Fourth-place finishes came from Jurlina in the javelin, Leppanen in the shot put and freshman Moji Alade (Bakersfield, Calif.) is the discus.
The Wave is back in action next weekend at the Alabama Relays.
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Tulane Men:
200 Meters
Alex Lakhanpal, 22.11 (12th place)
400 Meters
Clement Abai, 48.09 (8th place)
Jeremy Rose, 53.76 (21st place)
800 Meters
Phillip Aagaard, 1:50.72 (1st place)
Will Landry, 2:09.65 (25th place)
1,500 Meters
Erik Emilsson, 3:58.40 (6th place)
Anthony Lagat, 4:04.67 (12th place)
5,000 Meters
Adam Leskis, 16:16.89 (8th place)
Ryan Gallagher, 17:08.36 (15th place)
3,000-Meter Steeplechase
Solomon Kandie, 8:56.88 (1st place)
Javelin
Eric Hambidge, 52.50m, 172-03 (9th place)
Grant Whittaker, 50.57m, 165-11 (10th place)
Tulane Women:
100 Meters
Asha James, 11.83 (3rd place)
200 Meters
Camilla Hatlen, 26.26 (15th place)
400 Meters
Angel Dooley, 57.57 (7th place)
Tahira Wiggins, 57.96 (11th place)
800 Meters
Carlyne Pradieu, 2:12.87 (3rd place)
Sheena Garwood, 2:16.66 (5th place)
Lyndie Galka, 2:20.11 (8th place)
1,500 Meters
Katrina Gemmell, 4:35.00 (1st place)
Shelby King, 5:17.27 (13th place)
Megan Whelton, 5:28.56 (16th place)
4x100 Relay
Tulane, 47.84 (7th place)
4x400 relay
Tulane, 3:48.29 (3rd place)
Pole Vault
Ellen Vollmers, 10-00.00 (5th place)
Long Jump
Lissie Mo, 5.43m, 17-09.75 (10th place)
Aisha Otori, 5.20m, 17-00.75 (16th place)
Triple Jump
Aisha Otori, 11.38m, 37-04.00 (10th place)
Shot Put
Helmi Leppanen, 13.85m, 45-05.25 (4th place)
Discus
Jelena Jurlina, 49.42m, 162-02 (1st place)
Moji Alade, 41.94m, 137-07 (4th place)
Javelin
Helmi Leppanen, 44.42m, 145-09 (3rd place)
Jelena Jurlina, 44.10m, 144-08 (4th place)
Megan Greeley, 40.81m, 133-11 (7th place)
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