Tulane University
C-USA Outdoor Championships
Tulane Track Finishes Day Two of C-USA Championships
May 10, 2002 | Track & Field
May 10, 2002
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Freshman Helmi Leppanen (Kerava, Finland) sparked the Tulane women's outdoor track and field team to fourth place after the second day of the 2002 Conference USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Friday.
Houston is leading the women's side of the event with 57 points, while Cincinnati leads in the men's championship with 37 points. The Tulane men currently hold eighth place with 10 points. The Wave women have 34 points.
Leppanen won the javelin with a school and C-USA Championship record throw of 165-07. A first-place finish garners 10 points for the individual's school. Leppanen also added five points by earning fourth place in the heptathlon.
Freshman Jelena Jurlina (Zadar, Croatia) also had a strong day, adding 12 points for the Wave women with a third-place effort in both the javelin and the discus. Freshman Moji Alade (Bakersfield, Calif.) added a fifth place finish in the discus.
The only points tallied by the Green Wave men went to senior Solomon Kandie (Nairobi, Kenya), who won the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 9:00.41 to earn 10 points. Kandie was one of two Green Wave male student-athletes competing in the finals of events as the majority of the running events will conclude on Saturday.
Action will complete on Saturday with the championship teams, Freshman and Athlete of the Year announcements made following the final event.
Full results are available by visiting www.c-usasports.com. Tulane results will be available at www.TulaneGreenWave.com at the end of each day.
Tulane Finishers:
Women:
Heptathlon
Helmi Leppanen, 4649 points (4th place - 5 points)
Javelin
Helmi Leppanen, 50.48m, 165-07 (1st place - 10 points), Tulane Record, C-USA Champ. Record
Jelena Jurlina, 45.54, 149-05 (3rd place - 6 points)
Megan Greeley, 39.49m, 129-07 (6th place - 3 points)
Ellen Vollmers, 23.40m, 76-09 (20th place)
Long Jump
Lissie Mo, 5.29m, 17-04.25 (11th place)
Camilla Hatlen, 5.25m, 17-02.75 (13th place)
Aisha Otori, 5.01m, 16-05.25 (14th place)
Discus
Jelena Jurlina, 45.92m, 150-08 (3rd place - 6 points)
Moji Alade 41.96m, 137-08 (5th place - 4 points)
Pole Vault
Ellen Vollmers, 3.05m, 10-00 (9th place)
100-Meter Hurdles
Camilla Hatlen, 15.19 (11th place, Prelims)
400 Meters
Tahira Wiggins, 58.67 (20th place, Prelims)
100 Meters
Asha James, 11.85 (11th place, Prelims)
Angel Dooley, 11.95 (15th place, Prelims)
800 Meters
Carlyne Pradieu, 2:12.51 (6th place, Prelims)
Eva Lustigova, 2:11.19 (8th place, Prelims)
Sheena Garwood, 2:15.94 (10th place, Prelims)
Lyndie Galka, 2:16.90 (13th place, Prelims)
200 Meters
Asha James, 23.82 (6th place, Prelims)
Angel Dooley, 24.45 (15th place, Prelims)
Tahira Wiggins, 25.51 (26th place, Prelims)
Men:
Long Jump
Joshua Johnson, 6.73m, 22-01.00 (12th place)
Steeplechase
Solomon Kandie, 9:00.41 (1st place - 10 points)
100 Meters
Derrick Joseph, 10.87 (18th place, Prelims)
Jamal Jones, 10.88 (19th place, Prelims)
Alex Lakhanpal, 10.92 (20th place, Prelims)
800 Meters
Phillip Aagaard, 1:51.76 (5th place, Prelims)
Joakim Daun, 1:53.95 (9th place, Prelims)
Erik Emilsson, 1:55.46 (17th place, Prelims)
200 Meters
Derrick Joseph, 21.66 (16th place, Prelims)
Alex Lakhanpal, 22.21 (21st place, Prelims)
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