Tulane University
Yellow Jacket Invitational
Tulane Track in Action at Yellow Jacket Invitational
Apr 5, 2003 | Track & Field
April 5, 2003
ATLANTA, Ga. - Tulane University track and field coach Heather Van Norman made her first return to Georgia Tech on Saturday, guiding the Green Wave at the Yellow Jacket Invitational at George C. Griffin Track. Van Norman had spent three seasons at Georgia Tech as an assistant coach before taking over the reins of the Green Wave program last summer.
Sophomore Jelena Jurlina, the Co-Athlete-of-the-Week in Conference USA last week, and junior Birka Wicke both won events in the meet. Jelena took first place in the javelin with a regional-qualifying distance of 144 feet, five inches, while Wicke posted the fourth-best time in school history in the 5,000 meters at 17:36.63.
Jelena also earned third place in the discus with a throw of 160 feet, eight inches and ninth place in the shot put with a heave of 42 feet, three and a quarter inches. Sophomore Lissie Mo had her personal best triple jump of 38 feet even, while junior Carlyne Pradieu earned sixth place amongst collegiate runners in the 800 with a time of 2:14.21.
Van Norman has another homecoming of sorts next Saturday as she will guide the Green Wave track team to her alma mater for the LSU Invitational.
Javelin
Jelena Jurlina, 44.01m, 144-05 (1st place)
Pole Vault
Ellen Vollmers, 3.06m, 10-00.05 (13th place) - season-best
Long Jump
Camilla Hatlen, 5.47m, 17-11.50 (10th place) - season-best
Shot Put
Jelena Jurlina, 12.88m, 42-03.25 (9th place) - season-best
Discus
Jelena Jurlina, 48.98m, 160-08 (3rd place) - season-best
Triple Jump
Lissie Mo, 11.58m, 38-00.00 (10th place) - collegiate best
Aisha Otori, 11.32m, 37-01.75 (12th place) - season-best
4x100 Relay Dooley, Hatlen, Mo, Wiggins, 48.36 (10th place)
1500 Meters
Eva Lustigova, 4:40.70 (8th place) - collegiate best
100-Meter Hurdles
Camilla Hatlen, 14.79 (18th place) - season-best
400 Meters
Tahira Wiggins, 58.51 (14th place) - season-best
100 Meters Angel Dooley, 12.17 (8th place)
Marilyn Sauls, 12.87 (26th place) - season-best
800 Meters
Carlyne Pradieu, 2:14.21 (10th place, 6th place collegiate) - season-best
Sheena Garwood, 2:17.21 (13th place, 9th place collegiate) - season-best
Lisa Green, 2:17.31 (14th place, 10th place collegiate) - season-best
200 Meters
Angel Dooley, 25.07 (13th place) - season-best
Marilyn Sauls, 26.31 (25th place) - season-best
Aisha Otori, 26.86 (29th place) - season-best
4x400 Relay
Garwood, Pradieu, L. Green, Lustigova, 3:59.54 (10th place) - season-best
5,000 Meters
Birka Wicke, 17:36.63 (1st place) - fourth best in school history
Mandy Hopper, 19:48.78 (16th place) - season-best
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