Green Wave Earns Fifth Place at C-USA Track Championships

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Green Wave Earns Fifth Place at C-USA Track Championships

May 15, 2004 | Track & Field

May 15, 2004

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The Tulane University women's track team finished in fifth place at the Conference USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Cardinal Park on a rainy Saturday afternoon. Jelena Jurlina scored in her third event of the weekend to finish with a team-high 17 points.

The Green Wave finished with 60 points in the 13-team field, despite the loss of standout freshman Gloria Asumnu to injury. It was a 17-point improvement over last season, when Tulane closed in 10th place. Houston won the C-USA Championship with 121 points, followed immediately by TCU and its 120 points. USF took third place with 103.33 points while Southern Miss was fourth with 78.83 points.

"We competed hard despite the tough conditions," Tulane coach Heather Van Norman said. "I was disappointed in a lot of things, but at the same time I am pleased that we showed so much improvement over last season. I am excited to get back out there coaching this team and continue to work on the things that we need to work on."

Jurlina took eighth place in the shot put on Saturday, adding to her first-place effort in the javelin and her third-place performance in the discus on Friday.

Junior Angel Dooley earned all-league honors in three events on Saturday, taking fourth place in the 200-meter dash and fifth in the 400-meter dash while helping the 4x100 relay team to sixth place. Junior Lissie Mo was also a three-event all-conference selection. After finishing third in the long jump on Friday, she posted a seventh-place performance in the triple jump on Saturday, while joining Dooley on the 4x100 squad.

Junior Helmi Leppanen was also a mutiple-event scorer for the Wave, adding a third-place finish in the shot put to her second-place effort in the javelin on Friday.

The other scorer for the Wave on Saturday was senior Eva Lustigova, who took fourth place in the 800-meter run.

Tulane will return to action on May 28-29 with multiple individuals competing at the NCAA Regional Championships in Baton Rouge.

Tulane Results by Event

Saturday:
200 Meters (Finals)
Angel Dooley, 24.47 (4th place, five points) - season-best

400 Meters (Finals)
Angel Dooley, 55.23 (5th place, four points) - season-best

800 Meters (Finals)
Eva Lustigova, 2:14.77 (4th place, five points)
Carlyne Pradieu, 2:21.56 (9th place)

1,500 Meters (Finals)
Carlyne Pradieu, 4:44.20 (9th place)

4x100
Wiggins, Dooley, Mo, Sauls, 47.02 (6th place, three points)

4x400
Tulane, 3:57.39 (11th place)

Triple Jump
Lissie Mo, 11.60m, 38-00.75 (7th place, two points)
Christina Tegbe, 11.06m, 36-03.50 (15th place)

Shot Put
Helmi Leppanen, 14.59m, 47-10.50 (3rd place, six points)
Jelena Jurlina, 13.85m, 45-05.25 (8th place, one point)

Friday:
100 Meters (Prelims)
Gloria Asumnu, 12.21 (14th place)

200 Meters (Prelims)
Angel Dooley, 24.54 (7th place) - advances to finals
Tahira Wiggins, 25.06 (14th place)

400 Meters (Prelims)
Angel Dooley, 55.32 (5th place) - advances to finals
Tahira Wiggins, 57.55 (15th place)

800 Meters (Prelims)
Eva Lustigova, 2:14.92 (6th place) - advances to finals
Carlyne Pradieu, 2:15.85 (8th place) - advances to finals
Sheena Garwood, 2:21.62 (19th place)

1,500 Meters (Prelims)
Carlyne Pradieu, 4:46.05 (11th place) - advances to finals
Birka Wicke, 4:49.78 (14th place)
Sarah Bumby, 5:11.39 (23rd place)

Long Jump
Lissie Mo, 5.78m, 18-11.75 (3rd place, six points)
Jillian Green, 5.68m, 18-07.75 (6th place, three points)
Marilyn Sauls, 5.54m, 18-02.25 (10th place)

Discus
Jelena Jurlina, 48.89m, 160-05 (3rd place, six points)
Nicole Sauer, 32.04m, 105-01 (18th place)

Javelin
Jelena Jurlina, 45.40m, 148-11 (1st place, 10 points)
Helmi Leppanen, 42.00m, 137-09 (2nd place, 8 points)

Thursday:
Hammer
Nicole Sauer, 45.17m, 148-02 (8th place, one point) - personal record