Tulane University
LSU Purple Tiger Invitational
Tulane Track Opens Season at Purple Tiger Invitational
Jan 16, 2005 | Track & Field
Jan. 16, 2005
BATON ROUGE, La. - The Tulane University women's track team opened its 2005 indoor season at the LSU Purple Tiger Invitational on Saturday at the Carl Maddox Field House.
Senior Angel Dooley was the top performer, winning the 200-meter dash with a time of 25.34. Senior Lissie Mo registered a pair of personal bests in the 60 and 200-meter dashes. Mo notched a time of 7.95 seconds in the 60 and 25.94 in the 200.
Freshman Shanon Beelendorf had an excellent debut meet, placing second in the 400-meter dash with a time of 57.97, while also helping the mile-relay team to a third-place finish at 3:53.63.
Tulane coach Heather Van Norman was also pleased with the throwers, who had solid performances in their first meet of the season. Senior Helmi Leppanen took second place in the shot put with a throw of 46 feet, eight inches, while classmate Jelena Jurlina finished fourth at 43 feet, three and a quarter inches.
Tulane returns to action on Friday, competing at the Houston Indoor Classic.
Tulane Results
LSU Purple Tiger Invitational
January 15, 2005
(flat 200 meters)
60 Meters
Lissie Mo, 7.96 (14th place) - Finals
Lissie Mo, 7.95 (18th place) - Prelims
Marilyn Sauls, 8.03 (24th place) - Prelims
Taneekwa Ross, 8.03 (24th place) - Prelims
Christina Tegbe, 8.24 (37th place) - Prelims
200 Meters
Angel Dooley, 25.34 (1st place) Lissie Mo, 25.94 (5th place) Taneekwa Ross, 27.12 (23rd place)
800 Meters
Hannah Carlson, 2:41.40 (13th place)
3,000 Meters
Rachel Bryan, 11:02.34 (8th place) Jill Shriver, 12:31.01 (26th place) Lauren Swenson, 12:45.12 (29th place)
Distance Medley Relay
Green, Hatlen, Wiggins, Phillips, 12:40.31 (4th place)
4x400 Relay
Asumnu, Dooley, Livingston, Beelendorf, 3:53.63 (3rd place)
Pole Vault
Lindsey Karlik, 3.05m, 10-00.00 (10th place)
Shot Put
Helmi Leppanen, 14.22m, 46-08.00 (2nd place) Jelena Jurlina, 13.19m, 43-03.25 (4th place) Camilla Hatlen, 10.65m, 34-11.25
One Mile
Aubrey Phillips, 5:25.01 (5th place)
400 Meters
Shanon Beelendorf, 57.97 (2nd place) Tahira Wiggins, 58.16 (3rd place)
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