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Asumnu and Dooley To Represent Tulane at NCAA Track Championships
Jun 8, 2005 | Track & Field
June 8, 2005
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Tulane University will be represented by senior Angel Dooley and sophomore Gloria Asumnu at the NCAA Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships this week at the Alex J. Spanos Sports Complex. The Green Wave duo will both compete in the 200-meter dash, which begins on Thursday with preliminary heats.
The preliminary heats are scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m. The top three from each of the four heats, as well as the next best six times, advance to the semifinals, which are scheduled for 7:20 p.m. The top semifinal performers then advance to the finals on Saturday at 7:20 p.m.
Asumnu comes into the National Championship with a top time of 23.56 seconds in the 200, the second-fastest time in school history in that event. Dooley, who is competing in her final career meet, notched her top 200 time at the Conference USA Championship, when she ran 23.61 seconds to take fifth place in the event. The top qualifying time in the nation this year is 22.74 seconds by both Charlette Greggs of Miami and Sheri-Ann Brooks from Florida International.
"We are hoping that both get personal bests from both Gloria and Angel tomorrow," Tulane head coach Heather Van Norman said. "That should be enough for them to advance to the semifinals, but no matter how they finish, this season has been a success. If they run the way they have practiced and the way they have been taught, then that's all I can ask of them.
Twenty-eight individuals qualified for the Nationals in the 200-meter dash. Both Asumnu and Dooley will compete in the first heat of the event.
"This is the first trip to nationals for both Gloria and Angel, and it is not an easy thing without experience," Van Norman said. "This is like the World Series for us, this is a huge event. But they can't worry about everything going on around them or the other runners, they need to set their minds on their own particular race in order to be successful."
Last year, Tulane had one representative at the NCAA National Championships as Jelena Jurlina finished ninth in the shot put and 19th in the javelin.
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