May 27, 2006
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Sophomore Jerome Miller finished third in the men’s high jump with a mark of 6 feet, 11 inches, junior Ashlee Kidd clocked a personal-record time of 51.58 in the women’s 400-meter dash and sophomore Shantia Moss finished fourth in the women’s 100-meter high hurdles with a personal-record time of 13.12 to lead the Georgia Tech men’s and women’s track and field teams on Saturday at the NCAA East Region Championships.
The women’s team finished ninth overall, scoring 23 points. The men’s team finished 26th with an eight point total.
The women’s 4x100m relay team of Moss, Kidd, Andriane Lapsley and Jacqua Williams qualified for the national outdoor meet with a fourth-place finish, posting a time of 44.23.
Freshman Juan Cave finished sixth in the men’s high jump with a mark of 6 feet, 11 inches, but lost out on the amount of misses.
Lapsley recorded a sixth-place finish in the women’s 100-meter dash with a time of 11.41 and finished eighth in the women’s 200m with a time of 23.54.
Junior Fatmata Fofanah clocked a personal-record time of 13.20 in the women’s 100m HH to finish in sixth place for the Jackets.
Redshirt freshman Andy Powlen tallied an eighth-place finish for Tech in the men’s shot put with a mark of 57 feet, 1 ½ inches.
Senior Brandy Depland posted a 10th-place finish for the Jackets in the women’s triple jump with a mark of 42 feet, 8 ¾ inches.
Rounding out competition for the Rambling Wreck wa
s sophomore Elena Linn, tallying a 31st-place finish in the women’s 3,000-Steeplechase with a time of 11:03.86.
For complete results, please go to NCAA East Region Championship Home.
NCAA OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIER
Ashlee Kidd (400m, 4×100)
Jerome Miller (high jump)
Shantia Moss (100m HH, 4×100)
Andriane Lapsley (4×100)
Jacqua Williams (4×100)
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