April 15, 2006

Sea Ray Relays - Friday's MEN'S RESULTS

Sea Ray Relays - Friday's WOMEN'S RESULTS

Knoxville, Tenn. - Three Catamounts hit NCAA qualifying minimums on Friday at the Sea Ray Relays, hosted by the University of Tennessee. Sophomore Tangelia Johnson joined the ranks of WCU women to qualify for the NCAA East Regional in the 100-meter dash, while junior Asia Davis (400m hurdles) and senior Lawrence Briscoe (110m hurdles) again came in under the mark in their respective events.

Johnson ran a WCU school record 11.63 in the 100-meter dash, beating the old mark by seven-hundreths of a second and whittling nearly two-full tenths off her previous best time of the season. She placed 11th overall in the event, and became the second Catamount woman to qualify for regionals. She joins Davis, who ran under the NCAA mark for the third-time this season in the 400-meter hurdles, recording a time of 59.56 to tie her WCU Invitational time which was the first-time she'd qualified this season.

Also in women's action, sophomore Raquel Ramseur rank 18th in the 400-meter dash with a time of 55.80. Her classmate, Kerrie Savery, ran 2:20.66 in the 800-meter run, while senior Deanna Kulesz posted a time of 19:43.49 in the 5,000-meter run, a WCU seasonal best and the first time she's run the event this season. In women's pole vault, Jessie Wilson cleared 3.05 meters (10-0) for the third-time this outdoor season.

On the men's side, Briscoe improved upon his best time of the outdoor season in the 110-meter hurdles, shaving four-hundredths off his best time to run 14.26 and place 18th at the relays. His mark continues to lead the Southern Conference.

Also highlighting the day on the men's side were sophomore Zeb Johnson, who just missed a seasonal-best in the men's 100-meter dash, running 10.58, six-hundreths slower than his 10.52 mark set back in the season opener. Defending SoCon track athlete of the week, senior Milton Bolton, finished 19th in a highly competitive field in the men's 400-meter dash with a time of 48.01.

Senior Adam Puett ran top 20 in the men's 1,500-meter run, finishing in 3:54.86 for his best showing this outdoor season, second to teammate Dan Fassinger by just over a second for Western's top time.

Complete results from Friday are available above - Please check back for further updates from the 2006 Sea Ray Relays.