May 6, 2004

Results

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee women's track and field team ended day one of the 2004 Horizon League Outdoor Track and Field Championships in fifth-place with 22 total team points. Despite being in fifth, the defending outdoor league champions had many encouraging performances.

Thursday featured many great finishes by Milwaukee, but the highlight of the day belonged to sophomore Stephanie Ray. Ray, a pole vaulter from Racine, vaulted herself to a height of 11' 1.75" to claim the win and also set a new Horizon League outdoor record. The previous record was held by UWM's Lynda Thiel, set in 2002 and tied in 2003. Ray added a sixth-place finish in the javelin with a throw of 87'11".

Along with Ray, the Panthers advanced a wealth of athletes to Friday's finals. In the 100-meter hurdles, Milwaukee advanced all four of its competitors with Katie Slamka placing second (14.82), Jodi Hrdina placing third (15.17), Taryn Cozine finishing fifth (15.30) and Andrea Ziebell coming in ninth (15.58). Slamka, Hrdina, Cozine, Ziebell and Amy Sunby all advanced in the 400-hurdles by placing second, third, fifth, sixth and eighth. Hrdina contributed to the cause by adding a sixth-place finish in the javelin with a throw of 107' 5".

Tenia Fisher, Griffin McNulty and Timeka Walker were also among the UWM athletes to advance to the finals with strong preliminary performances. Fisher claimed first in the 400-meter run with a time of 57.01 while McNulty placed first in the 800-meter after scoring a time of 2:15.56. Walker contributed by placing second in the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.21.

Joining their teammates in Friday's finals will be Teresa Braunreiter, Iris Perez, Sara Vanderloop, Marcia Roundtree, Katie Anderson and Katie Seep. Braunreiter will be competing in the 400-meter finals while Perez will compete in the 100 and 200-meter dash finals. VanderLoop will join Perez in the 100 and 200-meter dash finals and Roundtree will make an appearance in the 100-meter dash finals. Seep and Anderson will join McNulty in the 800-meter finals.

Anna Christian and Kourtney Nault completed running events by placing sixth and ninth in the 10,000-meter run. Christian completed the event in a time of 37:27.05 with Nault finishing in 39:59.68. Rounding out the day, Kalin Konop placed fifth in the long jump with a distance of 17' and Allison Schnelle placed seventh with a leap of 16' 8.50".

"The women did a good job today," Panther head coach Pete Corfeld said. "It's tough because we don't have any throwers, but the runners and hurdlers did an outstanding job for us."

The league championships will conclude on Friday with events set to start back up at 11 a.m.