Hawkeyes Off To Fast Start

March 19, 2006

The University of Iowa women’s track team took a spring break trip to Coastal Carolina University this weekend. While on the East coast, the Hawkeyes competed in the two-day Shamrock Invitational and came home with several top finishers.

Sophomore Racheal Marchand and junior Shannon Stanley raced to a one-two finish in the 3,000 meter run. Marchand edged out Stanley by just .03 seconds to take first place. The Hawkeyes also captured gold in the 400-meter relay with a time of 46.81. In all, Iowa had 12 athletes finish in the top five of their respective events.

WOMEN'S INDIVIDUAL EVENT RESULTS (Winner Plus Iowa Placers)100 Meters1.  Katie Grundman (Minnesota)              12:432.  Ashley Granger (Iowa)                  12.459.  Renee White (Iowa)                    12.89
100-Meter Hurdles1. LeAuna Sistrunk (Coastal Carolina) 14.602. Tammilee Kerr (Iowa) 15.58
200 Meters1. Kim Williams (Binghamton) 25.137. Lindsey McCalla (Iowa) 25.60
400 Meters1. Tomoye Bryan (MidAmerica) 56.956. Monica Mims (Iowa) 59.55
400-Meter Hurldes1. Ebony Brown (Coastal Carolina) 1:01.523. Aditya Jones (Iowa) 1:04.64
1,500 Meters1. Zaia Wharton (American) 4:32.195. Jennie Docherty (Iowa) 4:53.017. Allison Billhardt (Iowa) 4:55.70
Mile1. Keira Carlstrom (American) 4:50.134. Krista Anderson (Iowa) 4:54.987. Nikki Chapple (Iowa) 4:57.81
3,000 Meters1. Racheal Marchand (Iowa) 10:28.452. Shannon Stanley (Iowa) 10:28.48
3,000-Meter Steeplechase1. Melinda Keesee (Otterbein) 11:09.262. Jessica Schmidt (Iowa) 11:20.85
400-Meter Relay1. University of Iowa 46.81
Hammer Throw1. Liz Alabi (Minnesota) 184-105. Becca Franklin (Iowa) 166-0913. Erin O'Hern (Iowa) 151-04
High Jump1. Caitlin Roemhildt (Minnesota) 5-64. Jenni Elbert (Iowa) 5-4.25
Long Jump1. Sarah Nelson (Minnesota) 18-10.755. Renee White (Iowa) 18-0.256. Tammilee Kerr (Iowa) 17-10.75
Triple Jump1. Chasity Johnson (Coastal Carolina) 42-11.752. Tiffany Johnson (Iowa) 40-9
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