Clemson Women’s Track And Field To Open Indoor Season Saturday

Jan. 9, 2003

CLEMSON, S.C. -The Clemson women’s track and field will open its 2003 indoor season Saturday, Jan. 11, at the Father Diamond Open hosted by George Mason University. The Lady Tigers will begin competition in the field events at 11:00 AM with the long jump and pole vault, and the running events are slated to begin at 12:00 PM with the preliminaries of the 60m hurdles. Over 700 student-athletes are expected to compete in Saturday’s meet at the Recreation Sports Complex in Fairfax, VA. The field of women’s teams competing at the Father Diamond Open includes Campbell, Clemson, William & Mary, Coppin State, Delaware State, George Mason, Georgetown, James Madison, Long Island, Mary Washington, Methodist, Norfolk State, Radford, Seton Hall, South Carolina State, South Carolina, Richmond, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Virginia State, Southern Virginia and Hampton.

At 11:00 AM, Angela Thomas will compete in the long jump and Becky Adnot will compete in the pole vault to start competition for the Lady Tigers. At 12:00 PM, Allison Bradshaw and Marquita Dortch and Marquita Dortch competes in the 500m run at 2:50 PM. The 200m dash finals scheduled for 4:25 PM will include Clemson’s Murray, Whaley and JaToya Moore. At 5:05 PM, Shannon Day and Jennifer Hooten will compete in the 3000m run. The Lady Tigers’ 4x800m relay team of Rukat, Barton, Phillips and Thomas will compete at 5:45 PM, and the 4x400m relay teams of Ulfarsdottir, Hinton, Murray and Dortch and Moore, Oliveira, Whaley and Cruse will conclude the Lady Tigers’ competition at 6:25 PM.

Women’s Field Event Schedule 11:00 AM – Long Jump, Pole Vault 12:00 PM – Weight Throw 2:00 PM – High Jump 2:30 PM – Triple Jump 3:00 PM – Shot Put Women’s Running Event Schedule 12:00 PM – 60m Hurdles prelims 12:40 PM – 60m Dash prelims 1:15 PM – One Mile run 1:50 PM – 60m Hurdles finals 2:05 PM – 60m Dash finals 2:15 PM – 400m Dash finals 2:50 PM – 500m Run finals 3:30 PM – 800m Run finals 4:05 PM – 1000m Run finals 4:25 PM – 200m Dash finals 5:05 PM – 3000m Run finals 5:45 PM – 4x800m Relay finals 6:25 PM – 4x400m Relay finals