Women’s Indoor Track & Field Team Competes in Littlejohn

Feb. 13, 2000

CLEMSON, SC – The Clemson women’s track and field teams competed in a home meet on Sunday at Littlejohn Coliseum. Tiger sophomore KeKe Elder won the 55m hurdles with a time of 7.71h, and junior Nyjla Littlejohn was second at 7.75h. Freshman Marcia Smith won the 55m dash with a time of 6.95h and finished third with a time of 24.49h in the 200m.

Elder posted a time of 7.31 in the preliminary competition of the 55m dash. Littlejohn finished second in the 500m at 1:16.31h, followed by junior Jennifer Meador (1:19.66h) and freshman April Brunson (1:20.00h). Junior LaShonda Cutchin placed second with a time of 2:15.61h in the 800m, and sophomore Helena Janecic was sixth in the event with a time of 2:22.15h.

Freshman Lauren Nicholson finished sixth with a time of 59.82h in the 400m, and freshman Stephanie Zabel was sixth at 11:10.37h in the 3,000m.

In the field events, freshman Joana Costa placed second in the pole vault after clearing 11’6″. Sophomore Sheri Smith placed seventh with a mark of 16’11 1/4″ in the long jump and was fourth with a triple jump of 37’6 1/4″. Nicholson was third with a high jump of 5’2″.

The Tiger distance runners competed in the Tyson Invitational in Fayetteville, Arkansas, over the weekend. Senior Erika van Reenen placed third in the 5,000m with a time of 16:54.87, and senior Beth Ahern was fifth in the 3,000m at 9:54.14. Senior Anne Stowell was sixth in the mile with a time of 5:07.46, and junior Shannon Schoppman was 15th with a time of 2:21.06 in the 800m.

The Tigers will compete at the ACC Indoor Track and Field Championships next weekend in Blacksburg, VA.