Women’s Track & Field Athlete Among Top in ACC

January 21, 1999

CLEMSON, S.C. –The Clemson women’s track and field team has 12 athletes ranked among the leaders in the ACC, including sophomore Shekera Weston, who leads the conference with a time of 7.34 in the 60m dash.

Freshman Erin Nett from Bel Air, MD, leads the conference in the pole vault after setting a new ACC record last weekend of 11’5 3/4″, and sophomore Mandy McLane ranks second in the pole vault with a mark of 11’1 3/4″. Sophomore Jamine Moton, the defending ACC outdoor shot put champion, leads the league in the shot put (46’11 1/2″) and ranks fourth in the weight throw (52’1 1/4″).

Among the top runners in the 60m dash are sophomores Simone Brown, who ranks third with a time of 7.51, and Terri Robinson, who is fifth at 7.53. In the 60m hurdles, senior Nikkie Bouyer ranks third with a time of 8.45, and freshman Kyana Elder of Atlanta ranks fifth with a time of 8.78. The Clemson 4x400m relay team has the fourth-fastest time in the ACC (3:58.53).

In the distance events, junior Beth Ahern ranks fourth in the 3000m with a time of 10:13.75, and sophomore Erika van Reenan is fifth after recording a time of 10:14.88. Senior Julianne Littmann ranks second in the conference in the mile run with a time of 5:03.04, and junior Anne Stowell is seventh (5:14.09). The distance medley relay team of Littmann, Helena Janecic, Julie Stackhouse and Brantley Epps leads the ACC with a time of 12:07.02.