SIUE Women's Track and Field

		Track and Field	2001-2002 Schedule SIUE Women's Track and Field

Tamekia Howard

May 23, 2002

Howard Misses Qualifing
for NCAA Finals at 400 Meters
         SAN ANGELO, Texas - Southern Illinois University Edwardsville's Tamekia Howard (Florissant, Mo.) just missed qualifying for the finals of the 400-meter dash Thursday at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
         Howard ran a school-record time of 54.85 seconds and finished third in her heat. She was the ninth overall with the top eight advancing to Saturday's final round.
         The winner of each of the four qualifying heats and the next four fastest times advanced. Tamara Brudy, of North Dakota State, ran the fastest preliminary time by winning Heat 3 in 53.75.
         SIUE's other hope is Dan Walden (Springfield), who competes in the 800-meter run preliminaries on this evening. This is Walden's second time at the NCAA Division II Championships, which is being held this year on the campus of Angelo State.

WOMEN'S 400 METER DASH
Q - indicates qualifier for finals

  Heat 1: 1. Q-Libia Rodriguez, St. Augustine's 53.82; 2. Q-Shakirah Rutherford,
 St. Augustine's 54.29; 3. Tamekia Howard, Siu-Edwardsville 54.85; 4. Kasye    
 Hahn, Truman State 55.92; 5. Marichea Austin, Abilene Christian 56.07.        
  Heat 2: 1. Q-Jill Theeler, North Dakota State 54.18; 2. Q-Jennifer Farrow, Lock  
 Haven Univ 54.19; 3. Nadia Douglas, Fort Valley State 55.19; 4. Jioni Lewis,  
 UC Davis 56.24; 5. Elricia Francis, Abilene Christian 57.01; 6. Holly         
 Fehrenbach, Ft. Hays State 57.65.                                             
  Heat 3: 1. Q-Tamara Brudy, North Dakota State 53.75; 2. Q-Moya Thompson, Lincoln 
 University 54.07; 3. Camethia Baker, St. Augustine's 55.76; 4. Ebony Haggans, 
 Cal State Stanislaus 56.01; 5. Amber Taylor, UC Davis 57.27; 6. Anne          
 Jorgenson, South Dakota State 58.39.                                          
  Heat 4: 1. Q-Kennisha Moten, NC Central 54.48; 2. Q-Georgia Mullings, St.        
 Augustine's 54.53; 3. Christy Tedrow, Grand Valley St 55.49; 4. Lilieth Simms,
 Lincoln University 55.98; 5. Jocelyn Mayo, Cal State Bakersfield 56.42; 6.    
 Jessica Render, Fort Valley State 56.92.

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