University of Connecticut Athletics
UConn Women Back On Track At Yale Invitational
1/13/2001 12:00:00 AM | Women's Track and Field
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - After breaking for a little more than a month, the University of Connecticut women's track and field team continued the 2000- 2001 indoor season as it competed at the Yale Invitational on Saturday (Jan. 13). No team scores were kept, however, 22 Husky athletes placed with inside the top five in their respective events.
The most dominating performances of the meet were turned in by the UConn high jump and shot put groups. Tamika Toppin (Sr., South Plainfield, NJ) led all competitors in the high jump with a height of 5' 9 3/4 to take first place honors as Connecticut had a one-two-three finish in the event. Deirdre Mullin (Fr., Princeton, NJ) took second with a mark of 5' 5 3/4, while Jennifer Barcellona (Fr., Forked River, NJ) had a third place effort with a height of 5'3 3/4. Kristin Composto (Fr., Iselin, NJ) made it four Huskies in the top five by clearing a bar set at 5'1 3/4 for fifth.
In the shot put the story was Lissa Bloom (Sr., Peabody, MA) who used a distance of 44' 6 to take first place honors. Following Bloom was Wadudah Nurul-Islam (Jr., Providence, RI) who took second with a throw of 41' 6 1/2, while Amy Parkosewich (So., Bethlehem, CT) had a distance of 40' 9 1/2 for third.
Nurul-Islam would go on to finish first in the weight throw with a hurl of 58'4. Also winning her event was Tali Griner (So., Kirait Mzkin, Israel) in the pole vault, with a height of 10' 0. Griner, a transfer from perennial powerhouse Arkansas, still holds the Razorback record in the event, 11' 9.
UConn will be back in action on January 20, as the Huskies travel to Hanover, NH, for the New England Challenge Cup Finals. A season ago, Connecticut finished in second place at the finals behind Brown.
Yale Invitational
January 13, 2001
55m Prelims 9th-Sharmaine Abrams 7.37 14th-Joanne Lawrence 7.68 19th-Michelle Beamon 7.96 55m Semifinals 3rd-Sharmaine Abrams 7.27 13th-Joanne Lawrence 7.67 55m Finals 2nd-Sharmaine Abrams 7.22 55m Hurdles Prelims 4th-Tamika Toppin 8.16 6th-Louise Agoston 8.43 7th-Michelle Carter 9.04 10th-Kristin Lapan 9.61 55m Hurdles Finals 3rd-Tamika Toppin 8.18 5th-Louise Agoston 9.05 6th-Michelle Carter 9.49 400m 2nd-Louise Agoston 58.69 6th-Amanda Chrichlow 1:00.30 8th-Nicola Hines 1:00.73 14th-Joann Lawrence 1:03.85 800m 3rd-Sarah Hyman-Casilli 2:19.32 4th-Kim Grabarz 2:20.78 6th-Allison McCabe 2:22.62 7th-Nichole Tremblay 2:23.72 8th-Michele McKirdy 2:23.78 Mile 3rd-Sarah Hyman-Casilli 5:02.51 5th-Kim Grabarz 5:04.31 8th-Nichole Tremblay 5:19.97 3000m 8th-Kelly Joy 10:38High Jump 1st-Tamika Toppin 5' 9" 2nd-Deirdre Mullen 5' 5" 3rd- Jennifer Barcellona 5' 3" 5th-Kristin Composto 5' 1" Pole Vault 1st-Tali Griner 10' 0" Long Jump 4th-Kafi Davis 18' 0" 6th- R. Abdul-Amilik 16' 11" 7th- Andrea Gourdine 16' 9" Triple Jump 2nd- R. Abdul-Amilik 38' 0" 3rd- Andrea Gourdine 36' 5" 5th- Kafi Davis 35' 9" Shot Put 1st- Lissa Bloom 44' 6" 2nd-Wadudah Nurul-Islam 41' 6" 3rd-Amy Parkosewich 40' 9" Weight Throw 1st-Wadudah Nurul-Islam 58' 4" 4th-Amy Parkosewich 45' 0" 4x400m Relay 5th- UConn 4:10.04 4x800m Relay 2nd-UConn 9:52.43
