Hughes Wins Pole Vault at Conference USA Championship

Saturday, May 15

CARDINAL PARK

10:00 AM

University of Louisville

<B>CONFERENCE USA OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS</B>

Jacey Hughes won the pole vault and set a new conference record at the C-USA Championship

May 15, 2004 | Women's Track and Field

May 15, 2004

Results

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Junior Jacey Hughes won the pole vault and set a new conference record to lead the University of Louisville women's track and field team at the Conference USA Outdoor Championship at Cardinal Park.

Hughes cleared 12 feet, 7.50 inches to set both a school and conference record in the win. The Utica, Ky., native broke her own school record by four inches and improved the C-USA mark by two inches. The win gives the Cardinals back-to-back wins in the event as Cindy Roberson won the title last year.

Senior Amanda Bell placed fourth in the 1500-meter finals with a personal-best time of 4:34.52. Bell also finished ninth in the 5000-meter run with a time of 17:36.04, another personal record and the seventh best in school history.

Senior Kelly Faber finished seventh in the 100-meter hurdles finals with a time of 14.49 seconds. She had advanced to Saturday's finals after breaking her own school record in the preliminaries on Friday with a time of 14.36.

Faber also placed third in the heptathlon event with 4896 points. In the final event of the seven-event scored competition on Friday, Faber knocked three seconds off her personal-best in the 800-meter run (2:21.77) to climb from sixth to third.

Freshman Holly Geibel led the Cardinal throwers with a third-place effort in the javelin with a throw of 129-6.

Sophomore Emily Kost was the only Cardinal women's scorer during the first day. Kost placed fourth in the hammer throw with a personal-best throw of 157-4, the third best mark ever by a UofL sophomore.

Freshman Jill Andres placed eighth in the discus with a mark of 140-5, a new freshman record and the 10th best by a Cardinal.

In the 3000-meter steeplechase, senior Laine Hamman finished sixth with a time of 11:17.16, the second-best time in school history.

The Cardinals' 4x400-meter relay team placed eighth with a time of 3:52.30, the third-fastest time recorded by a UofL relay team in the event. The team consisted of freshman Kelly Ennis, sophomore Allissa Moore, Faber and junior Anita Winters-Dixon.

In the triple jump, junior Michele Burke recorded a personal-best mark of 37-11.50, the fifth-best in school history, to place eighth.

Junior Kelley Bowman tied for eighth in the high jump after clearing 5-4.25.

Junior Anita Winters-Dixon ran the sixth-best 200-meter dash time in school history (25.15) to place 15th in the preliminaries. Freshman Kelly Ennis also had a big day as she ran the sixth fastest time ever by a Cardinal in the 400-meter dash (57.91) to finish 16th in the preliminaries.

The Cardinals finished 11th overall in the championship with 40.33 points. Houston (121) edged TCU (120) by one point to win its fourth team title.

Hughes and Bowman will advance to the NCAA Mid-East Regionals at the end of the month at LSU in Baton Rouge, La. Hughes has qualified in the pole vault, while Bowman qualified in the high jump.

Women's Final Team Standings

1.  Houston             1212.  TCU                 1203.  USF                 103.34.  Southern Miss   78.835.  Tulane              606.  Cincinnati  48.57.  East Carolina   48.38.  Marquette           489.  UAB                 4710. Charlotte           42.611. Louisville  40.312. DePaul              3413.     Memphis             27

Conference USA Outdoor Championship

200m Preliminaries 15. Anita Winters-Dixon 25.15 20. Kelly Ennis 25.29
400m Preliminaries 16. Kelly Ennis 57.91 27. Crystal Duffala 1:02.66
800m Preliminaries 23. Allissa Moore 2:24.30 24. Holly Geers 2:25.66
1500m Preliminaries 5. Amanda Bell 4:41.43 15. Holly Geers 4:55.48
1500m Finals 4. Amanda Bell 4:34.52
5000m 9. Amanda Bell 17:36.04 20. Emily Daunhauer 18:40.77 23. Ashley Ruberg 19:36.10
10,000m 18. Emily Daunhauer 41:27.91
100m Hurdles Preliminaries 7. Kelly Faber 14.36 12. Aajah Showell 14.80
100m Hurdles Finals 7. Kelly Faber 14.49
400m Hurdles Preliminaries 18. Kellie Castro 1:09.45
3000m Steeplechase 6. Laine Hamman 11:17.16 10. Beth Wendt 11:44.17
Relays 9. 4x100m 48.48 8. 4x400m 3:52.30
High Jump t-8. Kelley Bowman 1.63m/5-4.25 t-11. Mindy Helman 1.63m/5-4.25
Pole Vault 1. Jacey Hughes 3.85m/12-7.50 15. Jennifer Hartig 3.15m/10-4
Long Jump 12. Ify Akubeze 5.52m/18-1.50 16. Kelly Faber 5.36m/17-7
Triple Jump 8. Michele Burke 11.57m/37-11.50 11. Ify Akubeze 11.31m/37-1.25 16. Shareka Nance 11.05m/36-3
Shot Put 10. Emily Kost 13.21m/43-4.25 16. ZeNai Savage 12.31m/40-4.75
Discus 8. Jill Andres 42.81m/140-5 15. Emily Kost 38.47m/126-2
Hammer 4. Emily Kost 47.97m/157-4 14. ZeNai Savage 40.28m/132-2 17. Jill Andres 35.91m/117-10
Javelin 3. Holly Geibel 39.47m/129-6 13. Mindy Helman 31.98m/104-11
Heptathlon 3. Kelly Faber 4896 10. Aajah Showell 4371