Cardinals Finish Sixth at Miami Invitational on Saturday

Saturday, April 9

Oxford, Ohio

11:00 AM

University of Louisville

at Miami Invitational

Cardinals Finish Sixth at Miami Invitational on Saturday

April 10, 2005 | Women's Track and Field

April 9, 2005

Results

OXFORD, Ohio - University of Louisville freshman Brad Keys won both the 110-meter hurdles and the 400-meter hurdles to lead the Cardinal track and field teams at the Miami Invitational on Saturday at George L. Rider Track. The U of L men earned a fifth-place finish with 58.50 points while the U of L women were sixth overall with 58 points.

Keys, a native of South Charleston, W.V., won the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.04 seconds and the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 53.34 seconds. Junior Marcus Barnes had a solid showing as well after earning a second-place finish in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.10 while sophomore Ronnie Stringer was third in the 100m with a time of 11.11.

Senior John Blackwell finished fourth in the shot put with a mark of 49 feet, 3 inches while the 4x100-meter relay team of Antoine Wilson, Andre' Foster, Keys and Stringer finished fourth overall with a time of 42.72.

Overall, Cincinnati won the men's team title with 201.5 points to best a field of 10 teams. Kent State was second with 162 points followed by Miami with 149.5, Ohio with 62 and Louisville with 58.5.

Leading the way for the Cardinal women were Ify Akubeze, LaShondra Durias, Jennifer Hartig and Aajah Showell as all four earned second-place finishes. Akubeze, a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, earned second in the triple jump with a mark of 37 feet, 9.5 inches, while Durias, a native of Louisville, Ky., finished second in the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.36 seconds. Hartig, a native of Alexandria, Ky., was second in the pole vault with a mark of 11-11.75, while Showell closed things out with a second-place showing in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 14.39 seconds.

Overall, Ball State won the women's title with 144.5 points to finish ahead of a field 13 teams. Miami was second with 113 points followed by Kent State with 112, Cincinnati with 87.5, Bowling Green with 70 and Louisville with 58.

Up next, the Cardinal men's and women's track and field teams will compete at the Pacesetter Invitational hosted Indiana State University on April 15-16 in Terre Haute, Ind.

Miami InvitationalOxford, Ohio
Men's Team Scores
1) Cincinnati    201.502) Kent State   1623) Miami        149.504) Ohio University  625) Louisville   58.506) Cedarville   40.507) Hillsdale    208) John Carroll 199) Valparaiso   1410) Butler  12
U of L Men's Finishers
100m2   Marcus Barnes 11.103   Ronnie Stringer 11.1110  Andre' Foster  11.52200m9   Andre' Foster  23.06800m8   P.J. Fox 1:55.0711  Chris Danks 1:57.471500m6   Wesley Korir   3:54.639   Chris Danks 4:01.1511  Tim Kaiser   4:04.185000m14  Wes Seacat   15:35.7027  Mat VanDerMeer   16:13.64110m Hurdles1   Brad Keys 15.046   Nathan Navaro 15.6416  Robbie Moore   17.28400m Hurdles1   Brad Keys 53.347   Nathan Navaro 55.673000m Steeplechase7   Thad Schroeder   9:55.584x100m Relay4   Wilson, Foster, Keys, Stringer        42.724x400m Relay7   Fox, Keys, Navaro, Stringer        3:22.61Pole Vault8   Robbie Moore   4.45m/14-07.2511  Sean Hopper 4.30m/14-01.25Long Jump13  Antoine Wilson   5.89m/19-04.00Triple Jump--  Antoine Wilson   NDShot Put4   John Blackwell   15.01m/49-03.0024  Robbie Moore   10.33m/33-10.75Hammer15  John Blackwell   40.68m/133-05.00
Women's Team Scores
1) Ball State        144.502) Miami        1133) Kent State   1124) Cincinnati   87.505) Bowling Green    706) Louisville   587) Ohio University  488) Butler       339) Valparaiso   1710) John Carroll    1410) Hillsdale   1412) Cedarville  1213) Wright State    8
U of L Women's Individual Finishers
100m2   LaShondra Durias   12.3621  Whitney Milhouse   13.3627  Jackie Faulkenberg   14.02200m6   LaShondra Durias   25.4312  Anita Winters-Dixon  25.8114  Aajah Showell 26.1825  Whitney Milhouse   27.79400m3   Anita Winters-Dixon  56.99800m7   Allissa Moore 2:16.5226  Corryn McCrae 2:27.9732  Holly Geers 2:37.401500m18  Holly Geers 4:59.3919  Corryn McCrae 4:59.395000m28  Lauren Baldwin   19:54.42100m Hurdles2   Aajah Showell 14.398   JoEllyn Graham   15.4813  Kim Allen 15.93400m Hurdles7   Kourtney Trainor   1:04.7023  JoEllyn Graham   1:10.694x400m Relay6   Trainor, Showell, Durias, Winters-Dixon        3:59.12High Jump10  Aajah Showell 1.50m/4-11.00--  Christine Krellwitz NHPole Vault2   Jennifer Hartig 3.65m/11-11.75Long Jump5   Ify Akubeze 5.54m/18-02.258   Aajah Showell 5.47m/17-11.5018  Shareka Nance 5.04m/16-06.5022  Michele Burke 4.95m/16-03.00Triple Jump2   Ify Akubeze 11.52m/37-09.505   Michele Burke 11.18m/36-08.25Shot Put27  Aajah Showell 10.30m/33-09.50Hammer (Friday)21  Christine Krellwitz 33.46m/109-09.00