Women’s Track & Field
Valley State Track & Field Stadium.
UAH’s Katelin Barber will run in the 100m dash while Clayton
State’s Jessica Matthews will compete in the triple jump and Nova’s
Larushka Jobert in the javelin.
Barber won the 100m dash at the PBC for UAH in a time of 11.99.
Her effort helped UAH to claim the PBC title.
Matthews will be making her second trip to the outdoor championships in the triple jump while Kemboi will be making his first appearance in the 10,000m run. Kemboi will run on the opening night of
competition slated for Thursday, May 22 while Matthews will compete
on Friday, May 23.
Matthews jumped a season-best 12.27m (40-3.25) last weekend
at the Georgia Invitational. The Monroe, Ga. native won three triple
jump competitions this season, including her first Peach Belt Conference title last month.
The Nova Southeastern women’s team will be represented by
freshman Laruschka Joubert who will be competing in the javelin throw
and is advancing on her mark of 46.46-meters that she set at the prestigious Penn Relays.
2014 Women’s Track & Field
All-Conference Team
100 Meter Dash
Katelin Barber, UAH
Lakeisha Spikes, Shorter
Ciona Williams, Nova
4x100 Meter Relay
Shorter
Alabama-Huntsville
Nova Southeastern
200 Meter Dash
Lakeisha Spikes, Shorter
Ciona Williams, Nova
Ashley Ballard, Shorter
4x400 Meter Relay
Shorter
Nova Southeastern
Alabama-Huntsville
400 Meter Dash
Ayana Walker, Shorter
Ashley Ballard, Shorter
Shannon Rolle, Nova
High Jump
Kristen Little, Shorter
Amanda Krenitsky, Nova
Sierra Stevenson, UAH
800 Meter Run
Vicky Winslow, UAH
Destiny Jenkins, Shorter
Renee Usher, CSU
Pole Vault
Vanessa Munley, Nova
Brittany Todaro, Nova
Nanette Weitzman, UAH
Rebecca Urrutia, Nova
1500 Meter Run
Vicky Winslow, UAH
Brittaney Smash, Nova
Cheyenne Thompson, UM
Alabama-Huntsville Wins Second PBC Championship!
ROME, Ga. | For the second year in a row, the UAH women’s track and
field team captured the Peach Belt Conference Championship on Saturday in Rome, Ga.
The women finished with 185.50 points to take home the championship, 12.5 points ahead of second-place finisher Shorter (173), while
Nova Southeastern, UNC Pembroke and Columbus State rounded out
the top 5.
“Our women’s team had a big day today which capped a great three
days. A total team effort as we got points out of nearly every event,” said
head coach David Cain.
UAH finished first in six of the eight events as Vicky Winslow took
home first place in two events in the 1500 meter run with a time of
4:57.4 and cross the finish line with a time of 2:15.21 in the 800M.
National’s qualifier Katelin Barber came in first in the 100 meter
dash with a time of 11.99 and teammate Briyonna Scroggins ran an impressive time of 1:03.04 in the 400 meter hurdles to finish first. Michelle
Kruse ended the day with a first-place finish in the 5000 meter run with
a time of 17:59.82 and Kailey Williams and Winslow both finished in the
top 5 with a third and fourth place finish, respectively.
Senior Kimaya Johnson and Mariah Tolbert both finished in the top
two spots with Johnson sporting a time of 14.73 and Tolbert clocking in
at 14.79 in the 100m hurdles.
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UAH’s Barber, Nova’s Jerothe Named All-Americans
Following NCAA Championships
5000 Meter Run
Michelle Kruse, UAH
Peri Bowman, Nova
Kailey Williams, UAH
ALLENDALE, MICH – Alabama-Huntsville’s Katelin Barber was named an
All-American after both she team points at the NCAA Division II Outdoor
Track & Field Championships. Barber ran the fastest 100m in PBC history
and was part of a group of seven PBC track & field athletes to compete at
the national championships in Allendale, Mich.
Barber entered the final event with the seventh-best time of any
runner in the preliminaries, and followed that up with a sixth-plac