Women's Track Ranked Ninth In Nation

Feb. 1, 2005

Coral Gables, Fla. (hurricanesports.com) – The University of Miami women’s track and field team moved into a ninth-place tie with UCLA in the latest Trackwire 25 women’s indoor track and field rankings released Tuesday.

Miami has several student-athletes ranked among the national leaders in their respective events including senior Amber Williams (Succasunna, N.J.) who posted the nation’s top mark this season in winning the pentathlon at the Penn State National Open last weekend.

Other nationally ranked individuals include senior Wiande Moore (Spring, Texas) who ranks fifth in the 60-meters, junior Charlette Greggs (Miami Northwestern) who ranks 12th in the 400-meters, junior Dominique Darden (Harrisburg, Pa.) who ranks ninth in the 60-meter hurdles, sophomore Tabia Charles (Pickering, Ontario) who ranks seventh in the long jump and eighth in the triple jump, sophomore Brenda Faluade (Katy, Texas) who ranks 15th in the long jump, and senior Kimberli Barrett (Miami Gulliver Prep) who ranks fifth in both the shot put and weight throw.

Miami returns to action February 6 at the Gator Invitational in Gainesville, Fla.

TRACKWIRE 25(2-1-05)1. Tennessee, 492. LSU, 463. Stanford, 364. Florida, 355. Texas, 315. BYU, 317. Michigan, 307. South Carolina, 309. UCLA, 239. Miami, 2311. Kansas State, 2012. Notre Dame, 1813. Arizona State, 1713. North Carolina, 1715. Villanova, 1616. Nebraska, 1517. Cal Poly, 1418. Georgia Tech, 1319. Florida State, 1120. Georgia, 920. Colorado State, 920. Pittsburgh, 920. Baylor, 920. Clemson, 925. Washington, 825. Arizona, 825. Cal, 825. Northern Arizona, 825. Penn State, 825. Mississippi, 825. Southern Illinois, 8