Jan. 27, 2006

BATON ROUGE, La. - The Tulane women's track team had its first full meet since Hurricane Katrina on Friday evening, with 14 individuals competing at the Bayou Bengal Invitational at LSU's Maddox Field House. Tulane had three individuals with top four finishes as well as one relay team.

Sophomore Aubrey Phillips posted a third-place finish with a time of 5:16.81 in the mile run while freshman Whitney Hampton was clocked at 2:19.36 in the 800-meter run for a third-place finish of her own. Freshman Valencia Wilson added a fourth-place effort with a time of 58.17 in the 400-meter dash.

The Green Wave will be back in action February 3-4 at the Armory Invitational in New York City.

Tulane Results:
60 Meter Dash
Shaina Pelham: 7.85 (19th place) - Finals
Shaina Pelham: 7.87 (19th place)
Andrea Rosemond: 7.95 (22nd place)
Kyra Lobbins: 7.97 (25th place)
Taneekwa Ross: 7.99 27th place)
Marilyn Sauls: 8.34 (36th place)
Christina Tegbe: 9.39 (44th place)

200 Meter Dash
Kyra Lobbins: 26.57 (9th place)
Shanon Beelendorf: 27.02 (12th place)

400 Meter Dash
Valencia Wilson: 58.17 (4th place)

800 Meter Run
Whitney Hampton: 2:19.36 (3rd place)
Vanessa Kienast: 2:26.37 (9th place)

One Mile Run
Aubrey Phillips: 5:16.81 (3rd place)

3,000-Meter Run
Kerriann Langley: 10:30.51 (6th place)

Shot Put
Brianne Darragh, 9.40m, 30-10.25 (16th place)