Feb. 21, 2006

BATON ROUGE, La. - The Tulane women's indoor track team had its final warm-up for the Conference USA Indoor Championships on Friday, competing at the LSU Twilight Invitational at Maddox Field House. Junior Christina Tegbe and sophomore Jill Shriver both posted personal records in the meet.

Tegbe, making her first appearance of the season, recorded a personal-best mark of 16 feet, five inches in the long jump, while Shriver covered the 3,000-meter course in a personal-best 12:10.58.

Senior Marilyn Sauls also had her first long jump of the year, logging a mark of 17 feet, five and a quarter inches. Sophomore Taneekwa Ross matched her season-best in the 60-meter dash while freshman Arianne Larimer posted a personal-best time of 12:19.40 in the 3,000-meter run.

The C-USA Indoor Championship, a two-day event, begins Friday and will be hosted by the University of Houston.

Tulane Results:
Shanon Beelendorf
400 Meters: 59.44

Ashley Bernards
60 Meters: 10.28 - P.R.

Brianna Darragh
Shot Put: 9.23m, 30-03.50

Arianna Larimer
3000 Meters: 12:19.40 - P.R.

Taneekwa Ross
60 Meters: 7.94 - matches season-best

Marilyn Sauls
Long Jump: 5.31m, 17-05.25 - season-best

Jill Shriver
3000 Meters: 12:10.58 - P.R.

Christina Tegbe
Long Jump: 5.00m, 16-05.00 - P.R.

4x400 Relay
Beelendorf, Lobbins, Kienast, Wilson: 3:54.48