Jimoh Places Third in New Mexico Pentathlon

Jan. 27, 2006

Albuquerque, N.M. -

Rice senior Funmi Jimoh scored 3,625 points to place third in her indoor pentathlon debut at the Zia Classic Multis Friday at the Albuquerque Convention Center. Ryanne Dupree of Texas-San Antonio won the five-event competition with 4,035 points, the best score by an American this season.

Jimoh clocked 8.53 seconds for the 60-meter hurdles, matching the fastest time of the day by Dupree, and followed up with a 1.69m/5-6.5 clearance in the high jump. She threw the shot put 10.11m/33-2, followed by a disappointing 5.74m/18-10 leap in the long jump. In the 800, Jimoh felt the effects of Albuquerque's altitude, stopping the clock at 2:49.90.

"This was Funmi's first pentathlon in her life," said Rice head coach Jim Bevan. "She had a solid hurdles race and her shot put was better. We just need to keep working on her bread-and-butter events [high jump and long jump] and she will score much higher."

The Owls return to action Feb. 4 at the University of Houston Invitational at Yeoman Fieldhouse.

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