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Rice University
Leonard Hilton Memorial
Owls 2nd in Season Opener at Houston
1/19/2007 12:00:00 AM | Women's Track & Field
Jan. 19, 2007
Houston -
Eunique Hamilton won the triple jump to lead Rice's women to a second-place finish at the Leonard Hilton Memorial track and field meet Friday at Yeoman fieldhouse in the Owls' season opener. Hamilton, a freshman from De Soto, had a best of 11.98 meters/39-3.75 to win in her collegiate debut.
Rice also won the distance medley relay with a time of 12:13.26, as freshman Nicole Mericle made up a four-second deficit on the anchor mile leg to finish more than a second ahead of Texas. The Owls tallied 91.5 points to finish behind the Lady Longhorns (134)in the 16-team meet.
Other medalists for the Owls included Chandra Ewing, second in the 400-meters with a time of 57.22, and Rachel Greff, who was third in the pole vault with a 3.65m/11-11.75 clearance. Naquanza Alfred also picked up third-place points in the 800-meters, clocking 2:15.83, while Desarie Walwyn was third in the 200 at 25.07.
Walwyn and freshman Shakera Reece tied for fourth in the 60-meter dash at 7.60.
Rice's top-8 finishers:
60 - Desarie Walwyn, 4th (tie), 7.60
60 - Shakera Reece, 4th (tie), 7.60
200 - Desarie Walwyn, 3rd, 25.07
200 - Shakera Reece, 5th, 25.18
400 - Chandra Ewing, 2nd, 57.22
400 - Brittany Washington, 5th, 58.68
800 - Naquanza Alfred, 3rd, 2:15.83
800 - Vicki Walker, 5th, 2:18.67
Mile - Lennie Waite, 4th, 5:05.30
5000 - Kate Gorry, 5th, 18:12.02
5000 - Laura Kelley, 6th (tie), 18:19.73
4x400 - 3rd, 3:50.94
Distance Medley - 1st, 12:13.26
Pole Vault - Rachel Greff, 3rd, 3.65/11-11.75
Long Jump - Shannon Moran, 8th, 5.47/17-11.5
Triple Jump - Eunique Hamilton, 1st, 11.98/39-3.75
Triple Jump - Jenny Glover, 5th, 11.79/38-8.25
Shot Put - Ulrika Hinson, 6th, 12.38/40-7.5
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