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Hamburg, Germany
Keyona
Neal
Keyona Neal helped to set a program
record in the 4x400m relay (3:37.45)
and qualify the team for the NCAA
East Preliminaries. Neal also ran
the 400m in outdoor competition,
picking up a first-place finish at the
Joey Haines Invitational (55.31) and
setting a personal best at the Memphis
Invitational (54.27).
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Meag an
Nichols
Meagan Nichols competed in
two indoor meets. Nichols set
two personal bests in the 3K
(10:41.76) and 5K (18:44.50)
at the Conference USA Indoor
Championships.
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Erica
Owen
Erica Owen picked up two
top-10 finishes in the 3000m
steeplechase in the outdoor
season. Owen took second
in a time of 11:32.53 at the
Mississippi Open. She posted
a personal best in the event
(11:24.29) at the Conference
USA Outdoor Championships.
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Xenia
Rahn
Multi-Event
Xenia Rahn set the school record
in the heptathlon and took gold
and All-Conference USA first team
honors at the C-USA Outdoor
Championships. Rahn tallied 5,325
points, breaking her own record of
5,047 points set at the Mississippi
Open earlier that season. Prior
to the 2012 season, the program���s
heptathlon record of 4,849 belonged
to Victoria Crawford set in 2004.
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2012 Tigers Track & Field Yearbook
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Bronte���
Smith
Nandia
T ay l o r
Hur dles
Spr ing, Te xas
Chattanooga, Tenn.
Dis t ance
In indoor competition, Bronte���
Smith took first place with a time
of 8.16 in the 55m hurdles at the
SEMO Redhawks Invitational. Smith
captured first place in outdoor
competition at the Memphis
Invitational, running 14.24 in
the 100m hurdles. Her personalbest 100m mark of 14.05 ��� set
at the Conference USA Outdoor
Championships ��� qualified her for
the USA Junior National Outdoor
Championships.
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Nandia Taylor helped set a school
record in the distance medley
relay (11:49.49) and score points
at the Conference USA Indoor
Championships. Taylor recorded
four top-10 finishes in the 800m
in outdoor competition, setting
a personal best of 2:13.07 at the
Memphis Invitational (second
place).
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