Weekend meet begins women's track season

By David Edelman

For the Daily

The Michigan Indoor Track and Field Building was lively this Saturday, as Michigan hosted the Jack Harvey Invitational, signaling the beginning of the women's indoor track season.

The competition attracted Toledo, Eastern Michigan, Detroit and organizations including Athletes America and The Ann Arbor Track Club to participate in the non-scoring event.

Michigan won nine events in the meet. The competition began with Michigan pole-vaulters Candice Mullings Tiffany Sylvertooth and Anna Fisher finishing in the top three spots.

Freshmen gave impressive performances for the Wolverines, including Teyonna Simpson, who placed first in the triple jump with a leap of 11.87. This distance surpassed Toledo's second place jump of 11.02. Newcomer Colleen Lange won the 3,000-meter run with a time of 10:35.58.

The Wolverines' success continued as Michigan's sprinters secured top finish in five events. Robin Jandfair, Tasha Phillips and TeNisha Williams ran away with first, second and third place in the 60-meter hurdles.

Breanne Tenclay and Marcella Cornell finished strong in the second heat. The 3,000-meter was equally successful.

Along with Colleen Lange's first place finish, Andrea Steinhoff, Erin White, Melanee Schuring and Erica Solway secured the rest of the top five.

The Wolverines will test their preseason abilities Saturday at the Indiana Quadrangular in Bloomington.


Originally on page 2B in the 1-10-2000 issue of the Daily.

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