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March 16, 2003

Tulane University opened its 2003 outdoor track season with a strong showing at the UNO Invitational on Saturday at Tad Gormley Stadium. The Green Wave had 21 top 10 finishes, including 12 top five efforts and four first-place performances.

Sophomore Jelena Jurlina was the top Green Wave performer, winning two events and taking second in another. The Croatia native won the discus and the javelin, while taking second place in the shot put.

In addition, Carlyne Pradieu won the 800-meter run and Helmi Leppanen won the shot put.

Birka Wicke had a strong effort in the 5,000-meter run, finishing in second place to join Jurlina and Marilyn Sauls (triple jump) as second-place finishers.

100 Meters
Essence Kendrick, 12.69 (10th place)
Britney Hurst, 12.80 (15th place)

200 Meters
Tahira Wiggins, 25.75 (11th place)

800 Meters
Sheena Garwood, 2:20.98 (8th place)

1,500 Meters
Carlyne Pradieu, 4:48.64 (1st place)
Lisa Green, 4:57.73 (7th place)
Sarah Bumby, 5:30.30 (23rd place)

5,000 Meters
Birka Wicke, 18:53.75 (2nd place)
Patty Kingston, 21:59.89 (10th place)

4x400 Relay
Tulane A, 4:03.62 (9th place)
Tulane C, 4:05.32 (10th place)
Tulane B, 4:07.60 (11th place)

High Jump
Britney Hurst, 1.60m, 5-03.00 (3rd place)

Long Jump
Lissie Mo, 5.63m, 18-05.75 (6th place)
Lindsey Karlick, 4.31m, 14-01.75 (18th place)

Triple Jump
Marilyn Sauls, 11.38m, 37-04.00 (2nd place)
Helmi Leppanen, 10.91m, 35-09.50 (5th place)

Discus
Jelena Jurlina, 47.18m, 154-09.00 (1st place)
Moji Alade, 38.15m, 125-02.00 (3rd place)

Hammer
Moji Alade, 36.90m, 121-01.00 (3rd place)

Javelin
Jelena Jurlina, 43.48m, 142-08.00 (1st place)
Britney Hurst, 31.17m, 102-03.00 (9th place)
Ellen Vollmers, 25.85m, 84-10.00 (13th place)

Shot Put
Helmi Leppanen, 13.00m, 42-08.00 (1st place)
Jelena Jurlina, 12.82m, 42-00.75 (2nd place)
Brianne Darragh, 8.22m, 26-11.75 (17th place)

100-Meter Hurdles
Camilla Hatlen, 14.91 (4th place)

3,000 Meters
Mandy Hopper, 11:26.85 (9th place)
Kathy Tek, 12:52.30 (16th place)