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March 25, 2001

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - The Tulane University track and field teams competed this weekend at the prestigious Alabama Relays. Junior Nathan Junius (New Orleans, La.) won the javelin throw with a 239-03, the second-best distance ever at Tulane.

The javelin record of 240-4 is also held by Junius. His toss was 47-05 further than the second-place finisher.

Junior Katrina Gemmell (Palmerston North, New Zealand) had a strong performance as well, taking second place in the 1,500 meters. Junior Solomon Kandie (Nairobi, Kenya) snared third place in the 5,000-meter run with a personal-best time of 14:28.28 , the third-best time in school history in that event.

The Tulane women's javelin throwers had fine days as well. Junior Catherine Betz (Metairie, La.) placed third in the event, while sophomore Sacha Junius (New Orleans, La.), the younger sister of Nathan, earned fifth place.

Other strong efforts were turned in by sophomore Clement Abai (Port Moresby, New Guinea), who was seventh in the 800 and junior Asha James (Pickering, Ontario), who took seventh in the 200 Meters and 15th in the 100 Meters. Senior Angela Milner (Modesto, Calif.) had an eight-place effort in the 800 and sophomore Anthony Lagat (Eldama-Ravine, Kenya) who was fourth in the 10,000 Meters.

The Tulane track teams are back in action on April 7 when they host the Tulane Invitational at Tad Gormley Stadium. Next Saturday, Kandie will run as an individual at the Stanford Relays.

Tulane Women:
100 Meters
Asha James, 12.29 (15th place)
Deshawnda Williams, 12.43 (33rd place)

200 Meters
Asha James, 24.38 (7th place)
Deshawnda Williams, 25.35 (31st place)

800 Meters
Angela Milner, 2:12.02 (8th place)
Sheena Garwood, 2:20.13 (34th place)
Lyndie Galka, 2:20.51 (37th place)
Carlyne Pradieu, 2:21.05 (42nd place)
Quasheba Lee, 2:21.18 (43rd place)

1500 Meters
Katrina Gemmell, 4:31.72 (2nd place)

Long Jump
Jillian Green, 18-10.50 (18th place)

Discus
Sacha Junius, 120-09 (26th place)

Triple Jump
Aisha Otori, 36-02.25 (18th place)

Javelin
Catherine Betz, 146-03 (3rd place)
Sacha Junius, 137-05 (5th place)

4x800 Meter Relay
Tulane, 9:09.13 (3rd place)

1600 Meter Sprint Relay
Tulane, 4:15.62 (17th place)

Tulane Men:
100 Meters
Alex Lakhanpal, 11.13 (50th place)

200 Meters
Alex Lakhanpal, 22.33 (35th place)
Carl White, 22.51 (42nd place)
Delando Davis, 22.66 (48th place)

400 Meters
Noel Comrie, 49.18 (32nd place)

800 Meters
Clement Abai, 1:50.47 (7th place)

1500 Meters
Peter Rotich, 4:05.89 (43rd place)
Meshack Mulupi, 4:10.23 (58th place)
Adam Leskis, 4:10.54 (60th place)

5,000 Meters
Solomon Kandie, 14:28.28 (3rd place)
Meshack Mulupi, 15:22.46 (22nd place)
Peter Rotich, 15:28.82 (22nd place)
Adam Leskis, 15:40.70 (30th place)

10,000 Meters
Anthony Lagat, 31:10.22 (4th place)
Meyer Friedman, 32:30.06 (11th place)

110 High Hurdles
Delando Davis, 15.11 (23rd place)

Javelin
Nathan Junius, 239-03 (1st place)
Grant Whittaker, 174-10 (6th place)

Discus
Nathan Junius, 151-07 (14th place)

4x1500 Meter Relay
Tulane, 16:19.31 (3rd place)

1600 Meter Sprint Relay
Tulane, 3:26.41 (6th place)