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April 14, 2001

BATON ROUGE, La. - Tulane University had a pair of provisional qualifying efforts at the LSU Alumni Gold Invitational on Saturday. The women's 4x400 Relay team turned in a season-best time and freshman Carl White (Opelousas, La.) had a qualifying distance in the triple jump.

The Wave's mile-relay team of seniors Nikelola Balogun (Los Angeles, Calif.), Quasheba Lee (Houston, Texas), Angela Milner (Modesto, Calif.), and sophomore Nadja Petersen (Stockholm, Sweden) posted a time of 3:34.92 to win the event and provisionally qualify for the NCAA Championships in late May. The time is also a new Tulane school record.

On the men's side, White jumped 51-11.75 in the triple jump to qualify provisionally as well. White becomes the second Tulane athlete to provisionally qualify in the triple jump this season as senior Noel Comrie (St. Elizabeth, Jamaica) turned the trick last weekend at the Tulane Invitational.

Also winning events on Saturday for the Wave were sophomore Clement Abai (Port Moresby, New Guinea) and junior Catherine Betz (Metairie, La.). Abai won the 800-meter run, while Betz was a winner in the javelin throw.

Tulane returns to action on Saturday, when the Green wave sends individual participants to the Mount Sac Relays in Walnut, Calif.

Tulane Women:
100 Meters
Asha James, 11.90 (T6th place)
Deshawnda Williams, 12.24 (15th place)

200 Meters
Asha James, 24.15 (8th place)
Deshawnda Williams, 24.78 (14th place)

400 Meters
Nikelola Balogun, 53.78 (3rd place)
Quasheba Lee, 56.16 (6th place)

800 Meters
Angela Milner, 2:10.59 (3rd place)
Lyndie Galka, 2:16.14 (8th place)
Sheena Garwood, 2:25.57 (18th place)

1,500 Meters
Theresa Maru, 4:32.80 (4th place)
Katrina Gemmell, 4:33.46 (6th place)
Carlyne Pradieu, 4:51.58 (13th place)

4x400 Relay
Quasheba Lee, Nikelola Balogun, Angela Milner, Nadja Petersen, 3:34.92 (1st place)

Long Jump
Marie Ahlander, 6.10m, 20-00.25 (7th place)
Jillian Green, 5.58m, 18-03.75 (11th place)

Triple Jump
Aisha Otori, 10.82m, 35-06.00 (4th place)

High Jump
Jenny Isgren, 1.65m, 5-05.00 (3rd place)

Discus
Kristine Urban, 37.64m, 123-06.00 (10th place)
Sacha Junius, 34.60m, 113-06.00 (12th place)

Javelin
Catherine Betz, 44.32m, 145-05.00 (1st place)

Tulane Men:
100 Meters
Alex Lakhanpal, 10.91 (23rd place)

200 Meters
Alex Lakhanpal, 22.00 (26th place)
Delando Davis, 22.47 (38th place)
Shawn Parris, 22.78 (42nd place)

400 Meters
Shawn Parris, 53.91 (36th place)

800 Meters
Clement Abai, 1:50.93 (1st place)

110-Meter High Hurdles
Delando Davis, 14.26 (6th place)

1,500 Meters
Solomon Kandie, 3:48.08 (2nd place)
Peter Rotich, 4:01.35 (8th place)

3,000-Meter Steeplechase
Meshack Mulupi, 9:34.31 (2nd place)
Adam Leskis, 10:09.31 (5th place)

5,000 Meters
Anthony Lagat, 15:18.53 (5th place)
Meyer Friedman, 15:34.77 (10th place)

Long Jump
Noel Comrie, 7.56m, 24-09.75 (9th place)

Triple Jump
Carl White, 15.84m, 51-11.75 (4th place)

Javelin
Grant Whittaker, 50.20m, 164-08.00 (9th place)