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April 18, 2003

HATTIESBURG, Miss. - Tulane University had four individual first-place finishes at the Southern Miss Outdoor Track Invitational on Saturday at the Marshall Bell Track Complex.

Senior Aisha Otori recorded a career-best distance of 39 feet, six and a half inches in the triple jump to win that event. Sophomore Angel Dooley won the 200-meter dash with a career-best time of 24.38, while freshman Birka Wicke and sophomore Moji Alade also won events. Wicke won the 1,500-meter run with a career-best time of 4:38.37, while Alade won the discus with a throw of 137 feet, two inches.

Dooley also took third in the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.25.

Junior Carlyne Pradieu and freshman Lindsey Karlik tallied second-place efforts for the Green Wave in the 1,500-meter run and the pole vault, respectively. Junior Eva Lustigova recorded a season-best time in the 800-meter run at 2:18.29.

Tulane returns to action next week, with individuals competing at the prestigious Penn Relays in Philadelphia.

Tulane Results:

100 Meters
Angel Dooley, 12.25 (3rd place)
Marilyn Sauls, 12.71 (6th place)

200 Meters
Angel Dooley, 24.38 (1st place) - career-best
Marilyn Sauls, 25.74 (11th place) - career-best

400 Meters
Tahira Wiggins, 57.65 (5th place) - career-best

800 Meters
Eva Lustigova, 2:18.29 (3rd place) - season-best

1,500 Meters
Birka Wicke, 4:38.37 (1st place) - career-best
Carlyne Pradieu, 4:41.24 (2nd place) - career-best

3,000 Meters
Katherine Tek, 12:59.51 (4th place)

Pole Vault
Lindsey Karlik, 3.35m, 10-11.75 (2nd place) - second-best in school history
Ellen Vollmers, 3.20m, 10-06.00 (3rd place) - ties third-best in school history

Long Jump
Camilla Hatlen, 5.52m, 18-01.50 (5th place)

Triple Jump
Aisha Otori, 12.05m, 39-06.50 (1st place) - career-best

Discus
Moji Alade, 41.82m, 137-02.00 (1st place)

Discus (at Walnut, Calif.)
Jelena Jurlina, 44.63m, 146-06 (8th place)

Javelin (at Walnut, Calif.)
Jelena Jurlina, 41.43m, 135-11 (10th place)