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Feb. 22, 2008

BATON ROUGE, La. - Arielle Minor set one personal best and tied another, and Jasmine Momoh placed sixth in the 60-meter dash, to lead the Tulane University women's track and field team Friday at the LSU Twilight Invitational held at the Carl Maddox Field House.

The meet was a tune-up for the C-USA Championship set to run Feb. 29-March 1 in Houston, as some of the Green Wave student-athletes needed to run and compete to prepare for the conference championship, Tulane head coach Heather Van Norman said.

Minor, a sophomore from Hammond, La., set a personal best in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 9.70 seconds, and tied her personal best in the long jump with a mark of 5.07m (16-07.75). Jasmine Momoh, a sophomore from Houston, placed sixth in the 60m with a season-best time of 7.55 seconds. Junior Shaina Pelham finished 12th overall in the preliminary round of the 60m with a time of 7.73, and senior Taneekwa Ross placed 16th overall in the prelims with a time of 7.88 seconds.

Junior Rachel Bryan placed fifth in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 11:15.35, while freshman Aieshia Brooks and sophomore Olivia Kizzee finished eighth (59.93) and 14th (1:00.67) in the 400m, respectively.

Pelham placed fourth in the 200m with a time of 25.32, and junior Kyra Lobbins finished ninth with a time of 26.13. Freshman Zandria Debowles placed second in the high jump with a mark of 1.64m (5-04.50), and junior Katarina Busljeta finished 11th in the weight throw at 12.58m (41-03.25). Freshman Caitlin Hornbeck placed 11th in the mile run with a time of 6:09.06.

The Green Wave will next be in action Feb. 29-March 1 at the Conference USA Championship in Houston, Texas. All Tulane track and field news, interviews and meet results are available on the web at www.TulaneGreenWave.com.

TULANE RESULTS

60 METER DASH
PRELIMINARIES
9. Jasmine Momoh, 7.67
12. Shaina Pelham, 7.73
16. Taneekwa Ross, 7.88

FINALS
6. Jasmine Momoh, 7.55

200 METER DASH
4. Shaina Pelham, 25.32
9. Kyra Lobbins, 26.13

400 METER DASH
8. Aieshia Brooks, 59.93
14. Olivia Kizzee, 1:00.67

MILE RUN
11. Caitlin Hornbeck, 6:09.06

3,000 METER RUN
5. Rachel Bryan, 11:15.35

60 METER HURDLES
PRELIMINARIES
16. Arielle Minor, 9.70

HIGH JUMP
2. Zandria Debowles, 1.64m (5-04.50)

LONG JUMP
14. Arielle Minor, 5.07m (16-07.75)

WEIGHT THROW
11. Katarina Busljeta, 12.58m (41-03.25)