1996 NCAA woMEN Eugene, Oregon—Hayward Field, May 29–June 01 (attendance 5396/5626/7851/10,268—29,141) team scores 1. LSU...... 81 2. Texas...... 52 3. SMU...... 50 4. Illinois...... 43 5. North Carolina...... 35 6. Georgetown 34; 7. USC 31; 8. Nebraska 29; 9. tie, South Carolina & UCLA 26; 11. Wisconsin 25½; 12. tie, Florida & Georgia 21; 14. Colorado 20; 15. BYU 18½; 16. Northern Arizona 14; 17. tie, UTEP & Villanova 13; 19. Minnesota 12; 20. tie, Pitt, Purdue & Stanford 11; 23. tie, Auburn & Rice 9; 25. tie, Arizona State 8, Florida State, Michigan, Texas A&M & Vanderbilt 8; Washington 7; 31. tie, Arkansas Little Rock & Providence 6; 33. tie, Alabama, Cal Poly/SLO, Kansas State, Kentucky, Miami/Ohio U, New Mexico, Northeastern, Oregon, Texas State (Southwest Texas) & Washington State 5; 43. tie, Arkansas, Baylor, Colorado State, Dartmouth, Drake & UAB 4; 49. tie, Arizona, Clemson, Fresno State, George Mason, Tennessee & Utah State 3; 55. tie, Cal, Miami & Mississippi 2; 58. tie, Kent State, Michigan State, Penn State, Portland, Southwest Missouri & UT Arlington 1. 100 meters (wind +1.4) 1. D’Andre Hill (LSU)...... Sr...... 11.03 (low-altitude MR) 2. Zundra Feagin (LSU)...... Sr...... 11.20 3. Lakisha Jett (Florida)...... So...... 11.31 4. Debbie Ferguson' (Georgia)...... So...... 11.31 5. Kwajalein Butler (LSU)...... So...... 11.41 6. Melinda Sergent (UTEP)...... Sr...... 11.42 7. Kathy Travis (Nebraska)...... Sr...... 11.42 8. Benita Kelley (Illinois)...... So...... 11.44

© Track & Field News - 1 - 200 meters (wind +2.0) 1. Zundra Feagin (LSU)...... Sr...... 22.44 2. D’Andre Hill (LSU)...... Sr...... 22.49 3. Astia Walker' (LSU)...... Jr...... 22.80 4. Lakisha Jett (Florida)...... So...... 22.84 5. Debbie Ferguson' (Georgia)...... So...... 22.92 6. Treshell Mayo (Clemson)...... Sr...... 23.12 7. (Texas)...... Fr...... 23.39 8. Aspen Burkett (Illinois)...... So...... 23.55 400 meters 1. (Texas)...... Fr...... 52.16 2. Toya Brown (Texas)...... So...... 52.25 3. Donna Howard (Texas)...... Jr...... 52.46 4. (North Carolina)...... So...... 52.47 5. Ebony Robinson (Florida)...... Sr...... 52.50 6. LaDonna Antoine' (Utah State)...... Jr...... 52.64 7. Angie Clay (Mississippi)...... Sr...... 52.94 8. Chandra Burns (Michigan State)...... Fr...... 54.90 800 meters 1. Monique Hennagan (North Carolina)...... So...... 2:03.27 2. Lorieann Adams' (Arizona State)...... Sr...... 2:03.82 3. Dawn Williams' (Arkansas Little Rock)...... Jr...... 2:04.40 4. Jenni Westphal (Wisconsin)...... Fr...... 2:05.09 5. Gina DeWitt (Drake)...... Sr...... 2:05.39 6. Amy Ross (Georgetown)...... Jr...... 2:05.54 7. Monique Hunt (North Carolina)...... Sr...... 2:05.94 8. Julian Reynolds (Georgetown)...... Fr...... 2:10.80

© Track & Field News - 2 - 1500 meters 1. Miesha Marzell (Georgetown)...... Jr...... 4:17.92 2. Kelly Smith (Colorado)...... So...... 4:18.77 3. Grazyna Penc' (USC)...... So...... 4:19.01 4. Kathy Butler' (Wisconsin)...... Jr...... 4:19.06 5. Andrea Grove' (Minnesota)...... Sr...... 4:20.92 6. Kristin Manwaring (Dartmouth)...... Sr...... 4:21.11 7. Dena Dey (Stanford)...... Sr...... 4:21.44 8. Janet Trujillo (Auburn)...... Jr...... 4:22.69 3000 meters 1. Kathy Butler' (Wisconsin)...... Jr...... 9:16.19 2. Emebet Shiferaw' (USC)...... Jr...... 9:17.18 3. Joline Staeheli (Georgetown)...... Sr...... 9:17.76 4. Monal Chokshi (Stanford)...... So...... 9:18.95 5. Maria McCambridge' (Providence)...... So...... 9:22.31 6. Milena Glusac (Oregon)...... Jr...... 9:22.81 7. Courtney Pugmire (BYU)...... Fr...... 9:23.05 8. Nicole Karr (Portland)...... Sr...... 9:25.02 5000 meters 1. Jen Rhines (Villanova)...... Sr...... 16:05.85 (first 3-time winner) 2. Katie Swords' (SMU)...... Jr...... 16:11.42 3. Courtney Babcock' (Michigan)...... Sr...... 16:17.86 4. Jessica Fry (Alabama)...... So...... 16:20.88 5. Sarna Renfro (Stanford)...... Jr...... 16:22.34 6. Kate Landau (Georgetown)...... So...... 16:24.02 7. Moira Harrington (Providence)...... Sr...... 16:30.08 8. Tara Carlson (Washington)...... Sr...... 16:31.09

© Track & Field News - 3 - 10,000 meters 1. Katie Swords' (SMU)...... Jr...... 32:56.63 2. Kate Landau (Georgetown)...... So...... 33:08.57 3. Rachel Sauder (Auburn)...... Sr...... 33:26.91 4. Tangi Galloway (New Mexico)...... So...... 34:07.01 5. Deena Drossin (Arkansas)...... Sr...... 34:13.75 6. Megan Boden (Georgetown)...... Sr...... 34:18.00 7. Niamh Zwagerman (Oregon)...... So...... 34:23.15 8. Deirdre Milligan (Dartmouth)...... So...... 34:23.79 100 hurdles (wind +2.1) 1. Kim Carson (LSU)...... Sr...... 12.82w 2. Tonya Williams (Illinois)...... Sr...... 12.97w 3. Rosa Jolivet (Texas A&M)...... Jr...... 12.97w 4. Astia Walker' (LSU)...... Jr...... 12.98w 5. Yvonne Scott' (Colorado)...... Sr...... 12.98w 6. Dawn Riley (Illinois)...... Sr...... 13.02w 7. Yolanda McCray (Miami)...... So...... 13.15w 8. LaTasha Colander (North Carolina)...... So...... 13.16w 400 hurdles 1. Tonya Williams (Illinois)...... Sr...... 54.56 (MR, CR) 2. Ryan Tolbert (Vanderbilt)...... So...... 54.91 3. Gudrún Arnardóttir' (Georgia)...... Sr...... 54.93 4. Becca Williams (Miami/Ohio)...... Jr...... 54.98 5. Andrea Blackett' (Rice)...... Jr...... 57.52 6. Michelle Johnson (Arizona)...... Sr...... 57.81 7. Eusheka Bartley (Auburn)...... Sr...... 58.21 8. Melinda Sallins (Southwest Missouri)...... Sr...... 58.39

© Track & Field News - 4 - 4 x 100 1. LSU...... 43.03 (first school to win 5 in a row) (Astia Walker', Kwajalein Butler, Zundra Feagin, D’Andre Hill) 2. Texas...... 43.78 (Sabrina Kelly, LaKeisha Backus, Kim McGruder, Nanceen Perry) 3. Illinois...... 44.03 (Benita Kelley, Dawn Riley, Tonya Williams, Aspen Burkett) 4. Kentucky...... 44.06 (, Alexis Simmons, LaTanza Stephens, Michelle Brown) 5. Georgia...... 44.19 (Yolanda Flowers, Tanja Reid', Tonique Williams', Debbie Ferguson') 6. USC...... 44.26 (Tai-Ne Gibson, Kanika Conwright, Esi Benyarko, ) 7. North Carolina...... 44.26 (LaTasha Colander, Takeshia Quick, Teri Vann, Nadine Faustin) 8. Tennessee...... 44.54 (Anissa Campbell, Erica Witter', Heather Sumpter, Kelli White)

© Track & Field News - 5 - 4 x 400 1. Texas...... 3:27.50 (CR, MR) (Dana Riley 53.6, Suziann Reid 51.8, Donna Howard 51.5, Toya Brown 50.6) 2. Florida State...... 3:31.18 (Sophia Danvers 53.0, Marla Embon 53.8, Erica Shepard 52.4, Yashiva Edwards 52.0) 3. Florida...... 3:31.67 (Angela Fitts 54.7, Ebony Robinson 51.6, Lakisha Jett 51.3, Mendy Springer 54.1) 4. Rice...... 3:31.68 (Andrea Blackett', Melissa Straker, Vonda Newhouse 53.2, Tanisha Mills 52.9) 5. Baylor...... 3:31.84 (Melissa Roland 54.0, Stacy Milligan 53.1, Stacey Bowers 52.9, Jennifer Jordan 51.8) 6. George Mason...... 3:33.66 (Janelle Johnson 54.3, Staci Hubbard 53.6, Simone Garel 52.7, Renea Jordan 53.1) 7. Colorado...... 3:35.07 (Tasha Ward, Tamara Ards, Heather Sterlin 53.4, Leona Russell 52.6) 8. Nebraska...... 3:36.39 (Charmaine Plummer 55.3, Jill Myatt 54.1, LaTisha Croom 53.9, Angee Henry 53.1) high jump 1. (UCLA)...... Jr...... 6‑4¼ 2. Kajsa Bergqvist' (SMU)...... Fr...... 6‑3¼ =3. Nora Weber (Illinois)...... So...... 5‑11½ =3. Camille Williams (Wisconsin)...... Sr...... 5‑11½ =5. Stacy Ann Grant (Illinois)...... Fr...... 5‑11½ =5. Melinda Boice (BYU)...... So...... 5‑11½ 7. Monika Black (Michigan)...... Sr...... 5‑10 8. Corissa Yasen (Purdue)...... Sr...... 5‑10 (1.94, 1.91, 1.82, 1.78)

© Track & Field News - 6 - long jump 1. Angee Henry (Nebraska)...... Jr...... 21‑11½w 2. Nicole Devonish' (Texas)...... Jr...... 21‑3¼ 3. LaShonda Christopher (North Carolina) ...... Fr...... 20‑11¼w 4. Francesca Green (Washington State)...... Fr...... 20‑9w 5. Vonetta Jeffery (UAB)...... Sr...... 20‑9w 6. Trecia Smith' (Pitt)...... Fr...... 20‑8 7. Adrien Sawyer (Texas A&M)...... So...... 20‑7¾ 8. (North Carolina)...... Fr...... 20‑7¼ (6.69, 6.48, 6.38, 6.32, 6.32, 6.30, 6.29, 6.28) 1. Suzette Lee' (LSU)...... Jr...... 45‑1 2. Trecia Smith' (Pitt)...... Fr...... 44‑6¾w 3. Nicola Martial' (Nebraska)...... Sr...... 44‑5½w 4. Vanitta Kinard (Kansas State)...... Jr...... 44‑2 5. LaShonda Christopher (North Carolina)...... Fr...... 44‑1¼w 6. Nicole Gamble (North Carolina)...... Fr...... 44‑0 7. Amy Littlepage (Cal)...... Jr...... 42‑7 8. Tyra Moore (North Carolina)...... Sr...... 42‑5¼ (13.74, 13.58, 13.55, 13.46, 13.44, 13.41, 12.98, 12.93) shot 1. (SMU)...... Jr...... 59‑0 2. Valeyta Althouse (UCLA)...... Sr...... 58‑8 3. Crystal Brownlee (South Carolina)...... So...... 55‑3¾ 4. Amy Christiansen (BYU)...... Jr...... 55‑3½ 5. Tressa Thompson (Nebraska)...... So...... 54‑9¼ 6. Collinus Newsome (Illinois)...... So...... 52‑7¼ 7. Lisa Misipeka' (South Carolina)...... So...... 51‑11 8. Paulette Mitchell (Nebraska)...... Sr...... 51‑7 (17.98, 17.88, 16.86, 16.85, 16.69, 16.03, 15.82, 15.72)

© Track & Field News - 7 - discus 1. Anna Söderberg' (BYU)...... Sr...... 195‑3 2. Suzy Powell (UCLA)...... So...... 193‑7 3. Aretha Hill (Washington)...... So...... 189‑10 4. Erica Ahmann (Cal Poly/SLO)...... Sr...... 186‑6 5. Shelly Greathouse (Colorado State)...... So...... 180‑2 6. Paulette Mitchell (Nebraska)...... Sr...... 176‑5 7. Laura Mindock (Illinois)...... Sr...... 175‑9 8. Mindy Wirtz (Kent State)...... Sr...... 172‑11 (59.52, 59.00,57.86, 56.86, 54.92, 53.78, 53.58, 52.70) hammer (event debut) 1. (South Carolina)...... Jr...... 209‑2 (AR, CR, MR on fourth throw) (AR, CR, MR 201-2/61.232 on first throw) 2. Lisa Misipeka' (South Carolina)...... So...... 199‑11 3. Leslie Coons (South Carolina)...... Sr...... 197‑3 4. Theresa Findlay (Northeastern)...... Sr...... 197‑0 5. Windy Dean (SMU)...... So...... 195‑0 6. Dawn Tabla (BYU)...... Sr...... 192‑5 7. Paulette Mitchell (Nebraska)...... Sr...... 189‑11 8. Katie Panek (Wichita State)...... Jr...... 185‑4 (63.76, 60.94, 60.12, 60.04, 59.44, 58.64, 57.88, 56.48) (progression of MR before Ellerbe—the last thrower in second flight—is unknown) javelin 1. Windy Dean (SMU)...... So...... 186‑1 2. Tanya Simonsen (Minnesota)...... Jr...... 167‑7 3. Kirsi Hasu' (UTEP)...... So...... 165‑7 4. Katarina Eklof' (Texas State)...... Fr...... 164‑7 5. Terhi Palovuori' (UTEP)...... Sr...... 161‑6 6. Jen Pastore (Villanova)...... So...... 160‑11 7. Vigdís Gudjónsdóttir' (Georgia)...... Fr...... 159‑1 8. Becky Gusic (Penn State)...... Jr...... 157‑10 (56.72, 51.08, 50.48, 50.16, 49.22, 49.06, 48.50, 48.12)

© Track & Field News - 8 - heptathlon (18 started and finished) 1. Corissa Yasen (Purdue)...... Sr...... 5765 2. Nicole Haynes' (USC)...... Sr...... 5613 3. Heather Sterlin (Colorado)...... Jr...... 5582 4. Alicia Brimhall (BYU)...... Jr...... 5524 5. Anna Wiklund' (Northern Arizona)...... Sr...... 5494 6. Felecia Brown (Fresno State)...... Sr...... 5455 7. Marvena Almond (Tennessee)...... Sr...... 5452 8. Eva Jonsson' (UTA)...... Jr...... 5430

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