ECU Women Jump Into Team Lead At AAC Outdoor Championships

ECU Women Jump Into Team Lead At AAC Outdoor Championships

May 12, 2018 | Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field, Track & Field

Complete Day Two Results (PDF)

CINCINNATI, Ohio – Anchored by another individual event title Saturday, the ECU women have taken the lead at the American Athletic Conference Outdoor Championships after day two of three at Gettler Stadium on the campus of the University of Cincinnati.

With one day to go, the Pirate women have surged in front having accumulated 45 points to lead the meet over current second place Connecticut who has picked up 34 points. The ECU men are in seventh place with 17 points.

Senior Galissia Cause captured the women's discus league championship with a mark of 52.20 meters. It is the second-straight year a Pirate has won the event as Mohogany Baker entered the meet as the reigning champion. Freshman Tavia Ranger also scored in the discus with a sixth-place finish and mark of 48.57 meters.

In the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase, junior Grace Sullivan claimed the silver medal with a time of 10:28.53 – less than two seconds off the pace of gold medal winner Ashley Barnes of Tulsa. Freshman Sommer Knight found the podium in the women's pole vault, finishing in third place with a mark of 3.81 meters to earn all-conference honors, while fellow rookie Mackenzie Whitaker placed second in the long jump with a mark of 6.07 meters.

Pirates Participating In Sunday's Track Event Finals
Courtney Warner: 100m, 200m, 4x100 Relay
Nuria Tillo-Prats: 800m, 1500m, 5000m
Hunter Roberts: 100m hurdles
Jada Terrell: 100m hurdles
Naomi Whitaker: 100m hurdles
Bethany Weaver: 5000m
Mikayla Stoudt: 5000m
Grace Sullivan: 5000m
Jasmine Dawson: 4x100 Relay
Amanda Salami: 4x100 Relay
Cedrina Singletary: 4x100 Relay, 4x400 Relay
Shellbi Chapman: 4x400 Relay
D'Nia Freeman: 4x400 Relay
Brooke Stith: 4x400 Relay
Anthony Simpson: 100m, 4x100 Relay
Stefano Migliorati: 800m
D'Ante Yarborough: 100m hurdles, 4x100 Relay
Hakeem Horton: 4x100 Relay, 4x400 Relay
Jordan Martin: 4x100 Relay, 4x400 Relay
Desmond Dowling: 4x400 Relay
Zachary Halliday: 4x400 Relay

Current Women's Team Score
ECU: 45
Connecticut: 34
Cincinnati: 32.5
Houston: 30
Tulane: 26.5
Memphis: 26
Wichita State: 20
USF: 15
SMU: 14
Tulsa: 14
UCF: 11
Temple: 5

Current Men's Team Scores
Wichita State: 46
Memphis: 33
Houston: 32
Cincinnati: 31
Connecticut: 31
Tulsa: 30
ECU: 17
Tulane: 8
USF: 6