March 11, 2003

Columbia, S.C. – Fifteen athletes from the University of South Carolina will compete in 13 different events at this weekend’s NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships in Fayetteville, Ark. Eight women and seven men from USC are included on the list of accepted athletes announced by the NCAA.

MenEvent, Name, Seed, Qualifying Mark and Date Set400m - Otis Harris, No. 11, 46.29, 3/2800m - Otukile Lekote, No. 2, 1:46.88, 1/2560m hurdles - Corey Taylor, No. 2, 7.67, 2/960m hurdles - Kenneth Ferguson, No. 3, 7.67, 2/94x400 relay - Kenneth Ferguson, Otukile Lekote, Otis Harris,Jonathan Fortenberry, No. 1, 3:05.49, 3/2Pole vault - Chris Steddum, No. 5, 5.42m, 2/9Long jump - Tony Allmond, No. 10, 7.75m, 3/1

WomenEvent, Name, Seed, Qualifying Mark and Date Set60m - Aleen Bailey, No. 7, 7.31, 1/2560m - Erica Whipple, No. 16, 7.37, 3/8200m -  Aleen Bailey, No. 3, 23.28, 2/15200m - Erica Whipple, No. 5, 23.43, 3/1200m - Miki Barber, No. 6, 23.45, 3/2200m - Demetria Washington, No. 20, 23.77, 1/18400m - Demetria Washington, No. 3, 52.36, 1/25400m - Lashinda Demus, No. 5, 52.61, 3/2400m - Miki Barber, No. 9, 52.87, 2/1460m hurdles - Tiffany Ross, No. 8, 8.16, 3/24x400 relay - Tiffany Ross, Miki Barber, Demetria Washington,Lashinda Demus, No. 2, 3:31.70, 3/2Long jump - Antoinette Wilks, No. 5, 6.43m, 2/28Shot put - Nicole Kendrick, No. 11, 16.35m, 2/22

Competition at the NCAA Indoor Championships begins on Friday and continues through Saturday at the University of Arkansas.

Below are links to websites with information for this weekend’s NCAA Indoor Meet:

For live results: www.ladybacks.com/championship/2002ncaaindoor.html

For the complete event schedule: www.ladybacks.com/championship/ncaatrackschedule.html

For a complete listing of men’s participants:
http://members.aol.com/rpo dkam/d1mindF.txt

For a complete listing of women’s participants:
http://members.aol.com/rpo dkam/d1windF.txt

For more information on NCAA Championships: www.ncaasports.com