May 16, 2008
EL PASO, Texas - Lauren Kuhner took fourth in the hammer and stands in second place in the heptathlon following day one of the 2008 Conference USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Kidd Field.
Competing in the heptathlon, Kuhner took first in the shot, third in the high jump, fourth in the 100m hurdles and eighth in the 200m. She currently has 2,863 points and trails only Sheree Carter of UCF who has 3,118. The event will conclude Friday with the long jump, javelin and 800m run.
In the hammer, Kuhner threw 50.87m on her fifth attempt, which was good for fourth place.
C-USA All-Conference honors are awarded to the top three finishers in each event. The individual champions are named to the first team, while second-place finishers are awarded second team honors and the third team is comprised of bronze medalists.
Friday's running events get underway at 6:30 p.m. CT with the women's 1500 meters. The majority of Friday's events are preliminary races, building up to Saturday's championship races starting at 6 p.m.
Live scoring updates are available here throughout the Championships.
2008 Conference USAOutdoor Track & Field ChampionshipsMay 15-17, 2007Results
Event 29 Women 10000 Meter Run================================================================================ C-USA Meet: * 35:05.71 5/9/2002 Tara Quinn, South Florida 34:13.58 AUTO 35:43.58 PROV Name Year School Finals================================================================================ 1 Marissa Daniels Rice 36:22.93 2 Becky Wade Rice 36:48.45 3 Aubrey Phillips Tulane 36:56.25 4 Elizabeth Ambrus UAB 37:32.07 5 Lana Kelley Tulsa 37:41.37 6 Allison Pye Rice 37:43.23 7 Stephanie Gammon UAB 38:04.30 8 Lauren Dalrymple Tulane 38:19.05 9 Nicole Briggs East Carolina 38:25.09 10 Samantha Means SMU 39:38.61 11 Crystal Garcia UTEP 40:16.60 12 Ocean Cohen UCF 40:42.06 13 Elizabeth Hilligoss UAB 40:54.65 14 Laura Kelley Rice 41:42.31 15 Kelly McNeill UCF 42:00.26 16 Allison Palmer UCF 42:31.59 17 Sarah Sturgill Marshall 42:40.17
Event 40 Women Hammer Throw================================================================================ Advance 9 to the final C-USA Meet: * 63.97m 5/13/2004 Dayana Octavian, South Florida 54.15m REG Name Year School Finals================================================================================ 1 Nina Schvedoff UTEP 59.11m 193-11 FOUL 56.30m FOUL 59.11m 57.89m 58.33m 2 Susan King Memphis 55.40m 181-09 53.72m 55.40m FOUL 54.05m FOUL 52.31m 3 Suesanna Williams Southern Miss 51.61m 169-04 49.61m FOUL 51.61m FOUL FOUL FOUL 4 Lauren Kuhner SMU 50.87m 166-11 FOUL 46.61m 46.11m 48.18m 50.87m 49.58m 5 Katarina Busljeta Tulane 50.24m 164-10 47.84m 48.82m 47.75m 50.24m 47.57m FOUL 6 Britani Keeney Marshall 49.35m 161-11 FOUL 47.21m 47.21m 47.81m 47.66m 49.35m 7 Virginia Traynor UCF 49.31m 161-09 46.39m FOUL 47.54m 49.31m FOUL FOUL 8 Charlene Grady East Carolina 49.26m 161-07 49.26m 48.79m FOUL FOUL 45.37m 46.40m 9 LaTricia Jones Marshall 47.90m 157-02 44.36m 44.95m FOUL 47.35m FOUL 47.90m 10 Kim Woodson East Carolina 44.69m 146-07 44.69m 43.24m 38.81m 11 Meagan Lewis East Carolina 44.43m 145-09 42.38m 44.43m FOUL 12 Rushae Collier Southern Miss 43.99m 144-04 43.95m FOUL 43.99m 13 Katie Dollinger Rice 43.56m 142-11 41.54m 42.40m 43.56m 14 Angela Wigley Memphis 43.52m 142-09 41.42m 43.52m 41.52m 15 Rachel Blankenship Marshall 43.33m 142-02 FOUL 42.25m 43.33m 16 Ashley Bryant Houston 41.89m 137-05 FOUL 39.32m 41.89m 17 Kelsey Klein Tulsa 41.67m 136-08 FOUL FOUL 41.67m 18 Rachel Bilek Marshall 41.49m 136-01 41.49m FOUL 40.88m 19 Molly Grove Marshall 41.31m 135-06 36.72m 41.31m 40.53m 20 Ashleigh Lee East Carolina 41.16m 135-00 41.16m FOUL 40.49m 21 Carla Rumberg Marshall 40.58m 133-02 40.58m 39.05m 40.02m 22 Tina Robinson Rice 40.16m 131-09 38.42m 40.16m 39.51m
Event 42 Women Heptathlon================================================================================ C-USA Meet: * 5571 5/10/2007 Gaelle Niare, SMU 5500 AUTO 5050 PROV Name Year School Finals================================================================================ 1 Sheree Carter UCF 3118 2 Lauren Kuhner SMU 2863 3 Arielle Minor Tulane 2832 4 Timara McMillan UAB 2821 5 Lindsay Dolan East Carolina 2792 6 Britney Blodget Rice 2722 7 Andrea Jackson Rice 2683 8 Brianna Steel Tulsa 2666
Event 42 Heptathlon: #1 Women 100 Meter Hurdles Heptathlon=============================================================================== Name Year School Finals Wind H# Points=============================================================================== 1 Sheree Carter UCF 13.88 1.1 2 995 2 Timara McMillan UAB 14.43 +0.0 1 918 3 Lindsay Dolan East Carolina 14.60 1.1 2 895 4 Lauren Kuhner SMU 15.22 0.8 3 813 5 Britney Blodget Rice 15.32 +0.0 1 800 6 Arielle Minor Tulane 15.43 0.8 3 786 7 Andrea Jackson Rice 15.47 1.1 2 781 8 Brianna Steel Tulsa 16.07 0.8 3 706 -- Brittani Williams Houston DNF +0.0 1
Event 42 Heptathlon: #2 Women High Jump Heptathlon================================================================================= Name Year School Finals Points================================================================================= 1 Sheree Carter UCF 1.60m 5-03.00 736 1.27 1.30 1.33 1.39 1.42 1.45 1.48 1.51 1.54 1.57 1.60 1.63 P P P P P P P P O O O XXX 2 Brianna Steel Tulsa 1.57m 5-01.75 701 1.27 1.30 1.33 1.39 1.42 1.45 1.48 1.51 1.54 1.57 1.60 P P P P O P O P O O XXX 3 Lauren Kuhner SMU 1.55m 5-01.00 678 1.27 1.30 1.33 1.39 1.42 1.45 1.48 1.52 1.55 1.58 P O P O P XO O XO O XXX 4 Arielle Minor Tulane 1.54m 5-00.50 666 1.27 1.30 1.33 1.39 1.42 1.45 1.48 1.51 1.54 1.57 P P P P P O O O XO XXX 5 Timara McMillan UAB 1.52m 4-11.75 644 1.27 1.30 1.33 1.39 1.42 1.45 1.48 1.52 1.55 P P P O XO XXO XO XO XXX 5 Lindsay Dolan East Carolina 1.52m 4-11.75 644 1.27 1.30 1.33 1.39 1.42 1.45 1.48 1.52 1.55 P P P O P O O XXO XXX 7 Britney Blodget Rice 1.42m 4-07.75 534 1.27 1.30 1.33 1.39 1.42 1.45 O P O O O XXX 7 Andrea Jackson Rice 1.42m 4-07.75 534 1.27 1.30 1.33 1.39 1.42 1.45 O P O O O XXX -- Brittani Williams Houston DNS
Event 42 Heptathlon: #3 Women Shot Put Heptathlon================================================================================= Name Year School Finals Points================================================================================= 1 Lauren Kuhner SMU 12.29m 40-04.00 680 11.89m 12.29m FOUL 2 Arielle Minor Tulane 11.76m 38-07.00 645 11.73m 11.76m 10.80m 3 Andrea Jackson Rice 11.59m 38-00.25 634 10.61m 11.59m 10.88m 4 Britney Blodget Rice 11.27m 36-11.75 613 11.02m 11.27m 10.37m 5 Brianna Steel Tulsa 10.39m 34-01.25 555 9.60m 10.39m 9.55m 6 Sheree Carter UCF 9.61m 31-06.50 504 9.61m 9.15m 8.71m 7 Lindsay Dolan East Carolina 9.42m 30-11.00 492 8.42m 9.42m 9.29m 8 Timara McMillan UAB 8.97m 29-05.25 462 8.50m 8.97m 8.10m -- Brittani Williams Houston DNS
Event 42 Heptathlon: #4 Women 200 Meter Dash Heptathlon=============================================================================== Name Year School Finals Wind H# Points=============================================================================== 1 Sheree Carter UCF 25.04 2.2 2 883 2 Timara McMillan UAB 26.00 0.5 1 797 3 Britney Blodget Rice 26.26 0.5 1 775 4 Lindsay Dolan East Carolina 26.42 2.2 2 761 5 Arielle Minor Tulane 26.72 0.5 1 735 6 Andrea Jackson Rice 26.74 0.5 1 734 7 Brianna Steel Tulsa 27.10 2.2 2 704 8 Lauren Kuhner SMU 27.24 2.2 2 692
Women - Team Rankings - 2 Events Scored=============================================================================== 1) Rice 21 2) Tulane 11 3) UTEP 10 4) Memphis 8 5) UAB 7 6) Southern Miss 6 7) SMU 5 8) Tulsa 4 9) Marshall 3 10) UCF 2 11) East Carolina 1
