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Hahn, Mullins-Hall, Bryant Notch Event Wins at MTSU Indoor Track & Field Invitational 12/9/2003 Murfreesboro, Tenn. – Two Commodore track and field standouts from a year ago, junior Josie Hahn and sophomore Amanda Mullins-Hall, opened the 2003-04 indoor season in fine fashion by posting individual victories Sunday at the Middle Tennessee State Track & Field Invitational. Hahn, who set four school records during an All-American campaign last year, captured the high jump competition with a leap of 5’6″. Mullins-Hall, who narrowly missed qualifying for the NCAA Outdoor Championships last summer, showed solid form by winning the 55-meter hurdles in 8.28. Another Commodore, sophomore Latisha Bryant, showed excellent form in Vanderbilt’s first competition of the indoor season by comfortably winning the 800 meters in 2:19.50. It was Hahn’s second consecutive high jump victory at the meet. Last winter, her MTSU victory propelled the native of Clinton, Tennessee to a successful indoor campaign that included school records in the high jump and pentathlon. Mullins-Hall hopes the hurdle win will lead toward a berth in the hurdles finals of the SEC Indoor Championships and NCAA Regional Championships. Bryant, who alternated as a freshman between 400 and 800 meters, ran her best collegiate indoor 800, taking nearly four seconds off her time at the 2002 MTSU meet. In other events: ? The Commodores ‘ mile relay squad finished scond with a 3:54.89 effort. The foursome consisted of senior Vanessa Lagios, Mullins-Hall, Hahn and Bryant. ? Sophomore Alisa Cotter finished second in the mile run with a 5:20.38 effort. ? Senior Andrea Andrews finished third in the long jump with a leap of 17’8″. ? Sophomore Laura Miller and freshman Katherine Yates finished second and third in the pole vault, respectively. ? Lagios finished fifth in the 400 meters. ? Freshman Kasi Foster finished fifth in the weight throw. |
