BATON ROUGE, La. - UNLV junior sprinter Michele Davis (Lansing, Mich.) placed 10th in the preliminaries of the 200 meters on the first day of the 2002 NCAA Division I Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships held at Bernie Moore Stadium.
Davis missed qualifying for the event finals by a mere one hundredth of a second, crossing the finish line at 23.22 seconds. Florida International's Vronique Wilson edged the Rebels' top sprinter with a time of 23.21, good enough for the final qualifying spot. Sophomore Muna Lee, a sprinter for host Louisiana State University, moved on to Saturday's finals with a top time of 22.66 seconds.
UNLV continues competition at the national meet through Saturday, June 1. Davis and junior Nickeisha Charles (Arima, Trinidad) will race in the preliminaries of the 400 meters as well as compete in the preliminaries of the 4x400 meter relay with teammates Christine Spence (Lee's Summit, Mo.) and Chantel Yates (Chattanooga, Tenn.) tomorrow.
NCAA Division I 2002 Outdoor - 5/29/2002 to 6/1/2002
Track & Field Championship
Baton Rouge, LA
Event 22 Women 200 Meter Dash
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American: 21.34 9/29/1988 Florence Griffith Joyner, World Class
College Best: 22.04 6/2/1989 Dawn Sowell, LSU
NCAA Meet: 22.04 6/2/1989 Dawn Sowell, LSU
Bernie Moore: 22.55 1995 Gwen Torrence, Unattached
Name Year School Prelims Wind H#
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Preliminaries
1 Muna Lee SO Louisiana State 22.66Q 1.7 4
2 Natasha Mayers JR Southern California 22.80Q 1.4 3
3 Aleen Bailey JR South Carolina 22.85Q 1.7 1
4 Brianna Glenn SR Arizona 22.97Q 1.7 2
5 Stephanie Durst SO Louisiana State 22.97q 1.4 3
6 Kinshasa Davis SR Southern California 22.98q 1.4 3
7 Melisa Barber SR South Carolina 23.06q 1.7 2
8 Amber Robinson JR Florida 23.12q 1.7 2
9 Vronique Wilson JR Fla. Intn'l 23.21q 1.7 2
10 Michele Davis JR Nevada-Las Vegas 23.22 1.7 4
11 Aleah Williams JR Texas 23.23 1.7 4
12 Consuella Moore SO Penn State 23.24 1.7 4
13 Angela Williams SR Southern California 23.24 1.7 1
14 Tiffany Green SO Texas Tech 23.33 1.7 1
15 Annetta Wells SR Northridge 23.41 1.7 1
16 Shaunta Pelham SR Florida A&M 23.46 1.7 4
17 Willisa Heintz JR Mississippi 23.47 1.7 1
18 Tahesia Harrigan FR Minnesota 23.68 1.7 2
19 Charlyn Ray SR Cincinnati 23.88 1.4 3
20 Timicka Clarke JR Auburn 24.02 1.4 3
