Track & Field Finishes Season At USA Outdoor Championships

Nicole Ireland's 200-meter semifinal appearance highlights final three days.

Freshman Bianca McNair finished ninth in the 200 meters at the 2003 USA junior championships.
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June 23, 2003

SAN DIEGO - The San Diego State track and field squad closed out its 2003 campaign at the USA outdoor championships in Stanford, Calif., June 20-22. All-American Nicole Ireland's (Las Vegas, Nev.) semifinal appearance in the 200 meters highlighted the final three days of competition at the Cobb Track and Angell Field.

Ireland, whose last 200-meter race was in mid-April, qualified for the semifinals on Friday with the 13th-fastest preliminary time of 24.08. A day later, Ireland finished out the meet with the 14th-best time of 23.77 in the first semifinal heat.

On Friday evening, All-American Leslie Miller (Humble, Texas) completed the heptathlon with 5,216 points, good for a 12th-place finish in an event won by Nike's Shelia Burrell (6,159 pts.). Miller was 13th in the long jump (17-07.50), sixth in the javelin (137-07) and posted the seventh-best time in the 800 meters (2:18.16).

In the USA junior championships, which were also being held at Stanford, freshman Bianca McNair (Portland, Ore.) advanced to the finals of the 200 meters, recording a ninth-place time of 24.99. McNair's classmate Jamillah Titus (American Canyon, Calif.), meanwhile, fell just one spot short of qualifying for the finals of the 800 meters, running the 10th best time (2:11.36) in the preliminaries.

Complete SDSU Results

2003 USA Junior Outdoor Track & Field Championships
June 19-22 (Stanford University - Stanford, Calif.)

Final Heptathlon Results (June 20)
1. Shanon Meyer, SDSU				5,154 pts.
2. Danielle Ayers-Stamper, Seattle-Pacific		5,149 pts.
3. Ashley Wilhelm, Cincinnati				4,973 pts.

200 Meters (June 21) - First Round
9. Bianca McNair		24.66 (qualified for finals)

200 Meters (June 21) - Finals
9. Bianca McNair		24.99

800 Meters (June 21) - First Round
10. Jamillah Titus 		2:11.36

2003 USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships
June 19-22 (Stanford University - Stanford, Calif.)

June 19
400 Hurdles - First Round
21. Nicole Ireland - 1:00.62

400 Meters - First Round
19. Jini Hogg - 55.05
20. Tonette Dyer - 55.31

June 20
Heptathlon - Final Scores
12. Leslie Miller		5,216 pts.

June 21
200 meters - 1st round
13. Nicole Ireland		24.08 (Qualified for semis)
19. Tonette Dyer		29.06

June 22
200 meters - semifinals
14. Nicole Ireland		23.77