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UAB Track and Field Concludes Weekend at Alabama Relays
3/21/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Track & Field
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - The UAB track and field team opened Saturday with a fifth-place finish in the 4x100-meter relay and added six more top-10 finishes in the final day of the Alabama Relays at Sam Bailey Track and Field Stadium in Tuscaloosa.
With today's results, the UAB track and field team finishes its weekend with a pair of top-five finishes, as well as 10 top-10 finishes for the meet.
"Our 4x1 ran well today," UAB head coach Kurt Thomas said. "It was the first time those four have run together and the handoffs showed, but it's a promising start. We still have a lot of work to do, but our girls are working hard. They just need to put it together more over the next few meets."
The foursome of Renay Ransaw, Shelbi White, Autumnn Burnett and Kandiss Briggs ran for UAB in the first of three 4x100 heats, clocking a time of 46.31 to place fifth.
Darielle Oliver joined Burnett, White and Briggs for the 4x400-meter relay, finishing the second heat in 3:52.36 to place 10th.
UAB's distance medley relay team of Lauren Capone, Lauren Scott, Rebecca Evans and Lucy Crookes rounded out performances from the Blazers' relay squads with a time of 12:07.42 and a seventh-place finish.
The Blazers had a pair of sprinters finish in the top 10 in the 100-meter hurdles, as Jessica Shelley finished sixth overall and Burnett finished eighth overall. Shelley placed fifth in the first heat behind a time of 14.16, while Burnett clocked a time of 14.20 to win the third heat.
After anchoring the 4x100-meter and 4x400-meter relay teams, Briggs ran in the 100-meter invitational, finishing in 12.24 to place ninth. Leila Elliott also ran the event for UAB, posting a time of 12.27 and an 11th-place finish.
UAB's final top-10 finish was accounted for by Jenna Wesley, who finished the 800-meter run in 2:14.54 to record a ninth-place finish.
The UAB track and field team returns to action on March 27 and 28, as the Blazers travel to Raleigh, N.C. for the Raleigh Relays at NC State.
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