The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
UAB Wraps Up the Indoor Season at the Conference Championships
2/19/2018 12:53:00 AM | Women's Track & Field
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – UAB wound up the 2018 Conference USA Indoor Track and Field Championships Sunday evening at the Birmingham CrossPlex. It wasn't the result the Blazers had hoped for as they finished 12th overall in the conference.
Marielle Lewis ran in the finals of the women's 800-meter final finishing sixth with a time of 2:14.81 and scored three point for the Green and Gold. Ali Meister made the finals of the 60-meter hurdles finishing fifth with a time of 8.87 seconds and added four points to UAB's total team score.
The women's 4x4 of Karri Green, Taylor Jones, Lewis and Lauren Capone finished in a time of 3:46.27 which put them in eighth, earning one point for UAB.
Blazer Highlights
- Sarah Livett placed 11th in the 3,000 meter run, running it in 10:10.09. That capped off her eighth place finish in the 5,000 meter run on Saturday night.
- Meister placed ninth in the Long Jump, jumping a distance of 5.54 meters (18 – 02.25).
- Keila Robertson came away 14th in the Long Jump with a distance of 5.41 meters (17 – 09.00).
- Morayo Bhadmos finished 14th in the Triple Jump at a distance of 11.62 meters (38 – 01.50).
- Meister and Brittany Floyd competed in the Pentathlon and placed 10th and 12th respectively, Meister finished with 3,388 points while the freshman Floyd finished with 3,291 points.
Track Side with Head Coach Kurt Thomas
"Team wise, it's not the placing we wanted," Thomas said. "We competed at about the rankings we were at coming in. We had some very good performances from Ali Meister in her last indoor conference meet in the long jump and hurdles, Sarah Livett in the 5k and Marielle Lewis in the 800m. The distance medley relay and 4x4 ran very good and scored some important team points. Our conference is one of the toughest in the country and our team got a taste of what it takes to be good. We are young and learning, but I'm proud of how hard we competed. Once we're healthy and full strength, we will be a good team."
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