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Emory Women Finish 3rd at UAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

Emory Women Finish 3rd at UAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

From Emory University Athletics

The Emory University Women's Track and Field Team finished in third place in the team standings at the 2014 University Athletic Association (UAA) Championships in Chicago, Illinois, hosted by the University of Chicago.

The Emory women totaled 155 points during the meet, to finish behind champions Washington (211 points) and second-place Chicago (201.5 points).  Rounding out the standings were NYU (81 points), Case (76.5 points), Carnegie (58 points) and Brandeis (30 points).  The third-place finish ended a streak of four-straight outdoor conference championships for the Eagles, but marked the 11th-straight top-three finish for Emory.

After junior Ulrica Tull claimed a championship in the hammer throw on Saturday, the Emory women added on four more individual titles and one relay championship on Sunday.  Junior Electra Korn paced the Eagles with a pair of individual titles, winning both the 400-meter dash with a time of 56.97 seconds, and the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:03.76.  Korn also teamed with freshman Harley Barrera, senior Morgan Monroe and junior Debora Adjibaba to win the 4x100-meter relay with a time of 47.99 seconds.

Monroe and Adjibaba each claimed individual titles of their own on Sunday.  Adjibaba won the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.43 seconds, in addition to finishing as the runner-up in the 200-meter dash with a time of 25.35 seconds.  Monroe added a victory in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 14.71 seconds.

Two other Eagles had runner-up finishes during the second day of competition, with junior Katie Wilson claiming second in the high jump, clearing the bar at 1.58 meters, while senior Hope Olszewski finished second in the javelin throw with a distance of 33.27 meters.  Claiming all-UAA honors with third-place finishes were sophomore Julie Williamson in the 800-meter run (2:18.14) and junior Pollara Cobb in the triple jump (10.88 meters).