Skip to navigation Skip to content Skip to footer

Ulrica Tull of Emory Earns All-UAA Honors During Day 1 of Championships

Ulrica Tull of Emory Earns All-UAA Honors During Day 1 of Championships
Posted: Feb 28, 2014

From Emory University Athletics

Junior Ulrica Tull earned all-conference honors during the first day of competition at the 2014 University Athletic Association (UAA) Indoor Track and Field Championships in Waltham, Massachusetts on Friday afternoon.

Tull was the leading scorer on day one for the Emory women, finishing third in the weight throw with a throw of 13.96 meters, the fourth-best throw in the event in school history.  Her finish contributed six points towards Emory's team score.

Adding scoring finishes for the women were junior Pollara Cobb, who claimed fifth in the long jump with a leap of 4.98 meters to contribute two points, junior Tamara Surtees, who finished sixth in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 18:18.41 to add a point, and the Eagles' distance medley relay team of junior Marissa Gogniat, freshmanAlexa Young, junior Hannah Smith and junior Elise Viox, which finished sixth with a time of 12:40.49 to contribute another point towards the team total.

After the first day, the Eagles are in sixth place in the women's team standings, trailing Washington University (46 points), the University of Chicago (39 points), New York University (24 points), Case Western Reserve University (15 points) and Carnegie Mellon University (13 points).

Three Emory women advanced in each of the 55-meter dash and 200-meter dash, led by junior Debora Adjibaba, who won both events with times of 7.23 seconds and 25.74 seconds, respectively.  Also advancing to the finals in the 55-meter dash were senior Morgan Monroe (second, 7.38 seconds) and freshman Harley Barrera (sixth, 7.51 seconds), while junior Electra Korn (second, 26.19 seconds) and Monroe (fourth, 26.24 seconds) each reached the finals of the 200-meter dash.  Korn also reached the finals of the 400-meter dash, winning the preliminaries with a time of 58.23 seconds.

Three Eagles reached the finals of the women's 800-meter run as well, with junior Stephanie Crane finishing second in the preliminaries with a time of 2:17.49 seconds, while senior Emily Caesar claimed third (2:17.46) and sophomore Julie Williamson fifth (2:18.31).  Monroe added a win in the preliminaries of the 55-meter hurdles with a time of 8.35 seconds to cap off Emory's finals qualifiers on day one.