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FOR STARTERS:
The of indoor track and field team will look to continue its run of early success this weekend at the Hoosier Relays in The Bearcats will open competition on Friday, Feb. 3 at Indiana University's Gladstein Fieldhouse. The meet will wrap up on Saturday, Feb. 4.
BEARCAT BITES:
UC enters its first season of competition in the BIG EAST Conference in 2006. The conference features 16 women's indoor track & field teams, constituting the largest league in the nation. The 2006 BIG EAST Championships will be held on Feb. 18-19 at the 's Athletics Fieldhouse.
The Bearcats have qualified 10 athletes (in 15 events) for the 2006 BIG EAST Championships.
Senior Shintara Carpenter (triple jump), junior Renee Hein (high jump), sophomore Klima (pole vault), and senior Ashley Wilhelm (pentathlon) are current indoor school record-holders.
Head coach Jim Schnur is in his 22nd year at and his sixth as head women's coach.
LAST TIME OUT:
Sophomore Brittany Klima broke her own school record in the pole vault, highlighting action at the Ohio State Invitational on Jan. 28 at OSU's French Fieldhouse. Klima was one of four event champions. She cleared 12' 6-1/4"in winning the pole vault, breaking her own school record that she shared with teammate Tara Meier. Senior Erin Leeper captured the 400 meter dash crown in 58.25. Junior Renee Hein won the high jump, clearing 5' 8-1/2" and sophomore Ije Obiorah grabbed the long jump crown with an 18' 6-1/2" leap. Klima, Leeper and Obiorah also placed in the top five in the high jump (fifth, 5' 1-3/4"), long jump (fourth, 17' 5-1/4") and triple jump (fifth, 36' 2-3/4"), respectively. The Bearcats had six other top-five finishers. The 4x400 relay team of Dominique Davis, Jammie Jackson, Camron Turner, and Leeper placed second in 3:57.13. Turner and Ashley Ogletree were fourth (26.11) and fifth (26.12), respectively in the 200 meter dash. finished second behind Leeper in the 400, crossing the line in 58.84. Jocelyn Gibson was second in the 1,000 meters (2:59.61), while Monica Hundley placed fifth in the 55 hurdles (8.45).
POLE VAULT DOMINATION:
The Bearcats opened the 2006 with a dominating performance in the pole vault at the Bowling Green Quintangular on Jan. 20. Sophomore Brittany Klima won the event, tying teammate Tara Meier's school record (11' 11-3/4"). Meier finished second (11' 5-3/4"), Ashley Wilhelm was third (10' 11-3/4") and freshman Brittney Robinson finished fourth (10'). Klima followed up with another record-breaking performance at the Ohio State Invite, smashing her own mark by clearing 12' 6-1/4" on Jan. 28.
KLIMA PICKING UP WHERE SHE LEFT OFF:
Brittany Klima set a school record in the pole vault during the 2005 outdoor season. In her first two meets of the 2006 indoor season, the sophomore picked right back up where she left off, matching teammate Tara Meier's school mark in the indoor vault with a clearance of 11' 11-3/4", winning the Bowling Green Quint. title. She bettered that mark with a 12' 6-1/4" clearance at the Ohio State Invite.
ALL-AROUND ASHLEY:
Senior Ashley Wilhelm started her 2006 season strong at the Bowling Green Quintangular, meeting BIG EAST Championship qualifying standards in four events. Wilhelm finished second in the long jump with a 19' 2-1/2" long jump while placing third in the pole vault with a 10' 11-3/4" clearance. She also ran a 9.01 in the 60-meter hurdles, placing fourth, and cleared 5' 3" in finishing fifth in the high jump.
KLOTZ OF DISTANCE:
Freshman Lisa Klotz finished third in the shot put at the Bowling Green Quintangular, qualifying for the BIG EAST Indoor Championships, with a 44' 10-3/4" toss. After losing school record-holder Jo Young to graduation after 2005, the Bearcats are turning to the Colerain graduate Klotz to boost the shot put event.
UP NEXT:
The Bearcats will head to for the competitive All-Ohio Championships on Saturday, Feb. 11.