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Saturday, May 11, 2002

Rebecca Rodriguez and Alex Shaw earn all-conference honors at SBC outdoor meet

unior Rebecca Rodriguez (Miami, Fla.) and senior Alex Shaw (Miami, Fla.) both earned All-Sun Belt Conference recognition on the opening day of the SBC Outdoor Track & Field Championships in New Orleans.

Rodriguez finished second in the women's 10,000-meter run with a time of 38:30.61, giving FIU a second-place team finish with eight points.

She finished sandwiched between New Mexico State runners Rachael Cuellar who won the event (37:22.72) and Liz Jaramillo who was third (38:40.79). Their finishes give the Aggies the early lead with 16 team points.

In the men's 10,000 meters, Shaw finished third with the team's season-best time of 32:46.97 that gave the Golden Panthers six team points in the early going.

Western Kentucky's Enda Grandfield won the distance event with a time of 32:18.64 helping the Hilltoppers to the team lead with 16 points. FIU is in third place, two points behind North Texas (8).

After the first five events of the men's decathlon, FIU's Chris Polly is in 10th place with 2,314 points, far behind leader Jacob Fehler (3,770 points) from Arkansas State who won four individual events on the day. Polly's best event was the shot put where he finished fifth with a toss of 38'0.25".

                                 2002 Sun Belt Outdoor Championships - 5/10/02 to 5/12/02
                                                      New Orleans, LA
                                                          Results
                      Event 1  Men Decathlon
                      =======================================================================
                          American: !  8891  9/5/92      Dan O'Brien, Reebok
                        Collegiate: @  8463  3/18/99     Tom Pappas, Tennessee
                           Stadium: #  8649  6/27/92     Dave Johnson, Reebok
                              Meet: $  6958  5/11/01     Luke Harrington, Louisiana-Lafayette
                      Sun Belt Con: *  7395  4/15/00     Daniel Ryland, Arkansas St.
                          Name                    Year School                  Finals  Points
                      =======================================================================
                        1 FEHLER, JACOB                ASU                       5247
                        2 ROGERS, BEN                  UL                        5028
                        3 BOWERS, JUSTIN               NT                        4553
                        4 FLOREZ, LUPE                 NT                        4545
                        5 GAYNEAUX, JOE                UL                        4391
                        6 JILES, KEVIN                 NT                        4143
                        7 OLIVER, BRANDON              USA                       4107
                        8 PORTIER, STEPHEN             UL                        3768
                        9 POLLY, CHRIS                 FIU                       3472
                       10 MURPHY, JARRETT              WKU                       2805

                      Event 2  Women Heptathlon
                      =======================================================================
                          American: !  7291  9/24/88     Jackie Joyner-Kersee, USA
                        Collegiate: @  6527  6/3/95      Diane Gutherie, George Mason
                           Stadium: #  6695  6/21/92     Jackie Joyner-Kersee, McDonald's Track Club
                              Meet: $  5165  2001        Edith Montgomery, Arkansas St.
                      Sun Belt Con: *  5377  4/12/96     Shundra Smith, Arkansas St.
                          Name                    Year School                  Finals  Points
                      =======================================================================
                        1 SCOTT, RHATISHA              NT                        4695    10
                        2 SMITH, KELLEY                MT                        4675     8
                        3 THOMPKINS, EBONY             USA                       4537     6
                        4 ROBINSON, CAMILLE            ASU                       4512     5
                        5 LONG, GENEA                  NMSU                      4378     4
                        6 YODER, BRITT                 NT                        4354     3
                        7 ALLVIN, EMMA                 NMSU                      3990     2
                        8 BROWN, TOYA                  MT                        3829     1
                        9 DORN, NEEKA                  UL                        3761
                       10 CREECH, CHELSEA              NT                        3743
                       11 HOGG, ASHLEY                 ASU                       3663
                       12 MEREDITH, ELIANA             UL                        3364
                       13 GRESHAM, SARA                ASU                       3296
                       14 HORN, SARAH                  ASU                       3193
                       15 GLOVER, KIM                  UL                        2870

                      Event 3  Men 10000 Meter Run
                      =======================================================================
                          American: ! 27:20.56  9/5/86      Mark Nenow, Puma
                        Collegiate: @ 27:38.20  4/24/82     Gabriel Kamau, UTEP
                           Stadium: # 28:19.92  6/26/92     Todd Williams, Team Adidas
                              Meet: $ 30:30.78  1993        Hendrick Maako, Western Kentucky
                      Sun Belt Con: * 27:56.32  7/4/92      Sean Dollman, Western Kentucky
                          Name                    Year School                  Finals  Points
                      =======================================================================
                        1 GRANDFIELD, ENDA             WKU                   32:18.64    10
                        2 MOKASHI, NICK                NT                    32:19.71     8
                        3 SHAW, ALEX                   FIU                   32:46.97     6
                        4 ALTMAIER, DAVID              WKU                   33:21.99     5
                        5 LOPATYUK, ALEX               USA                   33:38.42     4
                        6 BOUTERIE, NICK               UL                    33:52.83     3
                        7 CAMBRON, ANTHONY             WKU                   35:20.88     2
                        8 MCCLURE, BENJAMIN            WKU                   36:58.21     1
                        9 AGEE, BRIAN                  ASU                   38:25.43

                      Event 4  Women 10000 Meter Run
                      =======================================================================
                          American: ! 31:19.89  8/7/92      Lynn Jennings, Nike
                        Collegiate: @ 32:22.97  4/23/92     Carol Zajac, Villanova
                           Stadium: # 32:55.96  6/26/92     Lynn Jennings, Nike
                              Meet: $ 36:14.46  2000        Jana Bulirova, Univ. of New Orleans
                      Sun Belt Con: * 35:19.63  4/28/00     Valerie Lynch, Western Kentucky
                          Name                    Year School                  Finals  Points
                      =======================================================================
                        1 CUELLAR, RACHAEL             NMSU                  37:11.72    10
                        2 RODRIGUEZ, REBECCA           FIU                   38:30.61     8
                        3 JARAMILLO, LIZ               NMSU                  38:40.79     6
                        4 GILLIS, NATALIE              UL                    39:10.80     5
                        5 PAUL, BONITA                 WKU                   39:24.65     4
                        6 BEAL, SHASTA                 UALR                  39:37.43     3
                        7 LEWELLYN, GINGER             ASU                   40:48.87     2
                        8 HENNESSY, TERRI              WKU                   41:25.99     1
                        9 SANFORD, REBECCA             WKU                   41:47.53
                       10 CRAWFORD, DAWN               UALR                  42:17.62
                       11 OROZCO, BRANDI               NT                    42:37.31
                       12 HIBBS, JENNIFER              WKU                   43:24.87
                       -- CARSON, KRISTEN              NT                         DNF

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