April 2, 2003

FURMAN SET TO HOST ANNUAL INVITATIONAL TRACK MEET

GREENVILLE, South Carolina -- Track and field programs from five universities and 11 high schools will take part in the Jack In the Box Furman Invitational Track Meet, slated for this Saturday, April 5, at the Irwin Belk Complex/Kelsey-West Track, on the campus of Furman University.

The Invitational, now in its fifth year, will feature a high school competition beginning at 8:00 Saturday morning. Eleven high schools, including Broome, Byrnes, Eastside, Greenville, Travelers Rest, and Wade Hampton will take part in the meet, which has six field events and 11 running events each for the boys and girls divisions.

Field event competition in the collegiate division will begin at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, with running events starting at 2:30 p.m. The College of Charleston¹s women¹s track team will compete along with men¹s and women¹s teams from Furman, Davidson, The Citadel, and Wofford. The meet is scheduled to conclude with the 4x400m relay, slated for 5:20 for the women and 5:25 for the men. There will be no team scoring.

The Lady Paladin effort will be highlighted by Candii Woodson, who runs the 100m and 200m dashes and Bev Roberts, who is coming off a second place finish in the Emory Classic 1500m run. On the men¹s side, the Paladins will look to junior Kevin Crosby, who has an excellent chance of winning the 5000m run, and reigning Southern Conference outdoor javelin champion Regan LeBlanc, who won the Emory Classic with a throw of 180¹1².

Results of the Jack In the Box Furman Invitational will be available on the Furman website at www.furmanpaladins.com.

A complete schedule of the collegiate meet follows:

Running Events:
2:30 5000m - women
2:50 4x100m relay - womens
2:55 4x100m relay - men
3:00 3000m steeplechase - men
3:10 1500m - women
3:20 1500m - men
3:30 100m hurdles - women
3:40 110m hurdles - men
3:45 400m - women
3:50 400m - men
3:55 100m - women
4:00 100m - men
4:05 800m - women
4:10 800m - men
4:20 400m hurdles - women
4:30 400m hurdles - men
4:35 200m - women
4:40 200m - men
4:45 3000m steeplechase - women
5:00 5000m - men
5:20 4x400m relay - women
5:25 4x400m relay - men

Field Events:
12:30 Hammner - Men's and women's followed by Javelin
High Jump - Women's followed by men's
2:30 Long Jump - Men's followed by women's
Pole Vault - Men's followed by women's
Shot Put - Men's followed by women's
Discus - Women's followed by men's
4:30 Triple Jump - Men's followed by women's