University of Texas Arlington
SLC Indoor Championships
3/17/2003 12:00:00 AM | Men's Track & Field
On the men's side freshman Davis Tagi (Nakuru, Kenya) brought home one of the two first place finishes for the men's team. Tagi finished first in the 800-meter dash, just before teammate Chad Polk (Dallas). Tagi posted a time of 1:52.98, his season-best. He was also a member of the men's distance medley relay team, which finished ninth.
Sophomore Clement Taylor (Nassau, Bahamas) brought home the other first place finish for the Mavericks after winning the 60-meter dash with a time of 6.83. This was Taylor's season-best time and also puts him in fourth on the UTA Top Performers list.
Senior Chad Polk (Dallas) finished second in the 800-meter with a time of 1:53.34. Polk also was a member of the men's mile relay team, which finished third, and the distance medley relay team, which finished ninth.
Sophomore Paul Whitty (London, Ontario, Canada) finished fourth in the 200-meter dash with a time of 22.27. Whitty also placed sixth in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.24. Whitty ran a 7.93 in the preliminaries of the 60-meter hurdles to provisionally qualify for nationals. In the field events Whitty placed fifth in the long jump with a jump of 23-06.75.
Freshman Adam Stafford (Merkel) finished third in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.07 after running a 8.01 in the preliminaries.
The men's 1600-meter relay team composed of: Josh Rosenthal (Carthage), Brian Allison (Danbury), Calvin Portley (Dallas) and Polk finished third at the meet with a time of 3:15.19.
Senior Rukaiya Holland (Houston) led the women's team with three top ten individual finishes as well as a top ten finish as part of a relay team. She placed second in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.56. Holland ran a 7.52 in the semifinals earlier in the day. Holland also finished third in the 200-meter dash with a time of 24.98. In field events she jumped 19-02.50 in the long jump to finish fourth. Holland was also a member of the 1600-meter relay that finished seventh.
Junior Kajsa Haglund (Bastad, Sweden) brought home a first place finish in the mile run with a time of 4:49.79. Haglund also ran the 3,000-meter run for the first time this season and placed fourth with a time of 10:21.
Sophomore Shaniqua White (Killeen) was the only other Maverick on the women's team to bring home a first place finish, which she did in the 400-meter dash. White ran a 56.33 to capture the title. She also placed seventh in the 200-meter dash with a time of 25.42. White, like Holland, also fared well in the field events placing fifth in the high jump with a jump of 5-03. She was also a part of the mile relay team.
Freshman Ivorita Taylor (St. Elizabeth, Jamaica) finished third in the 800-meter dash with a time of 2:16.74. This was her season-best time.
The women's distance medley relay team, made up of Miranda Zuniga (Diana), Nicole Noel(Lewisville), Taylor and Lisa Haglund (Bastad, Sweden) finished first with a time of 12:07.49.
The Mavericks outdoor track and field season will begin March 20-21 at the Texas A&M Multi-Event Festival and March 22 at the College Station Relays.
