Alabama Women's Track and Field Cracks National Top-25
4/20/2004 12:00:00 AM
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Coming off its best meet of the outdoor season, the Alabama women’s track and field team is ranked in the nation’s top-25 for the first time this season coming in tied for No. 24.
“This is certainly one of the things we’ve been working toward,” head coach Sandy Fowler said. “We have been getting progressively better each year and we now have a team that I feel confident can make some noise on the national level. This week’s poll is an affirmation of that fact.”
The Crimson Tide shares the No. 24 spot with Kansas State, Oregon, Georgia Tech and conference rival Mississippi State. Alabama has two athletes ranked in the national top-10 in three events. Sophomore Beth Mallory is currently ranked second in the discus while sophomore Beau Walker is ranked in the top-10 in both the 100 and 400-meter hurdles.
Alabama won four events at last weekend’s LSU Alumni Gold meet, including Beth Mallory in the discus, Aymara Albury in the shot put, Blair Davis in the 3000m steeplechase and Beau Walker in the 400m hurdles. Going into this weekend’s trip to the prestigious Drake Relays, Alabama has nine athletes qualified in 14 events for the NCAA Region meet.
Trackwire Women’s Top-25
1. LSU 63
2. UCLA 56
3. Texas 49
4. Nebraska 43
5. Florida 40
6. Georgia 37
7. Miami 32
8. South Carolina 29
9. Arkansas 25
10. Tennessee 24
11. North Carolina 23
12. Stanford 21
13. BYU 18
t14. Baylor 16
t14. Providence 16
t16. USC 14
t16. Cal Poly 14
t16. Penn State 14
t16. Northern Arizona 14
t16. Colorado State 14
t21. Florida State 13
t21. Texas A&M 13
23. Arizona 11
t24. Kansas State 10
t24. Oregon 10
t24. Alabama 10
t24. Georgia Tech 10
t24. Mississippi State 10
