Women's Track and Field Week That Was: Week 9
3/2/2009 12:00:00 AM
March 2, 2009
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - Alabama women's track and field head coach Sandy Fowler led the Crimson Tide through their 9th week of practice and the SEC Indoor Championships held in Lexington, Ky. The squad finished in 10th place overall.
At the SEC Championships, the Crimson Tide had Chealsea Taylor finish third in the pentathlon for the second consecutive year besting her old school record by 14 points finishing with a NCAA provisional total of 3,934. Robbs finished seventh with 3,608 points, bettering her mark in the record books by 96 points and is still second all-time. Taylor also placed third in the high jump with a clearance of 5-9 1/4. Robbs was sixth as she cleared the bar set at 5-5 1/4.
In the 60m hurdles, Kimberley Laing posted the same time as she did in the prelims coming across in a time of 8.36 to finish fourth.
Lynda Cooper broke her pole vault school record for the second time this season as she cleared a height of 13-1 1/2 to finish tied for sixth place.
Alabama will send Lynda Cooper in the pole vault, Chealsea Taylor in the high jump, Angelica Howard in the weight throw and shot put, and Kimberley Laing in the 60 meter hurdles to the Alex Wilson Invitational this weekend. They will be looking to improve their times and marks and qualify for the NCAA Championships in two weeks.
"This week, it's pretty much going to be a real easy week for all of them," Fowler said. "We need to get these girls lower on the national list to get in so they need to have restful week."
Alabama will compete at the Alex Wilson Invitational hosted by the University of Notre Dame on March 6 at the Loftus Center.
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