May 28, 2004

GAINESVILLE, FL - On the first day of the 2004 East Region Championships, the Lady Tigers highlights included the 4x100m relay team and Silja Ulfarsdottir in the 400m hurdles. Clemson's 4x100m relay team of Silja Ulfarsdottir, Christina Smith, Randi Hinton and Jessica Cousins qualified for the finals of the event to be held on Saturday. Silja Ulfarsdottir won her heat with a time of 57.54 to automatically qualify for the finals. Ulfarsdottir's time moves her into second on the Lady Tigers' all-time list in the event and was the second-fastest time of the day. Other Lady Tigers in action on Friday included Jelyn Quick, Della Clark, Sara Young and Krystal Woods.

In the first running event of the day, the Lady Tigers' 4x100m relay team of Silja Ulfarsdottir, Christina Smith, Randi Hinton and Jessica Cousins recorded a time of 45.60 to advance to Saturday's finals. Jelyn Quick competed in the preliminaries of the 100m hurdles, crossing the finish line in 14.16. In the 400m hurdles trials, Christina Smith recorded a time of 59.32 to finish third in her heat and narrowly missed the finals cut with the 10th-fastest time of the day. Krystal Woods recorded a mark of 151'0" in the discus throw to place 14th in the event.

The Lady Tigers resume competition at 1:00 PM on Saturday with the high jump, featuring Katie Pickett. Gisele Oliveira will compete in the triple jump at 6:00 PM and the Lady Tigers' 4x100m relay team will take to the track also at 6:00 PM. Silja Ulfarsdottir will compete in the finals of the 400m hurdles at 7:30 PM and the 4x400m relay team of Ulfarsdottir, Smith, Cousins and Hinton will race at 9:00 PM.

Complete Clemson Results
100m hurdles trials -Jelyn Quick (p) - 14.16
400m hurdles trials - Silja Ulfarsdottir (q) - 57.54 ; Christina Smith (p) - 59.32
4x100m relay trials - Silja Ulfarsdottir, Christina Smith, Randi Hinton, Jessica Cousins (p) - 45.60
Discus throw - Krystal Woods (14) - 46.03m/151'0"
Hammer throw - Della Clark, Foul
Pole Vault - Sara Young, NH