April 19, 2006

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Lady Tigers Set for ACC Outdoor Meet
Clemson will begin competition at the 2006 ACC Outdoor Championships on Thursday, April 20 in the hammer throw. Three Lady Tigers will be entered in that event.

Randi Hinton will compete in the 100m, 200m, 4x100m, and 4x400m. Thea Dix, Candice Johnson, and Patrice McMillan will run the 800m. Casey Phillips will run the 1500m.

Jenny Barton will compete in the steeplechase and 5000m, while freshman Sunday Ford is in the 10,000m run for Clemson. Ashley Robinson will also be in the steeplechase. Polly Hardy and Renata Miyamoto will compete in the high hurdles, with Sierra Hill, Tia Perry, and Ope Sobanjo in the intermediate hurdles.

Della Clark will be in the hammer throw and shot put, while Krystal Woods is in the javelin, hammer, and discus throws. Catheryne Porter will throw the discus and hammer as well. Allison Bradshaw is in the shot put, and Rochelle Kokayko is in the hammer throw.

In the long jump, Krystal Barringer and Tonya Nwankwo will compete for Clemson. The two will join Miyamoto and Michelle Rogers in the triple jump as well. Katie Farnan and Anni Korhonen are entered in the high jump.

In the pole vault, Beth Jordan and Krissy Thompson are Clemson's entries.

Clemson's 2006 NCAA Regional Qualifiers
The Lady Tigers have qualified regionally for the NCAA in five events. Last weekend at the Solid Orange Classic, both Polly Hardy and Renata Miyamoto qualified regionally in the 100m high hurdles. Hardy had a time of 13.71, while Miyamoto had a 13.72.

Sierra Hill has qualified regionally in the 400m intermediate hurdles for the second straight year. She ran 1:00.45 at the Yellow Jacket Invitational.

For the second straight year, Miyamoto has regionally qualified in the triple jump. She posted a mark of 40'7.75" at the Clemson Relays. Michelle Rogers matched that effort at the Solid Orange Classic with her second straight East Region qualifying effort.

Two student-athletes from Clemson have regionally qualified in the hammer throw. Freshman Rochelle Kokayko holds the top mark on the team at 183'8", which she recorded at the Yellow Jacket Invitational. Della Clark also has qualified in that event, posting a toss of 180'11" at the Clemson Invitational.

In the javelin, Krystal Woods has qualified for the first time in that event. She is a two-time regional qualifier in the discus throw. Woods threw the javelin 144'7" at the Clemson Relays for her top mark ever in that event.

Clemson's ACC Championship History
Clemson has a total of two ACC Outdoor Championships and four runner-up finishes. The Lady Tigers last won the event in 1999 under Ron Garner. That year, the Lady Tigers claimed four event championships: 4x100m relay, pole vault, shot put, discus throw. Jamine Moton won both the shot put and discus for Clemson. The Lady Tigers earned All-ACC honors in six other events, including Moton in the hammer throw.

The Lady Tigers' most recent runner-up finish was in 2001, the first year under current head coach Marcia Noad. That year, Clemson took home 11 event titles. Moton won the shot put, discus, and hammer that season. Cydonie Mothersill claimed stake in four titles, winning the 100m, 200m, 4x100m, and 4x400m relay. She was named Most Valuable Performer at the meet, one of six times a Clemson student-athlete has earned ACC Outdoor MVP honors.

The others to be honored as ACC meet MVP outdoors were Kim Graham (1991-93), Nikki Sims (1995), and Jamine Moton (2002).