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INDIANA INVADERS OPEN WITH APRIL RELAY SEASON
April 5, 2002
(INDIANAPOLIS) The Indiana Invaders are opening up their 2002 Outdoor
Track & Field season with appearances at five April relay meets. The
Invaders will compete in California (Fresno & Mt. Sac.), Tennessee
(Sea Ray), Indiana (Indy), and in Iowa (Drake). The full strength
of the team's roster will be unleashed the last weekend of April at
the Drake Relays.
On April 6th, Invaders' Toyinda Wilson, returning to competition after
a 2 year hiatus, will compete in an invitational hammer throwing event
at the 74th annual Bob Mathias Fresno Relays at Warmerdam Field,
California. Wilson, a graduate of Purdue University, is a two time
Big Ten Champion in this event and finished an impressive third in
her initial return to national level competition at USA Indoor
Nationals in the weight throw.
A partial team roster of jumpers and sprinters will then head to
Knoxville, Tennessee. Hurdlers, Le'gretta Smith and Linise Gordon;
Jumpers, Marc Dzradosi (triple jump), Frankie Young, Jada Phelps,
and Pristina Jones (long jump); and high jumper, Carri Long will
compete in the Sea Ray Relays, hosted by the University of Tennessee,
during the weekend of April 10-13th.
Smith ranked 29th at the 400H in the United States in 2001. Dzradosi
finished 16th in the triple jump at the 2001 NCAA Divison I Outdoor
Championships. In 2001, Phelps finished 8th at the Outdoor Nationals
and took fourth this year at Indoor Nationals in the long jump. Long
finished fourth at Outdoor Nationals ('01), sixth at Indoor Nationals
('02), and competed in the 2001 World University Games.
On April 19th, teammates Long, competing in the high jump, and
Priscilla Hein, in the 1500, and Paula Serrano, in the pole vault,
will contest their respective events at the 44th Annual Mt. Sac.
Relays, hosted by Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut California.
Hein, ranked in the top 20 in both the 800 and 1500 in 2001, comes
off a recent win on the roads at the LaSalle Bank Shamrock Shuffle
8K in Chicago, Illinios. Hein also made her mark in cross country
last fall in winning the USA National Club Cross Country Championships.
Serrano ranked 21st in the US last year and finished 10th at
2000 Olympic Trials.
The Invaders will top off the month of April with an invasion of
Des Moines, Iowa with a full team appearance at America's Athletic
Classic, the Drake Relays, on April 25-27th. A possible Invaders'
highlight may be an appearance by the women's Distance Medley Relay
(DMR) team. Last year at the USA National Club Championships, the
team produced the second fastest DMR time in the world for 2001.
INVADERS APRIL RELAYS SCHEDULE:
April 6th Fresno Relays
April 10-13th Sea Ray Relays
April 19th Mt Sac.
April 20th Indy Relays
April 25-27th Drake Relays
The Indiana Invaders, a not-for-profit organization founded in 1998,
presenting an innovative approach to track & field by providing a
resident-based, athlete-centered support system unique to the sport
in the United States.
For additional information on the Indiana Invaders, please contact Greg
Harger at 317 289-4018 or online at: (email)
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