TENNESSEE'S McCALLEY CHARTS NCAA REGIONAL QUALIFIER IN 5000 METERS

April 23, 2004

PHILADELPHIA, Pa.

Karns High School product Elizabeth McCalley finished eighth in the championship division of the 5000 meters and checked in with an NCAA Regional qualifying time to pace the University of Tennessee women Thursday night in the Penn Relays Distance Carnival at Franklin Field.

After UT's DMR won a Championship of America "relay wheel" earlier in the day, the junior from Knoxville gave UT Head Coach J.J. Clark another reason to smile on the squad's first day of action at the meet. Already qualified for the NCAA Mideast Regional in the 3000-meter steeplechase, thanks to her school record effort at the Sea Ray Relays two weekends ago, McCalley qualified for a spot in the 5000 meters as well with a clocking of 16:55.13.

McCalley's mark is a career best by a whopping minute, topping the 17:56.29 readout she charted at the 2003 Southeastern Conference Championship meet at UT's Tom Black Track. The time moves McCalley to number 12 on the UT all-time performers list.

The Lady Vols also got a career-best outing in the 5K from senior Jessica Southers (Ashland, Ky.), who was 14th at 17:06.29. Sophomore Felicia Guliford (Gallup, N.M.) was 15th at 17:08.60, while sophomore Carly Matthews (Winston-Salem, N.C.) was 30th at 17:28.36 in her collegiate debut at that distance.

Sophomore Katie Flaute (Dayton, Ohio) capped the late night distance party off by logging a career-topping 35:38.44 to place ninth in the Olympic development division of the 10,000 meters. The mark was a significant upgrade from her prior PR of 36:30.89 at last year's meet in Philly, when she placed 22nd. It also represents the fastest 10K turned in by a Lady Vol at the Penn Relays since Alison Quelch sped to a 34:08.0 result in 1985.

"Not a bad night at the distance carnival for the Lady Vols," Clark said. "Elizabeth is showing her real abilities in several different areas. "She qualified (for NCAA Regionals) in her second event and had a minute PR, and Katie had a 58-second PR herself. It was a super effort by those two, and Jessica Southers came up with a PR as well."

Tennessee is back in action on Friday at 2:55 p.m., as juniors Toyin Olupona (Orillia, Ontario, Canada) and Dee Dee Trotter (Decatur, Ga.), and freshman Tianna Madison (Elyria, Ohio) compete in the prelims of the 100-meter dash. At 6:10 p.m., UT is scheduled to wind up its day in the sprint medley relay, an event the Lady Vols finished second in a year ago by 29/100ths of a second.

THURSDAY, APRIL 22 AT THE PENN RELAYS
(LADY VOL EVENT SCHEDULE/RESULTS)
EVENT (NCAA DIV. I QUALIFYING MARKS)
Dist. Medley Relay-Champ. (Not An NCAA Event) 4:45 p.m.
1st	Brooke Novak/Dee Dee Trotter/Nicole Cook/Lindsay Hyatt	10:59.35
5000m-Champ. (Regional: 16:56.43) 8:40 p.m.
8th	Elizabeth McCalley	16:55.13!#
14th	Jessica Southers	17:06.29!
15th	Felicia Guliford	17:08.60
30th	Carly Matthews	17:28.36!
10,000m-Champ. (Auto: 34:10.00, Prov: 35:15.00) 10:30 p.m.
9th	Katie Flaute	35:38.44!
FRIDAY, APRIL 23 AT THE PENN RELAYS
100m Prelims (Regional: 11.78) 2:55 p.m.
Tianna Madison
Toyin Olupona
Dee Dee Trotter
Sprint Medley Relay -Champ (Not An NCAA Event) 6:10 p.m.
Lineup TBA

Event 82, Thursday, 8:10 pm CW 5,000m Run Championship1 16:29.76 Paige Miller Duke2 16:31.37 Cara Kiernan Yale3 16:31.54 Adeh Mwamba Abilene Christian4 16:37.46 Amanda Pape Georgetown5 16:41.75 Kate Boyles Cornell6 16:52.83 Jennifer Koeppel Buffalo7 16:54.47 Heidi Hollinger Duke8 16:55.13 Elizabeth McCalley Tennessee9 16:55.55 Beth Vesey College of New Jersey10 16:55.78 Melanie Schorr Dartmouth11 16:58.78 Elania Lord Pennsylvania12 17:00.38 Jenny Lake South Carolina13 17:04.54 Emmily Chelanga Iona14 17:06.29 Jessica Southers Tennessee15 17:08.60 Felicia Guliford Tennessee16 17:11.18 Nicole Kelleher Dartmouth17 17:14.73 Leonora Joy Stony Brook18 17:14.87 Laura Jakosky Arkansas19 17:16.48 Erin Swain North Carolina State20 17:18.61 Mindy Peterson Indiana21 17:19.25 Elle Pishny Duke22 17:21.47 Sarah Saffa Arkansas23 17:21.76 Emily Schnitkey Youngstown State24 17:23.36 Lyndsey Webber Richmond25 17:26.10 Joy Griffith Mississippi State26 17:26.40 Phoebe Ko Duke27 17:26.85 Liz Brown Trinity28 17:27.52 Katie Denton Louisiana State29 17:28.02 Penny Splichal Arkansas30 17:28.36 Carly Matthews Tennessee31 17:29.73 Jennifer Lapetoda James Madison32 17:42.40 Alison Zeinner Arkansas33 17:50.53 Lindsey Roberts Edinboro34 17:51.49 Nicole Kurtain Richmond35 17:53.92 Rchel Carden West Virginia36 18:04.67 Jess Riden Penn State37 18:15.26 Christina Kane Trinity38 18:36.11 Lisa Davies Youngstown StateDNF = Natasha Roetter Duke; Kayla Matrunick Penn State
Event 87, Thursday, 9:45 pm CW 10,000m Run Championship1 34:04.58 Nicole Lee Georgetown2 34:18.65 Mindy Sawtelle Indiana (Pa)3 34:40.60 Laura Stanley Duke4 34:43.12 Carter Hamill Amherst5 35:10.66 Caroiline Cretti Williams6 35:25.62 Lisa Stublic Columbia7 35:35.18 Josianne Lauber North Carolina State8 35:38.44 Katie Flaute Tennessee9 35:45.58 Allison Macsas Tampa10 35:50.50 Melissa St. Clair Elizabethtown11 35:59.37 Jenn Feenstra Georgia State12 36:09.56 Julie Nemergut Edinboro13 36:11.98 Melissa Terwillliger Clarion14 36:15.02 Erin Franklin Wake Forest15 36:17.93 Lindsey Van Alstine Duke16 36:43.79 Neta Ezer Georgia Tech17 36:49.42 Anya Davidson Brown18 36:55.89 Kelly Price North Florida19 37:02.76 Laura Magee North Florida20 37:29.51 Emily Hulme Dickinson21 37:48.84 Amanda Pisano Bloomsburg22 38:17.16 Nicole Posey North Florida23 38:23.61 Julie Dutton Bates24 38:42.40 Kim Nolan Stonehill25 38:49.72 Michelle Wale Penn State

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TENNESSEE'S McCALLEY CHARTS NCAA REGIONAL QUALIFIER IN 5000 METERS

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