University of Tennessee Athletics
TENNESSEE'S TYSON COLLECTS SECOND GOLD MEDAL AT NACAC CHAMPIONSHIPS
July 10, 2006 | Women's Track
July 10, 2006
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- Cleo Tyson, who will be a junior next season at the University of Tennessee, helped the United States 4x100-meter relay unit claim gold Sunday at the North American, Central American and Caribbean (NACAC) Under 23 Track & Field Championships at Félix Sánchez Stadium.
Tyson, from Huntsville, Texas, ran the second leg on the U.S. 4x1 quartet that zipped around the oval in a meet-best 43.53 seconds. The gold was Tyson's second of the weekend, as Saturday she claimed victory in the 100m dash in a meet-record 11.25.
Aiding the American cause were Brooklynn Morris on the opener, Shareese Woods on the third leg and Shalonda Solomon on the anchor hitch. The U.S. easily defeated runner-up Puerto Rico, which was second in 46.60.
Rising UT senior Leslie Treherne, meanwhile, came away with a fourth-place result in the final of the 800-meter run. The native of Chesapeake, Va., charted a time of 2:05.74 en route to that outcome on the meet's final day.
| SATURDAY, JULY 8 AT THE NACAC CHAMPIONSHIPS | |
| EVENT | RESULT |
| 100m Dash 1st Round | |
| Adv. Cleo Tyson | 11.45p/2nd, ht. 2 (w: 0.1) |
| 100m Dash Final | |
| 1st Cleo Tyson | 11.25 (w: 1.0) |
| 800m Run 1st Round | |
| Adv. Leslie Treherne | 2:09.63p/1st, ht. 1 |
| SUNDAY, JULY 9 AT THE NACAC CHAMPIONSHIPS | |
| EVENT | TIME |
| 800m Run Final | 5:45 p.m. |
| 4th Leslie Treherne | 2:05.74 |
| 4x100mR Final | 6:20 p.m. |
| 1st United States | 43.53 |
| (Brooklyn Morris/Cleo Tyson/Shareese Woods/Shalonda Solomon) | |
