Wildcats give strong performance in Georgia.

ATHENS, Ga. (March 20, 1999) — The men’s and women’s track and field teams will competein the 56th Annual Florida Relays on March 27. This is the second meet ofthe outdoor season. The team started the season at the SEC Four-WayMeet in Athens, Ga., on March 20. At the meet, Kentucky had nine athletesfinish either first or second in their event.

In the women’s 100-meter low hurdles, Lutisha Shittu took home first placewith a time of 14.20, and teammate Michelle Williams placed second with atime of 14.43.

Three Kentucky athletes occupied the top three spots in the women’s triplejump competition. Valerie Williams, Shevan Threats and Falana Greenwellfinished first, second and third in the event with leaps of 42-00, 39-7.25 and39-3.75, respectively.

In the women’s shot put, Heidi Quast earned second place and Suzie vonBernuth earned third with their tosses of 44-6.25 and 43-8.00, respectively.von Bernuth also earned fourth place in the discus throw and seventh in thehammer throw while Quast took home eighth place in the hammer throw.Beth Burkett finished second in the javelin with her throw of 134-8.00.

In the men’s competition, Jude Hammond took home two top finishes, one inthe 100-meter dash with a time of 11.12 and the other in the 200-meter dashwith a time of 22.21. Mark Miller finished in second place in the 400-meterdash with his time of 47.64. Jeff Ellis finished in second place in the400-meter intermediate hurdles with a time of 51.19.

Matt Kavanagh began his journey to compete in another NCAA OutdoorChampionship with his first-place finish in the hammer throw. His toss of211-9.00 was over 15 feet more than the second-place finisher, Jay Harvardof Georgia.