CARTER QUALIFIES FOR TWO FINALS AT ECAC TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Complete Results

BOSTON, March 7, 2009 -- James Madison junior Tanique Carter (Richmond, Va./Hermitage) qualified for two sprint finals in competition Saturday at the Eastern College Athletic Conference Championships in Boston.

Carter was among eight to qualify for Sunday's 60-meter final and among nine who will race in Sunday's 200-meter final.

She turned in a time of 7.55 seconds in Saturday's 60-meter semifinals after being clocked in 7.57 in Saturday's 60-meter preliminaries.

Carter had the second-fastest qualifying time in the 200 meters, where she ran a 24.35 in the prelims. Racquel Vassell of Hampton had the top qualifying time of 24.18.

Other Dukes' competitors on Saturday included senior Leslie Anderson (Dublin, Va./Pulaski County), who placed 11th in the 400-meter preliminaries with a time of 56.53.

The Dukes' 1,600-meter relay team finished 11th in the preliminaries with a time of 3:51.62. The team included Anderson, freshman Kelnesha Hinnant (Virginia Beach, Va./Landstown), junior Lana McGowan (Hampton, Va./Kecoughtan) and senior Renee Lott (Marshall, Va./Fauquier).

Junior Alison Parris (Saint Leonard, Md./Patuxent) placed 13th in the mile preliminaries in 4:58.39.

JMU's 3,200-meter relay placed 17th in the prelims with a season-best time of 9:13.72. That was the fastest indoor time by a Dukes' 4x800 relay since the 2002 season. Team members were sophomore Kelly Jemison (Alexandria, Va./West Potomac), sophomore Carole Spoth (Middletown, N.J./Middletown South), senior Aspen Foster (Virginia Beach, Va./Frank W. Cox) and freshman Brittany Wilhelm (Stafford, Va./Brooke Point).

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