Good Luck Ananka!!!

[UNTLifer]

UNT’s Clark ready for nationals

Sprinter competes at 12:05 p.m. in 100

06/11/2003

By Ethan B. Szatmary / Staff Writer

Shortly after noon Wednesday, North Texas sprinter Ananka Clark gets to fulfill the dreams of her college running career.

Ananka Clark

Clark will run in the NCAA Track and Field National Championship preliminaries of the 100-meter dash at 12:05 p.m. at California State-Sacramento’s Hornet Stadium.

She will become the first UNT woman to compete in the national track meet since 1988.

"It’s definitely a dream way to finish up my senior year," said Clark.

Clark heads into the national meet seeded in a tie for 23rd of 31 runners. The senior’s personal-best and team-record in the 100 is 11.48, deadlocked with Rukaiya Halland of the University of Texas-Arlington and Keenan Gibson of Memphis.

While Clark’s best is 0.44 seconds — an eternity in sprint races — behind the top qualifier out of LSU, Muna Lee’s seed time of 11.04 — she thinks the races still need to be run.

"With a strong week of workouts before nationals, I’m hoping I can do really well," Clark said. "Anything can happen once you get out there on the track."

If Clark advances past the preliminaries by finishing in the top 16, then she’ll run again in the semifinals at 8:05 p.m. Wednesday.

The top eight runners in the semifinals move on to Friday’s final at 8:55 p.m.

ETHAN B. SZATMARY can be reached at 940 566-6869.

NCAA Track and Field National Championships

California State-Sacramento

Hornet Stadium

Wednesday

100-Meter Dash Preliminaries

Rank Athlete Year School Seed Time

1. Muna Lee . Jr LSU 11.04

2. Natasha Meyers Sr. USC 11.09

3. Monique Tubbs Jr. Jacksonville 11.13

4. Erica Whipple So S. Carolina 11.15

5. Aleen Bailey Sr. S. Carolina 11.17

6. Lauryn Williams So. Miami 11.20

7. Connie Moore Jr. Penn St. 11.21

8. Rachelle Boone Sr. Indiana 11.22

9. Judyth Kitson Sr. Alabama 11.24

10. Elva Goulbourne Sr. Auburn 11.27

11. Lakadron Ivery So. Baylor 11.28

12. Monica Twum Sr. TCU 11.29

13. Nina Mayes Fr. Rice 11.35

14. LaJuana Lovett Jr. SW Texas St. 11.37

14. LaVerne Jones Jr. Oklahoma 11.37

16. Illia Miles Jr. Georgia 11.38

16. Amandi Rhett Jr. Georgia 11.38

18. Ara Towns So. Indiana 11.43

18. Amber Robinson Sr. Florida 11.43

20. Sherita King Jr. Georgia 11.44

21. Melinda Smedley Sr. San Diego St. 11.46

22. Aleah Williams Sr. Texas 11.47

23. Rukaiya Halland Sr, Texas-Arlington 11.48

23. Ananka Clark Sr. North Texas 11.48

23 Keenan Gibson Sr. Memphis 11.48

26. Danielle Carruther Sr. Indiana 11.49

27. Timicka Clarke Sr. Auburn 11.51

28. Seynabou Ndiaye Sr. Arizona 11.57

29. Miya Edmonson Jr. USC 11.59

30. Antonette Carter Fr. California 11.81

31. Porchea Carroll So. Arizona St. 11.66

[CMJ]

Do we know how she did yet?

[Mark]

Here's the story.

http://www.unt.edu/mgathletics/Athletics/T...ClarkAtNCAA.htm

This concludes a great college career for Ms. Clark. Making it to the NCAA meet (even if not making the finals) in track puts one in very elite company.