Karsuma And Lowe Earn SEC Indoor T&F All-Freshman Team Honors
Wednesday, March 26, 2008 | Track and Field
The University of Florida track & field team's Liene Karsuma (Riga, Latvia) and Rebecca Lowe (Vancluse, Australia) have been named to the Southeastern Conference Indoor Track & Field All-Freshman Team, the league office announced on Wednesday.
In its inaugural year, the All-Freshman Team recognizes the top rookie finisher in each individual event at the SEC Indoor Championships. The Gators' two honors are tied for the second-most in the league on the women's side.
Karsuma, who tied the UF indoor record and shattered the previous indoor freshman record in the high jump during the indoor season, finished fourth in the event at the SEC Indoor meet with a mark of 1.76/5-9.25. A week later, she returned to Fayetteville for the Arkansas Last Chance Qualifier and equaled Maria Galloni's indoor school record of 1.85m/6-0.75 to become one of just two freshmen in the nation to attain automatic entry into the NCAA Indoor Championships. She won five times during the indoor season, including a streak of three-straight victories to open the season, and earned SEC Female Freshman of the Week honors on Feb. 5 after pacing the field at the United Heritage Invitational in Nampa, Idaho.
Lowe earned her way onto the SEC All-Freshman team with a third-place finish in the 5,000m at the SEC Indoor Championships. Her time of 16:27.07 at the meet was good for an NCAA provisional-qualifying mark, and moved her into second place on Florida's all-time indoor chart. Earlier this week, she was named the initial SEC Female Runner of the Week of the outdoor season after turning in a meet-record and NCAA-leading time of 16:19.97 in the 5,000m at the Snowbird Invitational in Tallahassee.
2008 SEC Indoor Track & Field All-Freshman Team
Women
60m – Jeneba Tarmoh, Tennessee
200m – Jeneba Tarmoh, Tennessee
400m – Joanna Atkins, Auburn
800m – Brittany Hall, LSU
Mile – Brittany Sheffey, Tennessee
3,000m – Catherine White, Arkansas
5,000m – Rebecca Lowe, Florida
60mH – Tenaya Jones, LSU
High Jump – Liene Karsuma, Florida
Pole Vault – Tara Diebold, Arkansas
Long Jump – Melissa Ogbourne, LSU
Triple Jump – Melissa Ogbourne, LSU
Shot Put – Annie Alexander, Tennessee
Weight Throw – Angelica Howard, Alabama
Pentathlon – Danielle Sampley, Kentucky
Men
60m – Derrick Locke, Kentucky
200m – Antonio Sales, South Carolina
400m – Aaron Anderson, South Carolina
800m – Axel Mostrag, Tennessee
Mile – Duncan Phillips, Arkansas
3,000m – Adam Henken, Kentucky
5,000m – Andrew Kirwa, Alabama
60mH – Johnny Dutch, South Carolina
High Jump – Greg Wilson, Kentucky
Pole Vault – Joseph Berry, Tennessee
Long Jump – Derrick Locke, Kentucky
Triple Jump – Zedric Thomas, LSU
Shot Put – Colin Boevers, Kentucky
Weight Throw – Michael Zajac, South Carolina
Heptathlon – Michael Ayers, Tennessee
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