Women's Track Stars To Compete At US Nationals
6/20/2002 12:00:00 AM | Women's Track and Field
June 20, 2002
EAST LANSING, Mich. - The Michigan State women's track and field team will send senior tri-captain Sherita Williams (Tampa, Fla.) and freshman Michelle Rzepka (Novi, Mich.) to Palo Alto, Calif., to compete in the U.S. Junior and Senior National Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Saturday, June 22. Williams will compete in the senior nationals triple jump event, while Rzepka will compete in the junior nationals pole vault at Cobb Track and Angell Field on the campus of host Stanford.
Williams had an exceptional 2002 outdoor season for the Spartans, setting the MSU school record in the long jump (20' 1/2") and the triple jump (42' 10 3/4"). She was the Big Ten conference champion in the triple jump, which earned her All-Big Ten first team honors. She also finished 12th in the triple jump at the NCAA Championships and was named first team All-American. Williams finished first in the triple jump at the CMU Collegiate, the WMU Invitational, the Len Paddock Invitational and captured second at the Penn Relays. She also captured a Big Ten Championship in the triple jump at the 2001 Big Ten Indoor Championships, and finished third in the triple jump at the 2001 U.S. Junior Track and Field Championships.
Rzepka will compete in her first U.S. nationals as a Spartan. She holds the MSU school record in the pole vault (12'0"). She finished fifth in the pole vault at the Jesse Owens Classic, third at the Len Paddock Invitational and 10th at the Texas Relays. Rzepka also competed and finished 11th in the pole vault at the 2002 Big Ten Indoor Championships.