Meet Information
University of Miami Twilight Meet
Saturday, April 14, 2018
Coral Gables, Florida | Cobb Stadium
 
The Basics
The FIU men's and women's track and field teams enjoyed a big day on Saturday at the one-day University of Miami Twilight Meet at Cobb Stadium in Coral Gables, Florida. The Panthers had 10 student-athletes in the top five and 25 placed in the top 10.
 
Women's Highlights
- Clarissa Cutliff (Orlando, Florida/Edgewater), the reigning two-time Conference USA Female Field Athlete of the Year, highlighted the days events by breaking her own school record in the high jump. Cutliff, who set the previous mark of 1.82m at the USF Invitational in 2017, blew away the old mark with a height of 1.85m. She currently has the second-best jump in Division I this year, just behind the 1.86m height that Zarriea Willis of Texas Tech jumped on April 5.
 
- Gabrielle Rains (Sherwood Park, Alberta) led three FIU competitors to top-10 finishes in the discus, when she took first with a throw of 51.91m, good enough for a share of 50th in the nation this season. Not far behind Rains was teammate Terrisa Russell (Fort Lauderdale, Florida/South Broward) who took second in the discus with a personal-record distance of 51.37m. That mark is 59th in the nation. Timberly Molden (Stone Mountain, Georgia) rounded out the Panthers' top-10 finishes in the discus with a toss of 45.34m.
 
- Russell followed up her performance in the discus with a second-place finish in the hammer throw, once again leading another three student-athletes in top-10 finishes. Russell led the way in the hammer with a throw of 60.85m, which sets a new career-high, surpassing the previous mark by better than two meters. Joining her in the top-10 was Harrison Mancke (Lecanto, Florida/Lecanto) with a personal-record throw of 50.49m, and Abigail Foster (Winter Garden, Florida/Apopka) who threw 49.72m.  
 
- In the javelin, Asha James led a commanding performance by the Panthers with all five of the competitors finishing in the top nine of the event. James took second with a throw of 43.65m, while Dina Cosik (Belgrade, Serbia) rounded out the top-five finishers with a throw of 37.52m. Jasmine Banks (36.73m), Samantha Ebanks (Miami, Florida/Ferguson) (33.74m) and Kayla Woulard (Oakland Park, Florida/Northeast) (30.80m) all placed in the top nine.  
 
- Rahel Gerbretsadik (Tel-Aviv, Israel) had a big day in the running events. Gerbretsadik took third in the 1,500m with a time of 4:44.71, the top time of her collegiate career. She followed that up with a top-10 finish in the 800 posting a time of 2:17.06, also a career-best.
 
Other FIU top-20 women's results include:
- Samantha Ebanks – 12.91 – 100m
- Sydnee Wilkerson (Jacksonville, Florida/Ed White) – 25.02 – 200m
- Serenity Grimes (Homestead, Florida/South Dade) – 27.74 – 200m
- Sydne Grier (St. John's, Florida/Bartram Trail) – 2:18.78 – 800m
- Sabrina Quijano (Miami, Florida/Our Lady of Lourdes) – 2:35.22 – 800m; 4:52.68 - 1,500m 
- Kayla Woulard – 16.54 – 100H
- Serentity Grimes (Homestead, Florida/South Dade) – 1:12.27 – 400H
- Kenflore Atilus (Naples, Florida/Naples) – 1.60m – High Jump
- Timberly Molden (Stone Mountain, Georgia) – 12.85m – Shot Put
- Harrison Mancke – 38.11m – Discus
- Trinavia Williams (Gainesville, Florida/Santa Fe) – 48.49m – Hammer Throw
 
Men's Highlights
- On the men's side, Daniel Neptune (Miami, Florida/Belen Jesuit) shared the men's team's top finish taking fourth in the 110H with a time of 14.55. Allen Wiggins (Orlando, Florida/The First Academy) also took fourth, doing so in the shot put with a throw of 14.95m.
 
- In the 800m, Royer Baez (Reading, Pennsylvania) posted a top-five finish with a time of 1:57.49.
 
Other FIU top-20 men's results include:
- Husani Wilburgh (Coral Springs, Florida/Taravella) – 22.55 – 200m
- Patston Stewart (Lehigh Acres, Florida/Lehigh) – 22.85 – 200m
- Jorge Areces (Miami, Florida/Christopher Columbus)  – 9:47.07 – 3,000m
- David Suarez (Miami, Florida/Ferguson)– 9:58.50 – 3,000m
- Christian Williams (Hialeah, Florida/American) – 7.26m – Long Jump
- Reed Service (Tampa, Florida/Riverview) – 6.03m – Long Jump
- Luares Tavares (Taunton, Massachusetts) – 14.33m – Triple Jump
- Wisdom Offor (Hialeah, Florida/American) – 14.26m – Triple jump
 
Up Next
FIU will get back to work next weekend as the Panthers travel to Atlanta, Georgia to take part in the Georgia Tech Invitational, April 20-21.
 
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