Meet Information
University of Miami Hurricane Alumni Meet
Day One – Friday, April 6, 2018
Coral Gables, Florida | Cobb Stadium
 
The Basics
It may have been a light day in terms of FIU track and field student-athletes competing during day one of the University of Miami Hurricane Alumni Meet at Cobb Stadium in Coral Gables, however it proved to be a productive one with four FIU competitors finishing in the top five of their respective events.
 
Women's Highlights
- Clarissa Cutliff (Orlando, Florida/Edgewater) led the way for the Panthers with her second-straight first-place finish, taking the high jump with a height of 1.81m. Cutliff, the reigning Conference USA Female Field Athlete of the Week, won the high jump last weekend at the prestigious Pepsi Florida Relays – in the Invitational division – also posting a mark of 1.81m.  
 
- In the javelin, Dina Cosic (Belgrade, Serbia), let go a throw of 42.07m, which is a new personal best. It surpasses her previous mark of 37.13m, set on the same field at the UM Hurricane Invitational on March 17.
 
- Rounding out FIU's female top five finishers was Timberly Molden (Stone Mountain, Georgia), recording a throw of 13.26m in the shot put.
 
Other top FIU women's results include:
- Samantha Ebanks (Miami, Florida/Ferguson) – 2,736 – Heptathlon
- Lisa La'Flamme (Stuart, Florida/Martin county) – 1.54m – High Jump 
 
Men's Highlights
- On the men's side, Christian Williams (Hialeah, Florida/American) posted a season-high mark of 2.01m in the high jump to place third.
 
Other top FIU men's results include:
- Andrew Samuels (Brampton, Ontario) – 1.91m – High Jump
- Allen Wiggins (Orlando, Florida/The First Academy) – 14.32m – Shot Put
 
Up Next
FIU will close out its participation in the Hurricane Alumni Meet, tomorrow, April 7.
 
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