June 30, 2008

NEW ORLEANS - Five Tulane University women's track and field athletes were named to the All-Louisiana team by the Louisiana Sportswriters Association, the organization announced this week.

Senior Shanon Beelendorf, a recent graduate of Tulane, ran the second-best 400-meter hurdle time in the state during the outdoor season, running 1 minute, 00.12 seconds on April 19 at the LSU Alumni Gold Invitational, which stands as the third-best time in Tulane history. Senior Aubrey Phillips ran the state's best time in two events - the 5,000-meter run and the 10,000-meter run - running season-best times of 17:15.54 and 34:53.01, respectively. Her 10,000m time is a school record and her 5,000m time is the second best in Tulane history. Sophomore Arielle Minor scored the second most points in the heptathlon with her 4,451-point effort at the Conference USA Championships, which ranks third in school history.

Freshman Laurie Dalrymple turned in the state's second-best times in the 5,000m and 10,000, running 17:29.92 and 38:19.05, respectively, and both times rank third in school history. Fellow freshman Rebecca Coady ran the fastest 3,000-meter steeplechase time in Louisiana at 11:29.68, which was also a Tulane benchmark.

The team was determined by the top three times or field marks turned in by athletes from Louisiana colleges and universities taken from officially accepted NCAA marks through the NCAA Championships.

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