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The UAB track and field team travels to Houston, Texas this week to compete at the 2011 Conference USA Championships. The four-day event will begin on Thursday, May 12 at the Hollyway Field and Ley Track on the campus of Rice University. The first event on the meet schedule will be the heptathlon as competition commences at 4:00 p.m. CT.

The UAB track and field team had several outstanding performances, including a pair of first-place efforts, Saturday at the Memphis Invitational. Junior Lauren Fayen and senior Nora Mehl were winners in their respective specialties, capturing first place in the 800-meter run and the high jump.

With the Conference USA Championship only two weeks away, the UAB track and field team will travel to Memphis, Tenn. this weekend to participate in the Memphis Tiger Invitational on Saturday, April 30. Field events will commence competition Saturday at the Billy J. Murphy Track and Field Complex.

The UAB track and field team wrapped up the second day of competition at the Vanderbilt Invitational Saturday with several winning and personal-best efforts. The Blazers had a trio of individual competitors, as well as a relay team, win their events. Thelyssa Katchen (400m), Clara Cid (3,000m) and Nora Mehl (high jump) won events Saturday.

UAB sophomore Shakima Knox and junior Kristina Vaughn both recorded top five finishes Friday to highlight the Blazers' performances on a light first day of competition at the Vanderbilt Invitational. The meet schedule will pick up considerably Saturday when competition starts with field events at 10:00 a.m. CT.

The UAB track and field team will travel to Nashville, Tenn. this weekend to take part in the Vanderbilt Invitational. The Blazers have just two meets remaining before the Conference USA Championships at Houston, Texas May 12-15.

The UAB track and field team got a runner-up finish in the 4x200-meter relay Saturday as the Blazers wrapped up competition at the 45th Annual Sea Ray Relays in Knoxville, Tenn. UAB's final day was highlighted by a runner-up finish in the 4x200-meter relay.

UAB's Rhiannon Johns bettered her personal best time by 35 seconds and shattered the five-year-old school record in the 5,000-meter run as she turned in an outstanding performance Friday night at the 53rd Annual Mt. SAC Relays in Walnut, Calif. Johns clocked a time of 16:13.32, more than 35 seconds better than her previous best of 16:48.38.

UAB's Stephanie Gammon raced to a winning time in the 10,000-meter run Friday night as the Blazers completed a successful day of competition at the 45th Annual Sea Ray Relays in Knoxville, Tenn. Earlier in the day, Blazer senior Nora Mehl registered a runner-up finish in the high jump,

UAB sophomore Akira McSwain finished fifth in the heptathlon Thursday to wrap up the second day of competition at the 45th Annual Sea Ray Relays in Knoxville, Tenn. McSwain finished with a seven-event total of 4,843 points to better her 2010 performance in the Sea Rays meet when she tallied 4,812 points and placed eighth.

UAB sophomore Akira McSwain is in fifth place after the first day of the heptathlon at the 45th Annual Sea Ray Relays. McSwain, from Nashville, Tenn., has 3,080 points and is only 31 points off her personal-best heptathlon performance that she attained at the 2010 Conference USA Championships.

The UAB track and field team will travel to Knoxville, Tenn. this week to take part in the 45th Annual Sea Ray Relays. The Blazers will participate in the four-day meet that begins Wednesday at the Tom Black Track at LaPorte Stadium on the University of Tennessee campus.

The UAB track and field team turned in several season and personal best performances Friday as the Blazers competed in the Mississippi State Twilight Invitational at Starkville, Miss. Sprinter Shakima Knox was among the UAB winners, taking the 200-meter dash.

The UAB track and field team will travel to Starkville, Miss. Friday to take part in the Bulldog Twilight Invitational. The meet will begin Friday, April 1 at 10:00 a.m. with the hammer throw and continue with most of the events at Maddox Track/Spencer Stadium taking place in the evening hours after the sun sets.

The UAB track and field team wrapped up competition at the Alabama Relays in Tuscaloosa Sunday with three victories in relay events. The Blazers capped off a successful weekend with wins in the 4x100-meter relay, the 4x200 and the 4x800 race.

The UAB track and field team enjoyed a successful first day of competition Saturday at the Alabama Relays in Tuscaloosa as the Blazers turned in several personal- or season-best performances.

Three UAB track and field performers competed in the prestigious Stanford Invitational here Friday and distance runner Rhiannon Johns turned in a personal-best effort. Johns, a junior from Sault Ste. Marie, Canada, clocked a 34:14.04 in her section of the 10,000-meter run for a personal best time.

The UAB track & field team will send three distance runners to compete at the Stanford Invitational Friday evening, while the rest of the team will make the short trip to Tuscaloosa, Ala. to compete at the Alabama Relays Saturday and Sunday.