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SPORTS Wednesday, Aprill, 1998 - Page 15 Wilson to carryon illustrious career at Division III finals that Whitmore, WMC assistant for After the indoor season, Wilson HY KIo:VIN CULLEY tomatie entry to the meet. The women's 4x400-meter re- COlllribmingWrifer eight years, is a very knowledge- focused more on the hurdles with The Green Terror star also has lay unit of Sommer Chorman, able technician who knows how to immediate results. a strong provisional qualifying Aleya Hom, Dana Fraser and Wil- Western Maryland College teach hurdles. "He made it very In her first CC outdoor cham- standard of 8.44 seconds, set Val- son won its heat and set a school track standout Kerry Wilson has easy for me to succeed." pionship, the Green Terror standout entine's Day at the Bucknell Win- record of 4: 12.59. become a star at the collegiate During the 1997 indoor track was a triple winner. She captured ter Classic. in the 55 hurdles. Renner won a battle when he level under very unusual circum- season, Wilson proved both how both the 100 and 400-meter As for the pentathalon, Wilson landed Wilson, who was being re- stances. good a teacher Whitmore is and hurdles, and established a new competed and won a competition cruited by Maryland, North Caro- For Wilson, high school track how proficient a srudent she is by meet record of 15.09 seconds in the at Albright College in late January and two Di- was very different. "I was compet- finishing second at the CC cham- shorter race. Her winning long with a total of 3,093 points. lina State, Delaware, The Elkton, MD, vision II schools. ing in too many events, so I didn't pionship in the 55 hurdles and be- jump of 16 feet, 11-1/4 inches also Now Wilson has qualified for native chose WMC for a number of havetime for hurdles," she said. ing the only freshman to qualify for was a CC championship mark. the NCAA Division III outdoor reasons. championship in May, while plac- "I liked the campus and the While at north East High Wilson proved both how good a teacher ing second in the 1OO-meter hurdles small class sizes, plus 1 wanted to School, in Cecil County, Wilson at the Wake Forest Relays. stay close to home," noted \yilson, could only participate in four Whitmore is and how proficient a student Wilson posted a provisional- who needs just over an hour to events out of eight in which she she is by...being the only freshman to qualifying time of 14.94 seconds in reach Elkton from Westminster. was highly skilled. the championship trials. She was "Kerry has been a significant When Wilson enrolled at qualify for the NCAA Division III just two-hundredths slower in the factor in our program since day one. WMC, the coaching staff saw her rain-plagued final, and finished She is just awesome, as evidenced potential to participate in the championship. 0.15 seconds behind winner Kristin by her All-American effort as a pentathalon. That indoor multi- Inman of Division I Bowling Green freshman. We really are fortunate event includes the high jump, long the NCAA Division III champion- Wilson entered the 1997 Divi- University. to have her here," said Renner. jump, shot put, SOO-meter run, at ship in the event. sion III outdoor championship at quali- WMC claims second which she already excelled, plus Wilson was named the co-Out- the University of Wisconsin- the 55-meter hurdles. standing Performer at the confer- LaCrosse with the 12th-best This meant that the 5-fool-9 ence championship after setting fying time of 14.94 seconds in the sophomore must learn how to meet records in the 400-meter dash 100 hurdles. at Salisbury State hurdle. and long jump, winning the 55 She improved to 14.S0 in the "We saw Kerry as just a tre- dash, coming in second in the 55 final. Unfortunately that time was Terror softball opened its sea- WMC mendously skilled athlete," said hurdles and triple jump, and plac- good for ninth place, .16 seconds son by finishing second in the very Moravian beat Bethany 6-2 and in its other 14-0 two Green Terror head coach Doug ing third in the 200 dash. and one spot shy of All-American competitive Salisbury State Univer- pool-play games. Renner. Although she did nOI place in status. sity Sea Gull Invitational. The Green Terror advanced.tq So, in the fall of 1996, after the the hurdles at the national meet, This year, Wilson will be mak- The Green Terror won four of conclusion of her freshman field Wilson became the second Western ing her second trip to the Division six games, with its only losses com- the championship ~fa~~e,tj¥s ...Jhe/Li; third.seed, and pounded sixth-seed hockey season, Wilson went to Maryland woman to earn Division III indoor championship. Her leap ing to (he host team. In pool play, Wilkes 12-4 in the first round. In school on the hurdles."All 1 had to III All-America status indoors by of 18 feet, 4-1/4 inches in the long Salisbury State beat WMC 7-4. the semifinals, WMC edged Atlan- do was listen to Coach Whitmore," finishing sixth in the triple jump jump at a quadrangular meet at the The two teams met again in the tic Region fifth-ranked William said Wilson. The sophomore added with a leap of 36 feet, II inches. US Naval Academy gained her au- championship game, with the Sea Pate~son,4-2.,; ;1 ;,;:.;1 ill ;i b:,.>l, Gulls posting a 9-1 victory. Courtesy of Sports Information' INSTANT CREDIT Guaranteed credit Cards with Credit Limits 11th . Up To $10,000 Within Days! l'e.,rt No CREDIT, No JOB, No PARENT-SIGNER, No SECURITY DEPOSIT! no credit • bad credit • no income? E~[. ORDER FORM YES! I want .Credit Cards immediately. GACC,PO BOX 16662, ATLANTA, GA 30321 Name . Address . 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