|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
People SearchFind an individual who either played a sport or was a member of a support group. Search by last name by clicking on the first letter of the person's last name.
Ms. Kimballee "Bubbles" Octave
Home:
Work:
Home Phone: -- Track: Octave tops trio of UL standouts May 15, 2005 – Bruce Brown NEW ORLEANS – When you’re young, it’s amazing what you can do on just two hours’ sleep. Louisiana senior Kim Octave got that much rest Friday night, participated in UL graduation ceremonies and then scurried here for Saturday competition in the Aeropostale Sun Belt Conference Track & Field Championships at Tad Gormley Stadium. Then, when she got here, Octave turned in a season-best, school-record tying, NCAA qualifying time of 13.88 in the women’s 100-meter hurdles preliminaries. “I didn’t think my time would be that good,” said Octave, second in her heat and the No. 2 qualifier for today’s finals. “I thought it would be a lot worse, because I was so high over the hurdles. “I knew that was taking time off, so I said I’ve really got to run between the hurdles. So, to have that time, I’m real excited.” Ciji Brooks of North Texas won the first heat in a time of 13.81, with Octave second, while the second heat victor was Middle Tennessee’s Candice Robertson (13.96). “With the training I’ve been doing, I thought the 13.8 range was pretty reasonable,” said Octave, sporting a new hairdo and color (orange). “At least 13.9. I’ve been improving every day, so my time is going to drop. It’s getting better every day. “We’re doing big things tomorrow. I think I can take at least another 0.3 off my time.” That’s not that easy to do, but anything’s possible when you’ve had the kind of day Octave had. Octave’s teammate and close friend Clarissa Johnson had a more painful day, but still a successful one in its way. Competing though hampered by an injured right foot that has hampered her all season, Johnson posted a season-best 19-7 performance in the long jump to exceed NCAA qualifying standards. Johnson placed sixth in an event won by Florida International’s Elis Dieme-Erlich (20-5), but had only one legal jump to put up against her foes. “I already knew it would be a tough field,” said Johnson, who fouled her other five attempts. “The main thing was to try to qualify for the NCAA Regionals, and I did that. “I wasn’t too much worried. I had enough confidence to know I would make it to the finals. I just didn’t know what would happen there. My last jump (a foul) was a big one.” Johnson will be among the top hopefuls in today’s triple jump finals. The top moment for the Cajun men occurred in the evening’s final event, as senior Walter Whitfield dominated the 3,000-meter steeplechase from start to finish in a meet-record time of 9:02.63. Whitfield, already an NCAA qualifier with a season best of 8:54.75, was ahead by 20 meters by the time he cleared the water jump for the first time and was virtually alone for the entire race. “That’s harder to do, because you have to do all the work of setting the pace,” Whitfield said. “The first lap was a little too quick, but I wanted to establish the pace myself. “I was pleased with my time. I wanted to win, and to try for the meet record.” The old mark was 9:03.18, set in 1997 by Arkansas State’s Neal Anderson. Whitfield’s unmatched performance led UL to 17 points in the race, as teammate Ryan Dupre (9:33.28) placed fourth and Ben Schexnayder (9:55.14) came in seventh. “I was ready to run,” said Whitfield, who also marched in graduation ceremonies before coming to the Crescent City. “I’m not necessarily running great right now, but that will come around at the regionals and nationals.” OTHER CAJUN MEN – Derek Richardson (23-6) finished seventh in the long jump, Kyle Ward (14.20) and Luke Moody (14.32) reached the 110 hurdles finals, Louis Roquemore (53.78) advanced to the 400 hurdles finals, Jon-Erik Shanklin (47.64) is in the 400 finals, and Jarvis Murchison (10.64) reached the 100 finals. OTHER CAJUN WOMEN – Lauryn Allgood (9-10) placed 8th in the pole vault, Jasmine Collins (2:15.67) is in the 800 finals, Laura Credeur (1:04.49) and Kim Glover (1:06.74) are in the 400 hurdles finals and Latoya Celestine (5-3) was the eighth-place performer in the high jump. Originally published May 15, 2005 Octave posts new Cajun record in 100 hurdles March 26, 2005 – BATON ROUGE – University of Louisiana hurdler Kim Octave posted a school-record time of 14.16 here Friday in the qualifying round of the 100-meter hurdles at the LSU Tiger Relays at Bernie Moore Track Stadium. Octave qualified for today’s finals, as did the Cajun men’s pair of Kyle Ward and Luke Moody in the 110-meter hurdles. Ward finished third in the men’s hurdle qualifying with a 14.35 time while Moody was seventh among qualifiers at 14.57. The men’s and women’s distance medley squad both finished fourth in 10:24.52 and 12:29.41 respectively in the only two collegiate running event finals Friday. Friday’s action in the Tiger Relays also included the conclusion of the decathlon and heptathlon. Competition continues today with field events at 11 a.m. and running events beginning at 2:30 p.m. The Cajuns are among nearly 20 collegiate teams from Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi and Florida taking part in the meet. Originally published March 26, 2005
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
