Best Finish Ever

The Oberlin College women's outdoor track and field team put on the best performance in team history when it scored 101.75 points and finished in third place at the 1999 North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

Senior Amie Ely became the first female in NCAC history to capture first place in six events. She won the heptathalon (4,387 points), the 100-meter hurdles (15.30), 400-meter hurdles (64.41), and the long jump (16-6.5 feet) and was a member of the first-place 400-meter and 1600-meter relay teams. Automatically qualifying for the 1999 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) National Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the heptathalon -- she finished in 12th place -- Ely was a provisional qualifier in the 400 hurdles, and set the meet record in both events. First-year-student Nzinga Broussard also turned in an outstanding performance at the conference championships, recording first-place finishes in four events. Broussard won the 100 (12.58) and the 200 (25.63) and was a member of the first-place 400- and 1600-relay teams.

Joining Broussard and Ely on the championship 400-relay team were juniors Christiana Nwofor and Chamia Peterson. The four-some set the school record with a time of 49.46. The other members of the first-place 1600-relay team were junior Emily Lane and sophomore Elizabeth Chandler.

Broussard was named the NCAC's Most Valuable Performer for Sprints and Hurdles, while Ely was recognized as the conference's Most Valuable Performer for Field Events, marking the first time that an Oberlin women's track and field performer was recognized as MVP.

Broussard, Chandler, Ely, Lane, Nwofor, and Peterson all earned first-team All-NCAC honors for their efforts.

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