May 7, 2001

Indianapolis, Indiana - Senior Neto Alexander (Port-of-Spain, Trinidad/Queen's Royal College) collected two top five finishes at the Woodland Mortgage Indiana US Track and Field Championships on Saturday.

Alexander placed third in the 100-meter dash (11.08) and fourth in the 200-meter dash (22.11) while classmate Chris Stanley (Chicago, Ill./Lyons Township) lowered his team-best mark in the 800-meter run with an 11th-place finish of 1:54.34.

On the women's side, junior Monieka Thompson (Chicago, Ill./Steinmetz) broke her own outdoor record in the 800-meter run with a third-place finish on Saturday. Thompson, who set the original record of 2:12.44 last season, crossed the finish line with a blazing time of 2:09.78. Thompson's classmate Amy Fehrman (St. Charles, Ill./St. Charles) turned in the only other top ten mark for the Flames as she tied for eighth place in the high jump with a height of 5-feet, 3 inches.

UIC will be back in action this Saturday, as they will return to Indianapolis, Indiana to participate in the Midwestern Collegiate Conference Outdoor Track and Field championships.