| Jan. 27, 2006
Contact: Kyle Stephens (210) 458-4907 Dupree wins Zia Classic pentathlon with record-breaking performance Complete Pentathlon Results
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – UTSA senior All-American Ryanne Dupree continued to prove herself as one of the top multi-event performers in the NCAA ranks by winning the Zia Classic pentathlon with a record-breaking performance Friday afternoon at the Albuquerque Convention Center.
Dupree broke her own UTSA record by scoring 4,035 points, the second-best mark in the country and an NCAA provisional qualifier. The 2005 Southland Conference Women’s Outdoor Athlete of the Year opened up the five-event competition with an 8.53 clocking in the 60-meter hurdles and followed that with a 5-6 ˝ clearance in the high jump. Dupree then posted a 38-4 measure in the shot put and leaped to a 18-9 ˝ mark in the long jump before closing out the meet with a 2:27.81 clocking in the 800m.
Her 4,035 points easily won the seven-person event by 298 points ahead of Julianne Kennedy of Texas Tech (3,737) and are just 15 off the automatic qualifying mark of 4,050. Dupree’s old school record of 3,979 was recorded at the McDonald’s Last Chance Qualifier last March 6 in Boise, Idaho.
Fellow senior Kandace Traywick finished seventh with 3,179 points.
Dupree set school and SLC meet records in the heptathlon and won her second consecutive Drake Relays crown last outdoor season en route to earning her second All-America certificate. She also posted a 10th-place finish at the USA Outdoor Championships and competed for the United States against Russia at the Netherlands Heptathlon Challenge last August.
The UTSA women compete in the New Mexico Invitational on Saturday at the Convention Center.
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