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Big Ten Women's Indoor Track and Field Championships Preview
University of Illinois to host Big Ten Championships on Feb. 24-25.

Feb. 20, 2007
February 24-25 ? University of Illinois ? Urbana-Champaign, Ill. ? Armory Track
Big Ten women's track and field opens its postseason this weekend at the 2007 Big Ten Indoor Track and Field Championships at Armory Track on the University of Illinois campus. The field includes four teams ranked in the Trackwire Top 25, including No. 1 Michigan. Minnesota (No. 9), Penn State (T-13) and host Illinois (T-16) also represent the conference in the national rankings.

Illinois has finished second in the last two championships and looks to make the jump to the top behind the strong veteran leadership of athletes like Yvonne Mensah and LaNeisha Waller. Mensah was a three-time winner at the 2006 indoors, taking home gold in the 60-meter dash, long jump and triple jump while Waller took first in the 60-meter hurdles.

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2006 All-American Jessica Stringer leads Ohio State into Armory Track as a returning champion having won the high jump at least year's event. The 2006 All-Big Ten honoree will be joined by Veronica Jatsek (weight throw), Jenna Harris (400 meters) and Ayrizonna Favours (400 meters), who have each qualified provisionally for the NCAAs.

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