Article: Carter helps Panthers to 4th-place finish

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(The Pitt News) (U-WIRE) PITTSBURGH -- Melanie Carter is one hop, skip and a jump away from becoming an NCAA champion.

Carter, who took first place in the Big East Conference just more than two weeks ago, added the Eastern College Athletic Conference triple jump title to her resume with her 12.86-meter leap in the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center in Boston March 6.

Currently ranked fifth in the nation, Carter is the lone Panther in the Indoor NCAA Championships this week in Arkansas.

But Carter was not the only Panther to turn heads in Boston. The women' s team placed fourth out of the 48 competing teams in the ECAC Championships with a total of 41 points.

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