The Warm-Up Lap: Collegiate Track & Field News and Notes

May 17, 2013


NEW ORLEANS – With the exception of one final round of "Last Chance" meets in Division III, the regular season of collegiate track & field has come to a close and the focus has shifted toward the National Championship meets.

Championships Info: Division I | Division II | Division III
Weekend Info: Schedule | Broadcast Schedule

Division I and II teams are off this weekend as they await East/West Preliminary Rounds and the NCAA DII Championships, respectively. The qualifying window for both division ended Sunday, but student-athletes are able to compete — see Colorado’s Emma Coburn and Simon Fraser’s Helen Crofts at Friday’s Oxy High Performance Meet — for times that will not count toward qualification but could count toward in-season collegiate/division records.

The list of accepted entries into the NCAA DI East and West Preliminary Rounds was posted Thursday, and can be found here. The NCAA Championship fields for the combined events have also been announced. Start lists will be published Tuesday, May 21 by 2 p.m. ET.

The East Prelims will be held in Greensboro, N.C., while Austin, Texas, will host the West Prelims. Both meets will take place May 23-25. The top 12 finishers in each individual event and relay event at both Prelims sites will advance to the NCAA Championships Finals June 5-8 in Eugene, Ore. Each event contested at the NCAA Finals will have no more than 24 competitors.

Accepted entries into the DII Championships — to be contested May 23-25 at CSU-Pueblo — were announced Tuesday for both the men’s and women’s fields. The men’s list can be viewed here, and the women’s here. Heat sheets will be available Monday, May 20.

Meanwhile Division III teams may get one last shot at jockeying for qualification to the DIII Championships — which will take place May 23-25 at UW-La Crosse — through today between three meets.

North Central (Ill.) – Multi-Event, May 14-15; Gregory Invitational, May 16-17
George Fox – GFU Final Qualifier, May 16-17
Augustana College (Ill.) – Augustana Twilight, May 17
Teams were also able to compete at Ohio Wesleyan, Swarthmore, Whitworth and UW-La Crosse earlier in the week.

Each individual event will be contested by 20 student-athletes, while 16 teams will compete in each relay event. Accepted entries will be posted by 9 a.m. ET on Sunday.

NEWS AND NOTES
LSU’s Duncan, Oregon’s Brenner Up for Sports Illustrated College Athlete of the Year

Reigning The Bowerman winner Kimberlyn Duncan is not only up for consideration for the best collegiate track & field student-athlete, but now is in the running for the Sports Illustration College Athlete of the Year award, while Oregon’s three-sport Liz Brenner, who throws for the Ducks in addition to playing basketball and volleyball in Eugene is also up for the award. Read more on Duncan here and Brenner here.

Texas A&M Men and Kansas Women Projected as NCAA Champs by Track & Field News

The latest NCAA Formcharts released by Track & Field News project a 15-point victory for the Texas A&M men over defending champion Florida at the NCAA Division I Championships next month, while they project the Kansas women to edge Oregon by one point and A&M by four. The full men’s chart can be found here, and the women’s here.

FOOTBALL PLAYERS UPDATE
A total of 18 football players qualified for the Division II National Championships next week in 13 different events. Football players who qualified in two events include Saint Augustine’s Jermaine Jones at 100 and 200 meters; Michael Ashley of Lincoln (Mo.) at 200 and 400 meters; Waquiem Comar of Ashland in the 110 and 400 hurdles; CJ Griggs of Texas A&M-Kingsville in the long jump and triple jump; and Angelo State’s Nick Alejandro in the discus and hammer throws. The full football list can be found here.

Name School FB Position Event
Chaz Butler Adams State DB 100 meters
Jermaine Jones Saint Augustine’s WR 100 meters
Shjuan Richardson Emporia State WR 100 meters
Jermaine Jones Saint Augustine’s WR 200 meters
John Lundy Notre Dame (Ohio) WR 200 meters
Michael Ashley Lincoln (Mo.) K 200 meters
Michael Ashley Lincoln (Mo.) K 400 meters
Kevin Baxter Lenoir-Rhyne DB 110 hurdles
Waquiem Comar Ashland WR 110 hurdles

Waquiem Comar Ashland WR 400 hurdles

Keyvan Rudd Minnesota State WR High Jump
CJ Griggs Texas A&M Kingsville WR Long Jump
Joshuah Bass Indianapolis DB Long Jump
CJ Griggs Texas A&M Kingsville WR Triple Jump
Marquise Cushon Pittsburg State DB Triple Jump
Matt Armstrong Grand Valley State OL Shot Put
Aaron Jung Augustana (S.D.) DL Shot Put
Seth Hackney Missouri Southern OL Shot Put
John Petroff Northwest Missouri OL Discus
Nick Alejandro Angelo State DL Discus
Brad Wright Wayne State (Neb.) OL Discus
Nick Alejandro Angelo State DL Hammer Throw
Justin Shirk Bloomsburg LB Javelin
Dillon Schrodt Nebraska-Kearney WR Decathlon

With the top DIII qualifying times at 100 meters already to his name, UW-Eau Claire sprinter/DB Thurgood Dennis claimed the division’s second-fastest time at 400 meters in 47.10 — also good for second among football players.

Houston senior Isaiah Sweeney claimed the Conference-USA long jumple title with a mark of 25-5.1/2 (7.76m) to put him first among football players and No. 18 in Division I. Sweeney, a wide receiver for the Cougars, is healthy again after injuries limited him to just one game in 2012 — though he racked up 93 yards and a touchdown in his only game.

Senior Kyler Martin of Army posted the best 110 hudles time by a football player this season with a 14.00 (+1.2m/s) at the IC4A/ECAC Championships. His was the second-fastest qualifying time, and he finished sixth in the finals (14.20, -1.0m/s). A defensive back for the Black Knights, Martin recorded six tackles and proke up a pair of passes last season.

Martin’s Army teammate Jacob Drozd — a linebacker for the Black Knights — also had a strong performance at the IC4A/ECAC Championships, finishing third in the javelin with a mark of 222-10 (67.93m).





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