Thursday, June 12, 2014

Day One Notes – NCAA Division I Outdoor T&F Championships

Day One Notes – NCAA Division I Outdoor T&F Championships
Courtesy: Tom Lewis, USTFCCCA | June 11, 2014
2014 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships
Day 1 Notes

USTFCCCA National Championships Central

Called attendance: 9,165
Weather: Sunny, Clear

Men’s 10,000 Meters
Edward Cheserek (FR), Oregon, 28:30.18 [PB]
6k: 17:01.82, 8k: 22:52.52, final lap: 53.17
Shadrack Kipchirchir (SR), Oklahoma State, 28:32.31
final lap: 55.17
Mohammed Ahmed (SR), Wisconsin, 28:43.82
Cheserek is the first freshman to win event since UTEP’s Suleiman Nyambui (1979) … Cheserek is first from Oregon to claim the title since Galen Rupp (2009) … Cheserek won the NCAA cross country title in the fall and indoor 3000 and 5000 meter titles in March … He is the first man since Rupp in 2008-09 to sweep the individual cross country, indoor 3000 meters, indoor 5000 meters, and outdoor 10,000 meters titles in the same academic year … Rupp also won the outdoor 5000 meters during that time frame – an accomplishment Cheserek can match Friday evening – before winning the inaugural 2009 The Bowerman Trophy as the most outstanding individual male in collegiate track & field.

Men’s Pole Vault
Sam Kendricks (JR), Mississippi, 5.70/18-8¼ [=CL]
5.10, 5.25, 5.40, 5.50[2], 5.55[2], 5.60[3], 5.65[XPP], 5.70[2]
Shawn Barber (SO), Akron, 5.65/18-6½
Jake Blankenship (SO), Tennessee, 5.55/18-2½
Kendricks is first to win back-to-back titles in the event since Oregon’s Tommy Skipper (2006, 2007). … First competition since 1991 with nine or more to clear 18 feet or more … Team battle: Texas A&M’s Chase Wolfie tied for fifth, Texas’ Reese Watson tied for seventh.

Men’s Shot Put
Ryan Crouser (JR), Texas, 21.12/69-3½
Stephen Mozia (JR), Cornell, 20.46/67-1½
Nick Vena (JR), Georgia, 20.16/66-1¾
Crouser joins a long-line of repeat winners in the outdoor shot, including most recent repeaters Jordan Clarke (Arizona State, 2011-12) and Ryan Whiting (Arizona State, 2009-10) … Crouser’s 21.12 is the best to win the meet since Ryan Whiting’s 21.97/72-1 in 2010.

Women’s Long Jump
Jenna Prandini (SO), Oregon, 6.55/21-6 (1.2) [PB]
20-11¼w, 21-1¼, p, f, 21-6, p

Sha’Keela Saunders (FR), Kentucky, 6.43/21-1¼ (1.4)
Kylie Price (JR), UCLA, 6.43/21-1¼ (0.9)
Prandini is first Duck to win NCAA title in event … Prandini also first underclassman winner since FSU’s Kim Williams (’09)
… Saunders records Kentucky’s best finish ever in the event (Ola Sesay, 6th, 1999).

Women’s Javelin
Fawn Miller (JR), Florida, 58.13/190-8 [PB]
Avione Allgood (SO), Oklahoma, 55.59/182-4
Victoria Paterra (SR), Miami (Ohio), 55.54/182-3
Miller is first Gator to win javelin title since Evelien Dekkers (2010) … Miller’s mark improves her standing as the ninth-best in collegiate history (new implement).

Women’s Hammer
Julia Ratcliffe (SO), Princeton, 66.88/219-5
192-0, 209-8, 214-6, 216-8, 219-5, 210-7
Emily Hunsucker (SR), Colorado, 64.83/212-8
203-6, 211-11, f, f, 204-2, 212-8
Brooke Pleger (JR), Bowling Green, 64.48/211-6
205-10, 211-6, 211-1, f, 204-5, 203-5
Ratcliffe is Princeton’s first female national champ in program history … first underclassman to win event since Georgia’s Nikola Lomnicka (2010) … Team battle: LSU’s Denise Hinton placed fifth; Oregon’s Jillian Weir took sixth.

Men’s Decathlon – Day 1
After Day 1 – 5 of 10 events

Johannes Hock (SO), Texas, 4243
10.69w, 7.41, 15.06, 1.96, 49.48
Zach Ziemek (JR), Wisconsin, 4223
10.81w, 7.73, 12.63, 2.08, 50.21
Viktor Fajoyomi (SR), Southern California, 4166
11.12w, 7.56, 12.72, 2.11, 49.75

In the team battle, Georgia sits 4-5 with Maicel Uibo and Garrett Scantling; Oregon is 7-8 with Dakota Keys and Mitch Modin.



Track Prelims
Men’s 4×100 Relay: Western Kentucky auto won heat 1 in school record 39.18, advancing to the NCAA final for the first time in program history. … SEC moves four to Saturday’s final with top-qualifier Texas A&M (38.60), Florida, LSU, and Alabama.

Women’s 4×100 Relay: USC won heat 1 in 43.08, a season’s best and the top qualifier – just off school record time of 42.96. … Oregon, in heat 2, dropped the baton in the first exchange and did not finish. … SEC moves four to Saturday’s final

Men’s 800 Meters: Mississippi State’s Brandon McBride was top qualifier in 1:48.09 … Chris Low is Long Beach State’s first-ever finalist in the event.

Women’s 800 Meters: Oregon’s Laura Roesler was top qualifier in 2:02.60 … second-place in heat 1 was Stanford sophomore Claudia Saunders who scored a personal-best with a 2:02.68 run. … Dartmouth’s Megan Krumpoch is the first-ever finalist in the event.

Men’s 400 Meters: Texas A&M’s Deon Lendore was top qualifier in 45.18 … setting up a great head-to-head battle with team implications, Florida advanced Hugh Graham, Jr. and Najee Glass – Oregon moved Mike Berry – and Texas A&M qualified Deon Lendore for Friday’s final.

Women’s 400 Meters: Texas sophomore Courtney Okolo had top qualifier in 50.78 …Texas moves three to Friday’s final (three to Friday’s final (Nelson, Okolo, Baisden) – last to move 3 in same event, South Carolina, 2002 – South Carolina won national team title that same year … two-time defending champion Ashley Spencer of Texas did not finish, pulling up off the final turn.

Men’s 100 Meters: Baylor’s Trayvon Bromell equaled fourth-fastest all-conditions time in NCAA meet history with wind-aided 9.92 (2.2) for top qualifying position … also equals fastest qualifier in meet history, regardless of conditions … All-time bests in NCAA meet history (all-conditions): Ngoni Makusha (Florida State, 2011) 9.89, Charles Silmon (TCU, 2013) 9.89w, Dentarius Locke (Florida State, 2013) 9.91w, Ato Boldon (UCLA, 1992) 9.92, Trayvon Bromell (Baylor, 2014) 9.92qw, Charles Silmon (TCU, 2013) 9.92qw. (q – in semifinal) … Northwestern State (La.) and North Carolina A&T advanced finalists for the first time in their program’s history.

Women’s 100 Meters: Alabama junior Remona Burchell with top qualifier of 10.95w (2.3 m/s). … Burchell’s time is the fastest at the NCAA meet, regardless of conditions since 2004 (Lauryn Williams, Miami, Fla., 2004 [qualifying]) … Texas’ Akinosun, Oregon’s Prandini, Texas A&M’s Olivia Ekpone and Jennifer Madu, along with Florida’s Shayla Sanders sets scene for big head-to-head matchup for team battle.

Men’s 400 Meter Hurdles: Kansas’ Michael Stigler with top qualifier, 49.34.

Women’s 400 Meter Hurdles: Kentucky junior Kendra Harrison with top qualifier, 55.56 … Kentucky, LSU, and Texas A&M advanced two to the finals apiece, making six total for the SEC.

Women’s Steeplechase: Cornell senior Rachel Sorna notched best qualifier at 9:53.76 … West Virginia’s Sarah Martinelli set new school record with run of 10:05.27,finishing fourth in her heat.



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