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NCAA Championships: Day 2 Recap

NCAA Championships: Day 2 Recap

Jun 8, 2012 by Taylor Dutch
NCAA Championships: Day 2 Recap

            Day 2 of the NCAA Championships was one for the record books.  Even though the majority of the races today were preliminary heats, multiple records and personal bests were smashed as athletes were out guns blazing through these first days of the championship. 

            The running events kick started the meet from the gun with the men’s 200m preliminary heats.  Maurice Mitchell, the senior from Florida State who had the #1 seed going into the meet, ran a 20.23, which puts him at the #12 spot on the 2012 world list.  Mitchell cruised to victory in heat 3 to get an automatic qualifier for the final on Saturday.  

 

1

Maurice Mitchell

SR

Florida State

20.23

 

 

+2.4 

 

 

3 (1)

 2

Isiah Young

JR

Mississippi

20.43

 

 

+2.4 

 

 

3 (2)

 3

Aaron Brown

SO

USC

20.44

 

 

+2.4 

 

 

3 (3)

 4

Harry Adams

JR

Auburn

20.49

 

 

+0.4 

 

 

1 (1)

 5

Aaron Ernest

FR

LSU

20.54

 

 

+2.4 

 

 

3 (4)

 6

Kind Butler

SR

Indiana

20.57

 

 

 

+2.4 

 

 

3 (5)

 7

Ameer Webb

JR

Texas A&M

20.59

 

 

+1.9 

 

 

2 (1)

 8

Akeem Williams

JR

Grambling

20.63

 

 

 

+2.4 

 

 

3 (6)

 9

Prezel Hardy Jr.

SO

Texas A&M

20.64

 

 

 

+2.4 

 

 

3 (7)

 10

Keenan Brock

SO

Auburn

20.65

 

 

+0.4 

 

 

1 (2)

 11

Dedric Dukes

FR

Florida

20.68

 

 

 

+0.4 

 

 

1 (3)

 12

Horatio Williams

SR

Florida State

20.69

 

 

+1.9 

 

 

2 (2)

 

             The women’s 200 was also a stellar performance as Kimberlyn Duncan from LSU won heat 2 decisively, posting the #1 time in the world, which improved her previous personal best by .03 seconds.  Nobody could touch the LSU junior who is also the defending indoor and outdoor NCAA Champion.

 

1

Kimberlyn Duncan

JR

LSU

22.19

 

 

+1.9 

 

 

2 (1)

 2

Semoy Hackett

SR

LSU

22.58

 

 

+0.9 

 

 

3 (1)

 3

Paris Daniels

JR

Kansas

22.65

 

 

+2.2 

 

 

1 (1)

 4

Kai Selvon

SO

Auburn

22.66

 

 

+2.2 

 

 

1 (2)

 5

Dominique Duncan

SR

Texas A&M

22.70

 

 

+2.2 

 

 

1 (3)

 6

Christy Udoh

SO

Texas

22.72

 

 

+1.9 

 

 

2 (2)

 7

Octavious Freeman

FR

UCF

22.74

 

 

+1.9 

 

 

2 (3)

 8

Aurieyall Scott

SO

UCF

22.76

 

 

 

+2.2 

[22.755]

 

1 (4)

 9

Cambrya Jones

SR

Pittsburgh

22.76

 

 

 

+1.9 

[22.758]

 

2 (4)

 10

Ashley Collier

SO

Texas A&M

23.01

 

 

+0.9 

 

 

3 (2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

            The men’s 1500 had some surprises as Kyle Merber of Columbia, the American collegiate record holder with a season’s best of 3:35, finished 10th in heat 1 with a time of 3:48, taking him out of the final on Saturday.  Patrick Todd, a junior from Virginia was also ranked #8 heading into the meet, but ended up finishing last in heat 2, which will also take him out of the running for the final. 

 

1

Ryan Hill

JR

North Carolina St.

3:39.84

 

 

 

 

 

1 (1)

 2

Andrew Bayer

JR

Indiana

3:39.95

 

 

 

 

 

1 (2)

 3

Miles Batty

SR

BYU

3:40.01

 

 

 

 

 

1 (3)

 4

Chris O'Hare

JR

Tulsa

3:40.14

 

 

 

 

 

1 (4)

 5

German Fernandez

JR

Oklahoma State

3:40.19

 

 

 

 

 

1 (5)

 6

Michael Hammond

JR

Virginia Tech

3:40.27

 

 

 

 

 

1 (6)

 7

Duncan Phillips

SR

Arkansas

3:40.38

 

 

 

 

 

1 (7)

 8

Zach Dahleen

JR

Southern Illinois

3:41.18

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 (8)

 9

Erik van Ingen

SR

Binghamton

3:42.57

 

 

 

 

 

2 (1)

 10

Rob Finnerty

JR

Wisconsin

3:42.58

 

 

 

 

 

2 (2)

 11

Lawi Lalang

SO

Arizona

3:42.61

 

 

 

 

 

2 (3)

 12

Rich Peters

SO

Boston U.

3:42.69

 

 

 

 

 

2 (4)

 13

Sam McEntee

SO

Villanova

3:42.73

 

 

 

 

 

2 (5)

 

            The women’s 1500 was a battle on the track, particularly in heat 1 where Lucy Van Dalen of Stony Brook and Emily Infeld of Georgetown fought through the final 100 meters for the win in the preliminary.  Van Dalen split a 62 second last lap to edge out Infeld in the final 50 meters of the race to win heat 1 in a blazing 4:11. 

 

1

Lucy Van Dalen

SR

Stony Brook

4:11.69

 

 

 

 

 

1 (1)

 2

Emily Infeld

JR

Georgetown

4:11.73

 

 

 

 

 

1 (2)

 3

Natalja Piliusina

SO

Oklahoma State

4:12.55

 

 

 

 

 

2 (1)

 4

Katie Flood

SO

Washington

4:12.65

 

 

 

 

 

2 (2)

 5

Jordan Hasay

JR

Oregon

4:12.68

 

 

 

 

 

2 (3)

 6

Greta Feldman

JR

Princeton

4:12.73

 

 

 

 

 

1 (3)

 7

Cory McGee

SO

Florida

4:12.93

 

 

 

 

 

1 (4)

 8

Becca Friday

JR

Oregon

4:13.06

 

 

 

 

 

2 (4)

 9

Amanda Winslow

JR

Florida State

4:13.08

 

 

 

 

 

1 (5)

 10

Morgane Gay

JR

Virginia

4:13.20

 

 

 

 

 

2 (5)

 11

Violah Lagat

SR

Florida State

4:13.30

 

 

 

 

 

2 (6)

 12

Rebecca Tracy

JR

Notre Dame

4:13.48

 

 

 

 

 

1 (6)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The highlight of the men’s 4x400 was heat 2 where Penn State’s anchor leg, sophomore Brady Gehret ran an incredible last lap to take down LSU’s Ryker Hylton and Mississippi State’s James Harris.  Gehret brought the Nittany Lions into the home stretch with a final time of 3:01.52, giving Penn State (ranked #8 going into the meet) the fastest relay time heading into the final on Saturday. 

 

1

Penn State

3:01.52

 

 

 

Aaron Nadolsky (SO)

Brandon Bennett-Green (SO)

Casimir Loxsom (JR)

(3) 45.55 - 2:17.30

Brady Gehret (SO)

(1) 44.22 - 3:01.52

2 (1)

 2

LSU

3:01.97

 

 

 

Quincy Downing (FR)

Robert Simmons (SR)

Ade Alleyne-Forte (SR)

(2) 45.35 - 2:17.13

Riker Hylton (SR)

(2) 44.85 - 3:01.97

2 (2)

 3

Miss State

3:02.16

 

 

 

Tavaris Tate (JR)

Emanuel Mayers (SR)

Daundre Barnaby (JR)

(1) 44.84 - 2:16.49

James Harris (SO)

(3) 45.67 - 3:02.16

2 (3)

 4

Texas A&M

3:02.28

 

 

 

Ricky Babineaux (JR)

Joey Roberts (SR)

Michael Preble (SR)

(2) 45.98 - 2:17.88

Deon Lendore (FR)

(1) 44.40 - 3:02.28

3 (1)

 5

Florida

3:02.34

 

 

 

Dedric Dukes (FR)

Hugh Graham, Jr (FR)

Leonardo Seymore (JR)

(2) 46.08 - 2:17.53

Tony McQuay (JR)

(1) 44.82 - 3:02.34

1 (1)

 6

George Mason

3:02.94

 

 

 

Nick Vaughn (SR)

George Empty (JR)

Ja-Vell Bullard (SR)

(4) 46.18 - 2:18.48

David Verburg (JR)

(2) 44.46 - 3:02.94

3 (2)

 7

Arkansas

3:03.06

 

 

 

Marek Niit (JR)

Leoman Momoh (JR)

Ben Skidmore (SR)

(1) 45.79 - 2:17.87

Neil Braddy (SO)

(3) 45.20 - 3:03.06

3 (3)

 8

USC

3:03.21

 

 

 

Joey Hughes (SR)

Bryshon Nellum (SR)

Duane Walker (SR)

(1) 46.45 - 2:16.76

Reggie Wyatt (JR)

(2) 46.45 - 3:03.21

1 (2)

 

The women’s 4x400 was at first led in heat 1 by a great performance by Kansas’ relay team who began the event by running the 3:29:07, the fourth fastest time in the world, but LSU later came back in heat 3 to run a 3:28.01 to put the Tigers in the #4 spot, pushing Kansas back to the #5 spot in the world. 

 1

LSU

3:28.01

 

 

 

Latoya McDermott (JR)

Rebecca Alexander (SR)

Cassandra Tate (SR)

(1) 51.57 - 2:36.23

Jonique Day (SR)

(1) 51.78 - 3:28.01

3 (1)

 2

Kansas

3:29.07

 

 

 

Denesha Morris (JR)

Paris Daniels (JR)

Taylor Washington (JR)

(1) 52.59 - 2:37.50

Diamond Dixon (SO)

(1) 51.57 - 3:29.07

1 (1)

 3

Oregon

3:29.46

 

 

 

Devin Gosberry (JR)

Chizoba Okodogbe (SO)

Laura Roesler (SO)

(2) 51.76 - 2:39.31

Phyllis Francis (SO)

(1) 50.16 - 3:29.46

2 (1)

 4

Arkansas

3:29.54

 

 

 

Whitney Jones (SR)

Gwendolyn Flowers (JR)

Chrishuna Williams (FR)

(1) 54.01 - 2:38.49

Regina George (JR)

(2) 51.05 - 3:29.54

2 (2)

 5

Texas A&M

3:29.98

 

 

 

Ibukun Mayungbe (SO)

Kanika Beckles (JR)

Kamaria Brown (FR)

(2) 52.53 - 2:37.68

Olivia Ekponé (FR)

(2) 52.30 - 3:29.98

3 (2)

 6

Illinois

3:30.07

 

 

 

Ashley Kelly (SR)

Ryisha Boyd (SR)

Latoya Griffith (SR)

(3) 53.10 - 2:39.89

Ashley Spencer (FR)

(3) 50.18 - 3:30.07

2 (3)

 7

Texas

3:30.96

 

 

 

Christy Udoh (SO)

Danielle Dowie (SO)

Angele Cooper (SR)

(3) 52.93 - 2:39.09

Kendra Chambers (JR)

(3) 51.88 - 3:30.96

3 (3)

 8

Arizona

3:31.06

 

 

 

Shapri Romero (SO)

Echos Blevins (SR)

Tamara Pridgett (SO)

(5) 53.75 - 2:39.30

Georganne Moline (JR)

(2) 51.76 - 3:31.06

1 (2)


The men's high jump posted some unbelievable results as Erik Kynard of Kansas State jumped 7-8 to claim the meet victory. To top it off, the defending champion had only jumped a season's best of 7-3 and was ranked #9 going into the championship. Kynard's winning jump
 puts the junior #2 in the world.


1 Erik Kynard               JR Kansas State           2.20m      2.34m    7-08.00  10   
     2.05 2.10 2.15 2.20 2.24 2.28 2.31 2.34 2.37 2.38 
      PPP    O    O   XO    O  XXO    O    O  XXP    X 
  2 Derek Drouin              JR Indiana                2.19m      2.31m    7-07.00   8   
     2.05 2.10 2.15 2.20 2.24 2.28 2.31 2.34 2.37 
      PPP    O    O    O    O    O    O  XPP   XX 
  3 Dwight Barbiasz           JR Florida                2.19m      2.28m    7-05.75   6   
     2.05 2.10 2.15 2.20 2.24 2.28 2.31 
      PPP    O    O    O    O    O  XXX 
  4 Nick Ross                 JR Arizona                2.20m      2.24m    7-04.25   5   
     2.05 2.10 2.15 2.20 2.24 2.28 
      PPP    O    O    O    O  XXX 
  5 Marcus Jackson            SO Miss State             2.19m      2.24m    7-04.25   4   
     2.05 2.10 2.15 2.20 2.24 2.28 
      PPP    O  PPP  XXO   XO  XXX 
  6 Maalik Reynolds           SO Penn                   2.19m      2.24m    7-04.25   2.50
     2.05 2.10 2.15 2.20 2.24 2.28 
      PPP    O   XO   XO  XXO  XXX 
  6 Ricky Robertson           JR Mississippi            2.19m      2.24m    7-04.25   2.50
     2.05 2.10 2.15 2.20 2.24 2.28 
      PPP    O  XXO    O  XXO  XXX 
  8 Harrison Steed            FR California             2.17m      2.20m    7-02.50   1   
     2.05 2.10 2.15 2.20 2.24 
        O    O  XXO    O  XXX 


The women’s 10,000 was definitely a performance to watch as the grueling race literally came down to the final mile, with four athletes fighting for the title with a strong series of final laps.  Deborah Maier of California, the #1 ranked runner going into the meet, Wichita State’s Aliphine Tuliamuk, the West Region Champion, Meaghan Nelson of Iowa State, the #2 seed, and Natosha Rogers of Texas A&M, the Big 12 Champion, all ran together for the majority of the race and left it all out on the track during the final minutes.  The last lap left the title up to a kick as Rogers, Tuliamuk, Maier, and Nelson battled for the championship coming into the last 150 meters.  Rogers emerged with an unbeatable kick, a 4:56 last mile, putting 50 meters on Tuliamuk, Maier, and Nelson in the final moments of the race to grab her first NCAA title in a time of 32:41.63. 

1

Natosha Rogers

JR

Texas A&M

32:41.63

 

 

10 

 

 

 

 

 2

Aliphine Tuliamuk

JR

Wichita State

32:45.43

 

 

 

 

 

 

 3

Deborah Maier

JR

California

32:47.20

 

 

 

 

 

 

 4

Meaghan Nelson

JR

Iowa State

32:47.43

 

 

 

 

 

 

 5

Allison Woodward

FR

Oregon

32:56.94

 

 

 

 

 

 

 6

Sarah Waldron

SR

New Mexico

32:58.84

 

 

 

 

 

 

 7

Elvin Kibet

SO

Arizona

33:02.04

 

 

 

 

 

 

 8

Becky Wade

JR

Rice

33:13.57

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 2 Team Results:

Men's Team Results-
1. Texas
2. Arkansas
3. Nebraska

Women's Team Results-
1. Stanford
2. Kansas
3. Oklahoma