2012 NCAA Championships - Day 3 Recap
2012 NCAA Championships - Day 3 Recap
Flotrack Coverage of 2012 NCAA Championships
Day 3 events were unbelievable as performances included final events that crowned some of the first 2012 NCAA Champions. With only one more day to go in this championship meet, things are heating up at Drake Stadium.
The men’s 400 meter hurdles is always a great race to watch as it has been said to be one of the toughest events in track and field. The final on Day 3 of the NCAA Championships was no exception as Amaechi Morton from Stanford took home the victory in a 48.79 to barely beat Jamele Mason of Texas Tech who came in just behind the Stanford senior in a 48.89. Morton’s performance was not only a personal best and the first time Stanford has won the event, but Morton’s time also puts him at the #10 fastest time in the world.
1 |
Amaechi Morton |
SR |
Stanford |
48.79 |
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10 |
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2 |
Jamele Mason |
SR |
Texas Tech |
48.89 |
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8 |
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3 |
Reggie Wyatt |
JR |
USC |
49.11 |
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6 |
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4 |
Keyunta Hayes |
SO |
UTSA |
49.38 |
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5 |
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5 |
David Aristil |
SR |
South Florida |
49.54 |
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4 |
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6 |
Michael Stigler |
FR |
Kansas |
50.41 |
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3 |
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7 |
Antonio Blanks |
FR |
Ohio State |
50.49 |
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2 |
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8 |
Chris Carter |
SR |
BYU |
51.77 |
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1 |
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The women’s 400 meter hurdles was also a race to watch as Cassandra Tate of LSU battled with Turquoise Thompson of UCLA to come through with the win in a 55.22 for the NCAA title.
1 |
Cassandra Tate |
SR |
LSU |
55.22 |
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10 |
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2 |
Turquoise Thompson |
JR |
UCLA |
55.28 |
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8 |
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3 |
Ellen Wortham |
SR |
Tennessee |
55.82 |
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6 |
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4 |
Thandi Stewart |
SO |
Miami |
56.53 |
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5 |
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5 |
Dalilah Muhammad |
SR |
USC |
56.71 |
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4 |
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6 |
Danielle Dowie |
SO |
Texas |
56.85 |
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3 |
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7 |
Kianna Elahi |
SR |
Iowa State |
56.93 |
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2 |
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8 |
London Finley |
SR |
Georgetown |
58.74 |
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1 |
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One of the most watched events of track and field, the men’s 100 meter dash was quite a show as the race played out to be a photo finish between Andrew Riley of Illinois, Harry Adams of Auburn, and Maurice Mitchell of Florida State. The competitors battled the entire 100 meters into a head wind where Andrew Riley, the senior from Illinois barely edged his way past the favored Adams and Mitchell to claim his first NCAA title.
1 |
Andrew Riley |
SR |
Illinois |
10.28 |
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10 |
-2.3 |
[10.272] |
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2 |
Harry Adams |
JR |
Auburn |
10.28 |
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8 |
-2.3 |
[10.274] |
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3 |
Maurice Mitchell |
SR |
Florida State |
10.28 |
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6 |
-2.3 |
[10.277] |
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4 |
Darrell Wesh |
SO |
Virginia Tech |
10.30 |
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5 |
-2.3 |
[10.291] |
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5 |
Marcus Rowland |
JR |
Auburn |
10.30 |
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4 |
-2.3 |
[10.298] |
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6 |
Kemar Hyman |
SR |
Florida State |
10.34 |
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3 |
-2.3 |
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7 |
Charles Silmon |
JR |
TCU |
10.39 |
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2 |
-2.3 |
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8 |
Aaron Ernest |
FR |
LSU |
10.45 |
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1 |
-2.3 |
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For the women’s 100 meter final, English Gardner of the Oregon Ducks took home the win in a fairly strong headwind with a time of 11.10. This was Gardner’s first Outdoor title and Oregon’s first title in the women’s 100 meters. Gardner just edged out Kimberlyn Duncan, the junior from LSU who currently holds the fastest 200 time in the world.
1 |
English Gardner |
SO |
Oregon |
11.10 |
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10 |
-1.7 |
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2 |
Kimberlyn Duncan |
JR |
LSU |
11.16 |
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8 |
-1.7 |
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3 |
Semoy Hackett |
SR |
LSU |
11.33 |
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6 |
-1.7 |
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4 |
Kai Selvon |
SO |
Auburn |
11.41 |
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5 |
-1.7 |
[11.403] |
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5 |
Octavious Freeman |
FR |
UCF |
11.41 |
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4 |
-1.7 |
[11.406] |
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6 |
Alexis Love |
JR |
Murray State |
11.53 |
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3 |
-1.7 |
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7 |
Chelsea Hayes |
SR |
Louisiana Tech |
11.58 |
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2 |
-1.7 |
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8 |
Aurieyall Scott |
SO |
UCF |
11.59 |
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1 |
-1.7 |
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The men’s 800m final was one of the most inspiring performances of the day as Charles Jock of UC Irvine made a statement from the gun with a 50.6 first 400 to lead the pack of the men’s 800 finalists. It was a fairly close pack behind Jock with Georgia’s Aaron Evans making a strong move at 150 meters to go, prompting Elijah Greer of Oregon and Erik Sowinski from Iowa to surge ahead. Nobody could hold onto to Jock however, who ran away from the pack with a 1:45.49. After barely finishing 2nd last year at the Outdoor NCAA Championships, Jock finally earned some redemption at Drake Stadium in this 800m final.
1 |
Charles Jock |
SR |
UC Irvine |
1:45.59 |
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10 |
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2 |
Erik Sowinski |
SR |
Iowa |
1:45.90 |
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8 |
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3 |
Elijah Greer |
JR |
Oregon |
1:46.05 |
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6 |
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4 |
Ryan Martin |
SR |
UC Santa Barbara |
1:46.20 |
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5 |
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[1:46.191] |
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5 |
Edward Kemboi |
SO |
Iowa State |
1:46.20 |
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4 |
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[1:46.198] |
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6 |
Ricky West |
JR |
Missouri |
1:46.47 |
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3 |
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7 |
Aaron Evans |
SR |
Georgia |
1:46.66 |
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2 |
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8 |
Samuel Ellison |
SO |
Villanova |
1:47.62 |
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1 |
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The women’s 800m final played out similarly to the men’s final as Nachelle Mackie of BYU didn’t mess around by taking the field out in a 57.75 for the first quarter. The BYU senior was three steps ahead of the rest of the pack for the majority of the race. On the backstretch, Chanelle Price of Tennessee made a move from the pack to try and compete with Mackie for the win, but Mackie’s final kick in the last 100 meters proved to be unstoppable as she ran her way to a 2:01.06 to claim the NCAA Outdoor title. Behind her was Charlene Lipsey of LSU who had an impressive last 100 meters as she fought for the runner up position to edge out Chanelle Price of Tennessee in a 2:01.40.
1 |
Nachelle Mackie |
JR |
BYU |
2:01.06 |
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10 |
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2 |
Charlene Lipsey |
JR |
LSU |
2:01.40 |
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8 |
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3 |
Chanelle Price |
SR |
Tennessee |
2:01.49 |
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6 |
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4 |
Laura Roesler |
SO |
Oregon |
2:02.96 |
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5 |
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5 |
Anne Kesselring |
JR |
Oregon |
2:03.41 |
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4 |
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6 |
Kathy Klump |
SR |
Cincinnati |
2:03.56 |
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3 |
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7 |
Megan Malasarte |
SO |
Georgia |
2:03.57 |
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2 |
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8 |
Caroline King |
SR |
Boston College |
2:05.77 |
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1 |
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The women’s 3,000m steeplechase played out to be a very interesting competition between the favored Shalaya Kipp of Colorado and Florida’s Genevieve LaCaze. Until the last two laps or so, the front pack was Kipp, LaCaze, Alexi Pappas of Dartmouth, and Florida State’s Astrid Leutert. The group battled for the final laps until LaCaze decided to make a strong move with 600 meters to go, prompting Kipp to follow. As the two runners came across the bell lap, Kipp took back the lead refusing to let up. Kipp and LaCaze ran toe to toe in the last moments of the race, both throwing in impressive kicks at the end, but Kipp would be the one to emerge victorious, crossing the line in a 9:49.02.
1 |
Shalaya Kipp |
JR |
Colorado |
9:49.02 |
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10 |
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2 |
Genevieve LaCaze |
SR |
Florida |
9:50.25 |
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8 |
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3 |
Alexi Pappas |
SR |
Dartmouth |
10:01.20 |
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6 |
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4 |
Astrid Leutert |
SR |
Florida State |
10:02.07 |
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5 |
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5 |
Colleen Quigley |
FR |
Florida State |
10:05.61 |
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4 |
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6 |
Melanie Thompson |
SO |
Oregon |
10:07.18 |
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3 |
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7 |
Alyssa Kulik |
SR |
Clemson |
10:07.54 |
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2 |
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8 |
Rebeka Stowe |
SR |
Kansas |
10:12.16 |
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1 |
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9 |
Kimber Mattox |
SR |
Oregon |
10:15.16 |
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10 |
Shelby Greany |
SO |
Providence |
10:19.54 |
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11 |
Amber Henry |
JR |
Weber State |
10:26.53 |
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12 |
Nicole Peters |
SR |
Colorado St. |
10:46.10 |
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13 |
Genna Hartung |
JR |
Cornell |
10:52.12 |
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DNF |
Leah O'Connor |
FR |
Michigan State |
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The men’s 400 meter dash was a race to watch as four of the fastest 400 meter runners in the world toed the line for this event. In a crazy last 100 meters, Tony McQuay, the junior from Florida edged out Gil Roberts of Oregon in the final steps to run a 44.58 for the win.
1 |
Tony McQuay |
JR |
Florida |
44.58 |
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10 |
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2 |
Mike Berry |
SO |
Oregon |
44.75 |
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8 |
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3 |
Gil Roberts |
SR |
Texas Tech |
44.99 |
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6 |
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4 |
David Verburg |
JR |
George Mason |
45.22 |
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5 |
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5 |
Josh Mance |
SO |
USC |
45.37 |
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4 |
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6 |
Brady Gehret |
SO |
Penn State |
45.44 |
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3 |
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7 |
Akheem Gauntlett |
JR |
Arkansas |
45.56 |
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2 |
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8 |
Deon Lendore |
FR |
Texas A&M |
45.63 |
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1 |
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The women’s 400 meters proved to be quite a surprise as Ashley Spencer, a freshman from Illinois ran away with the win from standouts such as Diamond Dixon of Kansas and Rebecca Alexander of LSU. Spencer was a monster on the track as she crossed the finish line in a 50.95, the fastest collegiate time this year.
1 |
Ashley Spencer |
FR |
Illinois |
50.95 |
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10 |
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2 |
Rebecca Alexander |
SR |
LSU |
51.20 |
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8 |
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3 |
Diamond Dixon |
SO |
Kansas |
51.59 |
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6 |
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4 |
Regina George |
JR |
Arkansas |
51.68 |
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5 |
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5 |
Phyllis Francis |
SO |
Oregon |
51.79 |
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4 |
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6 |
Marlena Wesh |
JR |
Clemson |
52.13 |
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3 |
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7 |
Jody-Ann Muir |
JR |
Miss State |
52.63 |
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2 |
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8 |
Lenora Guion-Firmin |
JR |
Maryland-Eastern Shore |
52.65 |
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1 |
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The men’s 5k played out to be another unbelievable performance for Cameron Levins of Southern Utah, who showed yet again, that he is a force to be reckoned with on the track. For the majority of the race, Levins kept his composure following leaders Lawi Lalang and Stephen Sambu of Arizona until the bell lap where Levins proved for the second time in this meet that his kick is simply unbeatable. Levins came through the 5k with his second victory of the meet with a time of 13:40.05.
1 |
Cameron Levins |
SR |
Southern Utah |
13:40.05 |
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10 |
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2 |
Paul Chelimo |
SO |
UNC-Greensboro |
13:41.04 |
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8 |
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3 |
Lawi Lalang |
SO |
Arizona |
13:42.20 |
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6 |
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4 |
Hassan Mead |
SR |
Minnesota |
13:42.53 |
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5 |
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5 |
Stephen Sambu |
SR |
Arizona |
13:43.76 |
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4 |
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6 |
Trevor Dunbar |
SO |
Oregon |
13:44.16 |
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3 |
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7 |
Mohammed Ahmed |
SO |
Wisconsin |
13:50.32 |
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2 |
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8 |
Girma Mecheso |
JR |
Oklahoma State |
13:57.08 |
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1 |
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9 |
George Alex |
SR |
Oklahoma |
13:57.84 |
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10 |
Parker Stinson |
SO |
Oregon |
13:58.28 |
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11 |
Dan Lowry |
SR |
Brown |
14:00.04 |
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12 |
Mitch Goose |
SR |
Iona |
14:02.53 |
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13 |
Brendan Gregg |
SR |
Stanford |
14:03.29 |
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14 |
Joe Stilin |
SR |
Princeton |
14:03.76 |
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15 |
Chris Kwiatkowski |
SR |
Oregon |
14:05.38 |
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16 |
Soufiane Bouchikhi |
JR |
Eastern Kentucky |
14:08.68 |
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17 |
David Rooney |
JR |
McNeese State |
14:09.95 |
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18 |
Sandy Roberts |
SR |
North Carolina St. |
14:10.92 |
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19 |
Ben Hubers |
SR |
Indiana |
14:13.80 |
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20 |
Dan Quigley |
JR |
Missouri |
14:17.71 |
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21 |
William Mulherin |
JR |
Virginia Tech |
14:30.11 |
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22 |
Terefe Ejigu |
JR |
Eastern Michigan |
14:34.09 |
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23 |
Joseph Chebet |
JR |
Western Kentucky |
14:36.48 |
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24 |
Bobby Moldovan |
SR |
North Carolina St. |
14:44.62 |
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Day 3 Team Scores:
Men’s Team Scores-
1 |
Florida |
36.00 |
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2 |
Virginia Tech |
28.00 |
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3 |
Arizona |
24.00 |
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Women’s Team Scores-
1 |
LSU |
40.00 |
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1 |
Oregon |
40.00 |
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3 |
Oklahoma |
24.00 |
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