FloAwards: Track & Field Release #17

FloAwards: Track & Field Release #17

May 25, 2015 by Taylor Dutch
FloAwards: Track & Field Release #17


Flo Performance

Emily Oren (Hillsdale)
The Hillsdale distance phenom swept both the steeplechase and 5K at the NCAA D2 Outdoor Championships by huge margins. Oren started off with a win by 19 seconds in the steeplechase in a finishing time of 9:54. Her sister Molly followed in third place with a 15-second personal best performance. Oren returned the next day with a win in the women’s 5K, running 16:36 and taking down the runner-up by seven seconds. 
 

Tabor Stevens (Adams State)
The senior from Adams State continued to own the steeplechase in D2 with his third consecutive NCAA title in the event. Stevens blew through the barriers in a finishing time of 8:44, marking his third NCAA title since 2013. He returned the next day to take the 5K in a finishing time of 14:14, contributing to Adams State’s fifth-place overall team finish. 
 


Salcia Slack (New Mexico Highlands)
Arguably the biggest hustler of NCAA D2 Championships, Slack not only won the heptathlon competition in Allendale, Michigan, but she also placed second in the open 100m hurdles and 400m hurdles, 10th in the triple jump, and 15th in the shot put. Slack’s performances earned 30.25 points for the New Mexico Highlands squad, ultimately resulting in a third-place finish for the team. 
 

 

Flo Elite

Charles Jock 
The Oregon Track Club runner unleashed a monster kick at the Ponce Grand Prix Saturday in Puerto Rico to take the win in a finishing time of 1:45.40, taking down fellow countrymen Harun Abda, Nick Symmonds, and Cas Loxsom. The performance was a season’s best by nearly a full second and an improvement upon last year’s Ponce performance by 0.60 seconds. 
 


Rose Mary Almanza 
Almanza is an official world leader after running 1:59.35 in the women’s 800m at the Ponce Grand Prix Saturday. The 22-year-old Cuban out-kicked fellow Cuban Sahily Diago by milliseconds for the win (1:59.91). The performance marked a new personal best for Almanza, who finished fourth at the 2010 World Junior Championships. 
 
Rachel Schneider
The former Georgetown standout threw down a personal best Saturday at the Ponce Grand Prix with a 4:08 winning time in the 1500m. It was a personal best by two seconds and beat runner-up Muriel Coneo (Colombia) by one second and third-place finisher Cory McGee by four seconds. The mark currently ranks Schneider 21st in the world. 

Flo High School

Allie Ostrander (Kenai)
Ostrander continues to set the high school track world ablaze after throwing down a buzz-worthy triple at the Alaska Region III Championships. Ostrander broke 10 minutes for the first time on an outdoor track, running 9:58.74, and followed the performance with a win in the 1600m in 4:48.32 and another win in the 800m in 2:12.78. 
 

John Lewis (Cheltenham)
The defending indoor state champion in the 800m ran the No. 2 fastest time in the country and a Pennsylvania all-time state record for the 800m at the PIAA Track State Championships. Lewis clocked a 51-second first lap on his way to running 1:48.76 for the win and an improvement upon his previous personal best of 1:49.15. 
 

Michael Norman (Vista Murrieta)
The national leader continued the momentum of his stellar 2015 season by running an all-conditions U.S. No. 1 in the 200m (20.39). He completed the 400m in a time just off of his U.S. No. 2 mark, winning the event in 45.99. Norman also contributed to a U.S. No. 2 performance in the boy’s 4x100m with a winning time of 40.53 to sweep all three events at the California Southern Section Division Finals. 
 

Flo Freshmen

Carsyn Koch (Cedarville)
In her first NCAA D2 Championships, Koch nearly took home a national title in the 800m with a runner-up finish to Lindsey Butterworth of Simon Fraser. Koch clocked a finishing time of 2:05.21, just three seconds away from Butterworth. The performance was a personal best for the Cedarville freshman and marked the first female NCAA All American performer in school history. 
 

Derrick Williams (CSU-Pueblo)
In his first college track season, Williams not only earned a spot on the line at the NCAA D2 Championships, but he battled his way to a podium finish in the men’s 1500m with a finishing time of 3:48.62, just two seconds away from runner-up Chase Rathke and three seconds from race winner Oliver Aitchison. 
 

Trisana Fairweather (Claflin)
The freshman from Claflin walked away with a fourth-place finish in the women’s 100m dash at the NCAA D2 Championships in a finishing time of 11.58. She also finished fifth in the 200m and contributed to the Claflin 4x100 squad’s ninth-place finish at the championships.