DII Weekend Review Feb.6-8

This weekend was full of excitement in the running world, ranging from USA Cross Country Championships to the New Balance Collegiate Invitational.  I will highlight some of the DII performances, but as usual if there is any performance I have missed, please comment. Also, if there are any meets next weekend that you think should be included in my next article, let me know.

USA Cross Country Championships- Shippensburg’s Neely Spence won the junior women’s 6k race with time of 20:43.

New Balance Collegiate Invitational- In the women’s mile, Spence’s Shippensburg teammate, Abigail Huber, ran a solid race, running a preliminary qualifying time of 5:03.90. Queen’s Tanya Zeferjahn ran an automatic qualifying time of 16:54.98 in the women’s 5k. Her teammate, Meagan Nedlo, ran a provisional time of 17:27.28 in the same event. Shippensburg’s (3:52.77) and Lincoln’s (3:54.72) women’s 4x400 meter teams provisionally qualified. Millersville’s Distance Medley relay came in second with a provisional qualifying time of 11:57.12.

In the men’s 800m, Queen’s Devin Kelley ran a provisional qualifying time of 1:54.42. Shippensburg’s Bryan Beegle ran a 14:26.38 in the men’s 5k, also hitting a provisional qualifying time. Queen’s Michael Crouch came in second in the men’s 3k with a time of 7:57.79.  Stonehill’s Torrey Price ran a provisional qualifying time of 6.83 in men’s 60 meter dash.  In the men’s 60 meter hurdles, East Stroudsburg’s Russell Smith ran a provisional qualifying time of 8.25 and Lincoln’s Jermaine Morris ran an automatic qualifying time of 7.97.

Texas Tech University- Abilene Christian had many qualifying performances. The duo of Ramon Sparks (15.06) and Gerald Chenyi (14.87) provisionally qualified in the men’s long jump. In the pole vault, Landon Ehlers vaulted 5.05m for an automatic qualifying mark. Wanda Hudson won the women’s 55 meter dash with an automatic qualifying time of 6.96. Julius Nyango won the men’s mile in a time of 4:16.63. Ray Radway ran a provisional qualifying time of 48.17 in the men’s 400 meters. Kim Prather ran an automatic qualifying time of 24.26 in the women’s 200 meters.

Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational- Emporia State’s Katie Mona won the women’s mile in 4:58.75, good for a provisional qualifying time. Concordia’s Bethany Sutton ran a 2:17.48 in the 800 meters for a second place. Nebraska-Omaha’s Pinar Saka won the women’s 400 meters in an automatic qualifying time of 53.04. Pittsburg State’s Venessa Lee ran an automatic qualifying time of  2:12.58 in the women’s 800 meters.

On the men’s side, Concordia’s Michael Saalfield ran a 1:51 automatic qualifying time in the  800 meters.

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#7	Grasslands   February 12 at 4:16pm Whatever - What were the the previous PR's for the two girls that they "rented", if they improved then it was a good coaching choice. I also heard that Simmons doesn't coach the women, his assistant does? reply
#6	Words Have Meaning   February 12 at 12:38pm Whatever-- "He had to rent those two girls"? You know that you're referring to people and that they can be offended or insulted just like you can be, yes? So what if an athlete is at a school for one year or four, they are still representing the school. reply
#5	Whatever   February 11 at 10:24am Simmons isn't the man. Queens is good, but their not god's gift to running. He had to rent those 2 girls for a year. Recruit some 4 year kids and then let's see. They built the program up, but I don't think he will find the NCAA (DII) quite the same push over that the NAIA was while he was here. reply
#4	Queens FAN   February 10 at 9:07pm GO QUEENS!!!!!! SIMMONS is the MAN! reply
#3	Anon   February 10 at 12:14pm You missed two athletes at the NB collegiate meet - Kevin Durant - Adelphi in the 60 Dash finished 17th overall with a provisional time of 6.81 and Danielle Lyons of Adelphi won her heat of the 800M in another provisional qualifying time of 2:15.06. reply
#2	D2 Challenge   February 10 at 9:27am How about the d2 challenge? Drrrrrrrrrrrr. Research girl. reply
#1	Anonymous Coward   February 10 at 9:27am Shannon Payne from UCCS was 16th overall in the women's open race. reply