2013 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field National Championship 

Schedule of events for Wednesday evening


Heat Sheets | Results | Live Stream Information

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What to watch for?
Men's 800m semifinal: Elijah Greer will run in the third section of the men's 800-meter semifinal. Expect him to be the favorite heading into the finals, while Casimir Loxsom continues his search for his first NCAA title in the second section. 

Men's 400-meter semifinal: With four returning finalists back on the National Championship stage, keep an eye on last year's second place finisher Mike Berry of Oregon in the first heat of runners. No. 2 seeded Deon Lendore of Texas A&M is in the second section looking to hold off the Big East threats in Brycen Spratling of Pitt and Patrick Feeney of Notre Dame. 

Women's 10,000-meter run: 2012 Cross-Country National Champion Betsy Saina is heavily favored in the field without Oregon's Jordan Hasay in contention.

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4x100m (Women)

Record	Athlete/Team	Time	Date
American	World Championship Team	41.47	8/9/1997
College Best	Texas A&M - Texas A&M	42.36	6/12/2009
NCAA Meet	Texas A&M - Texas A&M	42.36	6/12/2009

Heat 1 of 3
Texas A&M makes it look easy in their dope gray relay kit as they take the win in 42.84. Clemson grab the second automatic qualifier in 43.70

Heat 2 of 3
There's that Oregon crowd. The Ducks make sure the stick gets all the way around the track and win the second heat in 43.73. Kansas holds off Texas the take the second Q.

Heat 3 of 3
UCF gets a little semifinal victory over LSU, 43.15 to 43.44. UCF came on strong in the last 120m, but it's about the final. Coastal Carolina unfortunately had an issue going into the last exchange and dropped the baton. It's sad to see them go.

Full Results

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4x100m (Men)

Record	Athlete/Team	Time	Date
American	World Championship Team - Olympic Team 8/8/1992	37.40	8/21/1993
College Best	Texas Christian	38.04	6/2/1998
NCAA Meet	Texas Christian	38.04	6/2/1998

Heat 1 of 3
Auburn (36.76) just holds off Alabama (38.78), but the most interesting development was Tennessee. On the first handoff, the Volunteers couldn't make the exchange and their leadoff leg pulled a reverse backslide that's sure to leave a burn.

Heat 2 of 3
Florida, in their full orange speedsuits, calmly get the stick around the track and take the win in 38.77. TCU makes a push to take second (39.15) while Arizona State made a late charge to take third.

Heat 3 of 3
Ah yes, an exciting 4x100m. LSU (38.94) takes the semi-comfortable win, but behind them was all the madness. In the final 100m, Arkansas faded to finish third (39.25) as FSU made a strong push to grab the last guaranteed spot into finals (39.14 for the Seminoles).

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800m (Women)

Record	Athlete/Team	Time	Date
American	Jearl Miles-Clark - Reebok	1:56.40	8/11/1999
College Best	Suzy Favor - Wisconsin	1:59.11	6/1/1990
NCAA Meet	Suzy Favor - Wisconsin	1:59.11	6/1/1990

Semifinal 1 of 3
Splits
400m: 60.80 (Goule, LSU)
600m: 1:32.2 (Goule, LSU)

That's why she's the NCAA Indoor 800m champion. LSU's Natoya Goule wins an almost-wire-to-wire semifinal in 2:03.77. UC Davis' Lauren Wallace (2:04.05) ran smart and for once, didn't have to swing wide to qualify. She had a strong last 100m as did Jacksonville's Brienna Freeman (2:04.71), who now has the time to beat.

Semifinal 2 of 3
Splits
400m: 61.66 (Taylor, Hampton)
600m: 1:32.8 (Taylor, Hampton)

That's an Oregon clinic. UO's Laura Roesler (2:03.63) sat in second behind Hampton's Benita Taylor until 700m, where she acccelerated for roughly 50m before shutting it down.

Big props to the Stanford women,  Justin Fedronic and Amy Weissenbach. The senior and freshman (respectively) were in a group of five with 200m to go, but managed to get clear to get one guaranteed and one possible spot in the final.

Semifinal 3 of 3
Splits
400m: 61.82 (Lipsey, LSU)
600m: 1:33.2 (Lipsey, LSU)

Can she get that elusive title? LSU's Charlene Lipsey leads the majority of the last heat to take the win in 2:03.22. It looks like it's going to be a repeat of the NCAA Indoor Championships with her teammate Goule and UO's Roesler as her big challengers.

Duke's Cydney Ross (2:03.62) ran well to take second and even though Illinois Sam Murphy (2:04.20) made a strong push at 500m, she had to settle for third.

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800m (Men)

Record	Athlete/Team	Time	Date
American	Johnny Gray - Santa Monica TC	1:42.60	8/28/1985
College Best	Jim Ryun - Kansas	1:44.3h	6/10/1966
NCAA Meet	Mark Everett - Florida	1:44.70	6/1/1990

Semifinal 1 of 3
Splits
400m: 52.84 (Murray, Loyola)
600m: 1:19 (Momoh, Arkansas)

It was a little menage a troi with Arkansas' Leoman Momoh prevailing in 1:47.44. Loyola's Declan Murray (2nd in 1:47.48) did his share of leading before Momoh made a move on the backstretch to take the win. Minnesota's Harun Abda (1:47.78) lurked in second for the majority of the race and while he had the second spot locked up with 700m to go, Murray found another gear to push him into that dreaded third spot.

We'll have to wait.

Semifinal 2 of 3
Splits
400m: 55.12 (Squella, Arkansas)

After a slow early pace set by Arkansas' Thomas Squella, the speedsters emerged to move on to the next round. PSU's Cas Loxsom (1:48.71) made his definitive move on the backstretch, but had to hold off Mid. Tenn St.'s Eliud Ruto (1:48.91).

NCAA Indoor finalist, Florida's Sean Obinwa, is on the outside looking in after taking third (1:49.23).

Semifinal 3 of 3
Splits
200m: 27.0 (Kidder, PSU)
400m: 56.76 (Kidder, PSU)
600m: 1:22.29 (Kidder, PSU)

He's a man on a mission. Oregon's Elijah Greer (1:48.76) hangs back off the early pedestrian pace and executes a perfect long kick to take the lead with 20m to go. We think he's your favorite and this is just yet another reason why he may walk away with another national title.

Kidder gets the consolation prize of second place (1:49.01) for doing what no else wanted to do (read: lead).

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400m (Women)

Record	Athlete/Team	Time	Date
American	Sanya Richards - US World Cup Team	48.70	9/17/2006
College Best	Monique Henderson - UCLA	50.10	6/11/2005
NCAA Meet	Monique Henderson - UCLA	50.10	6/11/2005

Semifinal 1 of 3
Georgia's Shaunae Miller looks around at 320m and safely wins heat one in 51.57. I feel like we forgot about her this season, even though she won NCAA Indoors.#quiet

Maryand-Eastern's Lenora Guion-Firmin (52.03) holds off Kansas' Diamond Dixon (52.38) to grab the last auto spot. If Dixon doesn't advance, that would be a huge blow to the Jayhawks attempt to win a national title.

Place	Athlete	Affiliation	Time		Wind	Heat (Pl)	Result (split)
1	Shaunae Miller	UGA	51.57			1 (1)	Heat data
2	Lenora Guion-Firmin	UMES	52.03			1 (2)	Heat data
3	Diamond Dixon	KU	52.38			1 (3)	Heat data
4	Ebony Eutsey	UFL	52.52			1 (4)	Heat data
5	Margaret Bamgbose	ND	53.38			1 (5)	Heat data
6	Molly Ellis	SJON	53.46			1 (6)	Heat data
7	Jennifer Carey	UCSB	53.65			1 (7)	Heat data
8	Natalie Stewart	BYU	53.84			1 (8)	Heat data

Semifinal 2 of 3

Illinois' Ashley Spencer (51.61) runs a solid race to advance with ease. With all the talk of a national title, the defending national title hasn't been in the conversation very much. Last year at nationals, she surprised many to take the win. Will she do it again?

Oregon's Phyllis Francis (51.83) uses a little of that Hayward Field magic to hold off a charging
Courtney Okolo (Texas). We'll have to wait and see if the frosh with the deadly kick makes it into the final.

Semifinal 3 of 3

I know we talk about her quite a lot, but Arkansas' Regina George (51.57) makes the last 100m look so darn easy. We still think she's the big favorite heading into that final. It has to be that 800m strength, right?

The story in this last heat was the battle for second. After a four-way blanket finish, it's Miss State Jody-Ann Muir (52.12) who takes the second auto spot.

Place	Name	Affiliation	Time
1	Regina George	ARK	51.57
2	Jody-Ann Muir	MSST	52.12
3	Erika Rucker	SCAR	52.25
4	Briana Nelson	TEX	52.31
5	Chizoba Okodogbe	UO	52.57
6	Shawna Fermin	WAST	52.76
7	Michelle Brown	ND	53.03
8	Felicia Brown	TENN	53.05

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400m (Men)

Semifinal 1 of 3
Wat. George Mason's David Verburg runs a commanding 45.19, but the sound of silence isn't from his big from his seasonal best.

Pre-race favorite Oregon's Mike Berry slips from second to fourth in the final 100m. He's on the outside looking in with a slim shot at making the final (the next two fastest times make the final). This is a HUGE blow to Berry and the Ducks. We had high hopes for Berry after he ran in the slow heat at NCAA Indoors... he may not even make the final on his home track outdoors.

Place	Athlete	Affiliation	Time		Wind	Heat (Pl)	Result (split)
1	David Verburg	GMU	45.19			1 (1)	Heat data
2	James Harris	FSU	45.23			1 (2)	Heat data
3	Cass Brown-Stewart	SFA	45.62			1 (3)	Heat data
4	Mike Berry	UO	45.70			1 (4)	Heat data
5	Blake Heriot	BAY	45.97			1 (5)	Heat data
6	Steven Solomon	STAN	46.41			1 (6)	Heat data
7	Najee Glass	UFL	46.68			1 (7)	Heat data
8	Darrell Bush	LSU	47.15			1 (8)	Heat data

Semifinal 2 of 3
When you have A&M's Deon Lendore (45.36) and Florida's Hugh Graham Jr. (45.96), there's not a lot of room for those auto spots. Lendore takes the second section by the jugular while Graham Jr. lays off the early pace and came on strong in the last 200m.

Kansas' Kyle Clemons third place finish (46.01) is good news for Berry, who can't have anyone else run faster than his time if he wants to make another 400m appearance at Hayward Field.

Place	Name	Affiliation	Time
1	Deon Lendore	TAMU	45.36
2	Hugh Graham Jr	UFL	45.56
3	Kyle Clemons	KU	46.01
4	Brycen Spratling	PITT	46.59
5	Clayton Parros	UNC	46.69
6	Zack Bilderback	TEX	47.24
7	Patrick Feeney	ND	47.48
FS	Daundre Barnaby	MSST	-

Semifinal 3 of 3
Cool as a cucumber, USC's Bryshon Nellum holds off Florida's Arman Hall to win the last section. He's on a mission for that NCAA 400m title.

We'll have to wait until we can confirm whether or not Arkansas' Akheem Gautlett knocked out Berry (the two had the same time of 45.70).

It's confirmed: Gauntlett in, Berry out. This'll be HUGE for Arkansas in the race for the team title!

Place	Name	Affiliation	Time
1	Bryshon Nellum	USC	45.42
2	Arman Hall	UFL	45.50
3	Akheem Gauntlett	ARK	45.70
4	Quincy Downing	LSU	45.87
5	Emmanuel Tugumisirize	MTSU	45.90
6	Juan Green	ILL	46.18
7	Ricky Babineaux	TAMU	46.91
8	Stephon Pamilton	ILL	47.72

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100m (Women)

Record	Athlete/Team	Time	Date
American	Florence Griffith Joyner - World Class AC	10.49	7/16/1988
College Best	Dawn Sowell - LSU	10.78	6/3/1989
NCAA Meet	Dawn Sowell - LSU	10.78	6/3/1989

Semifinal 1 of 3

UCF's Scott advances with ease, but the story that made the hair on my arm stand up is OU's Jenna Pradini. With the help of the Oregon crowd, the freshman came on late to grab that last automatic spot to the final.

Team title run? The Ducks will need someone to come up big.

Place	Name	Affiliation	Time
1	Aurieyall Scott	UCF	11.00
2	Jenna Prandini	UO	11.14
3	Jennifer Madu	TAMU	11.18
4	Cierra White	TXT	11.19
5	Dezerea Bryant	CLEM	11.27
6	Ashton Purvis	TAMU	11.28
7	Katie Wise	INST	11.48
8	Takeia Pinckney	LSU	14.79

Semifinal 2 of 3

Holy ****. That wasn't a semifinal, that was a final! UCF's Octavious Freeman (10.99) takes down English Gardner (11.00), but remember three things.

1) It's a semifinal
2) The wind was + 2.8
3) "Every dog has its day." - Enlish Gardner

Place	Name	Affiliation	Time
1	Octavious Freeman	UCF	10.99
2	English Gardner	UO	11.00
3	Olivia Ekpone	TAMU	11.30
4	Ashley Collier	TAMU	11.33
5	Keilah Tyson	UKY	11.40
6	Mahagony Jones	PSU	11.40
7	Chalonda Goodman	TEX	11.46
8	Mercedes Jackson	UMBC	11.67

Semifinal 3 of 3
LSU's Kimberlyn Duncan wins by daylight in the third section, but I'm reminded by RunBlogRun's Kevin Mangan that there's more than meets the eye in this last section.

Duncan ran 11.02 with a +2.3 wind, which makes 10.99 with + 2.8 from the second heat an almost equal performance. Or maybe better? Duncan has been working on her start this year and could jump up one place from last year (from second to first if anyone didn't know).

Place	Name	Affiliation	Time
1	Kimberlyn Duncan	LSU	11.02
2	Morolake Akinosun	ILL	11.34
3	Kylie Price	UCLA	11.36
4	Alexis Faulknor	UCF	11.37
5	Nakia Linson	FAMU	11.44
6	Ashley Marshall	UCD	11.45
7	Darshay Davis	UFL	11.48
8	Stephanie Kalu	SMU	11.62

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100m (Men)

Record	Athlete/Team	Time	Date
American	Tyson Gay - Adidas	9.69	9/20/2009
College Best	Ngonidzashe Makusha - Florida State	9.89	6/10/2011
NCAA Meet	Ngonidzashe Makusha - Florida State	9.89	6/10/2011

Semifinal 1 of 3
That's our first sub-10 (wind legal) time of the year! FSU's Dentarius Locke makes running 9.97 just another day at the office. According to the announcer, only seven collegians have run faster.

In other news, USC's Aaron Brown grabs the second auto spot.

Place	Name	Affiliation	Time
1	Dentarius Locke	FSU	09.98
2	Aaron Brown	USC	10.05
3	Carl Horsley	CSUN	10.22
4	Tevin Hester	CLEM	10.24
5	Joe Morris	COLO	10.24
6	Johnathan Smith	UGA	10.31
7	Warren Fraser	CLEM	10.34
8	Michael Bryan	TAMU	10.35

Semifinal 2 of 3

UMS' Isiah Young stays out of trouble while A&M's Ameer Webb has to work for it to take that last spot. LSU's Ernest just faded steps before the line to finish third.

Place	Name	Affiliation	Time
1	Isiah Young	UMS	10.00
2	Ameer Webb	TAMU	10.07
3	Aaron Ernest	LSU	10.08
4	Anaso Jobodwana	JKST	10.19
5	Will Henry	UTST	10.25
6	Justin Austin	IOWA	10.26
7	Darrell Wesh	VT	10.34
8	Josh Larney	IOWA	10.35

Semifinal 3 of 3

For a second there, we thought we had another sub-10. TCU's Charles Silmon run 9.92... yeah, so what if it was with a + 3.0 wind? The best part is a step before the line, we could see Silmon take a glance at the scoreboard on the field and while we couldn't see his reaction, we'll take a guess and say that he had a smile on his face.

The guy looked very, very solid at the West Regional. He told us that he was saving a lot of his energy for Eugene, so don't sleep on this guy in the final.

Place	Name	Affiliation	Time
1	Charles Silmon	TCU	09.92
2	Diondre Batson	BAMA	10.06
3	Reggie Lewis	CLEM	10.07
4	Prezel Hardy Jr.	TAMU	10.11
5	Markesh Woodson	MIZZ	10.12
6	Ryan Milus	AZST	10.14
7	Justin Walker	NWST	10.28
8	Chris Royster	SCAR	10.29

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400mH (Women)

Record	Athlete/Team	Time	Date
American	Lashinda Demus - Nike	52.47	9/1/2011
College Best	Sheena Johnson - UCLA	53.54	6/12/2004
NCAA Meet	Sheena Johnson - UCLA	53.54	6/13/2004

Semifinal 1 of 3

ONCE AGAIN, Stanford's Kori Carter (54.67) takes down Arizona's Georganne Moline (54.69). The bigger story than this Olympic-esque / NCAA title battle?

Both ladies shatter the fastest 400mH time ever run in a prelim. Considering that Carter was at the Olympic Trials last year in the 100mH, her transition to the 400mH has been incredible. Moline came on late last year, but from what we've seen, she's going to have her hands full in the final.

Place	Name	Affiliation	Time
1	Kori Carter	STAN	54.67
2	Georganne Moline	ARIZ	54.89
3	Nikita Tracey	LSU	57.14
4	Eseroghene Okoro	IAST	58.71
5	Autumne Franklin	HARV	59.41
6	Tyler Brockington	SCAR	59.45
7	Tamera Harris	SCAR	1:00.12
8	Gwendolyn Flowers	ARK	1:00.14

Semifinal 2 of 3

Texas' Danielle Dowie finds another gear in the homestretch to pass Baylor Christina Holland to take that coveted second spot. Florida's Ndu stays out of trouble to take the win and the ticket to the final.

Place	Name	Affiliation	Time
1	Ugonna Ndu	UFL	57.05
2	Danielle Dowie	TEX	57.40
3	Christina Holland	BAY	57.44
4	Sandy Jean-Claude	UCF	58.38
5	Liga Velvere	UID	59.28
6	Kayla Stueckle	WASH	59.51
7	Maya Williamson	MEMP	59.52
8	Erica Twiss	KSST	59.65

Semifinal 3 of 3

Nothing crazy here. Clemson's Harrison and UCLA's Thompson looked comfortable as they both advance. If there's any story, it's Arkansas' Sparkle McKnight missing out on the fun. We have to look at the projections, but it can't help the Razorbacks in their quest for a team title.

Place	Name	Affiliation	Time
1	Kendra Harrison	CLEM	56.35
2	Turquoise Thompson	UCLA	56.60
3	Sparkle McKnight	ARK	56.70
4	Kiah Seymour	PSU	58.64
5	Sage Watson	FSU	58.71
6	Megan Yanik	ND	59.56
7	Rachel Watkins	MON	1:01.06
DNS	Gianna Woodruff	WASH	-

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400mH (Men)

Record	Athlete/Team	Time	Date
American	Kevin Young - Foot Locker AC	46.78	8/6/1992
College Best	Kerron Clement - Florida	47.56	6/11/2005
NCAA Meet	Kerron Clement - Florida	47.56	6/11/2005

Semifinal 1 of 3

Another clean semifinal in the 400mH. Kansas' Michael Stigler and North Texas' Steven White slowly pulled away from the field to go one-two.

Place	Name	Affiliation	Time
1	Michael Stigler	KU	49.66
2	Steven White	UNT	49.82
3	Isaiah Gill	TXT	50.51
4	Gregory Coleman	TAMU	50.56
5	Jibri Victorian	COPP	51.74
6	Andre' Peart	PURD	52.28
7	Kamohelo Mangojeane	WKY	52.42
8	Austin Hollimon	PRIN	54.82

Semifinal 2 of 3

It's tough running from lane eight, but more on that in a bit. Nebraska's Miles Ukaoma leads Michigan's Ali Arastu as both grab auto spots to the final.

Iowa's Ethan Holmes had to run blind in lane eight, went out hard, and unfortunately paid for it in the final meters. Big shout-out to him for going for it. Go big or go home, right?

Place	Name	Affiliation	Time
1	Miles Ukaoma	NEB	49.63
2	Ali Arastu	MICH	50.03
3	Ethan Holmes	IOWA	50.69
4	Eric Futch	UH	51.15
5	Joshua Smith	UTSA	51.27
6	Antonio Blanks	OHST	51.74
7	Yusuf Muhammad	LAT	52.16
8	Mica-Jonathan Petit-Homme	LIU	52.40

Semifinal 3 of 3

Domination with a capital D. USC's Reggie Wyatt wins by at least 10m in 49.23. Arkansas' Caleb Cross came on strong in the final 80m to narrowly take second (50.39) over Oral Robert's Jeffery Gibson.

Place	Name	Affiliation	Time
1	Reggie Wyatt	USC	49.23
2	Caleb Cross	ARK	50.39
3	Jeffery Gibson	ORU	50.40
4	Jodi-Rae Blackwood	NEB	50.87
5	Zachary Ray	BOSU	51.32
6	Keenan Michael	MSU	52.06
7	Scottie Hearns	MSST	52.68
8	Drew Branch	UGA	53.51

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3000m Steeplechase (Men)

Record	Athlete/Team	Time	Date
American	Daniel Lincoln	8:08.82	7/14/2006
College Best	Henry Rono - Washington State	8:05.4h	5/13/1978
NCAA Meet	Henry Rono - Washington State	8:12.39	6/1/1978

Heat 1 of 2
Splits
200m: 36.4 (Brill, Wisconsin)
600m: 66.42 (Rotich, UTEP)
1000m: 66.97 (Rotich, UTEP)
1400m: 68.14 (Rotich, UTEP)
1800m:69.24 (Rotich, UTEP)
2200m: 69.12 (Rotich, UTEP)*
2600m:
2800m: 70.01 (Rotich, UTEP)
3200m: 65.82 (Rotich, UTEP)

UTEP's Anthony Rotich finally breaks away from Arkansas' Stanley Kebenei over the last lap, but the unfortunate thing here is FSU's, Zak Seddon. The frosh sensation took a spill in the water pit at fifth (maybe sixth) lap, which didn't look terrible at first, but he would soon pay the price.

Seddon would start to look around as he was visably in pain, was swallowed up by the pack, and finished to the applauce of the gracious Hayward Field crowd in last. He's had an incredible season and to see him go out like this is unfair, but it's how the steeple game works.

In any case, Rotich looked good all by himself. He'll go up against A&M's Henry Lelei, who is winning by 20m in heat two.

Place	Name	Affiliation	Time	228m	624m	1020m	1416m	1812m	2208m	2604m	3000m
1	Anthony Rotich	UTEP	8:32.50	36.81 (36.81)	1:43.11 (1:06.31)	2:50.11 (1:07.00)	3:58.16 (1:08.06)	5:06.60 (1:08.44)	6:16.14 (1:09.55)	7:26.59 (1:10.45)	8:32.50 (1:05.92)
2	Stanley Kebenei	ARK	8:36.54	36.96 (36.96)	1:43.18 (1:06.23)	2:50.10 (1:06.92)	3:58.14 (1:08.05)	5:06.66 (1:08.52)	6:16.39 (1:09.73)	7:27.03 (1:10.64)	8:36.54 (1:09.51)
3	Ole Hesselbjerg	EKY	8:42.70	37.45 (37.45)	1:45.41 (1:07.97)	2:53.44 (1:08.03)	4:03.96 (1:10.52)	5:15.01 (1:11.05)	6:27.83 (1:12.83)	7:38.21 (1:10.38)	8:42.70 (1:04.50)
4	Jared Bassett	PORT	8:43.23	37.26 (37.26)	1:44.67 (1:07.41)	2:53.12 (1:08.46)	4:04.07 (1:10.96)	5:15.21 (1:11.15)	6:27.73 (1:12.52)	7:39.14 (1:11.41)	8:43.23 (1:04.10)
5	Tomas Cotter	WICH	8:43.38	36.73 (36.73)	1:44.06 (1:07.34)	2:52.43 (1:08.37)	4:03.36 (1:10.94)	5:14.59 (1:11.23)	6:27.28 (1:12.70)	7:38.60 (1:11.33)	8:43.38 (1:04.78)
6	Max Darrah	GTWN	8:43.71	36.99 (36.99)	1:44.27 (1:07.28)	2:52.48 (1:08.22)	4:03.68 (1:11.20)	5:14.93 (1:11.26)	6:27.57 (1:12.64)	7:38.82 (1:11.25)	8:43.71 (1:04.89)
7	Robby Nierman	IU	8:46.58	37.46 (37.46)	1:44.90 (1:07.44)	2:53.03 (1:08.13)	4:03.71 (1:10.69)	5:14.85 (1:11.14)	6:27.63 (1:12.78)	7:39.42 (1:11.80)	8:46.58 (1:07.17)
8	Alex Brill	WISC	8:52.37	36.73 (36.73)	1:44.49 (1:07.76)	2:52.75 (1:08.27)	4:03.38 (1:10.63)	5:14.61 (1:11.24)	6:27.36 (1:12.75)	7:39.64 (1:12.29)	8:52.37 (1:12.73)
9	Luis Orta	UKY	8:59.33	37.18 (37.18)	1:45.06 (1:07.88)	2:53.58 (1:08.52)	4:04.39 (1:10.82)	5:16.18 (1:11.79)	6:30.76 (1:14.59)	7:46.22 (1:15.47)	8:59.33 (1:13.11)
10	Mark Parrish	UFL	9:06.24	37.00 (37.00)	1:46.07 (1:09.07)	2:55.20 (1:09.14)	4:07.69 (1:12.50)	5:20.95 (1:13.26)	6:35.41 (1:14.47)	7:51.34 (1:15.94)	9:06.24 (1:14.90)
11	Zak Seddon	FSU	9:14.92	37.02 (37.02)	1:43.44 (1:06.42)	2:50.36 (1:06.93)	3:58.39 (1:08.03)	5:06.86 (1:08.48)	6:21.52 (1:14.66)	7:42.35 (1:20.84)	9:14.92 (1:32.57)
DNF	Fabian Clarkson	OKST	-	37.22 (37.22)	1:44.01 (1:06.79)	2:52.25 (1:08.25)	4:05.63 (1:13.39)	5:23.23 (1:17.60)

Heat 2 of 2

Sorry I missed the splits. I was too busy watching the slow-mo replay of Seddon's fall. Not that all things should be shot in HD, but that hit me right in the feels.

We'll have to wait for the splits, but A&M's Henry Lelei looks unbelievable. Everyone in the press box agrees that it looks like the senior is jogging while he's absolutely dominating the rest of the field.

Since it's all Lelei, we might as well talk about the other four guys who made it through to the final. In order, it was BYU's Curtis Carr, Colorado's Aric Van Halen, Louisville's Mattias Wolter, and High Point's Dakota Peachtree. All four took a look around after the water pit and when they knew they were safe, jogged it in.

Full results

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10,000m (Women)

Record	Athlete/Team	Time	Date
American	Shalane Flanagan - Nike	30:22.22	8/15/2008
College Best	Lisa Koll - Iowa State	31:18.07	3/26/2010
NCAA Meet	Sylvia Mosqueda - Cal State Los Angeles	32:28.57	6/1/1998

Splits
400m: 87.x (Saina, ISU)
800m: 92.8
1200m: 82.7 (Bergman, Arizona)
1600m: 82.1 (5:44.38 for Balouris, W&M)
2000m: 79.18 (Balouris, W&M)
2400m: 80.57 (Balouris, W&M)
2800m: 81.87 (Balouris, W&M)
3200m: 80.52 (11:06 for Balouris, W&M)
3600m: 80.99 (Saina, ISU)
4000m: 75.42 (Saina, ISU)
4400m: 76.47 (Saina, ISU)
4800m: 78.47 (Saina, ISU)
5200m: 77.37 (Saina, ISU; 16:58.6 through 5k)
5600m: 78.18 (Tuliamuk-Bolton, Wichita)
6000m: 78.50 (Saina, ISU)
6400m: 76.17 (Saina, ISU)
6800m: 77.15 (Saina, ISU)
7200m: 77.54 (Tuliamuk-Bolton, Wichita)
7600m: 77.89 (Tuliamuk-Bolton, Wichita)
800m: 79.93 (Tuliamuk-Bolton, Wichita)
8400m: 80.80 (Saina, ISU)
8800m: 77.24 (Saina, ISU)
9200m: 78.49 (Saina, ISU)
9600m: 76.72 (Saina, ISU)
10k: 33:08.84 (Saina FTW)

I'll just embed some good tweets about the opening laps.

@flotrack By the time these ladies finish the 10K at this pace, @ryanflotrack will have his stachie grown for Nashies.

— Jameson Fay (@FaytheSkipper32) June 6, 2013

@flotrack6th grade girls 2-mile...almost 2 minutes per 400m. ...

— sauerkraut (@IamSauerkraut) June 6, 2013

@flotrack Mary Cain crawling out of bed with a weight vest on the day after a hard workout.

— Noah Kemp (@SirKempalot) June 6, 2013

Alright, back to the race. After a silly opening pace, Saina and Tuliamuk-Bolton traded pacing duties until the final 200m. More on that later.

The only girl to go with the two was Washington's Meghan Goethals, who would ultimately pay the price of one less spot.

While Goethals began to slip off the lead, the chase pack was chomping at the bit. The group included Boise State's Emma Bates, Cornell's Katie Kellner, Wisconsin's Caitlin Comfort, Boston's Katie Matthews, and a late charging Arizona's Jen Bergman.

The all-American spots wouldn't be sorted out until the 9800m mark. Bates, who looked silky smooth all race, pulled away from Goethals, who despite a second charge on the homestretch, took a few looks back and accepted fourth. Again, we have to give her credit for putting herself in the hunt despite the fact that it cost her in the end.

BU's Katie Matthews would charge for fifth, Bergman (sixth) would kick past Kellner (seventh), and UTEP's Risper Kimaiyo would finish eighth.

I didn't get her last 200m because I wanted to run down and grab some pictures, but the RunBlogRun crew said that Saina was ~70 for her last 400m. Not a huge surprise.

One has to wonder what would have happened if Jordan Hasay was in the race, but the question now is whether Saina can attempt the double. Abbey D will be fresh, but Saina barely did any (fast) running.

That concludes day one of the NCAA Outdoor Championships. We all made the mistake of wearing pants so we're all sweaty, so we're going to go back, upload some interviews, shower, and we'll see you tomorrow!

Full Splits