2017 DI NCAA Indoor ChampionshipsMar 9, 2017 by Gordon Mack
True Freshmen Who Made NCAAs
True Freshmen Who Made NCAAs
True Freshmen Who Made NCAAs
Qualifying for NCAAs is one thing. Qualifying for NCAAs as a true freshman is another story. Here are the 31 true freshmen who booked their ticket to NCAAs in an individual event. Notably, Penn State's Danae Rivers had the best improvement from her high school personal best.
U.S. ATHLETES:
Event | Athlete | School | 2017 Best | HS Best | Improvement |
Mile | Danae Rivers | Penn State | 4:32.55 | 4:48.59 | 5.89% |
60 | Derrius Rodgers | Illinois State | 6.64 | 6.87 | 3.46% |
200 | Danyel White | Texas A&M | 23.14 | 23.76 | 2.68% |
PV | Chris Nilsen | South Dakota | 5.70m | 5.60m(o) | 1.75% |
LJ | Grant Holloway | Florida | 8.05m | 7.91m | 1.74% |
60 | Cassondra Hall | LSU | 7.26 | 7.36 | 1.38% |
800 | Ruby Stauber | LSU | 2:03.87 | 2:05.56 | 1.36% |
200 | Maxwell Willis | Baylor | 20.76 | 21.04 | 1.35% |
HJ | Justice Summerset | Arizona | 2.21m | 2.20m(o) | 0.45% |
3K | Katie Rainsberger | Oregon | 9:01.21 | 9:00.62(o) | -0.11% |
HJ | Darius Carbin | Georgia | 2.22m | 2.25m(o) | -1.35% |
HJ | Darryl Sullivan | Tennessee | 2.20m | 2.24m(o) | -1.82% |
3K | Taylor Werner | Arkansas | 9:06.34 | NM | N/A |
5K | Judy Pendergast | Harvard | 15:52.64 | NM | N/A |
60H | Grant Holloway | Florida | 7.58 | NM | N/A |
60H | Braxton Canady | Oregon | 7.74 | NM | N/A |
60H | Anna Cockrell | USC | 8.11 | NM | N/A |
INTERNATIONAL ATHLETES:
Event | Athlete | School | 2017 Best | HS Best | Improvement |
LJ | Samara Spencer | South Dakota | 6.43m | 6.06m(o) | 5.75% |
TJ | Clayton Brown | Florida | 16.58m | 16.17m(o) | 2.47% |
HJ | Clayton Brown | Florida | 2.25m | 2.20m(o) | 2.22% |
TJ | Jordan Scott | Virginia | 16.36m | 16.01m(o) | 2.14% |
HJ | Eleonora Omoregie | Florida State | 1.88m | 1.86m | 1.06% |
800 | Emmanuel Korir | UTEP | 1:46.15 | 1:46.94(o) | 0.74% |
TJ | O'Brien Wasome | Texas | 16.38m | 16.39m(o) | -0.06% |
400 | Akeem Bloomfield | Auburn | 45.43 | 44.93(o) | -1.10% |
PV | Lucy Bryan | Akron | 4.33m | 4.40m(o) | -1.62% |
800 | Michael Saruni | UTEP | 1:46.30 | NM | N/A |
60H | Rushelle Burton | Texas | 8.03 | NM | N/A |
WT | Gleb Dudarev | Kansas | 23.44m | NM | N/A |
WT | Aleks Rapp | Tulsa | 21.59m | NM | N/A |
PENT | Nina Schultz | Kansas State | 4271 | NM | N/A |
PENT | Louisa Grauvogel | Georgia | 4187 | NM | N/A |
PENT | Zoe Hughes | Harvard | 4093 | NM | N/A |
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