Both the Oregon men and women put together solid efforts during the first day of competition at the NCAA West Preliminaries in Austin, Texas, on Thursday.
The men started off the day with a historic toss by redshirt freshman Sam Crouser.@@http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=4365&SPID=243&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=500&ATCLID=204971326&Q_SEASON=2011@@ The Gresham, Ore., native secured a spot at the NCAA Championships in Des Moines, Iowa, after finishing second in the javelin in a Oregon-best 251-8/76.70 meters. His throw was the fourth-longest in school history.
In the men’s 1500 meters, Chad Noelle@@http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=4365&SPID=243&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=500&ATCLID=205214908&Q_SEASON=2011@@ finished fifth in the second heat in 3:50.39 to automatically advance to Saturday’s quarterfinal. Senior Travis Stanford@@http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=4365&SPID=243&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=500&ATCLID=204869910&Q_SEASON=2011@@ finished sixth in his heat in 3:47.18 and advanced on time.
In the women’s 1,500, Becca Friday breezed to a third place finish in 4:25.14 to advance to Saturday’s quarterfinal.@@http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=4365&SPID=243&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=500&ATCLID=3759234&Q_SEASON=2011@@ In the next heat, Jordan Hasay@@checked@@ claimed victory in 4:23.40.@@…and then what?@@
In the men’s 100-meter dash, Arthur Delaney@@checked@@ advanced after finishing third in his heat in 10.38. Junior Joeal Hotchkins@@checked@@ moved through with a time of 10.39, which moved him into the No. 10 spot in Oregon history.
In the women’s 100, Amber Purvis@@checked@@ ran a season-best 11.61 and advanced to Friday’s quarterfinals. She was eighth in her heat in 11.61, but still advanced. English Gardner@@checked@@ won her heat easily in 11.26 to advance.
Mike Berry@@checked@@ and USC’s Josh Mance@@checked@@ finished in a dead heat in the 400 meters at 42.92. Both advanced to Friday’s 400 quarterfinal.
Phyllis Francis@@checked@@ made a late charge over the last 50 meters of the women’s 400 meters to finish third in 54.29 and advance. Chizoba Okodogbe and Devin Gosberry@@both checked@@ also advanced on time to Friday’s 400 meter quarterfinal.
In the men’s 10,000 meters, Cam Levins@@http://runningtimes.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=24523@@ of Utah won, with Oregon’s Luke Puskedra claiming second place and a spot in Des Moines for the NCAA Championships.
Moving forward in waves at NCAA West track and field preliminaries
May 23, 2012
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