Colorado State University Athletics
NCAA Track & Field Begins With A Bang
6/12/2003 12:00:00 AM | Indoor Track & Field
The 83rd annual NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships got underway on Wednesday at Sacramento State University. Colorado State had eight student-athletes advance to the NCAA Championships in 10 events and five competed during the first day.
Sophomore Mike Nicks broke the school record for the second straight competition, running an 8:43.67 to snag the last qualifying spot for finals. Nicks finished 14th overall and ninth in the second heat of the evening. He will compete in finals on Friday evening. Nicks broke his own school record of 8:48.59 from the NCAA Regionals on June 2 in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Senior Drew Loftin qualified for the finals in the hammer throw after placing fifth in the preliminaries with a throw of 215-5. Teammate Adam Trainor finished 23rd overall, missing qualifying for finals after his toss of 190-6.
Junior Keela Niemeyer finished eighth in the second flight and 23rd overall in the preliminaries of the discus with a toss of 145-5, failing to qualify for the finals. Also missing finals was senior Meg Larson in the steeplechase. Larson turned in a time of 10:39.33 in the second heat to finish 12th and 24th overall.
Five Rams will be in competition on Thursday. Loftin and Brian Trainor will both throw the discus beginning at 11:15 am (Mountain), while Paul Michel will run the preliminaries of the 1500 meters at 8:25 p.m., Niemeyer will begin the shot put at 9:30 p.m. and Dylan Olchin and the rest of the 10,000 meter competitors begin at 10:40 p.m. Olchin is the only one that is competing in the finals today. The others are in preliminaries with their finals scheduled for Saturday.
2003 Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships: Day One Field Results Event 38 Women Discus Throw ========================================================================== Auto: 55.75 Advance best 12 and ties prelim - finals. 15 minutes warm-up for each flight, 15 minutes before finals. Advance best 9 plus ties to a reverse order final. American: 69.44m 4/27/2002 Suzy Powell, Stanford TC College Best: 67.48m 4/26/1981 Meg Ritchie, Arizona NCAA Meet: 64.26m 6/5/1999 Seilala Sua, UCLA Hornet Stad: 65.90m 7/17/2000 Seilala Sua, Reebok Name Year School Prelims ========================================================================== Flight 1 1 Becky Breisch SO Nebraska 56.33mq 184-10 2 Stephanie Brown SR Cal Poly-SLO 53.91mq 176-10 3 Makiba Batten SR Florida State 52.05mq 170-09 4 Erin Compton SR Marshall 49.54mq 162-06 5 Ildiko Varga FR Kentucky 48.51m 159-02 6 Susan Sherman JR Iowa State 46.95m 154-00 7 Blake Gordon SR Stephen F. Austin 45.84m 150-05 8 Karenrose Honea JR Texas A&M 45.05m 147-10 9 Allyson Criner FR North Carolina 43.60m 143-00 Flight 2 1 Melissa Bickett JR Michigan 55.35mq 181-07 2 Dore DeBartolo SR Florida 51.28mq 168-03 3 Jillian Camarena JR Stanford 50.44mq 165-06 4 Rachel Longfors SO Florida 49.50mq 162-05 5 Sandra Orsund JR Arizona State 48.37m 158-08 6 Mary Etter SR Oregon 47.21m 154-11 7 Abby Emsick FR Kansas 46.31m 151-11 8 Keela Niemeyer JR Colorado State 44.33m 145-05 -- Amarachi Ukabam FR Ohio State FOUL Flight 3 1 Beth Mallory FR Alabama 51.63mq 169-05 2 Ilona Rutjes JR Arizona 51.42mq 168-08 3 Deshaya Williams SR Penn State 51.03mq 167-05 4 Jill Pedretti JR North Carolina 49.27mq 161-08 5 Lara Saye JR UCLA 49.06m 160-11 6 Chaniqua Ross SR UCLA 48.95m 160-07 7 Molly Lonergan JR Kentucky 46.09m 151-02 8 Jamie Riojas SO Texas A&M 44.14m 144-10 -- Dayana Octavien JR South Florida FOUL -- Krista Keir SR Ohio State FOUL Preliminaries 1 Becky Breisch SO Nebraska 56.33mq 184-10 2 Melissa Bickett JR Michigan 55.35mq 181-07 3 Stephanie Brown SR Cal Poly-SLO 53.91mq 176-10 4 Makiba Batten SR Florida State 52.05mq 170-09 5 Beth Mallory FR Alabama 51.63mq 169-05 6 Ilona Rutjes JR Arizona 51.42mq 168-08 7 Dore DeBartolo SR Florida 51.28mq 168-03 8 Deshaya Williams SR Penn State 51.03mq 167-05 9 Jillian Camarena JR Stanford 50.44mq 165-06 10 Erin Compton SR Marshall 49.54mq 162-06 11 Rachel Longfors SO Florida 49.50mq 162-05 12 Jill Pedretti JR North Carolina 49.27mq 161-08 13 Lara Saye JR UCLA 49.06m 160-11 14 Chaniqua Ross SR UCLA 48.95m 160-07 15 Ildiko Varga FR Kentucky 48.51m 159-02 16 Sandra Orsund JR Arizona State 48.37m 158-08 17 Mary Etter SR Oregon 47.21m 154-11 18 Susan Sherman JR Iowa State 46.95m 154-00 19 Abby Emsick FR Kansas 46.31m 151-11 20 Molly Lonergan JR Kentucky 46.09m 151-02 21 Blake Gordon SR Stephen F. Austin 45.84m 150-05 22 Karenrose Honea JR Texas A&M 45.05m 147-10 23 Keela Niemeyer JR Colorado State 44.33m 145-05 24 Jamie Riojas SO Texas A&M 44.14m 144-10 25 Allyson Criner FR North Carolina 43.60m 143-00 -- Krista Keir SR Ohio State FOUL -- Dayana Octavien JR South Florida FOUL -- Amarachi Ukabam FR Ohio State FOUL Event 26 Women 3000 Meter Steeplechase ================================================================ 2 Heats. Advance top 5 plus next 4 best times to final. American: 9:41.94 9/4/2001 Elizabeth Jackson, BYU College Best: 9:43.36 6/9/2001 Elizabeth Jackson, BYU NCAA Meet: 9:45.94 6/1/2002 Michaela Manova, BYU Hornet Stad: 9:57.20 7/17/2000 Elizabeth Jackson, BYU Name Year School Prelims ================================================================ Heat 1 1 Letiwe Marakurwa JR Idaho 10:03.76Q 2 Ida Nilsson JR Northern Arizona 10:06.44Q 3 Kassi Andersen SO Brigham Young 10:08.42Q 4 Brianna Dahm JR Marquette 10:12.91Q 5 Dawn Cleary SR Virginia 10:12.99Q 6 Andrea Kremer JR Miami-Ohio 10:17.47q 7 Jin Hanifan JR Northern Arizona 10:21.03 8 Audrey Giesler JR Indiana 10:23.79 9 Sara Vergote SR Toledo 10:25.83 10 Rika Feuth SO Southern Methodist 10:31.06 11 Anne Shadle SO Nebraska 10:32.21 12 Angela Marvin FR Baylor 10:38.01 13 Caroline Jolley-Pebley JR Weber State 10:39.59 14 Natalie Florence SO Colorado 10:45.21 Heat 2 1 Lisa Aguilera SR Arizona State 10:06.79Q 2 Roisin McGettigan SR Providence 10:06.86Q 3 Molly Landreth SO Penn State 10:07.78Q 4 Carol Henry SO North Carolina 10:12.65Q 5 Jennifer Donovan JR Boston College 10:14.32Q 6 Tracey Brauksieck FR Penn State 10:16.91q 7 Lisa Antonelli JR Brigham Young 10:17.50q 8 Rachel Bennion SR Weber State 10:19.88q 9 Sarah Pepera JR Michigan State 10:30.19 10 Kara June JR Fresno State 10:33.07 11 Nan Kannard SR Brigham Young 10:35.43 12 Marget Larson SR Colorado State 10:39.33 13 Sarah Arens SR Iowa 10:39.94 14 Robin Wemple SO Boise State 10:56.46 Preliminaries 1 Letiwe Marakurwa JR Idaho 10:03.76Q 2 Lisa Aguilera SR Arizona State 10:06.79Q 3 Ida Nilsson JR Northern Arizona 10:06.44Q 4 Roisin McGettigan SR Providence 10:06.86Q 5 Molly Landreth SO Penn State 10:07.78Q 6 Kassi Andersen SO Brigham Young 10:08.42Q 7 Carol Henry SO North Carolina 10:12.65Q 8 Brianna Dahm JR Marquette 10:12.91Q 9 Dawn Cleary SR Virginia 10:12.99Q 10 Jennifer Donovan JR Boston College 10:14.32Q 11 Tracey Brauksieck FR Penn State 10:16.91q 12 Andrea Kremer JR Miami-Ohio 10:17.47q 13 Lisa Antonelli JR Brigham Young 10:17.50q 14 Rachel Bennion SR Weber State 10:19.88q 15 Jin Hanifan JR Northern Arizona 10:21.03 16 Audrey Giesler JR Indiana 10:23.79 17 Sara Vergote SR Toledo 10:25.83 18 Sarah Pepera JR Michigan State 10:30.19 19 Rika Feuth SO Southern Methodist 10:31.06 20 Anne Shadle SO Nebraska 10:32.21 21 Kara June JR Fresno State 10:33.07 22 Nan Kannard SR Brigham Young 10:35.43 23 Angela Marvin FR Baylor 10:38.01 24 Marget Larson SR Colorado State 10:39.33 25 Caroline Jolley-Pebley JR Weber State 10:39.59 26 Sarah Arens SR Iowa 10:39.94 27 Natalie Florence SO Colorado 10:45.21 28 Robin Wemple SO Boise State 10:56.46 Event 19 Men Hammer Throw ========================================================================== Auto: 68.05 Advance best 12 and ties prelim - finals. 15 minutes warm-up for each flight, 15 minutes before finals. Advance best 9 plus ties to a reverse order final. American: 82.52m 9/7/1996 Lance Deal, NYAC College Best: 81.94m 5/19/1995 Balazs Kiss, USC NCAA Meet: 80.86m 5/31/1996 Balazs Kiss, USC Hornet Stad: 78.87m 7/21/2000 Lanca Deal, NYAC Name Year School Prelims ========================================================================== Flight 1 1 Spyridon Jullien FR Virginia Tech 68.01mq 223-01 2 Nick Welihozkiy SR Stanford 66.14mq 217-00 3 Jerome Bortoluzzi FR Southern Methodist 65.66mq 215-05 4 Gabor Mate SR Auburn 65.00mq 213-03 5 Panagiotis Mavraganis SR Georgia 63.43mq 208-01 6 Adam Midles FR Southern California 60.97m 200-00 7 Joe Drevlow SR Illinois State 58.53m 192-00 8 Ryan Bruhn JR Utah State 56.56m 185-07 -- Michael Murray SR Southern California FOUL Flight 2 1 Janne Vartia SR Texas-El Paso 67.27mq 220-08 2 Drew Loftin SR Colorado State 65.67mq 215-05 3 Ian Brewer SO Georgia Tech 61.21m 200-10 4 John Newell JR Georgia 59.76m 196-01 5 John Paul Smolenski SO Purdue 59.57m 195-05 6 Ted Corderio SR Montana 59.21m 194-03 7 John Griffith SR Wyoming 58.19m 190-11 8 Russ Bell SR Missouri 55.47m 182-00 Flight 3 1 Lucais MacKay JR Georgia 69.17mq 226-11 2 Adam Kriz SR Oregon 65.20mq 213-11 3 Adam Judge SR Indiana 64.90mq 212-11 4 Vincent Tortorella SR Northeastern 63.91mq 209-08 5 Keith McBride JR Purdue 62.46mq 204-11 6 Richard Legarra SR Arizona 60.17m 197-05 7 Lynden Reder JR Minnesota 60.09m 197-02 8 Colton Hodge SO Auburn 59.02m 193-08 9 Adam Trainor SO Colorado State 58.07m 190-06 Preliminaries 1 Lucais MacKay JR Georgia 69.17mq 226-11 2 Spyridon Jullien FR Virginia Tech 68.01mq 223-01 3 Janne Vartia SR Texas-El Paso 67.27mq 220-08 4 Nick Welihozkiy SR Stanford 66.14mq 217-00 5 Drew Loftin SR Colorado State 65.67mq 215-05 6 Jerome Bortoluzzi FR Southern Methodist 65.66mq 215-05 7 Adam Kriz SR Oregon 65.20mq 213-11 8 Gabor Mate SR Auburn 65.00mq 213-03 9 Adam Judge SR Indiana 64.90mq 212-11 10 Vincent Tortorella SR Northeastern 63.91mq 209-08 11 Panagiotis Mavraganis SR Georgia 63.43mq 208-01 12 Keith McBride JR Purdue 62.46mq 204-11 13 Ian Brewer SO Georgia Tech 61.21m 200-10 14 Adam Midles FR Southern California 60.97m 200-00 15 Richard Legarra SR Arizona 60.17m 197-05 16 Lynden Reder JR Minnesota 60.09m 197-02 17 John Newell JR Georgia 59.76m 196-01 18 John Paul Smolenski SO Purdue 59.57m 195-05 19 Ted Corderio SR Montana 59.21m 194-03 20 Colton Hodge SO Auburn 59.02m 193-08 21 Joe Drevlow SR Illinois State 58.53m 192-00 22 John Griffith SR Wyoming 58.19m 190-11 23 Adam Trainor SO Colorado State 58.07m 190-06 24 Ryan Bruhn JR Utah State 56.56m 185-07 25 Russ Bell SR Missouri 55.47m 182-00 -- Michael Murray SR Southern California FOUL Event 6 Men 3000 Meter Steeplechase ================================================================ 2 Heats. Advance top 5 from each heat plus next 4 best times. American: 8:09.17 8/28/1985 Henry Marsh, Athletics West College Best: 8:05.4h 5/13/1978 Henry Rono, Washington Stat NCAA Meet: 8:12.39 6/1/1978 Henry Rono, Washington Stat Hornet Stad: 8:15.77 7/20/2000 Pascal Dobert, Nike Name Year School Prelims ================================================================ Heat 1 1 Bashar Ibrahim SR Texas-El Paso 8:39.37Q 2 Jordan Desilets JR Eastern Michigan 8:39.68Q 3 Andy Smith SO NC State 8:39.88Q 4 Jochen Dieckfoss SR Boston University 8:40.94Q 5 Isaiah Festa SR Wisconsin 8:44.06Q 6 Henrick Ahnstrom SO Northern Arizona 8:45.41 7 Tristan Colangelo JR Princeton 8:47.25 8 Jan Eitel JR Idaho 8:47.94 9 Aaron Fisher FR Ohio State 8:49.98 10 Kenneth Richardson JR Weber State 8:50.92 11 Tom Burns JR Indiana 8:51.91 12 Gary Blackman JR Butler 8:56.46 13 Peter Weisz JR Kent State 9:01.27 14 Juan de Bastos SR Texas A&M 9:06.99 Heat 2 1 Dan Lincoln SR Arkansas 8:36.08Q 2 Lyle Weese SR Montana State 8:36.87Q 3 Kevin Barra SR Texas 8:38.51Q 4 Ben Bruce JR Cal Poly-SLO 8:39.10Q 5 Martin Allgeyer SR Southern Methodist 8:40.65Q 6 Steve Zieminski SO Florida 8:40.74q 7 Itay Magidi FR Clemson 8:41.67q 8 Mate Nemeth JR Memphis 8:43.34q 9 Mike Nicks SO Colorado State 8:43.67q 10 Matt Adams SO Brigham Young 8:44.42 11 Brett Holts SO Oregon 8:54.07 12 Erik Emilsson SO UCLA 8:56.59 13 Jonathan Gibson JR Montana State 9:08.89 Preliminaries 1 Dan Lincoln SR Arkansas 8:36.08Q 2 Bashar Ibrahim SR Texas-El Paso 8:39.37Q 3 Lyle Weese SR Montana State 8:36.87Q 4 Jordan Desilets JR Eastern Michigan 8:39.68Q 5 Kevin Barra SR Texas 8:38.51Q 6 Andy Smith SO NC State 8:39.88Q 7 Ben Bruce JR Cal Poly-SLO 8:39.10Q 8 Jochen Dieckfoss SR Boston University 8:40.94Q 9 Martin Allgeyer SR Southern Methodist 8:40.65Q 10 Isaiah Festa SR Wisconsin 8:44.06Q 11 Steve Zieminski SO Florida 8:40.74q 12 Itay Magidi FR Clemson 8:41.67q 13 Mate Nemeth JR Memphis 8:43.34q 14 Mike Nicks SO Colorado State 8:43.67q 15 Matt Adams SO Brigham Young 8:44.42 16 Henrick Ahnstrom SO Northern Arizona 8:45.41 17 Tristan Colangelo JR Princeton 8:47.25 18 Jan Eitel JR Idaho 8:47.94 19 Aaron Fisher FR Ohio State 8:49.98 20 Kenneth Richardson JR Weber State 8:50.92 21 Tom Burns JR Indiana 8:51.91 22 Brett Holts SO Oregon 8:54.07 23 Gary Blackman JR Butler 8:56.46 24 Erik Emilsson SO UCLA 8:56.59 25 Peter Weisz JR Kent State 9:01.27 26 Juan de Bastos SR Texas A&M 9:06.99 27 Jonathan Gibson JR Montana State 9:08.89
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