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June 8, 2005

Day 1 Recap of the distance action of the 2005 NCAA Track and Field Championships.

Men's 800 (Top 3 and next 4 fastest. Please note the 200 and 600 splits are Hand-times the 400 split if FAT)
Heat 1 was the slowest of the 4 at 400 - 54.84. 122.0 flat at 600. The guys ran a nice negative split, but it wasn't a surprise that only the auto qualifiers advanced.

Heat 1
1 Raphael Asafo-Agyei       SO Southern California    1:48.77Q   
2 Jeremy Mims               SR Kansas                 1:48.94Q   
3 Tetlo Emmen               JR Santa Barbara          1:48.95Q   
4 Christian Smith           JR Kansas State           1:49.03    
5 Duane Soloman             FR Southern California    1:49.24    
6 Tramell Smith             JR Illinois               1:53.03

Heat 2
After an opening 200 of 25.1, Kirk, Etoot and Hicks were 1-2-3 at 400 in 53.95. Those 3 would all automatically advance a lap later, but not before Mike Inge got involved in the mix and made things interesting. 600 was reached in 1:22.1. The NCAA indoor champ Hicks was 4th heading into the last 100, but he looked very relaxed and easily moved up to automatically advance as Etoot edged Inge for the final spot.

1 Sherridan Kirk            SR Auburn                 1:49.33Q   
2 Kevin Hicks               SO Florida A&M            1:49.40Q   
3 Peter Etoot               JR Alabama                1:49.54Q   
4 Mike Inge                 JR Kent State             1:49.56    
5 Shaun Smith               FR Oral Roberts           1:49.94    
6 Dustin Emrani             SO American               1:51.01    
7 Zach Glavash              SO Illinois               1:51.07

Heat 3
Prince Mumba of Oral Roberts got off to a quick start and had a 5 meter lead at 200 which was reached in 24.7. He led at 400 in 52.60. His pace setting made this the heat to be in as six of the seven running would advance to the final, after the 600 split was hit in 120.5.

1 Dmitrijs Milkevics        SO Nebraska               1:48.21Q   
2 Ryan Brown                SO Washington             1:48.43Q   
3 Courtney Jaworski         JR Pennsylvania           1:48.45Q   
4 Ben Armel                 SR Santa Barbara          1:48.51q   
5 Prince Mumba              SO Oral Roberts           1:48.87q   
6 Martell Munguia           JR UCLA                   1:48.89q   
7 Alex McClary              FR California             1:49.50

Heat 4
Joel Williams of Jackson St. got this heat going early with a quick 24.2 at 200 with normal front-runner Jonathan Johnson 2nd. Johnson still led at 400 in 52.33 and Johnson didn't take the lead until 600 (1:19.9). The top 3 all looked good coming down the home-stretch, very relaxed and looking over there shoulders to make sure they had it in the bag.


1 Andrew Ellerton           JR Michigan               1:47.88Q   
2 James Hatch               SR Arkansas               1:47.98Q   
3 Jonathon Johnson          SR Texas Tech             1:48.13Q   
4 Wil Fitts                 JR Baylor                 1:48.40q   
5 McGavock Dunbar           SR Virginia               1:49.50    
6 Joel Williams             SO Jackson State          1:49.56    
7 William Emase             JR South Carolina         1:49.91

Women's 800 (Top 3 and next 4 fastest. Please note the 200 and 600 splits are Hand-times the 400 split if FAT.)
The women's 800 were impressive as every single heat got out sub 29 for the first 200 and the slowest of the 400 splits was 61.92. As a result, the slowest time qualifier was 2:06.30.

Heat 1 -Blake led the first lap but would die after opening it up sub 28 and then 60.76. 600 was reached in 1:34.0.


Heat  1                                                            
  1 Egle Uljas                FR Nebraska               2:05.49Q   
  2 Beata Rudzinska           SR Akron                  2:05.56Q   
  3 Althea Chambers           JR Texas Tech             2:05.59Q   
  4 Ashley Patten             JR Missouri               2:05.72q   
  5 Antoinette Gorham         SR Tennessee              2:06.26q   
  6 Jennifer Kemp             SR West Virginia          2:06.27    
  7 Dominique Blake           FR Penn State             2:10.88

Heat 2 - 28.9 opening 200 and then Jarvis led at 400 in 61.22. 600 was reached in 1:33.4.


Heat  2                                                            
  1 Katie Erdman              SO Michigan               2:05.79Q   
  2 Alysia Johnson            FR California             2:05.92Q   
  3 Mable Kunihira            FR Oral Roberts           2:05.94Q   
  4 Fatimoh Muhammed          JR Texas-El Paso          2:06.04q   
  5 Chloe Jarvis              SR California             2:06.87    
  6 Georgia Kloss             SO North Carolina         2:15.67

Heat 3 -28.5, 61.93 and 133.7 were the opening splits.

 Heat 3
1 Maggie Vessey             SR Cal Poly-SLO           2:05.21Q   
  2 Erica Sigmont             SR Arkansas               2:05.29Q   
  3 Aneita Denton             SR Arkansas               2:05.73Q   
  4 Ashley Freeman            SO Stanford               2:05.90q   
  5 Jessica Brown             SR Cornell                2:07.12    
  6 Amonica Phipps            SR Rutgers                2:09.33    
  7 Danielle Rodgers          JR North Carolina         2:15.31

Heat 4 - 27.8, 59.58 and 1:31.1 were the opening splits here. The top 3 of Roman-DelValle, Lemiesz and Offor of Stanford were way clear of the field at 700, but Offor would rig up badly in the last 30 and lose out.

                    
  1 Lysaira Roman-DelValle    SR Kansas State           2:04.85Q   
  2 Aneta Lemiesz             SR Brigham Young          2:05.04Q   
  3 Ada Anderson              JR Iowa State             2:06.30Q   
  4 Chinny Offor              JR Stanford               2:06.42    
  5 Carlene Robinson          SO Illinois               2:06.44    
  6 Melissa Sherman           SR Boston College         2:08.20    
  7 Tanya Osbourne            SO LSU                    2:12.50

Women's Steeple (Top 5 and next 4 advance)
Nearly perfect weather as the temperature is about 62 and there is 0-5 mph of wind.

Heat 1
After the first 200 meters, Colorado's Natalie Florence got the pace going fast and led up until two laps to go. At that point, OSU's Barbora Kuncova who had been in 2nd most of the race, took the lead and she led until the end when Victoria Mitchell moved up to get the meaningless win.
Splits 44 ish to finish and then 80ish (2:04), 80.90 (3:24.20), 81.35 (4:45.55) Florence in lead, 8 in top pack, 81.85 (607.40), 82.11 (7:29.51) - 6 in lead pack, 81.62 (8:51.13), 75.53 (10:06.7 ht).

Heat  1                                                         
  1 Victoria Mitchell         SR Butler                10:07.02Q
  2 Barbora Kuncova           JR Oklahoma State        10:07.31Q
  3 Natalie Florence          SR Colorado              10:08.31Q
  4 Kristina Roth             SO NC State              10:09.85Q
  5 Liz Wort                  JR Duke                  10:09.91q
  6 Brianna Dahm              SR Marquette             10:10.02q
  7 Maureen Scott             JR Arkansas              10:17.70 
  8 Kelly Siefker             JR Indiana               10:18.59 
  9 Emily Brown               SO Minnesota             10:21.87 
 10 Mica Land                 FR Wichita State         10:25.44 
 11 Tiffany Strickland        JR Utah State            10:25.64 
 12 Molly Landreth            JR Penn State            10:26.22 
 13 Stefanie Calhoun          JR Texas Tech            10:29.77 
 14 Jeane Goff                JR Stanford              10:35.91

Heat 2- In contrast to heat 1 which featured a slow opening 200 and then fast opening laps, this heat had a quick opening 200 and then a few slow laps. However, the pace quickened and the time with a lap to go was almost identical to that of heat 1. Three girls were clear heading over the last water jump but the 5th and 6th placers were fast approaching 4th and all 3 of them ended up running up to the top 3 as 6 crossed the line nearly together in what ended up just being a hilarious finish as all 6 would advance.

Splits: 41.25 to finish and then 80.83 (2:01.48), 83:43 (3:24.91), 83.62 (4:48.53), 82.15 (6:10.68) King leads but it's tightly bunched with only 3 real stragglers. 81.20, (7:31.88) - 6 in top group with Crombie of Providence in 6th. 78.88 (8:50.76), 77.48 10:08.3 ht.

Heat  2                                                         
  1 Shannon Wommack           JR Tenn-Chat             10:08.52Q
  2 Fiona Crombie             JR Providence            10:08.64Q
  3 Cassie King               JR North Carolina        10:08.70Q
  4 Cassie Hunt               SO Illinois              10:08.72Q
  5 Rena Williams-Chesser     JR Brigham Young         10:08.82q
  6 Delilah DiCrescenzo       SR Columbia              10:09.03q
  7 Andrea Parker             SR Michigan              10:13.88q
  8 Lisa Pratt                JR Brigham Young         10:14.55q
  9 'A Havahla Haynes         SO Wisconsin             10:19.03 
 10 Sarah Becker              JR Wichita State         10:19.73 
 11 Lindsey Anderson          SO Weber State           10:20.91 
 12 Barbara Parker            SO Florida State         10:23.98 
 13 Anna Hay                  FR North Carolina        10:24.75 
 14 Anna Masinelli            SO Arizona State         10:30.31

Men's Steeple (Top 5 and next 4 advance)

Heat 1
Ben Bruce put on a show in the first heat of the steeple. He led virtually the entire race at a fast pace (They hit 4:30.2 for 1600 and Mutai of Oklahoma State took the lead for less than 200 midway through). Bruce looked in control throughout - until the last water jump that is. Bruce slipped on it and fell head first into the pit as 5 guys passed him. Amazingly, Bruce rolled a sideways somersault, quickly got up and sprinted into the top 5 to advance. We hope someone has a video of this as it was great!!

Splits:
36.50 to finish, and then 36.5067.24 (1:43.74), 67.32 (2:51.06) - 5 guys have been dropped 9 holding on to lead pack, 68.46 (3:59.52) Mutai to lead, 69.24 (5:08.76) Bruce to lead, 6 in lead group, 70.73 (6:19.49), 70.05 (7:29.54) 64.50 (8:34.1).

Heat  1                                                         
  1 Andrew Lemoncello         JR Florida State          8:34.28Q
  2 Patrick Mutai             FR Texas-El Paso          8:34.75Q
  3 Andy Smith                SR NC State               8:34.81Q
  4 Henrik Ahnstrom           SR Northern Arizona       8:34.89Q
  5 Ben Bruce                 SR Cal Poly-SLO           8:34.92Q
  6 Aaron Fisher              SR Ohio State             8:35.18q
  7 Lucas Meyer               SR Yale                   8:36.39q
  8 Ryan Warrenburg           JR Arizona State          8:42.32q
  9 Kyle Alcorn               SO Oregon                 8:44.72 
 10 Jose Campos               JR Arkansas               8:46.82 
 11 Haron Lagat               JR Texas Tech             8:48.75 
 12 Zach Zabatino             JR Tennessee              8:50.80 
 13 Terah Kipchiris           SR Coastal Carolina       8:56.37 
 14 Tom Burns                 SR Indiana                9:03.02

Heat 2
Peter Kosgei of Arkansas took the lead as expected and led wire to wire. He passed 1600 in 4:33.7. Unlike the first heat, the top 5 were more spread out and single file throughout.
Splits: 39.26, 68.97 (1:48.23) 67.97 (2:56.20), 67.28 (4:03.48), 68.09 (5:11.57), 68.93 (6:20.50) Kosgei looks over shoulder. 68.22 (728.72) 6 in lead group 7th is 25 meters back. 63.91 832.7 ht.

Heat  2                                                         
  1 Peter Kosgei              SO Arkansas               8:32.97Q
  2 Mircea Bogdan             JR Texas-El Paso          8:33.51Q
  3 Josh McAdams              JR Brigham Young          8:34.84Q
  4 Itay Magidi               SO Clemson                8:35.05Q
  5 Erik Emilsson             JR UCLA                   8:37.07Q
  6 Aaron Aguayo              SO Arizona State          8:38.16q
  7 Jordan Fife               JR Indiana State          8:42.43 
  8 Bill Nelson               SO Colorado               8:46.71 
  9 Brett Holts               SR Oregon                 8:48.11 
 10 Mike Nicks                SR Colorado State         8:50.78 
 11 Steve Zieminski           SR Florida                8:54.71 
 12 Matt Loiselle             SO Central Michigan       8:55.57 
 13 Dan Huling                JR Miami-Ohio             9:02.76

Men's 5k (Top 6 and next 4 advance)
The race started very slow and as a result the finish made things worth watching which was nice because it was late and raining - not fun for spectators. The finish was dramatic as after an opening 1600 of 4:59 (and the weather was nearly ideal) it was clear no one was making it on time. With 80 to go, the defending champ Robert Cheseret wasn't in the top 6 but he was just saving as much energy as possible but he did cut it kind of close. The race was so slow that freshman Shadrack Songok of Texas A&M Corpus-Christi made the final after falling 20-30 meters back in the middle of the race when he had a problem with his spike. His coach also told us Songok has only run 7 times since either May 1st (it may have been April 1st) due to a stress fracture.

Splits: 71.04, 2:25.79, 3:04.15 at 1k, 3:42-3 at 1200, 4:59.78 at 1600, 6:11.76 at 2k with Vaughn in the lead, 7:18.9 (67.2) with Cheseret in last, 8:26.5, (67.6), 9:00.66 at 3k and the first guy is dropped, 9:35.2 (68.7) then 10:10 with 1600 to go, 10:43.6 (68.4) McDougal to lead but tightly bunched, 11:47.28 (63.6) at 4k, 12:50.7 (63.7), 13:54??

  1 Brent Vaughn              SO Colorado              14:21.04Q
  2 Ed Moran                  SR William & Mary        14:21.35Q
  3 Ryan Hall                 JR Stanford              14:21.43Q
  4 Shadrack Songok           FR Texas A&M-CC          14:21.60Q
  5 Robert Cheseret           JR Arizona               14:21.67Q
  6 Josphat Boit              JR Arkansas              14:21.71Q
  7 Seth Summerside           SO Arkansas              14:21.83 
      8 Josh McDougal             FR Liberty               14:23.46 
  9 Martin Fagan              JR Providence            14:27.71 
 10 Nef Araia                 FR Stanford              14:31.96 
 11 Mike Nielson              SR Utah State            14:33.33 
 12 Augustus Maiyo            FR Alabama               14:37.02 
 13 Ian Burrell               SO Georgia               14:45.04

Heat 2
Given how slow heat 1 was, heat 2 became a race of "beat 3 people and advance" as last place in this heat beat everyone in heat 1. With 3 laps to go Matt Tegenkamp of Wisconsin took the lead and no one went with him initially as the people in the front realized they'd all advance. We messed up the splits late in the race as we were watching Nick Willis of New Zealand (who we've been salivating over at NCAA meets since his freshmen year when we said there was no way he'd lose the 1500 final ((but he got tripped and lost)) toy with the field. With 600 to go, he threw in a 59.2 to go from 10th to first and then topped it off with a 29.6 to win the heat. It was almost as if he was so bored, he had no other choice but to run fast as for most of the race he seemed content to run in last. We refuse to say he'll win the final however as it is loaded and the LetsRun.com jinx lives.

Splits: 67.3, 2:15.8, 2:50.8 at 1k, 3:24.8, 433.3, 5:41.93 at 2k, 6:50.7, 759.1, 8:33.79 at 3k, 9:07.5, 10:15.3, 11:15.9, 11:19.12 (Willis?) at 4k, 12:18.9, 12:21.9 (split for Willis we think), with 800 to go (11 in pack), 13:21.9

  1 Nick Willis               JR Michigan              13:54.24Q
  2 Ian Dobson                SR Stanford              13:54.30Q
  3 Matt Tegenkamp            SR Wisconsin             13:54.55Q
  4 Simon Ngata               SR Georgia               13:54.79Q
  5 Chris Solinsky            SO Wisconsin             13:54.97Q
  6 Eric Logsdon              SR Oregon                13:55.27Q
  7 Stephen Haas              JR Indiana               13:57.38q
  8 Kevin Chelimo             SO Texas Tech            13:58.31q
  9 Chris Emme                SR Stanford              13:58.44q
 10 Stephen Samoei            SO Texas-El Paso         14:02.07q
 11 Benson Chesang            JR Kansas                14:05.53 
 12 Christo Landry            FR William & Mary        14:08.76 
 13 Wesley Smith              FR NC State              14:18.69

Women's 5k (Top 6 and next 4)

Heat 1
Sara Bei one of the favorites for the final got the win in the prelim.
splits: 81.1, 78.0, 3:17.1 for 1k and 79.6 to 1200, 81.2 (5:19.9), 77.8 for 6:37.6at 2k, 77.8, 78.2, 9:52.8 at 3k, 2:35.8, 76.7 for 13:06.1 for 4k as 3 girls are 10 meters clear and 4 more girls battle for the final 3 auto spots, 76.7, 74.7, 34.7 (16:12.3 ht)

Heat  1                                                         
  1 Sara Bei                  SR Stanford              16:12.57Q
  2 Jaime Turilli             JR Illinois              16:13.53Q
  3 Stephanie Madia           JR Notre Dame            16:14.59Q
  4 Lauren Christman          JR Santa Barbara         16:16.35Q
  5 Lauren Blankenship        SO Samford               16:16.60Q
  6 Cosette Smith             SR Santa Barbara         16:18.75Q
  7 Rebecca Walter            SO Michigan              16:20.31q
  8 Keira Carlstrom           JR American              16:23.98q
  9 Kathleen Turchin          SO Tenn-Chat             16:31.14q
 10 Salome Kosgei             JR Iona                  16:40.80 
 11 Jennifer Davis            SR West Virginia         16:40.85 
 12 Marissa Daniels           FR Rice                  16:46.96 
 13 Desiree Davila            SR Arizona State         17:03.98

Heat 2
Renee Metiever led most of the way but the top 6 were well clear the final straight and Megan Metcalfe sprinted to the front to the win.
splits: 81.5, 77.8, 3:18.90 for 1k, 78.4, 77.8 (5:15.4), 78.4 (6:33.8 for 2k), 78.3 (Metiever has a 20 meter lead), 78.3 then 9:50.36 at 3k, 78.2 (10:28.7 at 3200), 76.9 pack is with Metvier now - 6 in total, 78.7 (13:04.06 at 4k), 78.8, 78.1, 37.0 (16:18.5 ht).

Heat  2                                                         
  1 Megan Metcalfe            SR West Virginia         16:18.71Q
  2 Lindsay Donaldson         FR Yale                  16:19.28Q
  3 Julia Lucas               SO NC State              16:19.29Q
  4 Desiraye Osburn           JR Wichita State         16:19.35Q
  5 Renee Metiever            SR Colorado              16:19.37Q
  6 Teresa McWalters          FR Stanford              16:19.60Q
  7 Felicia Guliford          JR Tennessee             16:26.48q
  8 Cassie Ficken             JR UNC-Charlotte         16:35.78 
  9 Nicole Gliem              SO Ohio State            16:43.95 
 10 Bridget Tidwell           SR Texas Tech            16:46.28 
 11 Ana Rodriguez             SR Stephen F. Austin     16:46.77 
 12 Laura Jakosky             SR Arkansas              17:03.43 
 13 Michelle Carman           SR Colorado State        17:05.99 
 -- Eva Slavikova             SO Maryland-ES                DNS

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