NCAA Indoor Women's Day 2 Recap - Favorites & Big Names Shine
Women's 3k Produces Classic Battle Between Lisa Koll And Angela Bizzarri
By LetsRun.com
March 13, 2010
Cream certainly does rise to the top. The big names and top seeds produced strong performances in all of the mid-d and distance events on Saturday at the 2010 NCAA indoor track and field championships. The #1 seed captured the 800, mile and was 2nd in the 3k. And the winner of the 3k was NCAA cross-country champion Angela Bizzarri, who ran a 12-second PR to get the win over Lisa Koll.
Not to be ignored also was a dominant team title by Oregon and an American record in the women's 400.
Women's Mile: Browning Clearly Was Class Of The Field
Florida's Charlotte Browning (via the UK), who was 8th last year in this race, took home the title in the women's mile thanks to a last 400 that she covered in around 65, as she seemed to be in control over the last 400 and earned a relatively easy victory, which wasn't a big surprise since she came into the meet with the best time by 3.74 seconds.
After an opening 800 of 2:22, and 1,200 of 3:30-ish, only four women were in contention. Three were seniors in Browning, Washington's Katie Follett and Florida State's Pilar McShine and one was a freshman - in US high school 1,500-meter record holder Jordan Hasay. Those four would finish one through four, but Hasay was unable to kick with her elders.
Hasay looked a bit tired after her strong 4:32 anchor run on the DMR the night before and it certainly came as no surprise to us that Hasay would later be a DNF in the 3,000 when Oregon had things basically wrapped up, but she still started the race.
Finals
1 Charlotte Browning SR Florida 4:35.66 10
2 Katie Follett SR Washington 4:36.39 8
3 Pilar McShine SR Florida State 4:37.20 6
4 Jordan Hasay FR Oregon 4:38.29 5
5 Mihaela Susa JR Oklahoma State 4:38.97 4
6 Anne Kesselring FR Oregon 4:40.39 3
7 Caroline Karunde JR Texas Tech 4:40.64 2
8 Keri Bland JR West Virginia 4:42.79 1
9 Dina Nosenko SO Wake Forest 4:43.73
10 Heidi Gregson SO Iona 4:55.76
Phoebe Wright
Women's 800: Same Top 2 As Last Year, Just Reverse The Order
Tennessee's Phoebe Wright lived up to the favorite's billing and got some sweet revenge, as she took home her first individual NCAA title thanks to a dominant, wire-to-wire victory in the women's 800. Wright, who finished 2nd last year, came into the 2010 NCAA meet with the top collegiate time in the country this year by more than 1.65 seconds and she looked like the class of the field in the race as
she won by more than a second after going through 400 in 59.88 and 600 in 1:31.47.
Coming in 2nd was last year's winner, BYU's Lacey Cramer. The race for 2nd, 3rd and 4th was basically a blanket affair, as the three places were only decided by .06.
Finals
1 Phoebe Wright SR Tennessee 2:02.55 10
2 Lacey Cramer SO BYU 2:03.89 8
3 LaTavia Thomas SR LSU 2:03.90 6
4 Chanelle Price SO Tennessee 2:03.95 5
5 Molly Beckwith SR Indiana 2:04.46 4
6 Stephanie Brown FR Arkansas 2:05.11 3
7 Sofie Persson SO Mississippi 2:05.85 2
8 Lea Wallace JR Sacramento St. 2:13.97 1
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A Happy Angela Bizzarri |
Women's 3000: Bizzarri Spoils Koll's Desire For Double
The women's 3k was the only close women's mid-d or distance race of the night and it proved to be a great one. National leader Lisa Koll, who captured the 5k in dominant fashion, was looking to get her 2nd title in Arkansas. However, it was clear from the start that this victory was never going to come as easy as the 10-plus second romp in the 5k came for Koll on Friday. For starters, 3k is a little short for Koll, who runs the 10k outdoors. Secondly, Koll was facing much stiffer competition in a fresh
Angela Bizzarri, who of course was the NCAA cross-country champion last fall.
The expected duel between Bizarri and Koll more than lived up the billing. Villanova's Sheila Reid also gamely tried to join the fight but fell off before the victory was decided over the last lap.
The pace was hot throughout the race, as Koll didn't want it to come down to a sprint. Clearly, she had right to believe she was the fittest runner in the race and she wanted to slowly grind the will out of her opponents. But Reid and Bizzarri didn't go quietly and with just over 200 to go, Bizzarri went to the lead. Was it over? No. Koll chased after and put on a game fight and tried to come back on Bizzarri after they came off the final turn, but Koll's surge came too late and Bizzarri had completed her own personal triple crown of having won three straight NCAA titles in three straight NCAA meets (5k outdoors 2009, cross-country 2009, indoor 3k).
In the process of winning her first NCAA indoor title, Bizzarri had run a huge PR, as her time of 8:57.40 smashed her previous best of 9:10.16. Koll ran well also, as her 8:57.52 was very close to her 8:56.09 PR and collegiate leader.
Finals
1 Angela Bizzarri SR Illinois 8:57.40 10
2 Lisa Koll SR Iowa State 8:57.52 8
3 Sheila Reid JR Villanova 9:01.13 6
4 Jackie Areson SR Tennessee 9:10.09 5
5 Nicole Blood SR Oregon 9:11.23 4
6 Nicole Schappert SR Villanova 9:12.51 3
7 Bridget Franek SR Penn State 9:12.62 2
8 Emily Infeld SO Georgetown 9:13.22 1
9 Marie Lawrence SO Washington 9:14.53
10 Beverly Ramos SR Kansas State 9:16.23
11 Jessica O'Connell SO West Virginia 9:18.78
12 Bogdana Mimic FR Villanova 9:18.87
13 Janet Jesang SR Western Kentucky 9:20.60
14 Betzy Jimenez JR Texas 9:21.18
15 Alex Becker SR Tulsa 9:21.78
16 Alison Smith JR Villanova 9:25.22
-- Jordan Hasay FR Oregon DNF
Women's 400m: American Record 50.54 For McCorory!!!!!
Hampton's Francena McCorory certainly showed that her 50.58 at last year's NCAA outdoor champs was no fluke, as she got the win in an American record 50.54. Coming into the meet, McCorory had only the 7th-best indoor time of D1 collegians in 2010 at 52.83.
Yesterday, she ran the fastest qualifying time of 52.14 and then elevated her game another level today after Oregon's Keshia Baker put out a stiff challenge of 51.63 for McCorory in the first heat.
Finals
1 Francena McCorory SR Hampton 50.54A 2 10
2 Keshia Baker SR Oregon 51.63 1 8
3 Jessica Beard JR Texas A&M 52.08 2 6
4 Joanna Atkins JR Auburn 52.43 2 5
5 Fawn Dorr SR Penn State 52.58 2 4
6 Jernail Hayes SR Seton Hall 52.66 1 3
7 Kristal Juarez JR TCU 52.94 1 2
8 Shelise Williams JR Arkansas 53.23 1 1
Women's 4 x 400/Team Title
Oregon got a convincing win in the 4 x 400 and it was only appropriate, as they were dominant as a team in Arkansas, easily outdistancing 2nd place Florida for the overall team title. Oregon's 61 was 25 more than Florida's 36.
Finals
1 Oregon 3:32.97 10
1) Jamesha Youngblood JR 2) Keshia Baker SR
3) Michele Williams JR 4) Amber Purvis SO
2 LSU 3:33.79 8
1) Cassandra Tate SO 2) Kayann Thompson SR
3) Brittany Hall JR 4) LaTavia Thomas SR
3 Arkansas 3:33.83 6
1) Edina Brooks JR 2) Shelise Williams JR
3) Whitney Jones SO 4) Regina George FR
4 South Carolina 3:33.91 5
1) Brandi Cross SR 2) Nadonnia Rodrigues SO
3) Gabrielle Glenn JR 4) Breehana Jacobs SO
5 Clemson 3:33.93 4
1) Brittany Pringley FR 2) Brianna Rollins FR
3) Sonni Austin FR 4) Jasmine Edgerson FR
6 Texas A&M 3:34.14 3
1) Jeneba Tarmoh SO 2) Andrea Sutherland JR
3) Sandy Wooten SR 4) Jessica Beard JR
7 Texas 3:34.48 2
1) Judith Nwosu SO 2) Stacey-Ann Smith SO
3) Chantel Malone JR 4) Angele Cooper SO
8 Texas Tech 3:34.85 1
1) Candace Jackson FR 2) Trudeann Clarke SR
3) Erica Alexander SO 4) Taylor Evans SO
9 Penn State 3:35.39
1) Doris Anyanwu FR 2) Caitlin DeFusco JR
3) Shavon Greaves JR 4) Fawn Dorr SR
10 Kentucky 3:38.15
1) Jenna Martin JR 2) Brittany Cabbler JR
3) Precious Nwokey SO 4) Jazmyn Shorter JR
11 Georgetown 3:44.13
1) London Finley SO 2) Nene Kamate SR
3) Amanda Kimbers FR 4) Abigail Johnson SR
12 Mississippi 3:45.45
1) Jasmine Dacus SR 2) Kristin Bridges SO
3) Sofia Hellberg-Jonsen FR 4) Sofie Persson SO
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Women - Team Rankings - 17 Events Scored
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1) Oregon 61 2) Tennessee 36
3) LSU 35 4) Florida 33
5) Texas A&M 31 6) Auburn 28
7) Clemson 20 7) Florida State 20
7) UTEP 20 10) West Virginia 18
10) Virginia Tech 18 10) Iowa State 18
13) Penn State 17 14) BYU 16
15) Arkansas 15.50 15) Arizona 15.50
17) Villanova 14 17) Indiana State 14
19) South Carolina 12 20) Southern Illinois 11
21) Illinois 10 21) Hampton 10
21) Oklahoma 10 21) San Diego St. 10
21) Louisville 10 26) Kentucky 9
27) Nebraska 8.50 28) Indiana 8
28) Hawaii 8 28) Washington 8
28) Connecticut 8 28) Maryland 8
28) TCU 8 34) Texas Tech 7
34) Georgetown 7 36) Western Michigan 6
36) Miami 6 36) New Mexico 6
39) Akron 5 39) Minnesota 5
39) Oklahoma State 5 42) Georgia 4
42) Texas 4 42) Tulsa 4
45) Stanford 3.50 46) Seton Hall 3
46) Syracuse 3 46) Dayton 3
46) Kansas 3 46) Houston 3
46) Idaho 3 52) Mississippi 2
52) Wisconsin 2 52) Purdue 2
52) Ohio State 2 56) Kent State 1
56) North Carolina 1 56) UCLA 1
56) Sacramento St. 1 60) St. Johns 0.50
60) Alabama 0.50
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