Day 1 NCAA Track Championships: Mile And 800m Heats
By LetsRun.com
March 9, 2012
Men's Mile Heat's: A Fall In Heat 2 Keeps Ohio State's Cory Leslie Out Of The Final
Heat 1 went as expected as 2 of the 3 not to make finals were the slowest two coming into the meet. However, in heat 2 some contact (involving Oklohoma State's Raul Botezan) led to 5th ranked Cory Leslie and Arizona State's Nick Happe going down and failing to make the final, even after appeal. Worth noting that this was very good luck for BU's Rich Peters from heat 1, as Leslie almost
certainly would have beat him on time had he not fallen. Miles Batty had the fastest time with 4:03.85.
*MB Thread
Heat 1:
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Heat 2:
1 | Miles Batty | BYU | 4:03.85 | Q | |
2 | Raul Botezan | Oklahoma State | 4:03.87 | Q | |
3 | Chris O'Hare | Tulsa | 4:04.24 | Q | |
4 | Andrew Bayer | Indiana | 4:04.69 | Q | |
5 | Robby Creese | Penn State | 4:04.89 | q | |
6 | Cory Leslie | Ohio State | 4:07.61 | ||
7 | Nick Happe | Arizona State | 4:13.18 |
*Merged results here.
Women's Mile Heat's: Jordan Hassay and Lucy Van Dalen Win Their Heats
There were a couple of surprises from the women's heats as 3rd ranked Corey McGee and 8th ranked Emily Lipari failed to advance to the final. McGee can blame this on allowing the 2nd heat to go out way slow. They knew what they needed to run after the first heat, but they still went through 800 in 2:27.6 (compared to 2:24.0 from heat 1) and while Jordan Hasay closed in a 2:13.63, McGee couldn't close hard enough to make it.
Heat 1:
1 | Lucy Van Dalen | Stony Brook | 4:40.29 | Q | |
2 | Morgane Gay | Virginia | 4:40.45 | Q | |
3 | Kristen Gillespie | Arkansas | 4:40.47 | Q | |
4 | Becca Friday | Oregon | 4:41.03 | Q | |
5 | Hannah Brooks | Florida State | 4:41.96 | q | |
6 | Shannon Osika | Michigan | 4:43.12 | q | |
7 | Emily Lipari | Villanova | 4:46.66 | ||
8 | Josephine Moultrie | New Mexico | 4:49.56 |
Heat 2:
1 | Jordan Hasay | Oregon | 4:41.23 | Q | |
2 | Aisha Praught | Illinois State | 4:41.50 | Q | |
3 | Agata Strausa | Florida | 4:42.17 | Q | |
4 | Anne Kesselring | Oregon | 4:42.34 | Q | |
5 | Cory McGee | Florida | 4:45.30 | ||
6 | Laura Carlyle | Oregon State | 4:46.93 | ||
7 | Heidi Gregson | Iona | 4:52.18 | ||
8 | Jess Palacio | Navy | 4:52.66 |
*Merged results here.
Men's 800m Heat's: Top Ranked Harun Abda Fails To Make Final
Minnesota's Harun Abda came in the top ranked seed with 1:46.97 having also tied the 8th-fastest indoor 600 in history this winter at 1:15.86. But he didn't make the final as he got 6th in his heat, not even giving him a chance to make it on time. The disappointing indoor campaign for 2010 world junior silver medallist Casimir Loxsom continued as he also was bounced after running 1:54..
*MB Thread
Heat 1:
1 | Erik Sowinski | Iowa | 1:48.62 | Q | |
2 | Ricky West | Missouri | 1:49.01 | Q | |
3 | David Pachuta | Minnesota | 1:49.02 | Q | |
4 | Joey Roberts | Texas A&M | 1:49.05 | ||
5 | Kyle Thompson | Texas | 1:49.28 | ||
6 | Ryan Waite | BYU | 1:49.61 | ||
7 | Travis Burkstrand | Minnesota | 1:50.29 | ||
8 | Casimir Loxsom | Penn State | 1:54.92 |
Heat2:
1 | Mason McHenry | Arizona State | 1:47.87 | Q | |
2 | Patrick Schoenball | Baylor | 1:48.59 | Q | |
3 | Aaron Evans | Georgia | 1:48.61 | Q | |
4 | Sean Obinwa | Florida | 1:48.82 | q | |
5 | Michael Preble | Texas A&M | 1:48.86 | q | |
6 | Harun Abda | Minnesota | 1:49.17 | ||
7 | Declan Murray | Loyola (Ill.) | 1:52.61 |
*Heat 2 splits
*Merged results here.
Women's 800m Heat's: 2011 Runner-Up Jillian Smith Not In Final
Michigan's 2011 NCAA outdoor runner-up Jillian Smith went out in the heats as did Tennessee's Chanelle Price and Oregon's Laura Roesler. Roseler was out way very fast in 60.35 with California's Soflia Oberg essentially rabbiting the rest of the heat, and both faded badly and missed the final. #1 seed Natalja Piliusina advanced easily as did the three others who have run 2:03 this winter (Palmer, Mackie, Lipsey).
*MB Thread
Heat 1:
1 | Kathy Klump | Cincinnati | 2:04.57 | Q | |
2 | Natalja Piliusina | Oklahoma State | 2:04.68 | Q | |
3 | Charlene Lipsey | LSU | 2:04.72 | Q | |
4 | Boglarka Bozzay | Kansas State | 2:05.66 | q | |
5 | Stephanie Brown | Arkansas | 2:06.15 | ||
6 | Sofia Oberg | California | 2:07.10 | ||
7 | Tasha Stanley | North Carolina | 2:08.17 | ||
8 | Laura Roesler | Oregon | 2:10.62 |
Heat 2:
1 | Katie Palmer | BYU | 2:04.42 | Q | |
2 | Nachelle Mackie | BYU | 2:05.16 | Q | |
3 | Rebecca Addison | Michigan | 2:05.57 | Q | |
4 | Heather Wilson | Connecticut | 2:05.59 | q | |
5 | Chanelle Price | Tennessee | 2:05.95 | ||
6 | Jillian Smith | Michigan | 2:07.82 | ||
7 | Brittany Ogunmokun | Baylor | 2:07.83 | ||
8 | Frances Dowd | Virginia Tech | 2:09.38 |
*Merged results here.
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