June 11, 2008
DES MOINES, Iowa (SMU) - SMU's Silje Fjortoft and Christina Mueller each advanced to the event finals on the opening day of the 2008 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Drake Stadium. Fjortoft and Mueller will now compete on Friday with National Championships and All-America honors in the balance.
Mueller was the first to reach the finals, taking 12th in the discus preliminaries with a throw of 49.49m. Fjortoft followed a bit later, running the 3,000m steeplechase in 10:18.32 to finish ninth.
Also on Wednesday, SMU's Ilyssa Pettigrew attempted to reach the 800m finals, but came up just short, finishing 21st in the prelims in 2:09.18.
Andrea Kvetova is the lone Mustang competing on Thursday, as the senior will attempt to reach the javelin finals.
Live updates from the meet are available here.
NCAA Division I 2008 Outdoor Track & Field ChampionshipsDes Moines, IA - 6/11/2008 to 6/14/2008
Event 38 Women Discus Throw======================================================================= Name Year School Prelims=======================================================================Preliminaries 1 McKenzie Garberg SR Washington State 54.04mq 177-03 49.18m 54.04m 46.25m 2 Tai Battle SR Arizona State 52.09mq 170-11 FOUL FOUL 52.09m 3 D'Andra Carter JR Texas Tech 52.02mq 170-08 52.02m FOUL 47.79m 4 Rachel Talbert JR Oral Roberts 51.81mq 170-00 49.10m 49.22m 51.81m 5 Loren Groves JR Kansas State 51.52mq 169-00 45.94m 51.52m 50.22m 6 Jessica Pressley SR Arizona State 51.49mq 168-11 49.32m FOUL 51.49m 7 Emma Schmelzer JR Penn State 51.40mq 168-08 51.40m FOUL FOUL 8 Khadija Talley SR Miami 51.39mq 168-07 FOUL 51.39m FOUL 8 Sarah Stevens JR Arizona State 51.39mq 168-07 51.39m 50.25m FOUL 10 Billie-Jo Grant JR Virginia 51.01mq 167-04 51.01m FOUL FOUL 11 Rachel Jansen SR Northern Iowa 50.26mq 164-11 FOUL 42.26m 50.26m 12 Christina Mueller JR Southern Methodist 49.49mq 162-04 43.52m 49.49m 45.23m 13 Taylar Stallings SR South Florida 48.95m 160-07 FOUL 43.96m 48.95m 14 Emily Pendleton FR Michigan 48.84m 160-03 48.84m 47.61m 47.34m 15 Jocelyn White SR North Carolina 48.79m 160-01 43.32m FOUL 48.79m 16 Missy Faubus JR Colorado State 48.64m 159-07 48.64m 47.94m 47.01m 17 Astin Steward SR Purdue 48.33m 158-07 46.74m 47.11m 48.33m 18 Katelyn Ciarelli SR Long Beach State 48.20m 158-02 46.44m 47.11m 48.20m 19 Kate Hutchinson SR Southern California 48.11m 157-10 FOUL 43.97m 48.11m 20 Brittany Devereaux SR Baylor 47.98m 157-05 47.98m FOUL FOUL 21 Patience Knight JR Texas Tech 47.75m 156-08 47.75m 45.93m FOUL 22 Emilee Strot JR Kentucky 47.29m 155-02 47.29m 45.56m 46.83m 23 Annie Alexander FR Tennessee 47.26m 155-01 FOUL 47.26m FOUL 24 Phelecia Reynolds JR Louisiana Tech 47.02m 154-03 FOUL 47.02m FOUL 25 Jaclyn Espinoza SO Notre Dame 46.57m 152-09 45.55m 45.93m 46.57m 26 Maria Matos JR Cornell 46.21m 151-07 46.00m 46.21m 45.70m 27 Elizabeth Podominick SR Minnesota 43.83m 143-09 FOUL 43.63m 43.83m 28 Shernelle Nicholls SR Missouri 43.71m 143-05 43.71m FOUL FOUL 29 Nicole Lloyd JR Arizona 43.51m 142-09 FOUL FOUL 43.51m
Event 24 Women 800 Meter Run================================================================ Name Year School Prelims================================================================Preliminaries 1 Phoebe Wright SO Tennessee 2:06.10Q 2 Carlee Clark-Platt SR Brigham Young 2:06.41Q 3 Alysia Johnson SR California 2:06.71Q 4 Latavia Thomas SO LSU 2:08.51Q 5 Geena Gall JR Michigan 2:06.21Q 6 Zoe Buckman SO Oregon 2:06.51Q 7 Anna Layman FR Washington State 2:06.85Q 8 Lavera Morris SR Kentucky 2:08.54Q 9 Temeka Kincy SR Texas 2:06.27Q 10 Becky Horn SR Western Michigan 2:06.80Q 11 Jesse Carlin SR Pennsylvania 2:07.42Q 12 Christina Rodgers SO Arizona 2:08.64Q 13 Heather Dorniden JR Minnesota 2:06.27q 14 Dominique Jackson FR North Carolina 2:07.89q 15 Pilar McShine SO Florida State 2:07.98q 16 Jessica Ortman JR Kentucky 2:08.24q 17 Krishna Curry SO UCLA 2:08.69 18 Caitlin Bailey SO Boston College 2:08.88 19 Leander Ernest SO Missouri State 2:08.91 20 Arusha McKenzie SR Villanova 2:08.96 21 Ilyssa Pettigrew SR Southern Methodist 2:09.18 22 Molly Beckwith SO Indiana 2:09.20 23 Morgan Bonds SR Kansas State 2:09.25 24 Kate Grace FR Yale 2:09.47 25 Gladys Kipsang SO Texas Tech 2:09.62 26 Kayann Thompson SO LSU 2:13.67 -- Merrecia James JR Maryland-ES DNF
Event 26 Women 3000 Meter Steeplechase================================================================ Name Year School Prelims================================================================Preliminaries 1 Jenny Barringer JR Colorado 10:00.56Q 2 Bridget Franek SO Penn State 10:13.36Q 3 Mica Land SR Wichita State 10:12.28Q 4 Zsofia Erdelyi FR Southern California 10:13.38Q 5 Angela Wagner SO Brigham Young 10:12.51Q 6 Sariah Long SR Weber State 10:15.68Q 7 Lindsay Allen SR Stanford 10:13.25Q 8 Irene Kimaiyo SR Texas Tech 10:18.45Q 9 Silje Fjortoft FR Southern Methodist 10:18.32Q 10 Jamie Cheever JR Minnesota 10:18.87Q 11 Beverly Ramos SO Kansas State 10:22.21q 12 Kristen Hemphill JR Colorado State 10:22.84q 13 Sarah Madebach JR Georgia 10:23.87q 14 Liz Haglund SR Villanova 10:25.48q 15 Danelle Woods FR Illinois 10:26.91 16 Stephanie Garcia SO Virginia 10:27.14 17 Nicole Mericle SO Rice 10:30.97 18 Lindsay Sundell SR Florida 10:33.65 19 Sara Trane JR Washington State 10:36.06 20 Meghan Leonard SR Washington State 10:45.90 21 Sarah Price JR Michigan State 10:46.47 22 Chantelle Groenewoud FR Illinois 10:48.38 23 Megan Jackson SO Arkansas 10:51.26 24 Lydia Willemse JR Florida State 10:52.50 25 Joanna Rodgers SR Georgetown 10:54.36 26 Jamie Vest JR Missouri State 10:58.75 -- Tsehaye Dagnachew SR Charlotte DNF
